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Zuboff, Shoshana

Summary: "Shoshana Zuboff, named "the true prophet of the information age" by the Financial Times, has always been ahead of her time. Her seminal book In the Age of the Smart Machine foresaw the consequences of a then-unfolding era of computer technology. Now, three decades later she asks why the once-celebrated miracle of digital is turning into a nightmare. Zuboff tackles the social, political,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 ZUB

Ferguson, Andrew G.

Summary: The Rise of Big Data Policing introduces the cutting-edge technology that is changing how the police do their jobs and shows why it is more important than ever that citizens understand the far-reaching consequences of big data surveillance as a law enforcement tool. Andrew Guthrie Ferguson reveals how these new technologies --viewed as race-neutral and objective--have been eagerly adopted by...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363 FER

Bernasek, Anna

Summary: In All You Can Pay, Anna Bernasek and D. T. Mongan show how companies use what they know about you to determine how much you are willing to pay for everything you buy. From college tuition to plane tickets to groceries to medicine, companies already set varying prices based on intimate knowledge of individual wants and purchasing power. As the consumer age fades into history, rapidly changing...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Nation Books 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330 BER

Funk, McKenzie

Summary: "The bizarre and captivating story of the most important person you've never heard of. The world we live in today, where everything is tracked by corporations and governments, originates with one manic, elusive, utterly unique man--as prone to bullying as he was to fits of surpassing generosity and surprising genius. His name was Hank Asher, and his life was a strange and spectacular show that...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ASHER, HANK FUN

Nagelhout, Ryan

Summary: Text and photographs look at how to build bridges in Minecraft.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2019

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J STEM Nagelhout

Shefveland, Michelle.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Jasc Software 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.593 SHE

Summary: Cool, no-nonsense private detective Joe Mannix is a tough-talking loner within the large detective agency Intertect. He has street smarts and class, but he constantly fights with his boss, Lew Wickersham, over how to conduct their investigations. Lew relies on the company's computers, but Mannix has to go with his gut-- and that's just what he does every time.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2008

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MAN

Keppeler, Jill

Summary: Text and photographs look at how to build castles in Minecraft, focusing on how to build arches, drawbridges, towers, and more.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2019

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May-Levenick, Denise S.

Summary: A practical how-to guide for organizing your growing digital photo collection, digitizing and preserving heirloom family photos, and sharing your treasured photos.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Family Tree Books 2015

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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.1 MAY

Tower, Eric J.

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: It should come as no surprise that mining is a very important way to obtain resources in the game of Minecraft. It's also a very important way to get resources in the real world! This informative book will show young readers more about how people build real-life mines and what they mine for, including in-game resources such as diamonds, iron, gold, and coal. It will also show them how to use...

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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2019

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Summary: Private investigator Joe Mannix is back with his assistant Peggy as he helps find justice for his clients in Los Angeles.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: CBS DVD 2009

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MAN

Phillips, Helen

Summary: Becoming increasingly uneasy about suspicious activities at a new job she felt lucky to land, Josephine makes a terrible realization and is forced to confront dangerous and powerful elements in order to protect her loved ones.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2015

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PHI

Lohr, Steve.

Summary: A technology reporter for the "New York Times" traces the rise of Big Data and explains how individuals and institutions will need to exploit, protect, and manage their data to stay competitive in the coming years.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658 LOH

Gilles, Renae.

Summary: "Readers will learn about the causes and effects of climate change through colorful and clear graphics, such as maps, charts, and infographics. Book also includes a glossary, index, suggested books and websites, and a bibliography"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Envi Info Gilles

Gilles, Renae.

Summary: "Readers will learn about the impacts of agriculture on the environment through colorful and clear graphics, such as maps, charts, and infographics. Book also includes a glossary, index, suggested books and websites, and a bibliography"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Envi Info Gilles

Summary: Hard-boiled and gritty private detective Joe Mannix dishes out justice, outside the law, for his clients in Los Angeles. At his side is his faithful assistant Peggy Fair.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2011

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MAN

Gilles, Renae.

Summary: "Readers will learn about the history, importance, and environmental impacts of industrialization through colorful and clear graphics, such as maps, charts, and infographics. Book also includes a glossary, index, suggested books and websites, and a bibliography"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Envi Info Gilles

Tanner, Adam

Summary: Hidden from consumers, patient medical data has become a multibillion-dollar worldwide trade between our health-care providers, drug companies, and a complex web of middlemen. This great medical-data bazaar sells copies of our prescriptions, hospital records, insurance claims, blood-test results, and more, stripped of names but still containing identifiers such as year of birth, gender, and...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610 TAN

Véliz, Carissa

Summary: The moment you check your phone in the morning you are giving away data. Before you've even switched off your alarm, a whole host of organizations have been alerted to when you woke up, where you slept, and with whom. As you check the weather, scroll through your 'suggested friends' on Facebook, you continually compromise your privacy. Without your permission, or even your awareness, tech...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 005.8 VEL

Drosnin, Michael.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1997

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 221.68 25

Riera Ojeda, Oscar.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 1996

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 720.22 RIE

Lintott, Chris

Summary: The world of science has been transformed. Where once astronomers sat at the controls of giant telescopes in remote locations, praying for clear skies, now they have no need to budge from their desks, as data arrives in their inbox. And what they receive is overwhelming; projects now being built provide more data in a few nights than in the whole of humanity's history of observing the Universe....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 500 LIN

Turow, Joseph

Summary: "By one expert's prediction, within twenty years half of Americans will have body implants that tell retailers how they feel about specific products as they browse their local stores. The notion may be outlandish, but it reflects executives' drive to understand shoppers in the aisles with the same obsessive detail that they track us online. In fact, a hidden surveillance revolution is already...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.8 TUR

Summary: Award-winning director Lance Tracy balances serious science with tongue-in-cheek humor to create a documentary scrutinizing the scope and effects of pornography that is informative, compelling, and unsettling. Constructing an experiment to identify attitudinal and behavioral changes that manifest as a result of viewing porn—a study in the manner of the Annenberg School of Communications and...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007

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