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The New Analog

Listening and Reconnecting in a Digital World

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An NPR Best Book of the Year: "A pointedly passionate look at what's been lost in the digital era." — Los Angeles TimesA longtime musician and former member of the indie band Galaxie 500 who has also taught at Harvard, Damon Krukowski has watched cultural life lurch from analog to digital. And as an artist who has weathered that transition, he has challenging, urgent questions for both creators ... Read more

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An NPR Best Book of the Year: "A pointedly passionate look at what's been lost in the digital era." — Los Angeles TimesA longtime musician and former member of the indie band Galaxie 500 who has also taught at Harvard, Damon Krukowski has watched cultural life lurch from analog to digital. And as an artist who has weathered that transition, he has challenging, urgent questions for both creators
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Why Sound Matters

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A poignant consideration of the material aspect of sound and how it fundamentally shapes our experience of the world, both in its presence and absenceFrom the joyous communal connections fostered through shared auditory experience to the devastating impact of noise pollution in the deep sea, musician and author Damon Krukowski urges readers to reconsider the significance of sound and its role in ... Read more

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A poignant consideration of the material aspect of sound and how it fundamentally shapes our experience of the world, both in its presence and absenceFrom the joyous communal connections fostered through shared auditory experience to the devastating impact of noise pollution in the deep sea, musician and author Damon Krukowski urges readers to reconsider the significance of sound and its role in
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Writing on Both Sides of the Brain

Breakthrough Techniques for People Who Write

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A revolutionary approach to writing that will teach you how to express yourself fluently and with confidence for the rest of your life.In Writing on Both Sides of the Brain, author Henriette Anne Klauser offers writers breakthrough techniques to break through blocks and create and communicate yourself through words. From working with procrastination and fending off your inner critic to organizing ... Read more

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A revolutionary approach to writing that will teach you how to express yourself fluently and with confidence for the rest of your life.In Writing on Both Sides of the Brain, author Henriette Anne Klauser offers writers breakthrough techniques to break through blocks and create and communicate yourself through words. From working with procrastination and fending off your inner critic to organizing
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The Physics Book

Big Ideas Simply Explained

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Learn about the Big Bang theory, astrophysics and gravity in The Physics Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Physics in this overview guide to the subject, brilliant for beginners looking to learn and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Physics Book brings a fresh and vibrant ... Read more

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Learn about the Big Bang theory, astrophysics and gravity in The Physics Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Physics in this overview guide to the subject, brilliant for beginners looking to learn and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Physics Book brings a fresh and vibrant
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Neither Snow Nor Rain

A History of the United States Postal Service

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" [The] book makes you care what happens to its main protagonist, the U.S. Postal Service itself. And, as such, it leaves you at the end in suspense." — USA TodayFounded by Benjamin Franklin, the United States Postal Service was the information network that bound far-flung Americans together, and yet, it is slowly vanishing. Critics say it is slow and archaic. Mail volume is down. The workforce is ... Read more

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Artificial Unintelligence

How Computers Misunderstand the World

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A software developer’s misadventures in computer programming, machine learning, and artificial intelligence reveal why we should never assume technology always gets it right.In Artificial Unintelligence, Meredith Broussard argues that our collective enthusiasm for applying computer technology to every aspect of life has resulted in a tremendous amount of poorly designed systems. We are so eager to ... Read more

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Mathematics in Twentieth-Century Literature & Art

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The author of What Is a Number? examines the relationship between mathematics and art and literature of the 20th century.During the twentieth century, many artists and writers turned to abstract mathematical ideas to help them realize their aesthetic ambitions. Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, and, perhaps most famously, Piet Mondrian used principles of mathematics in their work. Was it coincidence, or ... Read more

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The Defender

How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America

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This "extraordinary history" of the influential black newspaper is "deeply researched, elegantly written [and] a towering achievement" (Brent Staples, New York Times Book Review).In 1905, Robert S. Abbott started printing The Chicago Defender, a newspaper dedicated to condemning Jim Crow and encouraging African Americans living in the South to join the Great Migration. Smuggling hundreds of ... Read more

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Liberty's First Crisis

Adams, Jefferson, and the Misfits Who Saved Free Speech

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"Slack engagingly reveals how the Federalist attack on the First Amendment almost brought down the Republic . . . An illuminating book of American history." — Kirkus Reviews , starred reviewIn 1798, with the United States in crisis, President John Adams and the Federalists in control of Congress passed an extreme piece of legislation that made criticism of the government and its leaders a crime ... Read more

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"Slack engagingly reveals how the Federalist attack on the First Amendment almost brought down the Republic . . . An illuminating book of American history." — Kirkus Reviews , starred reviewIn 1798, with the United States in crisis, President John Adams and the Federalists in control of Congress passed an extreme piece of legislation that made criticism of the government and its leaders a crime
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How Air Conditioning Changed Everything

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"[A] history of air conditioning, chronicling the numerous gimmicks, failed attempts, con jobs, and eventual successes . . . a surprisingly interesting journey." — San Francisco Book ReviewThe air conditioner is often hailed as one of the modern world's greatest inventions—yet nearly as often blamed for global disaster. It has changed everything from architecture to people's food habits; saved ... Read more

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The Outsider

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The classic study of alienation, existentialism, and how great artists have portrayed characters who exist on the margins of society.Published to immense acclaim in the mid-1950s, The Outsider helped make popular the literary concept of existentialism. Authors like Sartre, Kafka, Hemingway, and Dostoyevsky, as well as artists like Van Gogh and Nijinsky, delved for a deeper understanding of the ... Read more

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Masters of the Word

How Media Shaped History from the Alphabet to the Internet

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A "riveting and thoroughly researched" history of language technology's effect on society across millennia—from Sumerian syntax to social media hashtags (Phil Lapsley).Writing was born thousands of years ago in Mesopotamia. Spreading to Sumer, and then Egypt, this revolutionary tool allowed rulers to extend their control far and wide, giving rise to the world's first empires. When Phoenician ... Read more

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