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Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"The Candy House opens with the staggeringly brilliant Bix Bouton, whose company, Mandala, is so successful that he is "one of those tech demi-gods with whom we're all on a first name basis." Bix is 40, with four kids, restless, desperate for a new idea, when he stumbles into a conversation group, mostly Columbia professors, one of whom is experimenting with downloading or "externalizing" memory. It's 2010. Within a decade, Bix's new technology, "Own...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the "nothing short of brilliant" (People) Mrs. Everything returns with an unforgettable novel about friendship and forgiveness set during a disastrous wedding on picturesque Cape Cod. Six years after the fight that ended their friendship, Daphne Berg is shocked when Drue Cavanaugh walks back into her life, looking as lovely and successful as ever, with a massive favor to ask. Daphne hasn't spoken one word...
4) Followers
Author
Publisher
Graydon House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
380 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A bestselling dystopian novel that tackles surveillance, privacy and the frightening intrusions of technology in our lives—a “compulsively readable parable for the 21st century” (Vanity Fair).
When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels she’s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out...
When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels she’s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out...
6) Outrage machine: how tech is amplifying discontent, disrupts democracy, and what we can do about it
Author
Publisher
Legacy Lit
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xxi, 388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Over the last two decades, there has been an inescapable rise of anger and aggression across our planet. Hate speech has become increasingly prevalent online, Western governments are turning towards authoritarianism and populism, and extremist groups are rising across both the left and the right ends of the political spectrum. Every day, it seems, we're hearing more angry voices and fearful opinions, we're seeing more threats and frightening news,...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Vintage Books edition.
Physical Desc
577 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the award-winning, bestselling author of The Circle comes an exciting new follow-up. When the world's largest search engine/social media company, The Circle, merges with the planet's dominant e-commerce site, it creates the richest and most dangerous-and, oddly enough, most beloved-monopoly ever known: The Every"--
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
[Rev. & updated].
Physical Desc
xli, 315 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters-3rd edition will be revised, updated, and expanded to include new and timely information about recruiting in the information age. This will be specific to utilizing social networking tools as a means of taking control of the job search, as well as expert advice from respected guest bloggers. In short, the 3rd edition expands on the techniques of the 2nd edition, including tips on how to Leverage Facebook, Twitter,...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Go
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 235 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An accessible guide to understand what trauma is, how PTSD is diagnosed, being aware that it can have a late onset, what can happen if it goes untreated--and how social media can be triggering our trauma"--
Author
Publisher
Melissa de la Cruz Studio/Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
353 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When four teens discover the dead body of influencer Summer Cartwright, they must piece together the truth behind her online persona to find out who killed her"--
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Kat Sanchez uses photos of a friend to create a fake Instagram account, but when one of her posts goes viral and exposes Kat's duplicity, her entire world--both real and pretend--comes crashing down around her.
Author
Publisher
Point
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
When Kate Bailey lets her best friend, Alana, talk her into joining their high school's podcast she did not expect to find herself as the host, or to enjoy answering calls and giving advice on the air, but she is actually pretty good at it--but when she gets an anonymous call from a boy (possibly Diego Martinez) about his secret feelings for a girl (probably Alana) she is faced with a problem, because she is developing feelings for Diego herself.
Author
Series
Publisher
The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While scrolling through TikTok or Instagram can simply be an enjoyable way to pass the time, research is finding social media can have serious mental health consequences. Young people likely have firsthand experience with issues such as feelings of missing out (FOMO), social media addiction, and insecurity. This intriguing title tackles these and other concerns social media can cause. It features explainatory text that breaks down problems that
...14) What the fact?
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Language
English
Description
Tracing the spread of misinformation and disinformation through our fast-moving media landscape, a journalist, scientist, medical professional, and professor gives readers the skills to identify and counter poorly sourced clickbait and misleading headlines.
Author
Series
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
School and life have become much more difficult since Ben Y's older brother died, especially since the indefinable Ace seems determined to seek her out without clarifying what kind of relationship she wants; mostly Ben Y tries to cope with her situation by going to the chatroom and obsessively typing messages to her brother who is no longer there--but when she starts getting messages from the ghost in the machine (apparently) she finds that her deepest...