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    Everything Bad is Good for You: How Popular Culture is Making Us Smarter

    Steven Johnson

    The author puts forward a radical alternative to the endless complaints about reality TV, throwaway movies and violent video games. In this title, he shows that mass culture - The…

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    The Infernal Machine

    Steven Johnson

    "A riveting account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York-and the detective duo who transformed policing to meet the threat-from the bestselling author of The Ghost Map"--

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    Jim Londos

    Steven Johnson

    The most famous active athlete in the world during the Great Depression was not Babe Ruth, Sonja Henie or Babe Didrikson. It was a determined Greek immigrant who sailed across…

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    Stem Starters for Kids Artificial Intelligence Activity Book

    Sam Hutchinson

    Every girl and boy needs a strong background in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math). This full-color activity book will teach kids the science of AI and help prepare them for…

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    Steven Johnson and the Mission 1

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    In a futuristic setting, it is normal life for Steven Johnson as an admiral for the Federation (A human coalition representing Earth and humanity on a galactic scale) until mysterious…

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    Steven Johnson and the Mission 2

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    Steven Johnson and his partner travel to a city in Hong Kong where a Bio attack has taken place. In order to find the clue about the men responsible for…

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    Cammie Up!: Memoir of a Recon Marine in Vietnam, 1967-1968

    Steven A. Johnson

    With so many variables in geography, mission, and duty, the Vietnam War eludes one single image or description. Only through individual stories of participants can one piece together the reality…

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    The IT Professional’s Business and Communications Guide: A Real-world Approach to CompTIA A+ Soft Skills

    Steven D. Johnson

    Presents the communication skills you need for career success. Preparing you for exams and beyond, this book includes content that delves into the issues that you’ll face in corporate, retail…

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    La Conquista De La Actualidad: Seis Inventos Que Determinaron El Mundo Moderno

    Steven Johnson

    La conquista de la actualidad no se expresa a traves de grandes titulares sino en el desarrollo paciente y hasta azaroso de algunas ideas, que, lejos de toda celebridad, suelen…

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    Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today’s Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter

    Steven Johnson

    From the bestselling author of Mind Wide Open comes a groundbreaking assessment of popular culture as it’s never been considered before: through the lens of intelligence.

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    Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World

    Steven Johnson

    The writer described as the ‘Darwin of technology’ presents an intertwined history of recreation and innovation, arguing that humans have always found the future in fun

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    Mercury Rapids: The Mountains of Tomorrow

    Steven Johnson

    The countdown has begun and Earth is in jeopardy once more! Bill Lewis is once again flung into events beyond his control when he learns that the evil, reptilian aliens…

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    Mercury Rapids

    Steven Johnson

    Mercury Rapids is the story of Bill Lewis. An astronomer by profession, he has made a career of debunking UFO sightings.until he encounters a UFO himself. As he struggles with…

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    Mercury Rapids: The Thoth Imperative

    Steven Johnson

    Mercury Rapids: The Thoth Imperative continues the mayhem that has become Bill Lewis’ life. Desperate to eradicate all evidence of their ‘great mistake’, the Greys have employed a sinister new…

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    Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World

    Steven Johnson

    This illustrated history of popular entertainment takes along-zoom approach, contending that the pursuit of novelty and wonder is a powerful driver of world-shaping technological change. Steven Johnson argues that, throughout…

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    Range Precision of LADAR Systems

    Steven Johnson

    A key application of Laser Detection and Ranging (LADAR) systems is measurement of range to a target. Many modern LADAR systems are capable of transmitting laser pulses that are less…

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    How We Got To Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

    Steven Johnson

    This adaptation of Johnson’s New York Times -bestselling adult book and popular PBS series explores the fascinating and interconnected stories of innovations–like clean drinking water and electricity–that changed the way…

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    Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World

    Steven Johnson

    The writer described as the ‘Darwin of technology’ presents an intertwined history of recreation and innovation, arguing that humans have always found the future in fun

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    Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer

    Steven Johnson

    Offers a useful reminder of the role of modern science in fundamentally transforming all of our lives. -President Barack Obama (on Twitter); ; An important book. -Steven Pinker, The New…

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    How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

    Steven Johnson

    How did photography bring about social reform? What connects refrigeration to Hollywood? And how did our battle against dirt help create smartphones? This book explores the essential innovations that changed…

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    The New York Schools of Music and the Visual Arts: Studies in Contemporary Music and Culture

    In the early 1950s, there were four musicians who associated closely with the New York School of painters: Edgard Varese, Stefan Wolpe, Morton Feldman and John Cage. This book explores…

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    The New York Schools of Music and the Visual Arts: Studies in Contemporary Music and Culture

    In the early 1950s, there were four musicians who associated closely with the New York School of painters: Edgard Varese, Stefan Wolpe, Morton Feldman and John Cage. This book explores…

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    Extra Life

    Steven Johnson

    Offers a useful reminder of the role of modern science in fundamentally transforming all of our lives. -President Barack Obama (on Twitter)

    An important book. -Steven Pinker, The New York…

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    Enemy of All Mankind

    Steven Johnson

    Henry Every was the seventeenth century’s most notorious pirate. The press published wildly popular reports of his nefarious adventures. The British government offered enormous bounties for his capture, alive or…

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    Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities and Software

    Steven Johnson

    Why do people cluster together in neighborhoods? How do internet communities spring up from nowhere? Why is a brain conscious even though no single neuron is? What causes a media…

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    The Invention of Air: A Story Of Science, Faith, Revolution, And The Birth Of America

    Steven Johnson

    Bestselling author Johnson recounts the story of Joseph Priestley–scientist and theologian, protg of Benjamin Franklin–an 18th-century radical thinker who played pivotal roles in the invention of ecosystem science, the founding…

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    Farsighted: How We Make the Desicions That Matter the Most

    Steven Johnson

    Plenty of books offer useful advice on how to get better at making quick-thinking, intuitive choices. But what about more consequential decisions, the ones that affect our lives for years…

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    The Ghost Map: A Street, an Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban Networks.

    Steven Johnson

    Tells the story of the terrifying cholera epidemic that engulfed London in 1854, and the two unlikely heroes - anesthetist Doctor John Snow and affable clergyman Reverend Henry Whitehead -…

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    Enemy Of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History’s First Global Manhunt

    Steven Johnson

    How did a single manhunt spark the modern era of multinational capitalism?

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    How We Got to Now: Six Innovations that Made the Modern World

    Steven Johnson

    How did photography bring about social reform? What connects refrigeration to Hollywood? And how did our battle against dirt help create smartphones? This book explores the essential innovations that changed…

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    Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life

    Steven Johnson

    Readers shy about slapping electrodes on their own temples can get a vicarious scientific thrill as the author tries out empathy tests, neurofeedback, and MRI scans. The results paint a…

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    Where Good Ideas Come From: The Seven Patterns of Innovation

    Steven Johnson

    Identifies key principles that are driving force of creativity. This book helps to learn how: a slow hunch can be more valuable than a Eureka moment; the connected ‘hive mind’…

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    The Best Technology Writing 2009

    A collection of essays that announces a fresh brand of technology journalism, deeply immersed in the fascinating complexity of digital life.

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    Extra Life (Young Readers Adaptation): The Astonishing Story of How We Doubled Our Lifespan

    Steven Johnson

    A young readers adaptation of Steven Johnson's Extra Life, the story of how humans have doubled our lifespan in less than a century - and what to do with the…

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    Monitoring Environmental Contaminants

    ing: Phytomicrobiome for Sustainable Agriculture ing: Phytomicrobiome for Sustainable Agriculture

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    Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions that Matter the Most

    Steven Johnson

    A groundbreaking book about making once-in-a-lifetime decisions, from the bestselling author of How We Got to Now and Where Good Ideas Come From

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    Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software

    Steven Johnson

    In the groundbreaking tradition of Complexity and The Society of Mind, visionary guru Johnson makes sense of the cutting-edge theory of emergence and demonstrates its relevance in today’s–and tomorrow’s–world. Illustrations.

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    Enemy Of All Mankind

    Steven Johnson

    How did a single manhunt spark the modern era of multinational capitalism?

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    The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic–and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World

    Steven Johnson

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    Super Powereds: Year 4 (2 of 4) [Dramatized Adaptation]

    Drew Hayes

    The final year at Lander has finally arrived for the Melbrook students and their peers, and with it comes a whole new set of challenges. Still reeling from the events…

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    Better Living through TV

    The essays in this collection analyze a variety of contemporary television shows to argue for the role that TV plays in moral identity formation. Audiences take from television viewing a…

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    Patent Depending: Vehicles

    Steven M Johnson

    The book is a survey of 40 years of whimsical self-illustrated inventions created by the author as a personal sideline artistic and creative endeavor. The book includes over 400 illustrations…

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    Patent Depending: Armbrella, Sofa Shower, Unzipped Fly Alarm and Other Essential Products

    Steven M Johnson

    A collection of self-illustrated inventions created by the author-artist as part of a personal sideline artistic and creative endeavor over more than 40 years. The 220 full color illustrations offer…

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    Getting America Unstuck: The Politics of Character and Craftsmanship

    Steven Howard Johnson

    IF AMERICA WERE TRULY A HEALTHY COUNTRY, what would be different? That’s not an easy question. These are disorienting times, and we have become a disoriented people. Our current frame…

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    Riverfront Property: Connecting at the River of Life

    Steven C Johnson

    Hold the book and your fingers get wet. Open the pages and water pours! Riverfront Property is a thirst-quencher. Soak in inspiration for dreams and visions, spiritual gifts, and the…

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    Bible Discoveries & Revelations

    Steven C Johnson

    Bible Discoveries and Revelations is a compilation of Bible mysteries that the author was compelled to research and interpret himself, due to his mistrust in individual church doctrines and their…

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    Bible Discoveries & Revelations

    Steven C Johnson

    Bible Discoveries and Revelations is a compilation of Bible mysteries that the author was compelled to research and interpret himself, due to his mistrust in individual church doctrines and their…

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