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- The age of surveillance capitalism : the fight for a human future at the new frontier of power / by Zuboff, Shoshana,1951-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."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, business, personal, and technological meaning of "surveillance capitalism" as an unprecedented new market form. It is not simply about tracking us and selling ads, it is the business model for an ominous new marketplace that aims at nothing less than predicting and modifying our everyday behavior--where we go, what we do, what we say, how we feel, who we're with. The consequences of surveillance capitalism for us as individuals and as a society vividly come to life in The Age of Surveillance Capitalism's pathbreaking analysis of power. The threat has shifted from a totalitarian "big brother" state to a universal global architecture of automatic sensors and smart capabilities: A "big other" that imposes a fundamentally new form of power and unprecedented concentrations of knowledge in private companies--free from democratic oversight and control"--- Subjects: Consumer behavior; Consumer profiling; Information technology;
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- Motorcycling the right way / by Condon, Ken.;
What kind of rider are you? -- Risky business -- Managing risk -- Preventing crashes -- Maintain your ride -- Managing traction -- Shifting and braking -- Cornering -- Mastering necessary skills -- Mastering everyday situations -- Group riding -- Carrying passengers -- Returning riders and aging -- Off road riding -- Track days."This book discusses a range of necessary skills, such as shifting, braking, and cornering, as well as safety precautions and risk management for all types of motorcycle riders, including single riders, group riders, off-road and track riders, and those carrying passengers"--Provided by publisher.- Subjects: Motorcycling.; Traffic safety.;
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- The humane economy : how innovators and enlightened consumers are transforming the lives of animals / by Pacelle, Wayne,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.- Subjects: Animal welfare; Animal welfare;
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- Magnifeco : your head-to-toe guide to ethical fashion and non-toxic beauty / by Black, Kate,1969-;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index."The fashion industry's reputation for social responsibility is in tatters--grim stories of environmental damage, toxic chemicals, and human rights abuses abound. Author Kate Black highlights a multitude of ways consumers can make better choices and introduces the brands and designers leading the way so you can shop more ethically, feel better about what you wear, and be - magnifeco!"--Provided by publisher.LSC- Subjects: Fashion; Beauty, Personal; Clothing and dress; Clothing and dress; Shopping; Consumer education.; Sustainable living.;
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- The velvet rope economy : how inequality became big business / by Schwartz, Nelson,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In nearly every realm of daily life--from health care to education, highways to home security--there is an invisible velvet rope rising, separating Americans into two radically different experiences of life. On one side of the velvet rope is a friction-free existence where, for a price, needs are anticipated and catered to. Red tape is cut, lines are jumped, appointments are secured, and doors are opened. On the other side of the rope, friction is practically the defining characteristic, with middle-and working-class Americans facing a Darwinian fight for an empty seat on the plane, a place in line with their kids at the amusement park, a college acceptance, a hospital bed. We are all aware of the gap between the rich and everyone else, but when we weren't looking business innovators stepped in to exploit it, shifting services away from the masses and finding new ways to serve the privileged. New York Times business reporter Nelson Schwartz offers a behind-the-scenes tour of the velvet rope economy and those who created it: the ship-within-a-ship on Norwegian Cruise Lines that saves the best views for the wealthy, a special pager for donors that reaches San Francisco's top cardiologist, a $4,000-a-night maternity suite, firefighters who save one home but not the house next door. And he shows the toll of velvet rope innovation on the rest of us: long waits for an ambulance, packed highways, school athletics that are pay to play. What's more, as decision-makers and corporate leaders increasingly live on the friction-free side of the velvet rope, they are less inclined to change--or even notice--the barriers everyone else must contend with"--- Subjects: Income distribution; Affluent consumers; Classism;
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- Empire of things : how we became a world of consumers, from the fifteenth century to the twenty-first / by Trentmann, Frank.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC- Subjects: Consumption (Economics);
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- Every Canadian's guide to common contracts : the essential reference for business owners, managers, entrepreneurs and consumers / by Grayson, Timothy Demkiw.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-245)- Subjects: Contracts;
- © c1999., HarperBusiness,
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- Apocalyptic planet : field guide to the everending Earth / by Childs, Craig,1967-;
Includes bibliographical references.Deserts consume -- Ice collapses -- Seas rise -- Civilizations fall -- Cold returns -- Mountains crumble -- Species vanish -- Cataclysm strikes -- Seas boil.- Subjects: Earth;
- © c2012., Pantheon Books,
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- Chenneville : a novel of murder, loss, and vengeance / by Jiles, Paulette,1943-author.; Springer, Nick,cartographer.;
"Consumed with grief, driven by vengeance, a man undertakes an unrelenting odyssey across the lawless post-Civil War frontier seeking redemption"--- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Frontier and pioneer life; Murderers; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Revenge; Veterans;
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- The He-Man effect [graphic novel] : how American toymakers sold you your childhood / by Brown, Box,author,illustrator.;
Includes bibliographical references."Powered by the advent of television and supercharged by the deregulation era of the 1980s, media companies and toy manufacturers joined forces to dominate the psyches of American children. But what are the consequences when a developing brain is saturated with the same kind of marketing bombardment found in Red Scare propaganda? Brian "Box" Brown's The He-Man Effect shows how corporate manipulation brought muscular, accessory-stuffed action figures to dizzying heights in the 1980s and beyond. Putting beloved brands like H-Man, Transformers, My Little Pony, and even Mickey Mouse in the spotlight, the graphic history exposes a world with no rules and no concern beyond profit."--Publisher.- Subjects: Graphic novels.; Nonfiction comics.; Child consumers; Toys; Toys;
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