Bruce Schneier

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Illinois

The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World

You are under surveillance right now.


Your cell phone provider tracks your location and knows who's with you. Your online and in-store purchasing patterns are recorded, and reveal if you're unemployed, sick, or pregnant. Your e-mails and texts expose your intimate and casual friends. Google knows what you're thinking because it saves your private searches. Facebook can determine your sexual orientation without you ever mentioning it.

The powers that surveil us do more than simply store this information. Corporations use surveillance to manipulate not only the news articles and advertisements we each see, but also the prices we're offered. Governments use surveillance to discriminate, censor, chill free speech, and put people in danger worldwide. And both sides share this information with each other or, even worse, lose it to cybercriminals in huge data breaches.

Much of this is voluntary: we cooperate with corporate surveillance because it promises us convenience, and we submit to government surveillance because it promises us protection. The result is a mass surveillance society of our own making. But have we given up more than we've gained? In Data and Goliath, security expert Bruce Schneier offers another path, one that values both security and privacy. He shows us exactly what we can do to reform our government surveillance programs and shake up surveillance-based business models, while also providing tips for you to protect your privacy every day. You'll never look at your phone, your computer, your credit cards, or even your car in the same way again.

Data and Goliath

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Sharon Madanes

Science

The Complete Middle School Study Guide

It’s the revolutionary science study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest. Everything You Need to Ace Science . . . takes readers from scientific investigation and the engineering design process to the Periodic Table; forces and motion; forms of energy; outer space and the solar system; to earth sciences, biology, body systems, ecology, and more. The BIG FAT NOTEBOOK™ series is built on a simple and irresistible conceit—borrowing the notes from the smartest kid in class. There are five books in all, and each is the only book you need for each main subject taught in middle school: Math, Science, American History, English Language Arts, and World History. Inside the reader will find every subject’s key concepts, easily digested and summarized: Critical ideas highlighted in neon colors. Definitions explained. Doodles that illuminate tricky concepts in marker. Mnemonics for memorable shortcuts. And quizzes to recap it all. The BIG FAT NOTEBOOKS meet Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and state history standards, and are vetted by National and State Teacher of the Year Award–winning teachers. They make learning fun, and are the perfect next step for every kid who grew up on Brain Quest.

Everything You Need to Ace Science in One Big Fat Notebook

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Social Studies

Introduction to Sociology 2e

Deborah Diesen

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER Deep in the water, Mr. Fish swims about With his fish face stuck In a permanent pout. Can his pals cheer him up? Will his pout ever end? Is there something he can learn From an unexpected friend? Swim along with the pout-pout fish as he discovers that being glum and spreading "dreary wearies" isn't really his destiny. Bright ocean colors and playful rhyme come together in Deborah Diesen's fun fish story that's sure to turn even the poutiest of frowns upside down.

The Pout-Pout Fish

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Mark H. McCormack

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Selling More, Managing Better, and Getting the Job

An advanced course in street-smart business tactics from the bestselling author of What They Don’t Teach You At Harvard Business School. The key to executive success is innovation, and if you want to keep up with today’s fast-paced global economy, you’d better keep up with Mark McCormack. Now, one of America’s hottest entrepeneurs teaches you how to sell more, manage better, and get the job done in the ’90s. What They Still Don’t Teach You At Harvard Business School is a straight-talking, hard-hitting, practical guide to getting organized, moving ahead, and gaining the competitive edge. Here are a superstar businessman’s powerful winning strategies for buying, selling, managing, and negotiating that will give you the advantage no matter what the situation—in even the toughest business environments. • How to land your first great job—and four ways to prove your worth for a higher salary. • Ten ways careers (and companies) get stalled—and how to get them started again. • The five attributes of a winner: how to make the most of limited opportunities. • The keys to corporate culture: leadership, management, and networking. • The ten commandments of street smarts. • The seven most dangerous people in your company . . . and much more! Mark McCormack’s uniquely successful management style offers savvy advice for executives and executives-to-be on every rung of the corporate ladder. Now you no longer have to struggle to keep up with the competition—they’ll be struggling to keep up with you!

What They Still Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School

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Terry Trueman

This "intense reading experience"* is a Printz Honor Book.

Shawn McDaniel's life is not what it may seem to anyone looking at him. He is glued to his wheelchair, unable to voluntarily move a muscle--he can't even move his eyes. For all Shawn's father knows, his son may be suffering. Shawn may want a release. And as long as he is unable to communicate his true feelings to his father, Shawn's life is in danger.

To the world, Shawn's senses seem dead. Within these pages, however, we meet a side of him that no one else has seen--a spirit that is rich beyond imagining, breathing life.

The paperback features an Extras section, giving readers even more insight into Shawn's life, and a Q&A with Terry Trueman.

*Booklist starred review

Stuck in Neutral

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American Bible Society

Presents eight stories from the Old and New Testaments, including the story of Noah, the Nativity, and Jesus and the Children.

My First Read and Learn Bible

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J. K. Rowling

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

As Harry enters his sixth year at Hogwarts, a storm is brewing in the battle between good and evil, a battle that promises to have incredible consequences for the magic world.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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Uri Gneezy

John List

Steven D. Levitt

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Business & Economics

Hidden Motives and the Undiscovered Economics of Everyday Life

Can economics be passionate?… Can it center on people and what really matters to them day-in and day-out.… And help us understand their hidden motives for why they do what they do in everyday life? Uri Gneezy and John List are revolutionaries. Their ideas and methods for revealing what really works in addressing big social, business, and economic problems gives us new understanding of the motives underlying human behavior. We can then structure incentives that can get people to move mountains, change their behavior—or at least get a better deal. But finding the right incentive can be like looking for a needle in a haystack. Gneezy and List’s pioneering approach is to embed themselves in the factories, schools, communities, and offices where people work, live, and play. Then, through large-scale field experiments conducted “in the wild,” Gneezy and List observe people in their natural environments without them being aware that they are observed. Their randomized experiments have revealed ways to close the gap between rich and poor students; to stop the violence plaguing inner-city schools; to decipher whether women are really less competitive than men; to correctly price products and services; and to discover the real reasons why people discriminate. To get the answers, Gneezy and List boarded planes, helicopters, trains, and automobiles to embark on journeys from the foothills of Kilimanjaro to California wineries; from sultry northern India to the chilly streets of Chicago; from the playgrounds of schools in Israel to the boardrooms of some of the world’s largest corporations. In The Why Axis, they take us along for the ride, and through engaging and colorful stories, present lessons with big payoffs. Their revelatory, startling, and urgent discoveries about how incentives really work are both revolutionary and immensely practical. This research will change both the way we think about and take action on big and little problems. Instead of relying on assumptions, we can find out, through evidence, what really works. Anyone working in business, politics, education, or philanthropy can use the approach Gneezy and List describe in The Why Axis to reach a deeper, nuanced understanding of human behavior, and a better understanding of what motivates people and why.

The Why Axis

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Clive Gifford

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Art, Music, Drama/Theater

The Kingfisher Soccer Encyclopedia by Clive Gifford is the definitive guide to the world's most popular sport. From the sublime skills of Pele to the lifestyle of a professional soccer player, this gloriously illustrated book explores every aspect of the game. Freshly revised and updated, this is a world soccer book for the 2014 World Cup and beyond. State-of-the-art digital illustrations and stunning photographs bring to life all the key rules, tactics, set plays, and skills. As well as offering practical advice, this informative book also provides an insider's view of the history of the game, profiles of the great clubs, and facts about women's soccer teams and players. Comprehensive and visually thrilling, this book captures all the drama and the passion of a game that unites billions of people across the globe. Includes free World Cup poster for readers to fill in as the tournament progresses

The Kingfisher Soccer Encyclopedia

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Mark Bittman

A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes

From the award-winning guru of culinary simplicity and author of the bestselling "How to Cook Everything" and "How to Cook Everything Vegetarian" comes a plan for responsible eating that's as good for the planet as it is for the waistline.

Food Matters

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QA International

Qa Internationa

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Includes Essential Information on How to Buy, Prepare and Store over 1,000 Types of Food

An invaluable guide on how to identify, select, prepare, and store over 1,000 types of food

Small enough to carry everywhere, but packed with information, this practical and beautifully illustrated full-color guide covers almost every type of food you will find at a supermarket, farmer's market, and specialty food store.

The Visual Food Lover's Guide gives you


 * Information on buying, storing, and cooking every type of food
 * Over 600 color illustrations to help clearly identify foods
 * Nutritional facts for every ingredient
 * The essentials on vegetables, legumes, grains, fish, shellfish, meat, poultry, dairy products, nuts and seeds, and herbs and spices
 * A quick reference on foods as common as chicken and as exotic as kombu seaweed
 * How-to photos of basic food preparation techniques such as properly cutting a pineapple, cleaning crab, and making homemade pasta

With more than 300 entries, The Visual Food Lover's Guide is an indispensable tool for anyone who wants to know at a glance about the foods they eat and read about.

The Visual Food Lover's Guide

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William J. Rothwell

H. C. Kazanas

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A Systematic Approach

The fourth edition of Mastering the Instructional Design Process has been completely revised and updated and is based on the instructional design competencies of the International Board of Standards of Performance and Instruction (IBSTPI). The book identifies the core competencies of instructional system design and presents them in a way that helps to develop these competencies and apply them successfully in real-world settings. This comprehensive resource covers the full range of topics for understanding and mastering the instructional design process including: detecting and solving human performance problems; analyzing needs, learners, work settings, and work; establishing performance objectives and performance measurements; delivering the instruction effectively; and managing instructional design projects successfully.

Mastering the Instructional Design Process

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Donald Greive

Patricia Lesko

English

This is more than just a teacher's manual! This little powerhouse, revised, expanded, and more in-depth than ever, helps adjuncts tackle the day-to-day problems associated with teaching part-time. From course planning to teaching adult students, this book offers practical suggestions, strategies and advice.

A Handbook for Adjunct/Part-Time Faculty and Teachers of Adults

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Vismi Ent (VISMI)

Vismi Ent (VISMI)

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Everything You Need to Ace Science in One Big Fat Notebook

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Introduction to Sociology 2e

Deborah Diesen

The Pout-Pout Fish

Mark H. McCormack

What They Still Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School

Terry Trueman

Stuck in Neutral

American Bible Society

My First Read and Learn Bible

J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Uri Gneezy; John List; Steven D. Levitt

The Why Axis

Clive Gifford

The Kingfisher Soccer Encyclopedia

Mark Bittman

Food Matters

QA International; Qa Internationa; QA International

The Visual Food Lover's Guide

William J. Rothwell; H. C. Kazanas

Mastering the Instructional Design Process

Donald Greive; Patricia Lesko

A Handbook for Adjunct/Part-Time Faculty and Teachers of Adults

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Mark H. McCormack

What They Still Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School

Terry Trueman

Stuck in Neutral

American Bible Society

My First Read and Learn Bible

J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Uri Gneezy; John List; Steven D. Levitt

The Why Axis

Clive Gifford

The Kingfisher Soccer Encyclopedia

Mark Bittman

Food Matters

QA International; Qa Internationa; QA International

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Donald Greive; Patricia Lesko

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