The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by Pantheon $29.95
James Gleick, the author of the best sellers Chaos and Genius, now brings us a work just as astonishing and masterly: a revelatory chronicle and meditation that shows how information has become the modern era’s defining quality—the blood, the fuel, the vital principle of our world. The story of information begins in a time profoundly unlike our own, when every thought and utterance vanishes...
The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption by O'Reilly Media $22.99
The modern human animal spends upwards of 11 hours out of every 24 in a state of constant consumption. Not eating, but gorging on information ceaselessly spewed from the screens and speakers we hold dear. Just as we have grown morbidly obese on sugar, fat, and flour—so, too, have we become gluttons for texts, instant messages, emails, RSS feeds, downloads, videos, status updates, and...
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Grand Central Publishing $13.99
How much of an impact can an animal have? How many lives can one cat touch? How is it possible for an abandoned kitten to transform a small library, save a classic American town, and eventually become famous around the world? You can't even begin to answer those questions until you hear the charming story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat of Spencer, Iowa.Dewey's story starts in...
Foundations of IT Service Management - The ITIL Foundations Course in a Book by Julie Villarreal $9.99
As business becomes more and more dependent on technology, there is considerable attention given to the concept of aligning IT to the business. Until ITIL version 3, this concept remained mostly conceptual. The IT Infrastructure Library, by focusing on the principle of providing services, empowers IT and the business with the tools they require to enable this alignment. Having become the de-facto...
Interpersonal Conflict by Mcgraw-Hill College $71.45
This text introduces students to the theory and practice of conflict management and covers the central elements of conflict that occur in families, organizations, and in interpersonal relationships, highlighting the practical skills necessary to manage conflict and connect those skills to conflict theory.
Dewey's Nine Lives: The Legacy of the Small-Town Library Cat Who Inspired Millions by Dutton Adult $19.95
Share your fabulous feline photos with us in the Dewey the Library Cat group in Penguin Community. The cat that captured America's hearts returns, to share more of his special brand of magic. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World was a blockbuster bestseller and a publishing phenomenon. It has sold nearly a million copies, spawned three children's books, and will be...
The Visible Ops Handbook: Implementing ITIL in 4 Practical and Auditable Steps by IT Process Institute, Inc. $29.95
The Core of Visible Ops Visible Ops is a methodology designed to jumpstart implementation of controls and process improvement in IT organizations needing to increase service levels, security, and auditability while managing costs. Visible Ops is comprised of four prescriptive and self-fueling steps that take an organization from any starting point to a continually improving process. Making ITIL...
This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All by Harper Perennial $14.99
Buried in info? Cross-eyed over technology? From the bottom of a pile of paper, disks, books, e-books, and scattered thumb drives comes a cry of hope: Make way for the librarians—they can help! Those who predicted the death of libraries forgot to consider that, in the automated maze of contemporary life, none of us—expert and hopelessly baffled alike—can get along without human help....
Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs by American Library Association $39.00
Risk: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Oxford University Press, USA $11.95
We find risk everywhere--from genetically modified crops, medical malpractice, and stem-cell therapy to heartbreak, online predators, identity theft, inflation, and robbery. They arise from our own acts and they are imposed on us. In this Very Short Introduction, Baruch Fischhoff and John Kadvany draw on both the sciences and humanities to illuminate both the similarities and differences of...