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The idealist: Aaron Swartz and the rise of free culture on the Internet
Par Justin Peters. 2016
Journalist examines the life and advocacy of Aaron Swartz (1986-2013), the history and future of copyright, data curation and archiving…
in the Internet age, the open access movement, and laws related to telecommunications and intellectual property. Discusses the at times competing philosophies behind these constructs. 2016The smart girl's guide to privacy: practical tips for staying safe online
Par Violet Blue. 2015
Investigative journalist discusses the hidden dangers in social media, dating websites, and apps that predators use to target women. Demonstrates…
how to protect yourself from identity theft and online stalkers, how to create safe profiles and block trackers, and more. Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2015Dr. Neal Barnard's program for reversing diabetes: the scientifically proven system for reversing diabetes without drugs
Par Neal Barnard, Bryanna Clark Grogan. 2007
A medical doctor outlines a program that grew out of his research on repairing insulin function, as well as reversing…
and preventing type 2 diabetes. He discusses how his advice differs from conventional treatment. He also includes menus and recipes built around generous portions of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and legumes. 2007The sins of Brother Curtis: a story of betrayal, conviction, and the Mormon Church
Par Lisa Davis. 2011
Journalist Lisa Davis recounts how Mormon Sunday-school teacher Frank Curtis preyed on his young charges, even as he was protected…
by the church elders who knew of his behavior. She also describes events leading up to his crimes and the assembly of the case against his behavior. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011Journalist recounts how, in 1920s Chicago, lawyer Leo Koretz enticed hundreds of people to invest $30 million (the equivalent of…
$400 million in the 2010s) in phantom timberland and nonexistent oil wells. Koretz vanished in 1923 when his scheme finally collapsed, but he was later found and sent to prison. 2015After Snowden: privacy, secrecy, and security in the information age
Par Barry Siegel, Jon Mills, Ronald Goldfarb, Hodding Carter III, Edward Wasserman, Tom Blanton, David D. Cole. 2015
Collection of six essays analyzing questions raised in the fallout of government surveillance revelations exposed by Edward Snowden. Topics include…
the role of the press, national security in the twenty-first century, consequences of revealing confidential information, responsibility for determination of state secrets, and more. 2015Checklist for my family: a guide to my history, financial plans, and final wishes
Par Sally Balch Hurme. 2015
The dark net: inside the digital underworld
Par Jamie Bartlett. 2015
Technology academic and columnist explores areas of the Internet that are havens for questionable activities. Examines the growth of the…
Internet from its earliest days, types of personalities who benefit from anonymity, and how the Internet is used outside the public eye. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2014Using a wealth of new evidence, Anderson revisits the murder of fourteen-year-old African-American Emmett Till from Chicago. In 1955, Emmett…
was visiting Mississippi relatives when he was killed for allegedly flirting with a white woman. Discusses the trial, the acquittal by a white jury, the five-decades-later autopsy, and Emmett's legacy. Some violence. 2015Poison candy: the murderous Madam: inside Dalia Dippolito's plot to kill
Par Mark Ebner, Elizabeth Parker. 2014
Prosecutor's account of the events surrounding the 2011 trial of a young former prostitute who attempted to have her husband…
killed. Describes how a Florida policeman posed as the hitman and how a television show filmed Dalia Dippolito's reaction to the fake murder scene. Some strong language. 2014One of us: the story of Anders Breivik and the massacre in Norway
Par Asne Seierstad, Sarah Death, Åsne Seierstad. 2015
Author of The Bookseller of Kabul (DB 57814) details the life of Anders Breivik, who detonated a bomb outside the…
prime minister's office in Oslo, Norway, and then proceeded to gun down sixty-nine attendees of a youth camp in July 2011. Discusses the country's reaction. Translated from the 2013 Norwegian edition. Violence. 2013Law 101: Everything You Need to Know about the American Legal System, Fourth Edition
Par Jay M. Feinman. 2014
Law professor provides overview of information typically taught during the first year of law school. Using well-known cases to illustrate…
his points, Feinman discusses, among other things, constitutional law, the litigation process, personal injury and tort law, contracts, and criminal and property laws. 2014Editor-in-chief of Truthdig Robert Scheer discusses the widespread surveillance of the general public conducted by corporations and government agencies and…
condemns the erosion of privacy rights. He argues that the information revolution, despite its positive elements, contains the seeds of freedom's destruction in the form of a surveillance state. 2015Data and Goliath: the hidden battles to collect your data and control your world
Par Bruce Schneier. 2015
Computer security expert details the state of data analysis in the twenty-first century, including the ways it is generated and…
collected, as well as how to protect it. He examines the entities collecting data, the ways data is analyzed, and the predictions it can make. 2015Lincoln's greatest case: the river, the bridge, and the making of America
Par Brian McGinty. 2015
Before his tenure as president, Lincoln spent nearly a quarter century as a lawyer. McGinty details what became the most…
consequential trial in Lincoln's career, the case of the steamboat Effie Afton, which affected the future of transportation in America and cemented Lincoln's reputation. 2015The hormone reset diet: heal your metabolism to lose up to 15 pounds in 21 days
Par Sara Gottfried. 2015
Gynecologist explains how female weight gain is the result of misfires involving seven metabolic hormones--estrogen, insulin, leptin, cortisol, thyroid, growth…
hormone, and testosterone. She outlines her three-week program of three-day bursts that address each of these hormones in turn through dietary changes. 2015To build and retain business, Caesars Entertainment in Las Vegas mines customer data, tracking what customers like to play, what…
foods they enjoy, when they prefer to visit, and more. Many companies have adopted this model to remain competitive, but Tanner examines both the benefits and the destructive nature of this practice. 2014Political order and political decay: from the industrial revolution to the globalization of democracy
Par Francis Fukuyama. 2014
Author of America at the Crossroads (DB 62668) analyzes the development, and in some cases the downfall, of political structures…
across the world since the mid-1800s. Pays particular attention to the spread of democracy. Examines the role of the state, maintenance of governing ideals, and influence of corruption. 2014The case against the Supreme Court
Par Erwin Chemerinsky. 2014
Constitutional scholar Erwin Chemerinsky analyzes the work of the Supreme Court over the past two hundred years. He protests the…
general perception of the Court's objectiveness and argues for term limits as well as a reassessment of the institution as a whole, drawing on particular past cases to support his arguments. 2014The great New Orleans kidnapping case: race, law, and justice in the Reconstruction Era
Par Michael A. Ross. 2014
Combining history and true crime, this work examines a court case that caught the attention of the whole country. In…
1870 New Orleans, two Afro-Creole women were accused of kidnapping a white baby from her home. The ensuing trial highlights the difficult race relations of the Reconstruction era. 2015