The Internet of Us - Michael Patrick Lynch

Staff Pick
Philosopher Michael Patrick Lynch approaches the Internet age with a question framed in the traditions of epistemology: how does reliance on the information made available by the Internet alter our ability to understand or have knowledge of a subject?  How is fingertip-accessible information, or Google-knowing, affecting our ability to reason? As he considers how the Internet has altered our relationship to knowledge, he raises concerns about the future of thought that are particularly pressing in an age where networks, smart objects, wearable tech, and the advent of neuromedia increase the presence of the Internet in daily life in irreversible ways.
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$25.95
ISBN: 9780871406613
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Published: Liveright - March 21st, 2016

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$16.95
ISBN: 9781631492778
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Published: Liveright - May 9th, 2017

You Will Know Me - Megan Abbott

Staff Pick
Devon Knox is a driven gymnast, on the brink of a career achievement which would set her on the path to Olympic stardom. Her parents have built their lives around their outstanding daughter; her success is the family project and the community's investment. In the high-pressure weeks leading up to this pivotal moment in her career, a murder shocks the community and threatens to upend the machine of Devon's progress. Skillfully plotted, and genuinely surprising in its twists and turns, I read this nuanced book in one sitting, both moved by the relationships on the page and driven to solve the deepening mystery which threatens more than one person's identity and future.
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$17.99
ISBN: 9780316231060
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Published: Back Bay Books - April 25th, 2017

Chelsea Girls - Eileen Myles

Staff Pick
"I am a significant person, maybe a saint, or larger than life." Loosely documenting Myles' early life, wild adolescence, and ascendance as a poet and artist in New York in the 1970s, this autobiographical novel hits hard. In an audacious and inventive voice, charged with raw energy, Myles brings together the experiences that defined her development as an artist and framed her challenge to prescribed notions of identity. Recently reissued and getting a well-earned second round in the spotlight, this poet's novel is affecting on many levels and is easily the sexiest book I've read in a long while.
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$18.00
ISBN: 9780062394668
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Published: Ecco - September 29th, 2015

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