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Visit from the Goon Squad volume 2
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English
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"The Candy House opens with the staggeringly brilliant Bix Bouton, whose company, Mandala, is so successful that he is "one of those tech demi-gods with whom we're all on a first name basis." Bix is 40, with four kids, restless, desperate for a new idea, when he stumbles into a conversation group, mostly Columbia professors, one of whom is experimenting with downloading or "externalizing" memory. It's 2010. Within a decade, Bix's new technology, "Own...
2) Tweet cute
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Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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"Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may be falling apart, but their massive fast-food chain is booming - mainly thanks to Pepper, who is barely managing to juggle real life while secretly running Big League Burger's massive Twitter account. Enter Jack, class clown and constant thorn in Pepper's side. When he isn't trying to duck out of his obscenely popular twin's shadow, he's busy working...
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Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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"Social media is everywhere in society today. It can be a great tool for communication--but it is easily abused. Should you craft a careful social media presence? Or is it better to just stay away? Perspectives Flip Books are like two books in one: Start from one end and learn why people are logging off. Then flip it over and discover why others believe responsible social media use can be beneficial. Critical thinking questions help you analyze both...
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"When an anonymous neighborhood forum gets hacked, the darkest secrets of New York's wealthiest residents come to light-including some worth killing for-in this gripping suspense novel from the author of Just One Look. It was all confidential. Right up tothe moment when it wasn't. UrbanMyth: It was lauded as an alternative to the performative, show-your-best-self platforms-an anonymous discussion board grouped by zip code. The residents of Manhattan's...
7) Masked prey
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English
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The daughter of a US Senator is monitoring her social media presence when she finds a picture of herself on a strange blog. And there are other pictures of the children of other influential Washington politicians, walking or standing outside their schools, each identified by name. Surrounding the photos are texts of vicious political rants from a motley variety of extremist groups. The anonymous photographer can't be pinned down to one location or...
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Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"This book unpacks what happens to our brains and our behaviors each time we click 'Like' or even just scroll for new content on social media. Through interviews with top influencers, the latest studies, and pop-culture anecdotes, and Dr. Boxer Wachler'sown expertise as both a scientist and an influencer himself, he reveals how influence works"--
"“This engaging, eye-opening book covers everything anyone would ever want to know about social media...
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Que
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English
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Learn Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Skype, and More! My Social Media for Seniors helps you learn what social media is all about, and how to use it to connect with friends, families, and more. The full-color book provides a general overview of what social media is and what it does, then offers step-by-step instruction on how to use the most popular social media-- Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Twitter. It also covers other...
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Given unprecedented access to three major influencers--Calvin Covington of Southern Curls and Pearls, runner Mima Valerio and OG "mommy blogger" Shannon Bird--a millennial journalist shows how they build their empires, struggle with the haters, fight forcreative control, parent in public, and try to look good while doing it.
"An unfiltered, colorful romp through the IRL world of influencers that spills the tea on the multibillion-dollar industry...
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Publisher
Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An inspiring entrepreneur, known for his popular "The #AskGaryVee Show," highlights the most interesting questions ever posed to him and offers insights and advice on marketing, using social media, creating a personal brand, and how to hire superstar employees.
12) Just watch me
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Publisher
Common Deer Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Simon Rosen has a plan: make videos to ace his class project, earn a trip to Vancouver, participate in the Video Game Championships, get his parents to fall back in love. But when he tries to record himself, he soon learns that plans can go embarrassingly awry.
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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"Studies show that the average American is spending more than 10 hours a day in front of their screens … Too often, bad feelings from social media interactions linger, negatively affecting our off-line lives and worsening already present mental health issues. Instead of demonizing social media by taking a one-note, 'digital detox' approach, Logged In and Stressed Out recognizes social media is not, itself, the problem— it's how we use it that...
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English
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"In this sensational, page-turning debut novel, a high-profile female journalist's world is upended when her fiancae's name turns up in a viral social media post-a nuanced, daring, and timely exploration of the real-world impact of online life, from award-winning journalist and internationally bestselling author, Yomi Adegoke"--
"Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is set to marry the love of her life in one month’s time....
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Series
Zoey Ashe volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Zoey Ashe wakes up every day feeling like she's trying to steer a battleship while tied to the propeller. The twenty-three-year-old heiress to a criminal empire is navigating a futuristic world of high-tech liars and cutthroats, forced to learn the rules of a devious game she never asked to play. Now she's facing a crisis that is both bigger and stranger than all that came before: The gleaming new city of Tabula Ra$a is hosting its massive annual...
16) Conviction
Author
Series
Anna and Fin volume 1
Language
English
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'Only Murders In the Building' Read-Alikes
Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine Book Club
Summer Thrillers
Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine Book Club
Summer Thrillers
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The day Anna McDonald's quiet, respectable life explodes starts off like all the days before: Packing up the kids for school, making breakfast, listening to yet another true crime podcast. Then her husband comes downstairs with an announcement, and Anna is suddenly, shockingly alone. Reeling, desperate for disctraction, Anna returns to the podcast. Other people's problems are much better than one's own -- a sunken yacht, a murdered family, a hint...
17) The Affinities
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Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
After becoming a part of the Tau, one of twenty-two large global network Affinities in the near future, young Adam Fisk thinks his life has improved for the better until the different Affinities begin to go to war with one another -- in a conflict that will change Adam's world forever.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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"Talking to other people isn't Kate Bailey's favorite activity. So when her best friend convinces Kate to join their high school's podcast, Kate is not expecting to be chosen as the host. Giving advice on the air? Impossible. But to Kate's surprise, she turns out to be pretty good at hosting. Then the podcast gets a call from an anonymous guy asking for advice about his unnamed crush. Suddenly, Kate finds that while doling out wisdom to others may...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Sexting. Cyberbullying. Narcissism. Social media has become the dominant force in young people's lives, and each day seems to bring another shocking tale of private pictures getting into the wrong hands, or a lament that young people feel compelled to share their each and every thought with the entire world. Have smartphones and social media created a generation of self-obsessed egomaniacs? Absolutely not, Donna Freitas argues in this provocative...
20) Ingrid goes West
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Following the death of her mother, a young girl moves to Los Angeles to befriend a social media star.
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