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A Monthly Collection of Librarian-selected Books by Topic
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July 2024: Pixelated Pages
Reboot Your Skills
(Computer How-To’s)
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Teach Yourself Visually Windows 11 by Paul McFedries (DB 110735 / BR 24576 in process)
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Windows 11 for Dummies by Andy Rathbone (DB 109227)
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Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation by Kevin Roose (DB 103449)
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IPad for Seniors for Dummies by Dwight Spivey (DB 117476)
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A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend Them Back by Bruce Schneier (DBC27607)
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Video Chatting for Seniors: In Easy Steps by Nick Vandome (DB 104705 / BR 23912 in process)
AI FYI
(Artificial Intelligence Non-fiction)
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The Heart and the Chip: Our Bright Future with Robots by Daniela Rus and Gregory Mone (DB 120498)
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Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What is Human in a World of Machines by Joy Buolamwini (DB 119664)
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Robots and the People Who Love Them: Holding on to our Humanity in an Age of Social Robots by Eve Herold (DB 118391)
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Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World by Mo Gawdat (DB 116251)
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Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick (DB 121008)
Silicon Sagas
(Computers in Fiction)
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The Future is Yours by Dan Frey (DB 102934) – Science fiction. Best friends invent a computer that connects to the Internet one year into the future. It is wildly successful, but what pitfalls lie ahead?
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (DB 109032 / BR 24683) – Realistic fiction. Childhood friends from the 1980s reunite as adults and build a computer game company together.
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Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin (DB 99674) – Science fiction. Trendy toys controlled by anonymous users who pay to watch the lives of the toys’ owners. The owners know they are being watched but not by whom.
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Alias Emma by Ava Glass (DB 110058 / BR 24599) – Mystery/Suspense. Secret agent needs to move a threatened person across London without being detected by the CCTV cameras that have been compromised by the Russians.
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88 Names by Matt Ruff (DB 99450) – Science fiction/Suspense. As a tour guide to virtual reality gaming, a man begins to suspect his clients are agents of Korea and the People’s Republic of China.
These books and more are available on digital cartridge (call the Library at 1-800-992-9012 to order) or for download from the National Library Service's (NLS) online Braille Audio Reading Download (BARD) database: https://nlsbard.loc.gov/
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The Braille and Talking Book Library provides library services for individuals unable to use standard print materials. Learn more at Michigan.gov/BTBL.
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