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The Filter Bubble : What the Internet is Hiding from you
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Subject(s): Invisible Web | Information organization | Semantic Web -- Social aspects | World Wide Web -- Subject access | Internet -- Censorship Summary: The hidden rise of personalization on the Internet is controlling--and limiting--the information we consume. In 2009, Google began customizing its search results. Instead of giving you the mo

Merchants of Culture : the Publishing Business in the twenty-First Century
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Subject(s): Publishers and publishing -- History -- 17th century -- Great Britain | Publishers and publishing -- History -- United States | Publishers and publishing -- Technological innovations Summary: " "All you need to know about the industry at a time of momentous change." -Drake McFeely, chairman and president, W.W. Norton &#

Encyclopedia of Islamic Herbal Medicine
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Subject(s): Herbs -- Encyclopedias -- Therapeutic use | Materia medica, Vegetable -- Encyclopedias | Medicine, Arab -- Encyclopedias | Islam -- Encyclopedias | Materia medica, Vegetables -- Encyclopedias Summary: "Combining classical Arabic primary sources with an exhaustive survey of modern scientific studies, this encyclopedia features a

Reflections on the Qur'an : Commentaries on Selected Verses
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Subject(s): Qur'an -- Commentaries | Islam | Religion Summary: The Qur'an is believed by Muslims to be the final word of God revealed to humanity through Prophet Muhammad speaking to all humans for all times. This nature of Islam s holy book brings along a continuous study of it so that its injunctions are reinterpreted according to con

Heartwishes : an Edilean Novel
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Subject(s): Women historians -- Fiction | Heirlooms -- Fiction | Jewelery theft -- Fiction Summary: Historian Gemma Ranford and Colin Frazier must work together to find the Heartwishes stone that's been missing for over one hundred years -- and with an international thief also on the hunt, the clock is ticking. Because in the wrong hands, n

The Hand That First Held Mine
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Subject(s): Women painters -- Fiction | Motherhood -- Fiction | Family secrets -- Fiction Summary: Fifty years after a reporter of genteel origins becomes a single mother, London painter Elina navigates the first weeks of motherhood after surviving a dangerous labor and learns that her life is disconcertingly linked to the woman from the past.&

Aerotropolis : the Way We'll Live Next
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Subject(s): Airports -- Social aspects | Cities and towns | City planning | Globalization Summary: Outlines a panoramic view of what the authors predict will be the next phase of globalization, describing transportation-centric urban regions designed to keep workers, suppliers, and goods networked within the global marketplace

Wacana Budaya
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Subject(s): Malaysia -- Civilization Summary: Essays on various aspects of Malay culture; festschrift in honor of Norazit Selat, founding director of Academy of Malay Studies, 2000-2004 and in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of Universiti Malaya. Holdings: ,Book - General,Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Library,General Collect

Une Experience De Dialogue : Les Centres D'etude Chretiens EN Monde Musulman
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Subject(s): Islam -- Relations Christianity | Christianity and other religions -- Islam | Islam -- Study and teaching -- Middle East Holdings: ,Book - General,Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Library,General Collection,Open Shelf,BP172 L47 L667E 1987,Available,00000769375

New Horizons in Eastern Humanism : Buddhism, Confucianism and the Quest for Global Peace
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Subject(s): Humanism -- China | Humanism -- Japan | Buddhism and humanism -- China | Buddhism and humanism -- Japan | Confucianism -- China | Confucianism -- Japan Summary: China now attracts global attention and headlines that are directly proportionate to its increasing economic and geopolitical power. But for several millennia the philosophy

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