Information Age

Libraries today are more important than ever. More than just book repositories, libraries can become bulwarks against some of the most crucial challenges of our age: unequal access to education, jobs, and information.

2 Hörspiele + 1 Hörbuch + 1 Bonus = Unsere 1. BUCHFÜNKchen Hörspiel-Box für die ganze Familie. Friederike Köpf: Baby Oma (Hörspiel). 81 Minuten, mit Emilia Rübbert, Sibylle Kuhne, Anna-Lena Zühlke, Alexander Gamnitzer, Peter Schneider und vielen weiteren. Dieses Hörspiel erzählt leichtfüßig von einem ernsten Thema mit zwei unvergesslich eigensinnigen Heldinnen. Lumi ist gar nicht begeistert, als plötzlich ihre Oma bei ihnen zu Hause einzieht. Ihre Oma, die vergisst, dass sie eine Enkeltochter hat, die immer dieselben Sachen sagt und ihre Tabletten heimlich in die Fensterritzen krümelt.

Named a 2024 Pulitzer Prize Finalist and a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Pick “Among the year's highlights . . . groundbreaking, epic . . . Like visitors exiting the Met’s galleries, readers will emerge from Information Desk bedazzled by the transformative horizons of art.”...

In Abundance, Pablo J. Boczkowski builds upon what we know about the historical and contemporary scholarship to develop a novel framework on the experience of living in a society that has more information available to the public than ever before, focusing on the interpretations, emotions, and practices of dealing with this abundance in everyday life.

With the onslaught of cloud solutions, consumerization of technology, and increasingly tech-savvy business people, it's time for a manifesto for leaders who recognize - and are nervous about - the demands of the digital age. Whether you're an executive, department head, or IT manager, The New IT provides an action-ready blueprint for building and strengthening the role of IT in your company - and prescribing IT's future.

What shapes our sense of place, our sense of time, and our memory? How is technology changing the way we make sense of the world and of ourselves? Our screens offer us connection, especially now in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are certain depths of connection our screens can’t...