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Author
Language
English
Description
"Andrew Blum plunges into the unseen but real ether of the Internet in a journey both compelling and profound….You will never open an email in quite the same way again."
-Tom Vanderbilt, New York Times bestselling author of Traffic
When your Internet cable leaves your living room, where does it go? Almost everything about our day-to-day lives-and the broader scheme of human culture-can be found on the Internet. But what is it physically? And...
Author
Language
English
Description
From the acclaimed author of Tubes, a lively and surprising tour of the infrastructure behind the weather forecast, the people who built it, and what it reveals about our climate and our planet
The weather is the foundation of our daily lives. It's a staple of small talk, the app on our smartphones, and often the first thing we check each morning. Yet behind these quotidian interactions is one of the most expansive machines human beings have ever...
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
the poignant story of two young children who grew up in pre-WWII Czechoslovakia and the terrible events that they endured just because they happened to be born Jewish. Based on the internationally acclaimed book "HANA'S SUITCASE " which has been translated into 40 languages, the film is an effective blend of documentary and dramatic techniques.