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Gavilan Robie was a man who lived a very private life-under any of a number of names and faces, many of whom had acquaintances and friends-but only a very few people were acquaintances of Gavilan Robie. Robie was a hunter, once a member of the clandestine Action Rescue Commitee, now freelance. And, when he's hired by a powerful multi-national corporation to find an employee kidnapped by terrorists, he finds himself in over his head. He will need every...
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How achievable are the virtual experiences seen in The Matrix, Tron, and James Cameron's Avatar? Do our brains know where "reality" ends and "virtual" begins? In Infinite Reality, Jim Blascovich and Jeremy Bailenson, two pioneering experts in the field of virtual reality, reveal how the human brain behaves in virtual environments and examine where radical new developments in digital technology will lead us in five, fifty, and five hundred years.
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Alex Rider adventures volume 14
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2024.
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When Nightshade kidnaps his best friend, teen spy Alex Rider must enter the world of virtual reality gaming where the lines between what's real and what's digital are deliberately being blurred by a ruthless enemy.
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Virtual reality is able to effectively blur the line between reality and illusion, pushing the limits of our imagination and granting us access to any experience imaginable. With well-crafted simulations, these experiences, which are so immersive that the brain believes they're real, are already widely available with a VR headset and will only become more accessible and commonplace. But how does this new medium affect its users, and does it have a...
7) Mexico
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IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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810L
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"Engaging images accompany information about Mexico. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"-- Provided by publisher Print Book, English, 2022.
8) Past crimes
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"Welcome to Earth+. The year is 2037, and nearly all human interactions have migrated to the virtual world. Now, true crime fans don't just listen to podcasts or watch documentaries -- they participate in hyper-realistic simulations and hunt for clues to solve the most famous and gruesome crimes in history. Criminal entertainment is a multibillion-dollar industry, and at the forefront is Past Crimes: known by its millions of fans as the Disneyland...
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Bounders volume 3
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IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 12
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HL 660L
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"Jasper and his friends are sent as ambassadors to the underwater planet of Earth Force's shady new allies, the Alkalinians"--
11) Jellyfish
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to jellyfish. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"-- Provided by publisher.
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"Readers of Cool Careers In Science will discover ten cutting-edge science, technology, and engineering careers, and dozens of subspecialties and will also learn why these careers are some of the most exciting, best paying, and fastest growing occupations in the world"--
16) Bubble world
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
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After sixteen-year-old Fresia learns--and tells her friends--that their perfect life on a luxurious tropical island is not real, she is banished from her virtual world to the "mainland," where people are ugly, school is hard, and families are dysfunctional.
17) Users: a novel
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"Miles, a lead creative at a midsize virtual reality company known for its "original experiences," has engineered a new product called The Ghost Lover. Wildly popular from the outset, the "game" is simple: a user's simulated life is almost identical to their reality, except they're haunted by the ghost of an ex-lover. However, when a shift in the company's strategic vision puts The Ghost Lover at the center of a platform-wide controversy, Miles becomes...
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"Jasmine Jackson has a great imagination, but when her friend Matt tells their group of friends that he has a VR headset that can send him into the world of Minecraft, she finds it a little hard to believe. When Jaz tries the headset out for herself, she learns the truth--but then a creeper comes along and does what creepers do! She'll need to rebuild her shelter and maybe improve on it before she can find her way home" -- Page [4] of cover.
19) Better angels
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With his astonishing future vision, Howard V. Hendrix has emerged as one of the new masters of science fiction, drawing extraordinary praise for his debut novel, Lightpaths, and its follow-up, Standing Wave.
Now Hendrix meshes virtual reality, deep-space exploration, and human nature in a novel starkly breathtaking in its portrayal of the quest for meaning against a backdrop of scientific and spiritual chaos. Spanning the first part of the twenty-first...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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710L
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"Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about virtual reality gaming. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
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