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  The New Basics: Education and the Future of Work in the Telematic Age

  by David D. Thornburg

  The increasing globalization of work--coupled with rapid advancements in communications technology--is making age-old teaching methods irrelevant. To thrive in the plugged-in future workplace, students today need to learn a whole new set of fundamental skills. According to David Thornburg, we are on the cusp of a completely new era. The conventions of interoffice hierarchies, deskbound workers, and long-term... (more)
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  Cutter and Bone

  by Newton Thornburg

  A thriller, and a whacking good thriller, too-shows how much can be done by a writer who knows his business-the best novel of its kind in ten years!- New York Times First published in 1976, Cutter and Bone is the story of the obsession of Cutter, a scarred and crippled Vietnam veteran and his attempt to convince his buddy, Bone, that the latter witnessed a murder committed by the conglomerate tycoon, JJ... (more)
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  Campfires in Cyberspace

  by David D Thornburg

  Explores the World Wide Web as an educational tool through multiple facets. A systemic view of the Web is combined with a systemic view of learning, resulting in concrete tools that can be applied by anyone interested in using or designing Web-based instruction in any setting, at any age.