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  • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

    by Michael Lewis ...
    **AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of the New Yorker's Best Books of 2023 • One of Pure Wow's 42 Book to Gift This Year • One of Fortune's Best Crypto Books of 2023"Going Infinite is in many ways Lewis at his best. He marshals a complex global story without losing sight of the delightful and revealing human details. He is a world-class noticer."—Jesse Armstrong, writer and creator of HBO ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Play Nice

    The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment

    New York Times bestselling author and the gaming industry's preeminent investigative journalist Jason Schreier examines three decades of ups and downs at Blizzard Entertainment leading up to a hostile corporate takeover and a sexual misconduct scandal that put the legendary developer in a world of (Warcraft) trouble.For video game fans, the name Blizzard Entertainment was once synonymous with ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Blood, Sweat, and Pixels

    The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER“The stories in this book make for a fascinating and remarkably complete pantheon of just about every common despair and every joy related to game development.” — Rami Ismail, cofounder of Vlambeer and developer of Nuclear ThroneDeveloping video games—hero's journey or fool's errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today's hottest games can be more ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Co-Intelligence

    Living and Working with AI

    by Ethan Mollick ...
    From Wharton professor and author of the popular One Useful Thing Substack newsletter Ethan Mollick comes the definitive playbook for working, learning, and living in the new age of AISomething new entered our world in November 2022 — the first general purpose AI that could pass for a human and do the kinds of creative, innovative work that only humans could do previously. Wharton professor Ethan ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Flying Blind

    The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing

    by Peter Robison ...
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A suspenseful behind-the-scenes look at the dysfunction that contributed to one of the worst tragedies in modern aviation: the 2018 and 2019 crashes of the Boeing 737 MAX.An "authoritative, gripping and finely detailed narrative that charts the decline of one of the great American companies" (New York Times Book Review), from the award-winning reporter for Bloomberg.* ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Becoming Steve Jobs

    The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader

    The #1 New York Times bestselling biography of how Steve Jobs became the most visionary CEO in history.Becoming Steve Jobs breaks down the conventional, one-dimensional view of Steve Jobs that he was half-genius, half-jerk from youth, an irascible and selfish leader who slighted friends and family alike. Becoming Steve Jobsanswers the central question about the life and career of the Apple ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Futureproof

    9 Rules for Surviving in the Age of AI

    by Kevin Roose ...
    A practical, deeply reported survival guide for the age of AI, written by the New York Times tech columnist who has introduced millions to the promise and pitfalls of artificial intelligence—now featuring a new afterword.“Artificial intelligence can be terrifying, but Kevin Roose provides a clear, compelling strategy for surviving the next wave of technology with our jobs—and souls—intact.” ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Catastrophic Care

    How American Health Care Killed My Father--and How We Can Fix It

    A visionary investigation that will change the way we think about health care: how and why it is failing, why expanding coverage will actually make things worse, and how our health care can be transformed into a transparent, affordable, successful system.In 2007, David Goldhill’s father died from infections acquired in a hospital, one of more than two hundred thousand avoidable deaths per year ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Open

    How Compaq Ended IBM's PC Domination and Helped Invent Modern Computing

    by Rod Canion ...
    The story of Compaq is well-known: Three ex-Texas Instruments managers founded Compaq with modest venture funding. Just four years later, Compaq was on the Fortune 500 list, and, two years after that, they had exceeded $1 billion in annual revenue. No company had ever achieved these milestones so rapidly.But few know the story behind the story. In 1982, when Compaq was founded, there was no ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Oil and the Glory

    The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea

    by Steve LeVine ...
    Remote, forbidding, and volatile, the Caspian Sea long tantalized the world with its vast oil reserves. But outsiders, blocked by the closed Soviet system, couldn’t get to it. Then the Soviet Union collapsed, and a wholesale rush into the region erupted. Along with oilmen, representatives of the world’s leading nations flocked to the Caspian for a share of the thirty billion barrels of proven oil ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Showstopper!

    The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft

    This “inside account captures the energy—and the madness—of the software giant’s race to develop a critical new program. . . . Gripping” (Fortune Magazine).Showstopper is the dramatic, inside story of the creation of Windows NT, told by Wall Street Journal reporter G. Pascal Zachary. Driven by the legendary David Cutler, a picked band of software engineers sacrifices almost everything in their ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • American Flannel

    How a Band of Entrepreneurs Are Bringing the Art and Business of Making Clothes Back Home

    by Steven Kurutz ...
    **“I can confidently say this will be one of my favorite books of 2024.” —Stephen King, bestselling author (and onetime millworker)“American Flannel is a wonderful book--surprising, entertaining, vivid and personal, but also enlightening on the largest questions of America's economic and social future.” —James Fallows, co-author of Our Towns**The little-engine-that-could story of how a band of ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Unreasonable Hospitality

    The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect

    by Will Guidara ...
    **The must-read national bestseller that's redefining hospitality and inspiring readers in every industry.- JP Morgan NextList Pick- Featured in FX's The Bear and Showtime's Billions**Will Guidara was twenty-six when he took the helm of Eleven Madison Park, a struggling two-star brasserie that had never quite lived up to its majestic room. Eleven years later, EMP was named the best restaurant in ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Burn Book

    A Tech Love Story

    by Kara Swisher ...
    Instant New York Times BestsellerFrom award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech industry and its founders who wanted to change the world but broke it instead.“Swisher, the bad-ass journalist and OG chronicler of Silicon Valley…takes no prisoners in this highly readable look at the evolution of the digital world…Bawdy, brash, and compulsively ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Read Write Own

    Building the Next Era of the Internet

    by Chris Dixon ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A potent exploration of the power of blockchains to reshape the future of the internet—and how that affects us all—from influential technology entrepreneur and startup investor Chris Dixon“A must for anyone who wants to better understand the real potential of blockchains and web3.”—Robert Iger, CEO, Disney“A compelling vision of where the internet should go and how to ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Palo Alto

    A History of California, Capitalism, and the World

    Named One of the Year's Best Books by VULTURE • THE NEW REPUBLIC • DAZED • WIRED • BLOOMBERG • ESQUIRE • SALON • THE NEXT BIG IDEA CLUBThe history of Silicon Valley, from railroads to microchips, is an “extraordinary” story of disruption and destruction, told for the first time in this comprehensive, jaw-dropping narrative (Greg Grandin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The End of the Myth).Palo ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • In Pursuit of the Common Good

    Twenty-Five Years of Improving the World, One Bottle of Salad Dressing at a Time

    An entertaining, accessible history of the iconic Newman’s Own brand that also serves as a roadmap for foundations and charitable organizations looking to do the most good they can with what they have.Shameless exploitation has never been more fun nor done more good for more people than when done by Newman’s Own—the first green food company to use all-natural ingredients, and still the most ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Competing in the Age of AI

    Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World

    "a provocative new book" — The New York TimesAI-centric organizations exhibit a new operating architecture, redefining how they create, capture, share, and deliver value.Now with a new preface that explores how the coronavirus crisis compelled organizations such as Massachusetts General Hospital, Verizon, and IKEA to transform themselves with remarkable speed, Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt

    by Michael Lewis ...
    #1 New York Times Bestseller — With a new Afterword"Guaranteed to make blood boil." —Janet Maslin, New York TimesIn Michael Lewis's game-changing bestseller, a small group of Wall Street iconoclasts realize that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders. They band together—some of them walking away from seven-figure salaries—to investigate, expose, and reform the insidious ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Nuclear Power: A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    With the World desperate to find energy sources that do not emit carbon gasses, nuclear power is back on the agenda and in the news, following the increasing cost of fossil fuels and concerns about the security of their future supply. However, the term 'nuclear power' causes anxiety in many people and there is confusion concerning the nature and extent of the associated risks. Here, Maxwell Irvine ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Blockchain Democracy

    Technology, Law and the Rule of the Crowd

    In Blockchain Democracy, William Magnuson provides a breathtaking tour of the world of blockchain and bitcoin, from their origins in the online scribblings of a shadowy figure named Satoshi Nakamoto, to their furious rise and dramatic crash in the 2010s, to their ignominious connections to the dark web and online crime. Magnuson argues that blockchain's popularity stands as a testament both to the ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Leading with Joy

    Practices for Uncertain Times

    In a time of increasing disconnection and uncertainty, Leading with Joy shows how leaders can reclaim their purpose and embrace joy in service of social transformation.Leadership that connects people and centers compassion and trust instead of competition and disconnection is needed more than ever before. There are plenty of manuals that show people how to manage organizations, but what is really ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Glossy

    Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier

    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Financial TimesBest Book of the YearThe “compulsively readable narrative of beauty, business, privilege, and mogul-dom” (The New York Times) that reveals—for the first time—exactly wat happened at Glossier, one of America’s hottest and most consequential startups, and dives deep into the enigmatic, visionary woman responsible for it all.<p... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Intentional Leadership

    12 Lenses for Focusing Strengths, Managing Weaknesses, and Achieving Your Purpose

    Empowered by the knowledge that employees are influenced by their direct supervisor more than any other leader in a company, author Jane A. G. Kise advocates intentional leadership, a style of leading that focuses on how to lead, not just what to accomplish. Learn to concentrate on your strengths and manage your professional weaknesses.Benefits:Identify your priorities and consider how they relate ... Read more

    $16.99 USD