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The best new writing, photography, art, and reportage from and about California—in the "rich and engrossing" series for travelers and armchair travelers ( Times Literary Supplement).From the Gold Rush to Hollywood's golden age to the rise of Silicon Valley, California has long stood as the brightest symbol of the American dream. In recent years, however, the country's mainstream media has been
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With a New Introduction by Jaron LanierA Salon Best Book of the YearIn 1997, the computer was still a relatively new tool---a sleek and unforgiving machine that was beyond the grasp of most users. With intimate and unflinching detail, software engineer Ellen Ullman examines the strange ecstasy of being at the forefront of the predominantly male technological revolution, and the difficulty of
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