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The World for Sale

Money, Power, and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources

by Javier Blas, Jack Farchy ...

The modern world is built on commodities - from the oil that fuels our cars to the metals that power our smartphones. We rarely stop to consider where they have come from. But we should. In The World for Sale, two leading journalists lift the lid on one of the least scrutinised corners of the world economy: the workings of the billionaire commodity traders who buy, hoard and sell the earth's ... Read more

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The modern world is built on commodities - from the oil that fuels our cars to the metals that power our smartphones. We rarely stop to consider where they have come from. But we should. In The World for Sale, two leading journalists lift the lid on one of the least scrutinised corners of the world economy: the workings of the billionaire commodity traders who buy, hoard and sell the earth's
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The World for Sale

Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources

by Javier Blas, Jack Farchy ...

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12 hours 4 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Meet the traders who supply the world with oil, metal and food - no matter how corrupt, war-torn or famine-stricken the source.'This jaw-dropping study shows how much money and global influence is concentrated in the hands of a tiny group . . . As the authors roam from oilfield to wheatfield, they reveal information so staggering you almost gasp.' SUNDAY TIMES'Fascinating ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.Meet the traders who supply the world with oil, metal and food - no matter how corrupt, war-torn or famine-stricken the source.'This jaw-dropping study shows how much money and global influence is concentrated in the hands of a tiny group . . . As the authors roam from oilfield to wheatfield, they reveal information so staggering you almost gasp.' SUNDAY TIMES'Fascinating
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Material World

The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

by Ed Conway ...

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15 hours 11 min

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed civilizations, and fed our ingenuity and greed for thousands of years. Without them, our modern world would not exist, and the battle to control them will determine our future. • Finalist for the Financial Times ... Read more

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed civilizations, and fed our ingenuity and greed for thousands of years. Without them, our modern world would not exist, and the battle to control them will determine our future. • Finalist for the Financial Times
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This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends

The Cyberweapons Arms Race

by Nicole Perlroth ...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award * Bronze Medal, Arthur Ross Book Award (Council on Foreign Relations)"Written in the hot, propulsive prose of a spy thriller" (The New York Times), the untold story of the cyberweapons market-the most secretive, government-backed market on earth-and a terrifying first look at a new kind of ... Read more

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award * Bronze Medal, Arthur Ross Book Award (Council on Foreign Relations)"Written in the hot, propulsive prose of a spy thriller" (The New York Times), the untold story of the cyberweapons market-the most secretive, government-backed market on earth-and a terrifying first look at a new kind of
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Dead in the Water

A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Global Maritime Conspiracy

by Matthew Campbell, Kit Chellel ...

**A Financial Times Book of the YearAn Economist Best Book of the Year“A triumph of investigative journalism.” —Tom Wright, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Billion Dollar Whale“A fascinating read. Highly recommended!”-John Carreyrou, bestselling author of Bad Blood**"Truly one of the most nail-biting, page-turning, terrifying true-crime books I've ever read." —Nick Bilton, New York Times ... Read more

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**A Financial Times Book of the YearAn Economist Best Book of the Year“A triumph of investigative journalism.” —Tom Wright, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Billion Dollar Whale“A fascinating read. Highly recommended!”-John Carreyrou, bestselling author of Bad Blood**"Truly one of the most nail-biting, page-turning, terrifying true-crime books I've ever read." —Nick Bilton, New York Times
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How the World Really Works

The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going

by Vaclav Smil ...

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Provocative but perceptive . . . You can agree or disagree with Smil—accept or doubt his ‘just the facts’ posture—but you probably shouldn’t ignore him.”—The Washington PostAn essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible—a scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not, ... Read more

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**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Provocative but perceptive . . . You can agree or disagree with Smil—accept or doubt his ‘just the facts’ posture—but you probably shouldn’t ignore him.”—The Washington PostAn essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible—a scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not,
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Going Infinite

The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

by Michael Lewis ...

**AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWith a new afterword on Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial and its aftermathOne of the New Yorker’s Best Books of 2023 • One of PureWow’s 42 Books to Gift in 2023 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 ... Read more

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**AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWith a new afterword on Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial and its aftermathOne of the New Yorker’s Best Books of 2023 • One of PureWow’s 42 Books to Gift in 2023 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
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order

Why Nations Succeed and Fail

by Ray Dalio ...

Series series Principles
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD“A provocative read...There are few tomes that coherently map such broad economic histories as well as Mr. Dalio’s. Perhaps more unusually, Mr. Dalio has managed to identify metrics from that history that can be applied to understand today.” —Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York TimesFrom legendary investor Ray Dalio, author of the #1 New ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD“A provocative read...There are few tomes that coherently map such broad economic histories as well as Mr. Dalio’s. Perhaps more unusually, Mr. Dalio has managed to identify metrics from that history that can be applied to understand today.” —Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York TimesFrom legendary investor Ray Dalio, author of the #1 New
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Chip War

The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

by Chris Miller ...

The Financial Times Business Book of the Year, this epic account of the decades-long battle to control one of the world’s most critical resources—microchip technology—with the United States and China increasingly in fierce competition is “pulse quickening…a nonfiction thriller” (The New York Times).You may be surprised to learn that microchips are the new oil—the scarce resource on which the ... Read more

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The Financial Times Business Book of the Year, this epic account of the decades-long battle to control one of the world’s most critical resources—microchip technology—with the United States and China increasingly in fierce competition is “pulse quickening…a nonfiction thriller” (The New York Times).You may be surprised to learn that microchips are the new oil—the scarce resource on which the
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The New Map

Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations

by Daniel Yergin ...

**A Wall Street Journal besteller and a USA Today Best Book of 2020Named Energy Writer of the Year for The New Map by the American Energy Society*“*A master class on how the world works.” —NPRPulitzer Prize-winning author and global energy expert, Daniel Yergin offers a revelatory new account of how energy revolutions, climate battles, and geopolitics are mapping our future**The world is being ... Read more

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**A Wall Street Journal besteller and a USA Today Best Book of 2020Named Energy Writer of the Year for The New Map by the American Energy Society*“*A master class on how the world works.” —NPRPulitzer Prize-winning author and global energy expert, Daniel Yergin offers a revelatory new account of how energy revolutions, climate battles, and geopolitics are mapping our future**The world is being
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Freezing Order

A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath

by Bill Browder ...

Following his explosive New York Times bestseller Red Notice, Bill Browder returns with another “explosive and compulsive” (Stephen Fry) thriller chronicling how he became Vladimir Putin’s number one enemy by exposing Putin’s campaign to steal and launder hundreds of millions of dollars and kill anyone who stands in his way.When Bill Browder’s young Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was beaten to ... Read more

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Following his explosive New York Times bestseller Red Notice, Bill Browder returns with another “explosive and compulsive” (Stephen Fry) thriller chronicling how he became Vladimir Putin’s number one enemy by exposing Putin’s campaign to steal and launder hundreds of millions of dollars and kill anyone who stands in his way.When Bill Browder’s young Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was beaten to
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Lights Out

Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric

by Thomas Gryta, Ted Mann ...

A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER"If you’re in any kind of leadership role—whether at a company, a non-profit, or somewhere else—there’s a lot you can learn here."—Bill Gates, Gates NotesHow could General Electric—perhaps America’s most iconic corporation—suffer such a swift and sudden fall from grace?This is the definitive corporate history of General Electric’s epic decline, as told by the two ... Read more

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A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER"If you’re in any kind of leadership role—whether at a company, a non-profit, or somewhere else—there’s a lot you can learn here."—Bill Gates, Gates NotesHow could General Electric—perhaps America’s most iconic corporation—suffer such a swift and sudden fall from grace?This is the definitive corporate history of General Electric’s epic decline, as told by the two
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