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The Nerd Reich

Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy

by Gil Durán ...

**“This transfixing debut from journalist Durán investigates the antidemocratic ideologies espoused by tech billionaires linked to the second Trump administration...It’s an ominous look at an insular elite arrayed against American democracy.” —**Publishers Weekly (starred review)A fearless and urgent chronicle of the tech-authoritarian movement from its early days in San Francisco politics to its ... Read more

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**“This transfixing debut from journalist Durán investigates the antidemocratic ideologies espoused by tech billionaires linked to the second Trump administration...It’s an ominous look at an insular elite arrayed against American democracy.” —**Publishers Weekly (starred review)A fearless and urgent chronicle of the tech-authoritarian movement from its early days in San Francisco politics to its
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power

by Shoshana Zuboff ...

**An exposé of the unprecedented form of power called “surveillance capitalism,” and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior“Groundbreaking, magisterial, alarming.” – Financial Times**The heady optimism of the Internet’s early days has turned dark. Surveillance capitalism has deepened inequality, sown societal chaos, and undermined democracy.The fight for a human ... Read more

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**An exposé of the unprecedented form of power called “surveillance capitalism,” and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior“Groundbreaking, magisterial, alarming.” – Financial Times**The heady optimism of the Internet’s early days has turned dark. Surveillance capitalism has deepened inequality, sown societal chaos, and undermined democracy.The fight for a human
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Blood, Sweat, and Pixels

The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made

by Jason Schreier ...

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

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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
Play Nice

The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment

by Jason Schreier ...

**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND AN NPR BEST BOOK OF 2024From a New York Times bestselling author and investigative journalist comes The Social Network for the video game industry: a riveting examination of Blizzard Entertainment's rise and shocking downfall—"A fast paced thrill ride, perfect for anyone who has ever played a video game" (Ben Mezrich).**For video game fans, the name Blizzard ... Read more

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**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND AN NPR BEST BOOK OF 2024From a New York Times bestselling author and investigative journalist comes The Social Network for the video game industry: a riveting examination of Blizzard Entertainment's rise and shocking downfall—"A fast paced thrill ride, perfect for anyone who has ever played a video game" (Ben Mezrich).**For video game fans, the name Blizzard
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An Ugly Truth

Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination

by Sheera Frenkel, Cecilia Kang ...

The award-winning insiders' account of the scandals and toxic culture at Facebook—"thorough, high-caliber investigative reporting" ( Kirkus, starred review).In An Ugly Truth, New York Times reporters Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang present a behind-the-scenes exposé of Facebook's fall from grace. They reveal explosive details about how the tech giant set out to connect the world—while also ... Read more

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The award-winning insiders' account of the scandals and toxic culture at Facebook—"thorough, high-caliber investigative reporting" ( Kirkus, starred review).In An Ugly Truth, New York Times reporters Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang present a behind-the-scenes exposé of Facebook's fall from grace. They reveal explosive details about how the tech giant set out to connect the world—while also
... Read more
The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI

How to Think About Artificial Intelligence—Before It's Too Late

by Cory Doctorow ...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNational Indie Bestseller"[Doctorow] resembles the great rock critics of an earlier era, a high-tech Greil Marcus or even a Lester Bangs." —Stephen Marche, The New York Times Book ReviewA short, provocative guide to what's good, bad, and stupid about AI and the discourse around AI, by the author of Enshittification.In modern tech parlance, a c... ... Read more

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNational Indie Bestseller"[Doctorow] resembles the great rock critics of an earlier era, a high-tech Greil Marcus or even a Lester Bangs." —Stephen Marche, The New York Times Book ReviewA short, provocative guide to what's good, bad, and stupid about AI and the discourse around AI, by the author of Enshittification.In modern tech parlance, a c...
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Hyperscale

The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech's Data Empires

by Paris Marx ...

An eye-opening account of how the data center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking pointUnderlying our seamless access to AI, cryptocurrency, and unlimited cloud storage is a hulking, costly physical infrastructure. Massive data centers full of energy-hungry chips and processors power everything we do online. Scrambling to meet dubious market demand, the tech giants have leveraged our ... Read more

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An eye-opening account of how the data center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking pointUnderlying our seamless access to AI, cryptocurrency, and unlimited cloud storage is a hulking, costly physical infrastructure. Massive data centers full of energy-hungry chips and processors power everything we do online. Scrambling to meet dubious market demand, the tech giants have leveraged our
... Read more
Steve Jobs in Exile

The Untold Story of NeXT and the Remaking of an American Visionary

by Geoffrey Cain, Ed Catmull ...

The Untold Story of Steve Jobs's Wilderness Years—and the Creation of a LegendIn 1985, Steve Jobs—the brilliant, volatile founder of Apple Computer—walked out of his company's headquarters, driven from the very corporation he had created. What happened next would transform not only his life and career, but the future of technology itself.For twelve years, from 1985 to 1997, Jobs wandered the ... Read more

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The Untold Story of Steve Jobs's Wilderness Years—and the Creation of a LegendIn 1985, Steve Jobs—the brilliant, volatile founder of Apple Computer—walked out of his company's headquarters, driven from the very corporation he had created. What happened next would transform not only his life and career, but the future of technology itself.For twelve years, from 1985 to 1997, Jobs wandered the
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They Poisoned the World

Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals

by Mariah Blake ...

“Riveting . . . Blake’s deft chronicle of one of the greatest moral scandals of our time [is] a book that none of us can afford to miss.”—The Washington PostA gripping investigation of the chemical industry’s decades-long campaign to hide the dangers of forever chemicals, told through the story of a small town on the frontlines of an epic public health crisis.SHORTLISTED FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS ... Read more

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“Riveting . . . Blake’s deft chronicle of one of the greatest moral scandals of our time [is] a book that none of us can afford to miss.”—The Washington PostA gripping investigation of the chemical industry’s decades-long campaign to hide the dangers of forever chemicals, told through the story of a small town on the frontlines of an epic public health crisis.SHORTLISTED FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS
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阿甘投資法（執行篇）：不看盤、不選股、不挑買點，你致富的戰術手冊

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by 闕又上 ...

3大心理防線 X 4大人生規劃 X 5組實戰工具系統規劃精準定位資產，用堅韌心理開創獲利上限，讓規劃守住財富底線，讓時間創造增值空間！　同樣存股 20 年，為何有人只是「小賺」，有人卻能多賺出一台賓士？這是一本讓你的薪水徹底「活起來」的戰術手冊。‧明知「不要亂賣」，但大跌 50％時心臟快停了怎麼辦？‧進攻型 QQQ 可取代穩健的標普 500 嗎？‧景氣燈號「一直亮紅燈」怎麼辦？如何應對才不會錯失甜美行情？‧預見未來 20 年，下一個像「20 年前台灣」的國家級金礦在哪裡？「在同樣的時光裡，有人只是路過，有人卻跑出了一座金山。」　這不只是《阿甘投資法》的改版，而是闕又上老師淬煉 40 年實戰精華，為投資小白量身打造的「獲利升級計畫」。阿甘依舊守住那份最令人安心的簡單與安全；但進化的阿甘教你如何精準啟動「超額引擎」。本書帶領你在波動中看見金礦，在恐慌中守住航向 ... Read more

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3大心理防線 X 4大人生規劃 X 5組實戰工具系統規劃精準定位資產，用堅韌心理開創獲利上限，讓規劃守住財富底線，讓時間創造增值空間！　同樣存股 20 年，為何有人只是「小賺」，有人卻能多賺出一台賓士？這是一本讓你的薪水徹底「活起來」的戰術手冊。‧明知「不要亂賣」，但大跌 50％時心臟快停了怎麼辦？‧進攻型 QQQ 可取代穩健的標普 500 嗎？‧景氣燈號「一直亮紅燈」怎麼辦？如何應對才不會錯失甜美行情？‧預見未來 20 年，下一個像「20 年前台灣」的國家級金礦在哪裡？「在同樣的時光裡，有人只是路過，有人卻跑出了一座金山。」　這不只是《阿甘投資法》的改版，而是闕又上老師淬煉 40 年實戰精華，為投資小白量身打造的「獲利升級計畫」。阿甘依舊守住那份最令人安心的簡單與安全；但進化的阿甘教你如何精準啟動「超額引擎」。本書帶領你在波動中看見金礦，在恐慌中守住航向
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Dark Calories

How Vegetable Oils Destroy Our Health and How We Can Get It Back

by Catherine Shanahan, MD ...

The New York Times bestselling author of Deep Nutrition explains how eight common seed oils inexplicably lead to chronic disease**, and** exposes the corruption that deceives doctors and consumers alike**—providing** a clear roadmap to recovery and rejuvenation.Did you know that consuming a large serving of french fries—cooked in vegetable oil—delivers the toxicity of smoking ... ... Read more

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The New York Times bestselling author of Deep Nutrition explains how eight common seed oils inexplicably lead to chronic disease**, and** exposes the corruption that deceives doctors and consumers alike**—providing** a clear roadmap to recovery and rejuvenation.Did you know that consuming a large serving of french fries—cooked in vegetable oil—delivers the toxicity of smoking ...
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Accelerate

The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

by Nicole Forsgren, PhD, Jez Humble, Gene Kim, bestselling author of The ...

Winner of the Shingo Publication AwardAccelerate your organization to win in the marketplace.How can we apply technology to drive business value? For years, we've been told that the performance of software delivery teams doesn't matter―that it can't provide a competitive advantage to our companies. Through four years of groundbreaking research to include data collected from the State of DevOps ... Read more

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Winner of the Shingo Publication AwardAccelerate your organization to win in the marketplace.How can we apply technology to drive business value? For years, we've been told that the performance of software delivery teams doesn't matter―that it can't provide a competitive advantage to our companies. Through four years of groundbreaking research to include data collected from the State of DevOps
... Read more
Co-Intelligence

Living and Working with AI

by Ethan Mollick ...

**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom 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 AI**Something 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 ... Read more

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**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom 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 AI**Something 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
... Read more
Reclaiming Purpose

The University in an AI World

by Paul LeBlanc ...

A strategic framework for understanding how AI will transform higher educationIn Reclaiming Purpose: The University in an AI World, Paul LeBlanc, former President of Southern New Hampshire University and widely recognized as one of the most innovative educators in higher education, delivers a framing perspective for understanding artificial intelligence's impact on learning institutions. The book ... Read more

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A strategic framework for understanding how AI will transform higher educationIn Reclaiming Purpose: The University in an AI World, Paul LeBlanc, former President of Southern New Hampshire University and widely recognized as one of the most innovative educators in higher education, delivers a framing perspective for understanding artificial intelligence's impact on learning institutions. The book
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Las Vegas and Dune by Frank Herbert

by Thomas Chee ...

Nevada used to have a lot of petroleum as well as gold and silver. The obsession to mine brought riches to Nevada. Now investors around the world are excited again. Oil in Nevada means that oil would be discovered in a state where corporations have tax incentives. There is no better state in nation to save taxes than Nevada. Oil companies are making plans with accountants. The desert is vast. ... Read more

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Nevada used to have a lot of petroleum as well as gold and silver. The obsession to mine brought riches to Nevada. Now investors around the world are excited again. Oil in Nevada means that oil would be discovered in a state where corporations have tax incentives. There is no better state in nation to save taxes than Nevada. Oil companies are making plans with accountants. The desert is vast.
... Read more
Overdressed

The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion

by Elizabeth L. Cline ...

“Overdressed does for T-shirts and leggings what Fast Food Nation did for burgers and fries.”—Katha PollittCheap fashion has fundamentally changed the way most Americans dress. Stores ranging from discounters like Target to traditional chains like JCPenney now offer the newest trends at unprecedentedly low prices. And we have little reason to keep wearing and repairing the clothes we already own ... Read more

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“Overdressed does for T-shirts and leggings what Fast Food Nation did for burgers and fries.”—Katha PollittCheap fashion has fundamentally changed the way most Americans dress. Stores ranging from discounters like Target to traditional chains like JCPenney now offer the newest trends at unprecedentedly low prices. And we have little reason to keep wearing and repairing the clothes we already own
... Read more
The Nature of Technology

What It Is and How It Evolves

by W. Brian Arthur ...

“More than anything else technology creates our world. It creates our wealth, our economy, our very way of being,” says W. Brian Arthur. Yet despite technology’s irrefutable importance in our daily lives, until now its major questions have gone unanswered. Where do new technologies come from? What constitutes innovation, and how is it achieved? Does technology, like biological life, evolve? In ... Read more

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“More than anything else technology creates our world. It creates our wealth, our economy, our very way of being,” says W. Brian Arthur. Yet despite technology’s irrefutable importance in our daily lives, until now its major questions have gone unanswered. Where do new technologies come from? What constitutes innovation, and how is it achieved? Does technology, like biological life, evolve? In
... Read more
Masters of Doom

How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

by David Kushner ...

Masters of Doom is the amazing true story of the Lennon and McCartney of video games: John Carmack and John Romero. Together, they ruled big business. They transformed popular culture. And they provoked a national controversy. More than anything, they lived a unique and rollicking American Dream, escaping the broken homes of their youth to co-create the most notoriously successful game franchises ... Read more

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Masters of Doom is the amazing true story of the Lennon and McCartney of video games: John Carmack and John Romero. Together, they ruled big business. They transformed popular culture. And they provoked a national controversy. More than anything, they lived a unique and rollicking American Dream, escaping the broken homes of their youth to co-create the most notoriously successful game franchises
... Read more
Empire of Pain

The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

by Patrick Radden Keefe ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin. From the prize-winning and bestselling author of Say Nothing."A real-life version of the HBO series Succession with a lethal sting in its ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin. From the prize-winning and bestselling author of Say Nothing."A real-life version of the HBO series Succession with a lethal sting in its
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The Power of the Actor, Revised and Updated

The Chubbuck Technique--The 12-Step Acting Method for Creating Dynamic Characters

by Ivana Chubbuck ...

In this completely updated edition of her bestselling book, renowned acting coach Ivana Chubbuck shares her cutting-edge technique that has launched some of the most successful and lauded acting careers in HollywoodLet the instructor who taught Halle Berry, Brad Pitt, Charlize Theron, Jim Carrey, Aubrey Plaza, Travis Fimmel, Gal Gadot, Beyoncé Knowles, Judith Light, Sylvester Stallone, Eva Mendes, ... Read more

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In this completely updated edition of her bestselling book, renowned acting coach Ivana Chubbuck shares her cutting-edge technique that has launched some of the most successful and lauded acting careers in HollywoodLet the instructor who taught Halle Berry, Brad Pitt, Charlize Theron, Jim Carrey, Aubrey Plaza, Travis Fimmel, Gal Gadot, Beyoncé Knowles, Judith Light, Sylvester Stallone, Eva Mendes,
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Cancel Me If You Can

by Dave Portnoy ...

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERINSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERINSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | #1 PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLERIn his unfiltered style, Dave Portnoy details the journey of how he built his polarizing media empire, Barstool Sports, while refusing to bend the knee to those who tried to tear him down, staying true to himself and blocking... ... Read more

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INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERINSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERINSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | #1 PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLERIn his unfiltered style, Dave Portnoy details the journey of how he built his polarizing media empire, Barstool Sports, while refusing to bend the knee to those who tried to tear him down, staying true to himself and blocking...
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Invisible Women

Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

by Caroline Criado Perez ...

The landmark, prize-winning, international bestselling examination of how a gender gap in data perpetuates bias and disadvantages women.#1 International Bestseller * Winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award * Winner of the Royal Society Science Book PrizeData is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development to health care to education and public ... Read more

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The landmark, prize-winning, international bestselling examination of how a gender gap in data perpetuates bias and disadvantages women.#1 International Bestseller * Winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award * Winner of the Royal Society Science Book PrizeData is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development to health care to education and public
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Careless People

A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

by Sarah Wynn-Williams ...

**#1 New York Times BestsellerA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, AP, THE ECONOMIST, SLATE, THE GLOBE AND MAIL,** SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, AND MORE!**“Careless People is darkly funny and genuinely shocking...Not only does [Sarah Wynn-Williams] have the storytelling chops to unspool a gripping narrative; she al... ... Read more

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**#1 New York Times BestsellerA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, AP, THE ECONOMIST, SLATE, THE GLOBE AND MAIL,** SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, AND MORE!**“Careless People is darkly funny and genuinely shocking...Not only does [Sarah Wynn-Williams] have the storytelling chops to unspool a gripping narrative; she al...
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No More Tears

The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson

by Gardiner Harris ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive, deeply reported exposé of Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies—from an award-winning investigative journalist“A damning portrait.”—Associated Press**“A page-turning drama that raises life-or-death questions about the world’s largest healthcare conglomerate.”—Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An explosive, deeply reported exposé of Johnson & Johnson, one of America’s oldest and most trusted pharmaceutical companies—from an award-winning investigative journalist“A damning portrait.”—Associated Press**“A page-turning drama that raises life-or-death questions about the world’s largest healthcare conglomerate.”—Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of
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