With the immediacy of today’s NASDAQ close and the timeless power of a Greek tragedy, The Quants is at once a masterpiece of explanatory journalism, a gripping tale of ambition and hubris, and an ominous warning about Wall Street’s future.In March of 2006, four of the world’s richest men sipped champagne in an opulent New York hotel. They were preparing to compete in a poker tournament with million-dollar stakes, but those numbers meant nothing to them. Th...

A news-breaking account of the global stock market's subterranean battles, Dark Pools portrays the rise of the "bots"--artificially intelligent systems that execute trades in milliseconds and use the cover of darkness to out-maneuver the humans who've created them.In the beginning was Josh Levine, an idealistic programming genius who dreamed of wresting control of the market from the big exchanges that, again and again, gave the giant institutions an advantage over...

Written by a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter, this is a fascinating and “closely observed chronicle of the storm-chasing edgelords of finance and the critics with whom they clash” (The New York Times)—the billion-dollar traders and crisis predictors who strive to turn extreme events into financial windfalls.There’s no doubt that our world has gotten more extreme. Pandemics, climate change, superpower rivalries, cyberattacks, political radical...

From the actor who played Gilmore Girls’ beloved Luke Danes comes a love letter to American diner fare.For Scott Patterson, diners have always felt like home. Long before he played Luke Danes—the gruff but soft-hearted owner of Stars Hollows’ neighborhood diner on the cult-favorite television show Gilmore Girls—Scott grew up in Southern New Jersey, famously known as diner country, where no matter the time, day or night, a booth and a good meal were always ...

If you’re born different, can you ever fit in?Pembroke Falls only wants to fit in. Under a vapid and materialistic veneer, she hides the secret buried in her DNA for the acceptance of the Selects. But when a deadly virus is unleashed, tearing its victims apart with black growths, Pembroke must shed her façade and fight to save her sisters, her father and the people she loves.Trapped in a crumbling city, she discovers the virus doesn’t just kill. It is changing the DNA of a ...

Build, deploy, test, and run cloud-native serverless applications using AWS Lambda and other popular AWS servicesKey FeaturesLearn how to write, run, and deploy serverless applications in Amazon Web ServicesMake the most of AWS Lambda functions to build scalable and cost-efficient systemsBuild and deploy serverless applications with Amazon API Gateway and AWS Lambda functionsBook DescriptionServerless computing is a way to ru...

At the end of the First World War, there were 270,000 demobilised Australian soldiers in Europe. Getting them home after the Armistice was a task of epic proportions that would take more than two years. In the meantime, how to keep these disgruntled, damaged men with guns occupied? In a word: sport.The Oarsmen tells the story of the servicemen who survived the war to row for the coveted King’s Cup at the 1919 Royal Henley Peace Regatta. Competing against crews from...

A news-breaking account of the global stock market's subterranean battles, Dark Pools portrays the rise of the "bots"- artificially intelligent systems that execute trades in milliseconds and use the cover of darkness to out-maneuver the humans who've created them.In the beginning was Josh Levine, an idealistic programming genius who dreamed of wresting control of the market from the big exchanges that, again and again, gave the giant institutions an advantage over...

In March 2006, the world’s richest men sipped champagne in an opulent New York hotel. They were preparing to compete in a poker tournament with million-dollar stakes. At the card table that night was Peter Muller, who managed a fabulously successful hedge fund called PDT. With him was Ken Griffin, who was the tough-as-nails head of Citadel Investment Group. There, too, were Cliff Asness, the sharp-tongued, mercurial founder of the hedge fund AQR Capital Management, and Boaz Weinstein, ches...

Join Shaklee and Amway, two enterprising aliens hell-bent on selling moonshine to the outer worlds. Towed into low Earth orbit, their penniless campaign immediately collides with human ambition and downhome hillbilly charm.Chief among their opposition is the new president-elect, a genuine backwoods Tennessee boy aided by his girlfriend from the stars.It's a silly, improbable tale of human folly and extraterrestrial nonsense.

Outside Sales is the fourth and final installment of Mans quest to join the Cosmic Country Club. Join our favorite Tennessee boys as they take off for the stars, moonshine in tow.

Jeb, Billie Sue, The Chief and everyone's favorite moonshining pilots are back, this time to fight the invasion of Earth with time out for an intergalactic competitive eating event and a quick trip to Andromeda in a PortaPotty.