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Chain of Title

How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud

by David Dayen ...

NOW IN PAPERBACK The "gripping" ( New York Times) and "Hitchcockian"( Publishers Weekly) story of how a nurse, a car dealership worker, and a forensic expert took on the nation's largest banksA Kirkus Reviews and The Week best book of the year, David Dayen's Chain of Title is a riveting work that recalls A Civil Action, Erin Brockovich, and Flash Boys, recounting how three ordinary Floridians—a .. ... Read more

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NOW IN PAPERBACK The "gripping" ( New York Times) and "Hitchcockian"( Publishers Weekly) story of how a nurse, a car dealership worker, and a forensic expert took on the nation's largest banksA Kirkus Reviews and The Week best book of the year, David Dayen's Chain of Title is a riveting work that recalls A Civil Action, Erin Brockovich, and Flash Boys, recounting how three ordinary Floridians—a ..
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Unraveled

The Life and Death of a Garment

by Maxine Bedat ...

Longlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardA groundbreaking chronicle of the birth--and death--of a pair of jeans, that exposes the fractures in our global supply chains, and our relationships to each other, ourselves, and the planetTake a look at your favorite pair of jeans. Maybe you bought them on Amazon or the Gap; maybe the tag says "Made in Bangladesh" or "Made in Sri ... Read more

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Longlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardA groundbreaking chronicle of the birth--and death--of a pair of jeans, that exposes the fractures in our global supply chains, and our relationships to each other, ourselves, and the planetTake a look at your favorite pair of jeans. Maybe you bought them on Amazon or the Gap; maybe the tag says "Made in Bangladesh" or "Made in Sri
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Kitchen Confidential

25th Anniversary Edition

by Anthony Bourdain ...

Anthony Bourdain, host of Parts Unknown, reveals "twenty-five years of sex, drugs, bad behavior and haute cuisine" in his breakout New York Times bestseller Kitchen Confidential.Bourdain spares no one's appetite when he told all about what happens behind the kitchen door. Bourdain uses the same "take-no-prisoners" attitude in his deliciously funny and shockingly delectable book, sure to delight ... Read more

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Anthony Bourdain, host of Parts Unknown, reveals "twenty-five years of sex, drugs, bad behavior and haute cuisine" in his breakout New York Times bestseller Kitchen Confidential.Bourdain spares no one's appetite when he told all about what happens behind the kitchen door. Bourdain uses the same "take-no-prisoners" attitude in his deliciously funny and shockingly delectable book, sure to delight
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The DevOps Handbook

How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, & Security in Technology Organizations

by Gene Kim, bestselling author of The, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis, Nicole Forsgren ...

This award-winning and bestselling business handbook for digital transformation is now fully updated and expanded with the latest research and new case studies!“[The DevOps Handbook] remains a must-read for any organization seeking to scale up its IT capability and expand DevOps practices across multiple departments or lines of business.” —Mike Perrow, TechBeaconFor years, The DevOps Handbook has ... Read more

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This award-winning and bestselling business handbook for digital transformation is now fully updated and expanded with the latest research and new case studies!“[The DevOps Handbook] remains a must-read for any organization seeking to scale up its IT capability and expand DevOps practices across multiple departments or lines of business.” —Mike Perrow, TechBeaconFor years, The DevOps Handbook has
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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

$11.99 USD

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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The Yugo

The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History

by Jason Vuic ...

"[A] rollicking chronicle of the rise and fall of the homely little hatchback that couldn't." —Dick Teresi, Wall Street JournalSix months after its American introduction in 1985, the Yugo was a punch line; within a year, it was a staple of late-night comedy. By 2000, NPR's Car Talk declared it "the worst car of the millennium." The short, unhappy life of the car, the men who built it, the men who ... Read more

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"[A] rollicking chronicle of the rise and fall of the homely little hatchback that couldn't." —Dick Teresi, Wall Street JournalSix months after its American introduction in 1985, the Yugo was a punch line; within a year, it was a staple of late-night comedy. By 2000, NPR's Car Talk declared it "the worst car of the millennium." The short, unhappy life of the car, the men who built it, the men who
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The Infinity Machine

Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence

by Sebastian Mallaby ...

**An Instant New York Times BestsellerFrom one of our leading chroniclers of the intersection of innovation and capitalism, a landmark reckoning—based on unprecedented access—with one of the world’s most brilliant and driven tech visionaries, and his game-changing company**Even by the standard of a tech industry stacked with so-called geniuses, Demis Hassabis is a special case. Born poor in North ... Read more

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**An Instant New York Times BestsellerFrom one of our leading chroniclers of the intersection of innovation and capitalism, a landmark reckoning—based on unprecedented access—with one of the world’s most brilliant and driven tech visionaries, and his game-changing company**Even by the standard of a tech industry stacked with so-called geniuses, Demis Hassabis is a special case. Born poor in North
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Press Reset

Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry

by Jason Schreier ...

From the bestselling author of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels comes the next definitive, behind-the-scenes account of the video game industry: how some of the past decade's most renowned studios fell apart—and the stories, both triumphant and tragic, of what happened next.Jason Schreier's groundbreaking reporting has earned him a place among the preeminent investigative journalists covering the world of ... Read more

$11.99 USD

From the bestselling author of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels comes the next definitive, behind-the-scenes account of the video game industry: how some of the past decade's most renowned studios fell apart—and the stories, both triumphant and tragic, of what happened next.Jason Schreier's groundbreaking reporting has earned him a place among the preeminent investigative journalists covering the world of
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The Garden of Invention

Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding Plants

by Jane S. Smith ...

The wide-ranging and delightful history of celebrated plant breeder Luther Burbank and the business of farm and garden in early twentieth- century AmericaAt no other time in history has there been more curiosity or concern about the food we eat-and genetically modified foods, in particular, have become both pervasive and suspect. A century ago, however, Luther Burbank's blight-resistant potatoes, ... Read more

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The wide-ranging and delightful history of celebrated plant breeder Luther Burbank and the business of farm and garden in early twentieth- century AmericaAt no other time in history has there been more curiosity or concern about the food we eat-and genetically modified foods, in particular, have become both pervasive and suspect. A century ago, however, Luther Burbank's blight-resistant potatoes,
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The Licensing Racket

How We Decide Who Is Allowed to Work, and Why It Goes Wrong

by Rebecca Haw Allensworth ...

A bottom-up investigation of the broken system of professional licensing, affecting everyone from hairdressers and morticians to doctors, lawyers, real estate agents, and those who rely on their services.Tens of millions of US workers are required by law to have a license to do their jobs—about twice as many as are in unions. The requirements are set by over 1,500 industry-specific licensing ... Read more

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A bottom-up investigation of the broken system of professional licensing, affecting everyone from hairdressers and morticians to doctors, lawyers, real estate agents, and those who rely on their services.Tens of millions of US workers are required by law to have a license to do their jobs—about twice as many as are in unions. The requirements are set by over 1,500 industry-specific licensing
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Never Pay the First Bill

And Other Ways to Fight the Health Care System and Win

by Marshall Allen ...

From award-winning ProPublica reporter Marshall Allen, a primer for anyone who wants to fight the predatory health care system--and win.Every year, millions of Americans are overcharged and underserved while the health care industry makes record profits. We know something is wrong, but the layers of bureaucracy designed to discourage complaints make pushing back seem impossible. At least, this is ... Read more

$13.99 USD

From award-winning ProPublica reporter Marshall Allen, a primer for anyone who wants to fight the predatory health care system--and win.Every year, millions of Americans are overcharged and underserved while the health care industry makes record profits. We know something is wrong, but the layers of bureaucracy designed to discourage complaints make pushing back seem impossible. At least, this is
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The Master Switch

The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

by Tim Wu ...

A New Yorker and Fortune Best Book of the Year"A must-read for all Americans who want to remain the ones deciding what they can read, watch, and listen to.” —Arianna HuffingtonAnalyzing the strategic maneuvers of today’s great information powers—Apple, Google, and an eerily resurgent AT&T—Tim Wu uncovers a time-honored pattern in which invention begets industry and industry begets empire.It is ... Read more

$9.99 USD

A New Yorker and Fortune Best Book of the Year"A must-read for all Americans who want to remain the ones deciding what they can read, watch, and listen to.” —Arianna HuffingtonAnalyzing the strategic maneuvers of today’s great information powers—Apple, Google, and an eerily resurgent AT&T—Tim Wu uncovers a time-honored pattern in which invention begets industry and industry begets empire.It is
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The Ins-N-Outs of In-N-Out Burger

The Inside Story of California's First Drive-Through and How it Became a Beloved Cultural Icon

by Lynsi Snyder ...

USA TODAY BESTSELLER | WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERDiscover the official story of In-N-Out Burger––how three generations have created a thriving, family-owned company, why its fans are so wildly loyal, and what led to its explosive growth and evolution into an iconic part of American culture––as told by In-N-Out Burger’s president, Lynsi Snyder.When Lynsi Snyder's grandparents founded In-N-Out ... Read more

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USA TODAY BESTSELLER | WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERDiscover the official story of In-N-Out Burger––how three generations have created a thriving, family-owned company, why its fans are so wildly loyal, and what led to its explosive growth and evolution into an iconic part of American culture––as told by In-N-Out Burger’s president, Lynsi Snyder.When Lynsi Snyder's grandparents founded In-N-Out
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Ludicrous

The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors

by Edward Niedermeyer ...

Tesla is the most exciting car company in a generation . . . but can it live up to the hype?Tesla Motors and CEO Elon Musk have become household names, shaking up the staid auto industry by creating a set of innovative electric vehicles that have wowed the marketplace and defied conventional wisdom. The company's market valuation now rivals that of long-established automakers, and, to many ... Read more

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Tesla is the most exciting car company in a generation . . . but can it live up to the hype?Tesla Motors and CEO Elon Musk have become household names, shaking up the staid auto industry by creating a set of innovative electric vehicles that have wowed the marketplace and defied conventional wisdom. The company's market valuation now rivals that of long-established automakers, and, to many
... Read more
Bullitt Points: Memories of Steve McQueen and Bullitt

by Tony Piazza ...

Peek Behind the Scenes of Bullitt and Help Kids at the Same Time! 100% of Net Profits Go to Boys Republic, Steve McQueen's Favorite Charity.Hello, I'm Tony Piazza. My father, Anthony Piazza, Sr., worked as the San Francisco Police Department Liaison to Warner Brothers during the filming of Bullitt and other great films of the 1960s and 1970s. He served as a technical adviser and location scout, ... Read more

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Peek Behind the Scenes of Bullitt and Help Kids at the Same Time! 100% of Net Profits Go to Boys Republic, Steve McQueen's Favorite Charity.Hello, I'm Tony Piazza. My father, Anthony Piazza, Sr., worked as the San Francisco Police Department Liaison to Warner Brothers during the filming of Bullitt and other great films of the 1960s and 1970s. He served as a technical adviser and location scout,
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Commercial Chicken Meat and Egg Production

Edited by Donald D. Bell, William D. Weaver ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Commercial Chicken Meat and Egg Production is the 5th edition of a highly successful book first authored by Dr. Mack O. North in 1972, updated in 1978 and 1984. The 4th edition was co-authored with Donald D. Bell in 1990. The book has achieved international success as a reference for students and commercial poultry and egg producers in every major poultry producing country in the world.The 5th ... Read more

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Commercial Chicken Meat and Egg Production is the 5th edition of a highly successful book first authored by Dr. Mack O. North in 1972, updated in 1978 and 1984. The 4th edition was co-authored with Donald D. Bell in 1990. The book has achieved international success as a reference for students and commercial poultry and egg producers in every major poultry producing country in the world.The 5th
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I Am Not a Robot

My Year Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything

by Joanna Stern ...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWhat happens when intelligent machines aren’t just in our pockets but are also driving our cars, making our decisions, folding our laundry, and educating our kids?You’ve heard the hype: AI will make us healthier, give every child a personalized tutor, run our businesses more efficiently, return hours of free time to our overworked brains, and make discoveries ... Read more

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWhat happens when intelligent machines aren’t just in our pockets but are also driving our cars, making our decisions, folding our laundry, and educating our kids?You’ve heard the hype: AI will make us healthier, give every child a personalized tutor, run our businesses more efficiently, return hours of free time to our overworked brains, and make discoveries
... Read more
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

$13.69 USD

**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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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

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#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
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How to Rule the World

An Education in Power at Stanford University

by Theo Baker ...

**The instant New York Times bestseller • Named a Best Book of the Year (So Far) by Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Apple Books"A rigorous, self-assured, propulsive, at times terrifying portrait of a dweebocracy that ‘sets the agenda for the planet’ . . . in the tradition of Michael Lewis’s Wall Street chronicle Liar’s Poker.” —The New York Times"If Baker’s portrait of Stanford could be its own movie ... Read more

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**The instant New York Times bestseller • Named a Best Book of the Year (So Far) by Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Apple Books"A rigorous, self-assured, propulsive, at times terrifying portrait of a dweebocracy that ‘sets the agenda for the planet’ . . . in the tradition of Michael Lewis’s Wall Street chronicle Liar’s Poker.” —The New York Times"If Baker’s portrait of Stanford could be its own movie
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Here Comes the Sun

A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization

by Bill McKibben ...

From the acclaimed environmentalist, a call to harness the power of the sun and rewrite our scientific, economic, and political future.Our climate, and our democracy, are melting down. But Bill McKibben, one of the first to sound the alarm about the climate crisis, insists the moment is also full of possibility. Energy from the sun and wind is suddenly the cheapest power on the planet and growing ... Read more

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From the acclaimed environmentalist, a call to harness the power of the sun and rewrite our scientific, economic, and political future.Our climate, and our democracy, are melting down. But Bill McKibben, one of the first to sound the alarm about the climate crisis, insists the moment is also full of possibility. Energy from the sun and wind is suddenly the cheapest power on the planet and growing
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Vibe Coding

Building Production-Grade Software With GenAI, Chat, Agents, and Beyond

by Gene Kim, Steve Yegge ...

GenAI is fundamentally changing the world of software development like nothing since the internet. Vibe Coding is a first-of-its-kind, groundbreaking book that shows developers how to embrace this new frontier.Science fiction is now reality. Programmers no longer need to toil over code and syntax. They can now describe what they want and watch it materialize instantly. Welcome to the future—Vibe ... Read more

$16.99 USD

GenAI is fundamentally changing the world of software development like nothing since the internet. Vibe Coding is a first-of-its-kind, groundbreaking book that shows developers how to embrace this new frontier.Science fiction is now reality. Programmers no longer need to toil over code and syntax. They can now describe what they want and watch it materialize instantly. Welcome to the future—Vibe
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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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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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