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Bad Blood

Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

by John Carreyrou ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The gripping story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos—one of the biggest corporate frauds in history—a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley, rigorously reported by the prize-winning journalist. With a new Afterword covering her trial and sentencing, bringing the story to a close.“Chilling ... Reads like a thriller ... Carreyrou tells [the ... Read more

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The Indifferent Stars Above

The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party

by Daniel James Brown ...

From the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat and Facing the Mountain comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier“An ideal pairing of talent and material.… Engrossing.… A deft and ambitious storyteller.” — Mary Roach, New York Times Book ReviewIn April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois ... Read more

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From the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat and Facing the Mountain comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier“An ideal pairing of talent and material.… Engrossing.… A deft and ambitious storyteller.” — Mary Roach, New York Times Book ReviewIn April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois
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A Brief History of Intelligence

Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains

by Max S. Bennett ...

“I found this book amazing. I read it through quickly because it was so interesting, then turned around and read much of it again.”—Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and bestselling author of Thinking Fast & Slow“I've been recommending A Brief History of Intelligence to everyone I know. A truly novel, beautifully crafted thesis on what intelligence is and how it has developed ... Read more

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“I found this book amazing. I read it through quickly because it was so interesting, then turned around and read much of it again.”—Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and bestselling author of Thinking Fast & Slow“I've been recommending A Brief History of Intelligence to everyone I know. A truly novel, beautifully crafted thesis on what intelligence is and how it has developed
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The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI

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

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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... ... 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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The AGI Chronicles

The Inside Story of the Race to Create an Artificial Superintelligence

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of Publishers Weekly's Ten Best Books of the Year"Exciting and brilliantly reported . . . Roose makes the technology understandable while also conveying the historic nature of a new world being born." —Walter Isaacson, author of Elon Musk"[Kevin Roose] came out with the most important story in AI: how a few executives, and the relationships be... ... Read more

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of Publishers Weekly's Ten Best Books of the Year"Exciting and brilliantly reported . . . Roose makes the technology understandable while also conveying the historic nature of a new world being born." —Walter Isaacson, author of Elon Musk"[Kevin Roose] came out with the most important story in AI: how a few executives, and the relationships be...
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Thy Neighbor's Wife

by Gay Talese ...

The provocative classic work newly updatedAn intimate personal odyssey across America's changing sexual landscapeWhen first published, Gay Talese's 1981 groundbreaking work, Thy Neighbor's Wife, shocked a nation with its powerful, eye-opening revelations about the sexual activities and proclivities of the American public in the era before AIDS. A marvel of journalistic courage and craft, the book ... Read more

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The provocative classic work newly updatedAn intimate personal odyssey across America's changing sexual landscapeWhen first published, Gay Talese's 1981 groundbreaking work, Thy Neighbor's Wife, shocked a nation with its powerful, eye-opening revelations about the sexual activities and proclivities of the American public in the era before AIDS. A marvel of journalistic courage and craft, the book
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How to Argue With a Meat Eater (And Win Every Time)

by Ed Winters ...

An empowering and deeply informative book – MobyNEW UPDATED EDITIONChallenge their beliefs; change the worldIf you are a vegan, you’ll know all too well how provocative it can be – you never know when you’ll be challenged or how. But being able to face down and rebut arguments against veganism is hugely important. Not just because many of the arguments lack substance, but because every interaction ... Read more

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An empowering and deeply informative book – MobyNEW UPDATED EDITIONChallenge their beliefs; change the worldIf you are a vegan, you’ll know all too well how provocative it can be – you never know when you’ll be challenged or how. But being able to face down and rebut arguments against veganism is hugely important. Not just because many of the arguments lack substance, but because every interaction
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Empire of AI

Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI

by Karen Hao ...

A New York Times Notable Book • Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • A New York Times Bestseller • Named a Best Book of the Year by Smithsonian, Scientific American, and Elle • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, NYPL Helen Bernstein Award, Whiting Award, Nautilus Book Award, and Porchlight Business Book Award“A bestselling page-turner that has made waves not ... Read more

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A New York Times Notable Book • Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • A New York Times Bestseller • Named a Best Book of the Year by Smithsonian, Scientific American, and Elle • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, NYPL Helen Bernstein Award, Whiting Award, Nautilus Book Award, and Porchlight Business Book Award“A bestselling page-turner that has made waves not
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How the World Ran Out of Everything

Inside the Global Supply Chain

by Peter S. Goodman ...

By the New York Times’s Global Economics Correspondent, an extraordinary journey to understand the worldwide supply chain—exposing both the fascinating pathways of manufacturing and transportation that bring products to your doorstep, and the ruthless business logic that has left local communities at the mercy of a complex and fragile network for their basic necessities."A tale that will change ... Read more

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By the New York Times’s Global Economics Correspondent, an extraordinary journey to understand the worldwide supply chain—exposing both the fascinating pathways of manufacturing and transportation that bring products to your doorstep, and the ruthless business logic that has left local communities at the mercy of a complex and fragile network for their basic necessities."A tale that will change
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Hidden Figures

The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

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The #1 New York Times bestsellerThe phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner.Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of ... Read more

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The #1 New York Times bestsellerThe phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner.Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of
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This Will Make You Smarter

150 New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking

by John Brockman ...

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Featuring a foreword by David Brooks, This Will Make You Smarter presents brilliant—but accessible—scientific concepts to expand every mind.What scientific concept would improve everybody’s cognitive toolkit? This is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, posed to the world’s most influential thinkers. Their visionary answers flow from the frontiers of psychology, philosophy, economics ... Read more

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Featuring a foreword by David Brooks, This Will Make You Smarter presents brilliant—but accessible—scientific concepts to expand every mind.What scientific concept would improve everybody’s cognitive toolkit? This is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, posed to the world’s most influential thinkers. Their visionary answers flow from the frontiers of psychology, philosophy, economics
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The Telephone

A New History

by James Gleick ...

An Air Mail Editor's PickFrom the bestselling author of Chaos and The Information, a sweeping history of the instrument that created modern life.In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell spoke the words “Mr. Watson—come here—I want to see you” into a contraption he called the telephone, and for the first time a voice was carried along a wire. This feat has long been celebrated as a triumph of individual ... Read more

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An Air Mail Editor's PickFrom the bestselling author of Chaos and The Information, a sweeping history of the instrument that created modern life.In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell spoke the words “Mr. Watson—come here—I want to see you” into a contraption he called the telephone, and for the first time a voice was carried along a wire. This feat has long been celebrated as a triumph of individual
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Ultralearning

Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career

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Now a Wall Street Journal bestseller.Learn a new talent, stay relevant, reinvent yourself, and adapt to whatever the workplace throws your way. Ultralearning EPB offers nine principles to master hard skills quickly. This is the essential guide to future-proof your career and maximize your competitive advantage through accelerated self-education.In these tumultuous times of economic and ... Read more

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Now a Wall Street Journal bestseller.Learn a new talent, stay relevant, reinvent yourself, and adapt to whatever the workplace throws your way. Ultralearning EPB offers nine principles to master hard skills quickly. This is the essential guide to future-proof your career and maximize your competitive advantage through accelerated self-education.In these tumultuous times of economic and
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Super Pumped

The Battle for Uber

by Mike Isaac ...

**Now a SHOWTIME® original series starring Emmy winners Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Kyle Chandler and Academy Award nominee Uma Thurman. Now streaming – Only on SHOWTIME.Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, Fortune, Bloomberg, Sunday TimesA New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice“If you want to understand modern-day Silicon Valley, you need to read this book.” —John Carreyrou, New York ... Read more

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**Now a SHOWTIME® original series starring Emmy winners Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Kyle Chandler and Academy Award nominee Uma Thurman. Now streaming – Only on SHOWTIME.Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, Fortune, Bloomberg, Sunday TimesA New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice“If you want to understand modern-day Silicon Valley, you need to read this book.” —John Carreyrou, New York
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Computing

A Concise History

by Paul E. Ceruzzi ...

Series series The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
Discover the history of computing through 4 major threads of development in this compact, accessible history covering punch cards, Silicon Valley, smartphones, and much more.In an accessible style, computer historian Paul Ceruzzi offers a broad though detailed history of computing, from the first use of the word “digital” in 1942 to the development of punch cards and the first general purpose ... Read more

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Discover the history of computing through 4 major threads of development in this compact, accessible history covering punch cards, Silicon Valley, smartphones, and much more.In an accessible style, computer historian Paul Ceruzzi offers a broad though detailed history of computing, from the first use of the word “digital” in 1942 to the development of punch cards and the first general purpose
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Kitchen Confidential

the man behind the major motion picture TONY

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 Bitter Struggle

Superintelligence, Superpowers, and the Fate of the World

by Ben Buchanan, Tantum Collins ...

From two former White House officials who shaped America’s AI strategy and now work with leading AI companies, an urgent case for why democracies must achieve preeminence in AI—and a bracing warning about what victory will require.“Essential reading for understanding how AI will impact geopolitics and how the great powers are shaping AI.”—Chris Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Chip ... Read more

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From two former White House officials who shaped America’s AI strategy and now work with leading AI companies, an urgent case for why democracies must achieve preeminence in AI—and a bracing warning about what victory will require.“Essential reading for understanding how AI will impact geopolitics and how the great powers are shaping AI.”—Chris Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Chip
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

An Inquiry Into Values

by Robert M. Pirsig ...

A man and his young son embark on a summer motorcycle road trip across America’s Northwest, seeking to reconnect and explore the open country.But this is no ordinary vacation. As the miles unspool, the journey transforms into a profound philosophical inquiry, a rolling Chautauqua that seeks to answer one of life’s most essential questions: What is best?On a vintage motorcycle, the narrator ... Read more

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A man and his young son embark on a summer motorcycle road trip across America’s Northwest, seeking to reconnect and explore the open country.But this is no ordinary vacation. As the miles unspool, the journey transforms into a profound philosophical inquiry, a rolling Chautauqua that seeks to answer one of life’s most essential questions: What is best?On a vintage motorcycle, the narrator
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The Coming Wave

AI, Power, and Our Future

by Mustafa Suleyman ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An urgent warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global order, and how we might contain them while we have the chance—from a co-founder of the pioneering artificial intelligence company DeepMind and current CEO of Microsoft AI, with a new afterword“A fascinating, well-written, and important book.”—Yuval Noah Harari** ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An urgent warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global order, and how we might contain them while we have the chance—from a co-founder of the pioneering artificial intelligence company DeepMind and current CEO of Microsoft AI, with a new afterword“A fascinating, well-written, and important book.”—Yuval Noah Harari**
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Code Dependent

Living in the Shadow of AI

by Madhumita Murgia ...

Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-FictionNamed a best book of the year by Esquire, The Spectator and Publishers WeeklyA riveting story of what it means to be human in a world changed by artificial intelligence, revealing the perils and inequities of our growing reliance on automated decision-makingOn the surface, a ... ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-FictionNamed a best book of the year by Esquire, The Spectator and Publishers WeeklyA riveting story of what it means to be human in a world changed by artificial intelligence, revealing the perils and inequities of our growing reliance on automated decision-makingOn the surface, a ...
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Sniper One

‘The Best I’ve Ever Read’ – Andy McNab

by Dan Mills ...

The gritty, awe-inspiring true story that takes you right into the heart of the Iraq war from Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Sgt. Dan Mills'If I could give it more stars I would' 5***** Reader Review'One of the best first-hand accounts of combat that I've ever read' Andy McNab'A truly stunning story. I have read this 4 times and it's still as captivating now as the first time' 5***** Reader Rev... ... Read more

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The gritty, awe-inspiring true story that takes you right into the heart of the Iraq war from Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Sgt. Dan Mills'If I could give it more stars I would' 5***** Reader Review'One of the best first-hand accounts of combat that I've ever read' Andy McNab'A truly stunning story. I have read this 4 times and it's still as captivating now as the first time' 5***** Reader Rev...
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Nuclear War

A Scenario

by Annie Jacobsen ...

The INSTANT New York Times bestsellerInstant Los Angeles Times **bestsellerFinalist, Dayton Literary Peace PrizeOne of NPR's Books We LoveOne of Newsweek Staffers' Favorite Books of the YearShortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize**“In Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen gives us a vivid picture of what could happen if our nuclear guardians fail…Terrif... ... Read more

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The INSTANT New York Times bestsellerInstant Los Angeles Times **bestsellerFinalist, Dayton Literary Peace PrizeOne of NPR's Books We LoveOne of Newsweek Staffers' Favorite Books of the YearShortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize**“In Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen gives us a vivid picture of what could happen if our nuclear guardians fail…Terrif...
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Extraterrestrial

The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth

by Avi Loeb ...

New York Times Bestseller | Wall Street Journal Bestseller | Publishers Weekly Bestseller | Publishers Marketplace 2020 Buzz Book | Amazon Best Book of the Year | Longlisted for the 2022 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award“Provocative and thrilling ... Loeb asks us to think big and to expect the unexpected.”—Alan Lightman, New York Times bestselling author of Einstein’s Dreams and ... Read more

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The Proof in the Code

How a Truth Machine Is Transforming Math and AI

by Kevin Hartnett ...

One of Publishers Weekly**'s Best Books of 2026**“The most interesting book I’ve ever read about math.” —Kevin Roose, Hard Fork podcastThe Proof in the Code tells the inside story of Lean, a computer program that answers the age-old question: How do you know if something is true?It began as an obscure bug-checking program at Microsoft Research developed by... ... Read more

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One of Publishers Weekly**'s Best Books of 2026**“The most interesting book I’ve ever read about math.” —Kevin Roose, Hard Fork podcastThe Proof in the Code tells the inside story of Lean, a computer program that answers the age-old question: How do you know if something is true?It began as an obscure bug-checking program at Microsoft Research developed by...
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Bad Blood

The Indifferent Stars Above

A Brief History of Intelligence

The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI

The AGI Chronicles

Thy Neighbor's Wife

How to Argue With a Meat Eater (And Win Every Time)

Empire of AI

How the World Ran Out of Everything

Hidden Figures

This Will Make You Smarter

The Telephone

Ultralearning

Super Pumped

Computing

Kitchen Confidential

The Bitter Struggle

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

The Coming Wave

Code Dependent

Sniper One

Nuclear War

Extraterrestrial

The Proof in the Code