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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called "surveillance capitalism," and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior.
In this masterwork of original thinking and research,...
Surveillance Valley
The Secret Military History of the Internet
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
The internet is the most effective weapon the government has ever built.
In this fascinating book, investigative reporter Yasha Levine uncovers the secret origins of the internet, tracing it back to a Pentagon counterinsurgency surveillance project.
A visionary intelligence officer,...
Crash Override
How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
You've heard the stories about the dark side of the internet--hackers, #gamergate, anonymous mobs attacking an unlucky victim, and revenge porn--but they remain just that: stories. Surely these things would never happen to you.
Zoe Quinn used to feel the same way. She is a video game developer...
Deep Thinking
Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Garry Kasparov's 1997 chess match against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue was a watershed moment in the history of technology. It was the dawn of a new era in artificial intelligence: a machine capable of beating the reigning human champion at this most cerebral game.
That moment was more than...
The Good News About Bad Behavior
Why Kids Are Less Disciplined Than Ever-And What to Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
The current model of parental discipline is as outdated as a rotary phone.
Why don't our kids do what we want them to do? Parents often take the blame for misbehavior, but this obscures a broader trend: in our modern, highly connected age, children have less self-control than ever. About half...
Cambodia's Curse
The Modern History of a Troubled Land
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist describes how Cambodia emerged from the harrowing years when a quarter of its population perished under the Khmer Rouge.
A generation after genocide, Cambodia seemed on the surface to have overcome its history--the streets of Phnom Penh were paved; skyscrapers...
by Chris Hedges
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
As a veteran war correspondent, Chris Hedges has survived ambushes in Central America, imprisonment in Sudan, and a beating by Saudi military police. He has seen children murdered for sport in Gaza and petty thugs elevated into war heroes in the Balkans. Hedges, who is also a former divinity student,...
Faith Misplaced
The Broken Promise of U.S.-Arab Relations: 1820-2001
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
In this riveting account of U.S.-Arab relations, award-winning author Ussama Makdisi explores why Arabs once had a favorable view of America and why they no longer do. Firmly rejecting the spurious notion of a civilizational clash between Islam and the West, Makdisi instead demonstrates how an initial...
The Great Successor
The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2019
The behind-the-scenes story of the rise and reign of the world's strangest and most elusive tyrant, Kim Jong Un, by the journalist with the best connections and insights into the bizarrely dangerous world of North Korea.
Since his birth in 1984, Kim Jong Un has been swaddled in myth and propaganda,...
Blind Man's Bluff
The Untold Story Of American Submarine Espionage
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
Discover the secret history of America's submarine warfare in this fast-paced and deeply researched chronicle of adventure and intrigue during the Cold War that reads like a spy thriller.
Blind Man's Bluff is an exciting, epic story of adventure, ingenuity, courage, and disaster beneath the...
Ghosts of Empire
Britain's Legacies in the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
Kwasi Kwarteng is the child of parents whose lives were shaped as subjects of the British Empire, first in their native Ghana, then as British immigrants. He brings a unique perspective and impeccable academic credentials to a narrative history of the British Empire, one that avoids sweeping judgmental...
Blood Brotherhoods
A History of Italy's Three Mafias
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
MAFIA. CAMORRA. 'NDRANGHETA.
The Sicilian mafia, known as Cosa Nostra, is far from being Italy's only dangerous criminal fraternity. The country hosts two other major mafias: the camorra from Naples; and, from the poor and isolated region of Calabria, the mysterious 'ndrangheta, which has now...
Above and Beyond
John F. Kennedy and America's Most Dangerous Cold War Spy Mission
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
From the authors of the bestselling The Finest Hours comes the riveting, deeply human story of President John F. Kennedy and two U-2 pilots, Rudy Anderson and Chuck Maultsby, who risked their lives to save America during the Cuban Missile Crisis
During the ominous two weeks of the Cold War's...
Do Parents Matter?
Why Japanese Babies Sleep Soundly, Mexican Siblings Don't Fight, and American Families Should Just Relax
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
When it comes to parenting, more isn't always better-but it is always more tiring
In Japan, a boy sleeps in his parents' bed until age ten, but still shows independence in all other areas of his life. In rural India, toilet training begins one month after infants are born and is accomplished...