The Information
A History, a Theory, a Flood
Written by James Gleick
Format: eBook, 544 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2011
Price: $11.99
James Gleick, the author of the best sellers Chaos and Genius, now brings us a work just as astonishing and masterly: a revelatory chronicle and meditation that shows how information has become the modern era’s defining quality—the blood, the fuel, the vital principle of our world.
The story of information begins...
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The Complete Modern Blacksmith
Written by Alexander Weygers
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: February 1, 1997
Price: $19.99
A truly unusual and unique resource, this extremely hands-on book brings together three popular but long-out-of-print classics (THE MODERN BLACKSMITH; THE RECYCLING, USE, AND REPAIR OF TOOLS; and THE MAKING OF TOOLS) essential for anyone interested in the making, repair, maintenance, or arcana of tools. An essential volume in any serious...
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Technopoly
The Surrender of Culture to Technology
Written by Neil Postman
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 31, 1993
Price: $15.00
In this witty, often terrifying work of cultural criticism, the author of Amusing Ourselves to Death chronicles our transformation into a Technopoly: a society that no longer merely uses technology as a support system but instead is shaped by it--with radical consequences for the meanings of politics, art, education, intelligence, and...
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The Island of Lost Maps
A True Story of Cartographic Crime
Written by Miles Harvey
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2001
Price: $14.95
The Island of Lost Maps tells the story of a curious crime spree: the theft of scores of valuable centuries-old maps from some of the most prominent research libraries in the United States and Canada. The perpetrator was Gilbert Joseph Bland, Jr., an enigmatic antiques dealer from South Florida, whose cross-country...
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Steve Jobs
Edicion en Espanol
Written by Walter Isaacson
Format: Trade Paperback, 752 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $17.95
La biografía definitiva de Steve Jobs
La muerte de Steve Jobs ha conmocionado al mundo. Tras entrevistarlo en más de cuarenta ocasiones en los últimos dos años, además de a un centenar de personas de su entorno, familiares, amigos, adversarios y colegas, Walter Isaacson nos presenta la única biografía escrita con la...
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Steve Jobs
Edicion en Espanol
Written by Walter Isaacson
Format: eBook, 752 pages
On Sale: November 7, 2012
Price: $11.99
La biografía definitiva de Steve Jobs
La muerte de Steve Jobs ha conmocionado al mundo. Tras entrevistarlo en más de cuarenta ocasiones en los últimos dos años, además de a un centenar de personas de su entorno, familiares, amigos, adversarios y colegas, Walter Isaacson nos presenta la única biografía escrita con la...
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Kingpin
How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground
Written by Kevin Poulsen
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 22, 2011
Price: $11.99
Former hacker Kevin Poulsen has, over the past decade, built a reputation as one of the top investigative reporters on the cybercrime beat. In Kingpin, he pours his unmatched access and expertise into book form for the first time, delivering a gripping cat-and-mouse narrative—and an unprecedented view into the twenty-first century’s...
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Knights of Sidonia, volume 2
Written by Tsutomu Nihei
Format: Trade Paperback, 186 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $12.95
In volume two, the Sidonia has engaged a new type of Guana. This armored-type is strangely aggressive, and most of the young pilots who have confronted the monster are not prepared for this change in stragedy.
Rookie pilot Nagate Tanikaze has even fewer completed flight-hours, but that does not prevent him...
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