History Books


The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A cri de coeur that takes aim at the tech industry for abandoning its history of helping America and its a…

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Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical resource—microchip technology—with the United …

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Alan Turing: The Enigma

Alan Turing (1912-54) was a British mathematician who made history. His breaking of the German U-boat Enigma cipher in World War II ensured Allied…

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The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders and Deceivers

Hacker extraordinaire Kevin Mitnick delivers the explosive encore to his bestselling The Art of Deception Kevin Mitnick, the world's most celebrat…

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The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation

A detailed disassembly manual for people who want to dismantle Big Tech When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they wer…

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Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

The revelatory New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller, shortlisted for the Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year Award. A…

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Lurking: How a Person Became a User

A concise but wide-ranging personal history of the internet from—for the first time—the point of view of the user In a shockingly short amo…

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WTF?: What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us

WTF? can be an expression of amazement or an expression of dismay. In today’s economy, we have far too much dismay along with our amazement, and t…

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The Revenge of Analog: Real Things and Why They Matter

Author: David Sax

One of Michiko Kakutani's ( New York Times ) top ten books of 2016 A funny thing happened on the way to the digital utopia. We've begun to …

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How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If you want a brief but thorough ed…

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