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The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow
Hyperion
Hyperion
"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." --Randy Pausch A lot of professors give talks titled " The Last Lecture ." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while...
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The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
Cliff Stoll
Pocket
Pocket
A sentimental favorite, The Cuckoo's Egg seems to have inspired a whole category of books exploring the quest to capture computer criminals. Still, even several years after its initial publication and after much imitation, the book remains a good...
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iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business
Jeffrey S. Young, William L. Simon
Wiley
Wiley
iCon takes a look at the most astounding figure in a business era noted for its mavericks, oddballs, and iconoclasts. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Jeffrey Young and William Simon provide new perspectives on the legendary creation of Apple,...
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How I Became a Quant: Insights from 25 of Wall Street's Elite
Wiley
Wiley
Praise for How I Became a Quant "Led by two top-notch quants, Richard R. Lindsey and Barry Schachter, How I Became a Quant details the quirky world of quantitative analysis through stories told by some of today's most successful quants. For...
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Valley Boy: The Education of Tom Perkins
Tom Perkins
Gotham
Gotham
A revealing memoir from Tom Perkinsrenowned venture capitalist, Silicon Valley and biotechnology pioneer, and one of Americas most successful businessmen Known for his idiosyncratic ideas and golden touch, Tom Perkins has always been one of...
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Bill & Dave: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company
Michael S. Malone
Portfolio Hardcover
Portfolio Hardcover
The definitive history of Hewlett-Packard and its legendary founders, based on unprecedented access to private archives This is the most authoritative version ever of the most famous start-up story in business history. In 1938, working out of a...
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Play Money: Or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot
Julian Dibbell
Basic Books
Basic Books
Play Money explores the remarkable new phenomenon of MMORPGs, or Massively MultiPlayer Online Role-Playing Games, in which hundreds of thousands of players operate fantasy characters in virtual environments. With city-sized populations, these...
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Rainbow's End: A Memoir of Childhood, War and an African Farm
Lauren St John
Scribner
Scribner
This is a story about a paradise lost. . . . About an African dream that began with a murder . . . In 1978, in the final, bloodiest phase of the Rhodesian civil war, eleven-year-old Lauren St John moves with her family to Rainbow's End, a wild,...
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Party of One: Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Rise of the Independent Voter
Daniel Weintraub
Polipoint Press
Polipoint Press
Since his landslide reelection in a state dominated by Democrats, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has arguably become the nation's most successful Republican politician. His near-universal name recognition and status as governor of the...
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