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The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard PrizeWinner of a Certificate of Merit from the 2025 ARSC Awards for ExcellenceA New Yorker, GQ, The Daily Telegraph (London), and Library Journal Best Book of 2025A 2025 Washington Post Notable NonfictionAn NPR Books We Love Most pickA... ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard PrizeWinner of a Certificate of Merit from the 2025 ARSC Awards for ExcellenceA New Yorker, GQ, The Daily Telegraph (London), and Library Journal Best Book of 2025A 2025 Washington Post Notable NonfictionAn NPR Books We Love Most pickA...
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NATIONAL BESTSELLERFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard PrizeWinner of a Certificate of Merit from the 2025 ARSC Awards for ExcellenceA New Yorker, GQ, The Daily Telegraph (London), and Library Journal Best Book of 2025A 2025 Washington Post Notable NonfictionAn NPR Books We Love Most pickA... ... Read more

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Such Great Heights

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The definitive history of twenty-first-century indie rock—from Iron & Wine and Death Cab for Cutie to Phoebe Bridgers and St. Vincent—and how the genre shifted the musical landscape and shaped a generation. This program is read by the author.Maybe you caught a few exhilarating seconds of “Teen Age Riot” on a nearby college radio station while scanning the FM dial in your parents’ car. Maybe your ... Read more

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The definitive history of twenty-first-century indie rock—from Iron & Wine and Death Cab for Cutie to Phoebe Bridgers and St. Vincent—and how the genre shifted the musical landscape and shaped a generation. This program is read by the author.Maybe you caught a few exhilarating seconds of “Teen Age Riot” on a nearby college radio station while scanning the FM dial in your parents’ car. Maybe your
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“The most interesting book ever written about Google” (The Washington Post) delivers the inside story behind the most successful and admired technology company of our time, now updated with a new Afterword.Google is arguably the most important company in the world today, with such pervasive influence that its name is a verb. The company founded by two Stanford graduate students—Larry Page and ... Read more

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“The most interesting book ever written about Google” (The Washington Post) delivers the inside story behind the most successful and admired technology company of our time, now updated with a new Afterword.Google is arguably the most important company in the world today, with such pervasive influence that its name is a verb. The company founded by two Stanford graduate students—Larry Page and
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Chokepoint Capitalism

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He is Thomas Edison and Henry Ford rolled into one -- except that William Henry Gates III maybe smarter and more successful than either.He is America's richest man, and on the corporate landscape, he may well be the most feared. In less than a generation, Bill Gates has done nothing less than change the way we live and work.Here is Bill Gate's story, taking you inside the mind of this brilliant ... Read more

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He is Thomas Edison and Henry Ford rolled into one -- except that William Henry Gates III maybe smarter and more successful than either.He is America's richest man, and on the corporate landscape, he may well be the most feared. In less than a generation, Bill Gates has done nothing less than change the way we live and work.Here is Bill Gate's story, taking you inside the mind of this brilliant
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Long Tail

Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More

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Are we driving off a digital cliff and heading for disaster, unable to focus, maintain concentration, or form the human bonds that make life worth living? Are media and business doomed and about to be replaced by amateur hour?The world, as Nick Bilton—with tongue-in-cheek—shows, has been going to hell for a long, long time, and what we are experiencing is the twenty-first-century version of the ... Read more

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The Age of the Platform

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Buoyed by the success of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google, thousands of companies of all sizes are fundamentally rethinking how they do business. They are creating vibrant ecosystems and, in the process, reaping big rewards. In the tradition of The Long Tail, The Age of the Platform demonstrates how the world of business today is vastly different from that of even ten years ago. Today, the most ... Read more

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Buoyed by the success of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google, thousands of companies of all sizes are fundamentally rethinking how they do business. They are creating vibrant ecosystems and, in the process, reaping big rewards. In the tradition of The Long Tail, The Age of the Platform demonstrates how the world of business today is vastly different from that of even ten years ago. Today, the most
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The Inside Story

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One of the Best Technology Books of 2020—Financial Times“Levy’s all-access Facebook reflects the reputational swan dive of its subject. . . . The result is evenhanded and devastating.”—San Francisco Chronicle“[Levy’s] evenhanded conclusions are still damning.”—Reason“[He] doesn’t shy from asking the tough questions.”—The Washington Post“Reminds yo... ... Read more

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