Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup John Carreyrou
'I couldn’t put down this thriller . . . the perfect book to read by the fire this winter.' Bill Gates, '5 books I loved in 2018'.Winner of the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2018.The full inside story of the breathtaking r...
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life Anne Lamott
For a quarter century, more than a million readers—scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities—have been inspired by Anne Lamott’s hilarious, big-hearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne...
Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue Ryan Holiday
**An NPR Book Concierge Best Book of 2018!
A stunning story about how power works in the modern age--the book the New York Times called "one helluva page-turner" and The Sunday Times of London celebrated as "riveting...an astonishing modern media c...
Deep Simplicity: Chaos, Complexity and the Emergence of Life John Gribbin
'Gribbin takes us through the basics with his customary talent for accessibility and clarity' Sunday TimesThe world around us can be a complex, confusing place. Earthquakes happen without warning, stock markets fluctuate, weather forecasters seldom ...
De Oratore Marcus Tullius Cicero
Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BCE), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era which saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic. ...
Numerical Optimization Jorge Nocedal and Stephen Wright
Numerical Optimization presents a comprehensive and up-to-date description of the most effective methods in continuous optimization. It responds to the growing interest in optimization in engineering, science, and business by focusing on the methods...
Straight and Crooked Thinking Robert H. Thouless
A new edition of a much loved guide to how to think and reason your way logically through difficult and challenging arguments
This new edition of a timeless classic demonstrates how the use of clear, rational thinking and logic can win any argument...
