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Macrowikinomics

New Solutions for a Connected Planet

The authors show in more than a dozen fields, that we have reached a historic turning point: cling to the old industrial era paradigms or use collaborative innovation to revolutionize not only the way we work, but how we live, learn, create, govern and care for one another.

News and Reviews

• New In Paperback June 11-17
• Rethinking How We Teach The 'Net Generation'

Full Body Burden

Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats

A narrative report by a woman who grew up near the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons facility describes the secrets that dominated her childhood, the strange cancers that afflicted her neighbors, her brief employment at Rocky Flats, and the efforts of residents to achieve legal justice.

News and Reviews

• Under The 'Nuclear Shadow' Of Colorado's Rocky Flats

Birdseye

The Adventures Of A Curious Man

A profile of eccentric genius inventor Clarence Birdseye chronicles how his innovative fast-freezing process revolutionized the food industry and American agriculture.

News and Reviews

• Book Party For One: A Loner's Summer Survival Guide
• Clarence Birdseye And His Fantastic Frozen Food Machine
• 'Birdseye': The Frozen Food Revolution

Engines of Change

A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars

Chronicles the history reflected by fifteen iconic car models to discuss how automobiles reflect key cultural shifts as well as developments in such areas as manufacturing, women's rights, and environmental awareness.

News and Reviews

• In 'Engines,' A History Of America Through Cars

Ghost in the Wires

My Adventures As the World's Most Wanted Hacker

The world's most famous former computer hacker, now a security consultant, describes his life on the run from the FBI creating fake identities, finding jobs at a law firm and a hospital, and keeping tabs on his pursuers.

News and Reviews

• New In Paperback April 23-29
• Master Hacker Kevin Mitnick Shares His 'Addiction'
• Books Preview: Spotting Summer's High Fliers

Final Jeopardy

The Story of Watson, The Computer That Will Transform Our World

Follows the quest of a team of scientists to develop a computer so intelligent that it can beat the best of champions in the "Jeopardy" quiz show.

News and Reviews

• New In Paperback April 16-22

Physics of the Future

How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100

Michio Kaku uses interviews with numerous top scientists to offer a vision of the year 2100 and how the science of the day will shape society and the everyday lives of people.

News and Reviews

• New In Paperback Feb. 20-26
• 'Physics Of The Future': How We'll Live In 2100?
• No Flying Car, But How About An Invisibility Cloak?

Consent of the Networked

The Worldwide Struggle for Internet Freedom

A leading Internet policy specialist outlines arguments for protecting the public's personal rights in the face of rivaling corporations and countries vying for Internet control, addressing a range of topics from online freedom and privacy to legal concerns and Internet reputation.

News and Reviews

• 'Consent' Asks: Who Owns The Internet?

The Information Diet

A Case for Conscious Consumption

News and Reviews

• Is It Time For You To Go On An 'Information Diet'?

Steve Jobs

A Biography

Draws on more than 40 interviews with Steve Jobs, as well as interviews with family members, friends, competitors and colleagues, to offer a look at the co-founder and leading creative force behind the Apple computer company.NPR Bestseller

News and Reviews

• The Lives Of Geniuses: Five Brilliant Biographies
• Jobs' Biography: Thoughts On Life, Death And Apple
• New Bio Quotes Jobs On God, Gates And Great Design

The Heights

Anatomy of a Skyscraper

A graphic tour through the inner workings of modern skyscrapers explains how they operate and how sophisticated networks of technologies and utilities are possible within their complex structures.

News and Reviews

• How The World's Tallest Skyscrapers Work
• Excerpt: 'The Heights'