A fast-paced, highly readable history of one of the defining companies of our time. If you're interested in Snapchat, or just plain mystified by it, you must read this book' -- Brad Stone
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‘Walter Isaacson is not an art historian, he’s simply a lover of Leonardo, who manages to communicate the sheer joy of this remarkable man’
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In 2008, Evan Spiegel, Reggie Brown, and Bobby Murphy made a photo app called Snapchat. Just two years later, Facebook wanted to buy Snapchat for $3 billion. This is the story of how Snapchat grew fr
Gregory Zuckerman, the bestselling author of The Greatest Trade Ever and The Frackers, answers the question investors have been asking for decades: How did Jim Simons do it?
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The smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of game theory and evolutionary biology. Nanotechnology and nuclear weapons. All bear the fingerprints of one remarkable man: Jo
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Though Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail, its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, was never content with being just a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become ‘the everything store’,
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Montownie samochodów stanowiły ważny dział polskiego przemysłu motoryzacyjnego w okresie dwudziestolecia międzywojennego. W książce autor opisuje kulisy ich powstania, etapy działalności i program pr
The present volume is a simple record of the pioneer work done in such departments up to date, by Mr. Nikola Tesla, in whom the world has already recognized one of the foremost of modern electrical i
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Dzieje Łodzi w XIX i XX stuleciu to nie tylko elektryzująca wyobraźnię historia „polskiego Manchesteru” - miasteczka, które w ciągu półwiecza stało się przemysłową metropolią; nie tylko wielobarwna h
Edda Mussolini was Benito's favourite daughter: spoilt, venal, uneducated but clever, faithless but flamboyant, a brilliant diplomat, wild but brave, and ultimately strong and loyal.
She was her f
Trzymacie Państwo w swoich rękach drugą część historii gdańskich zakładów fotograficznych, w której opisano życie i twórczość pionierów fotografii pracujących w Gdańsku w latach 1863-1867. Zgromadzon
Gambling Man is the biography of one of the world’s least known but most consequential investors.
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A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy.
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The extraordinary untold story of how technological change has shaped our history and determined who wins and who loses the rewards of prosperity.
Throughout history, technological change - wh
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To the wider world, Al Pacino exploded onto the scene like a supernova. He
BOB DYLAN: MIXING UP THE MEDICINE is an unprecedented glimpse into the creative life of one of America’s most groundbreaking, influential and enduring artists.
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Epic feats. Epic failures. An epic story.
Walter Isaacson charts Elon Musk’s journey from humble beginnings to one of the wealthiest people on the planet – but is Musk a genius or a jerk?
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Few would dispute that Banksy is the most famous urban artist in the world today. That he is also one of the most perceptive art historians of our age might come as a surprise to many. But the myriad