History & Culture

Why did the first civilizations emerge when and where they did? How did Islam become a unifying force in the world of its birth? What enabled the West to p...

The Microsoft File Is An Extraordinary Fly-on-the-wall Account Of Microsoft's Intent To Monopolize The Computer Industry. Wendy Goldman Rohm Takes You To Th...

While many books explain the how of bitcoin, The Internet of Money delves into the why of bitcoin. Acclaimed information-security expert and author of Maste...

From Ben Mezrich, The New York Times Bestselling Author Of The Accidental Billionaires And Bringing Down The House, Comes Bitcoin Billionaires--the Fascinat...

Since The Dawn Of The Digital Age, Decision-making In Finance, Employment, Politics, Health And Human Services Has Undergone Revolutionary Change. Today, Au...

In America Today, Upwards Of Forty Thousand People Are Dead And Unaccounted For. These Murder, Suicide, And Accident Victims, Separated From Their Names, Ar...

The #1 New York Times bestseller The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s gr...

Tom Boellstorff Conducted More Than Two Years Of Fieldwork In Second Life, Living Among And Observing Its Residents. He Conducted His Research In Exactly Th...

The Challenges To Humanity Posed By The Digital Future, The First Detailed Examination Of The Unprecedented Form Of Power Called Surveillance Capitalism, An...

The Internet and smartphone are just the latest in a 250 year long cycle of disruption that has continuously changed the way we live, the way we work and th...

now In Its Fifth Edition, diffusion Of Innovations Is A Classic Work On The Spread Of New Ideas. It Has Sold 30,000 Copies In Each Edition And Will Contin...

Foreword By Steven Pinker Blending The Informed Analysis Of The Signal And The Noise With The Instructive Iconoclasm Of Think Like A Freak, A Fascinating, I...

This is a stunning visual guide to the life and works of entrepreneur Steve Jobs. Easily one of the most influential innovators of the twenty-first century,...

From The Author Of The Bestselling Biographies Of Benjamin Franklin And Albert Einstein, This Is The Exclusive Biography Of Steve Jobs. Based On More Than F...