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The Mysterious Affair at Olivetti: IBM, the CIA, and the Cold War Conspiracy to Shut Down Production of the World's First Desktop Computer

Secrest, Meryle · Knopf
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The never-before-told true account of the design and development of the first desktop computer by the world's most famous high-styled typewriter company, more than a decade before the arrival of the Osborne 1, the Apple 1, the first Intel microprocessor, and IBM's PC5150.The human,...
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Transaction Man: The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream

Nicholas Lemann · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

An Amazon Best History Book of 2019"A splendid and beautifully written illustration of the tremendous importance public policy has for the daily lives of ordinary people." -- Ryan Cooper, Washington MonthlyOver the last generation, the United States has undergone seismic changes....
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Infused: Adventures in Tea

Henrietta Lovell · Faber & Faber
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Henrietta Lovell is best known as "The Rare Tea Lady". She is on a mission to revolutionize the way we drink tea by replacing industrially produced teabags with the highest quality tea leaves. Her quest has seen her travel to the Shire Highlands of Malawi, across the foothills...
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The Harder You Work, the Luckier You Get: An Entrepreneur's Memoir

Joe Ricketts · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Joe Ricketts, founder of TD Ameritrade, shares the epic inside story of how a working-class kid from the Nebraska prairie took on Wall Street's clubby brokerage business, busted it open, and walked away a billionaire. Joe Ricketts always had the gift of seeing what others missed. The son of a house...
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Practice Makes Perfect: Basic English, Premium Third Edition

LaChance, Julie · McGraw-Hill Education
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback

Get the skills you need to read and speak English with confidence!Learn how to read and speak English with this easy-to-use workbook. Dozens of manageable, bite-sized lessons take you through the basics of the English language. Three-page units cover each subject, which can be completed...
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Job Interview Tips for Overcoming Red Flags: Winning Strategies, Examples, and Short Stories for People With Not-So-Hot Backgrounds

Ronald L. Krannich · Impact Publications
Pages: 155
Format: Paperback

Most people have one or two red flags in their background - some minor and embarrassing, others major job killers. Given today's high-tech world, with its rapid communication and instant background checks, your red flags may follow you wherever you go. For employers, they become major...
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Think Black: A Memoir

Ford, Clyde W. · Amistad
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

In this thought-provoking and heartbreaking memoir, an award-winning writer tells the story of his father, John Stanley Ford, the first black software engineer at IBM, revealing how racism insidiously affected his father's view of himself and their relationship.In 1947, Thomas J. Watson...
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Broke Millennial Takes On Investing: A Beginner's Guide to Leveling Up Your Money

Lowry, Erin · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

A guide to investing basics by the author of Broke Millennial, for anyone who feels like they aren't ready (or rich enough) to get into the marketMillennials want...
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Beginner's Pluck: Build Your Life of Purpose and Impact Now

Liz Forkin Bohannon · Baker Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

There's no lack of people out there telling you to find your passion and dream big. But why does it seem like when we try, we so often end up more lost and overwhelmed than when we started? Liz Forkin Bohannon wants you to rethink everything you've been told about finding your passion...
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Going Over Home: A Search for Rural Justice in an Unsettled Land

Thompson Jr., Charles · Chelsea Green Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

An intimate portrait of the joys and hardships of rural life, as one man searches for community, equality, and tradition in Appalachia Charles D. Thompson, Jr. was born in southwestern Virginia into an extended family of small farmers. Yet as he came of age he witnessed the demise of every...
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