Brad Stone, Author . Simon & Schuster $14 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7432-2951-7
Casual fans of Comedy Central's Battlebots (fights between human-size robots) will be shocked at the Machiavellian intrigue behind the scenes of the radio-controlled robotic warfare. Newsweek
journalist Stone's original and surprisingly...
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Brad Stone. Little, Brown, $28 (372p) ISBN 978-0-316-21926-6
Another ruthless e-mogul bestrides the world in this lively study of the Amazon founder and his quest to sell books and all other conceivable merchandise over the Web. While he doesn't have quite the rabid nuttiness of a Steve Jobs, Bezos in this...
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Brad Stone. Little, Brown, $30 (384p) ISBN 978-0-316-38839-9
Stone (The Everything Store) turns his attention to the sharing economy in this dual portrait of two of the fastest growing startups in the “post-Google, post-Facebook era of innovation” in Silicon Valley. At both Uber, the ride-sharing app, and...
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Brad Stone, read by Dean Temple. Hachette Audio, unabridged, 9 CDs, 10.5 hrs., $30 ISBN 978-1-4789-4111-8
The fast-paced look at the rapidly changing world of the tech industry gets bogged down by the complexity of the story: there are so many young guns, also-rans, VC firms, and temper tantrums that it’s hard for the listener to keep everyone straight.
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