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New York Times Editor's Choice ""Biskupic, an accomplished and well-sourced journalist, knows the court as well as anyone now covering it... In her new book Biskupic has done something different and a good deal harder. She has written a group narrative that combines close accounts of the court's...

In this entertaining, informative, and thoroughly unconventional wine guide, award-winning sommelier, winemaker, and wine educator André Mack presents listeners with the 99 bottles that have most impacted his life. Instead of just pairing wines with foods, Mack pairs practical information with personal stories, offering up recommendations alongside reflections on being one of the only African-Americans to ever work at the top level of the American wine industry. The 99 bottles range from highly accessible commercial wines to the most rarefied Bordeaux....

“[Don Lattin] has created a stimulating and thoroughly engrossing read.” —Dennis McNally, author of A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead, and Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation, and America It is impossible to overstate the cultural significance of...

Arquímedes es uno de los tres matemáticos más grandes de todos los tiempos. Revolucionó lo mecánica con su descubrimiento del punto de apoyo y lo palanca y también inventó, entre otros, lo bomba de agua y la polea. Lo exclamación "Eureka" es de todos conocido pero, ¿por qué dijo que...

एखादा चांगला चित्रपट पाहिल्यावर, भट्टी चांगली जमलीय…अशी आपण आपसूक दाद देतो. पण त्यामागे अनेक गोष्टी असतात, पडद्यामागच्या शेकडो गोष्टींचं व्यवस्थापन करणारी व्यक्ती म्हणूनच महत्वाची असते. ऐकुया अशाच एका सूत्रधाराबद्दल…

Comparing Google to an ordinary business is like comparing a rocket to an Edsel. No academic analysis or bystanders account can capture it. Now Doug Edwards, Employee Number 59, offers the first inside view of Google, giving readers a chance to fully experience the bizarre mix of camaraderie and competition at this phenomenal company. I'm Feeling Lucky captures for the first time the unique, self-invented, yet profoundly important culture of the world's most transformative corporation.

NPR Best Book of 2015 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER The author of the celebrated Victory tells the fascinating story of the intertwined lives of Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first and second women to serve as Supreme Court justices. The relationship...

In time for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing comes this edition of journalist Andrew Smith’s book, now updated with a new Afterword, that tells the fascinating story of twelve astronauts who ventured to space, and his interviews with nine of the surviving men. “Smith’s...

Editor especializado em ciência, Samuel Graydon desafiou-se a encontrar a essência do grande cientista que redefiniu nossa visão do Universo. O resultado é esta biografia-mosaico com 99 histórias que vão da infância à maturidade, com glórias e fracassos, dores e alegrias do homem que virou sinônimo de genialidade.

It only took five years for two brothers-in-law to create a billion-dollar, award-winning, take-no-prisoners cannabis company called HEXO. How did they do it? That’s the story. From early roadblocks and devastating personal and financial setbacks to explosive growth and some of the biggest cannabis deals in global history, Billion Dollar Start-Up not only recounts the HEXO story but the history of Canada’s momentous road to legalization.

Bertha Wilson and Claire L’Heureux-Dubé were the first women judges on the Supreme Court of Canada. Their 1980s judicial appointments delighted feminists and shocked the legal establishment. Polar opposites in background and temperament, the two faced many identical challenges. Constance Backhouse’s compelling narrative explores the sexist roadblocks both women faced in education, law practice, and in the courts. She profiles their different ways of coping, their landmark decisions for women’s rights, and their less stellar records on race.

ज्येष्ठ नागरिकांसाठी- निवृत्तीनंतर काय करायचं, हा एक मोठा प्रश्न असतो. तसंच त्यांच्या आरोग्याच्या दृष्टीनेही काही गरजा बदलतात. अनेकांची मुलं देशा-परदेशात विविध ठिकाणी राहतात, सगळीकडेच ज्येष्ठांना सोबत रहायला नेता येतंच असं नाही. अशावेळी ज्येष्ठांच्या सर्व गरजा लक्षात घेऊन साकारला गेला - 'अथश्री' हा ज्येष्ठांसाठीच्या घरांचा प्रकल्प. जाणून घेऊया 'अथश्री'बद्दल

Explore the fascinating past, present, and possible future of Elon Musk’s SpaceX in this comprehensive history of the company. The private space industry’s consensus leader, SpaceX, headed by controversial billionaire Elon Musk, was worth an estimated $187 billion in 2023 while taking on...

Bhavin and Priya together dedicated their passion and knowledge of business development into preparing a platform that could benefit many people in the country. Priya had earned her master’s degree in international finance and was a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). After completing another master’s degree in commerce, she moved to the UK to gain some in-depth knowledge of the subject.