Modern Industry

From "pharma bros" to everday household budgets, just how did the pharmaceutical industry betray its own history—and how can it return to its tradition of care? It’s an unfortunate and life-threatening fact: one in five Americans has skipped vital prescriptions simply because of the cost...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018 Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson. Precision is the key to everything. It...

The Revenge is the taut, edgy, sexy, explosive conclusion to The Insiders trilogy by New York Times and USA Today bestseller Tijan! Bailey and Kash were used to living in the shadows. Now they are thrust into the public eye. Together, they can do anything, but undeniable danger and seemingly...

Drawing on deep, exclusive reporting, a veteran national security correspondent reveals how a new military-industrial complex is arising from the cradle of Silicon Valley, with vast implications for American democracy and the global balance of power. Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Alexander Karp...

Rivivi la storia urbana e l'evoluzione economica di una metropoli ambiziosa, forgiata tra moda, finanza e potere. Ideale per chi cerca un profondo arricchimento culturale durante gli spostamenti quotidiani, questa narrazione traccia il dinamico destino di un centro nevralgico europeo. Ogni epoca...

New York Times bestselling authors Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg turn their sharp reporting and propulsive writing to the NFL, going inside the most influential and successful teams—including the Eagles, the Ravens, and the Rams—and showing what it takes to build winning teams in the...

Cantante, compositora, pionera, mente maestra… Desde su ascenso en la música country en su adolescencia hasta el gigante económico que ha representado el Eras Tour, Taylor Swift ha forjado un camino único. ¿Pero cómo ha conseguido superar sus propios éxitos (y hacerlo en múltiples...

In a sharp, witty memoir, iconic trailblazer and legendary journalist Connie Chung pulls no punches in detailing her storied career as the first Asian woman to break into an overwhelmingly white, male-dominated television news industry—"an absorbing look at a pioneering news figure" (TIME)...

“Who knew that such a tiny bottle housed so many secrets?” —Michael Tonello, author of Bringing Home the Birkin Tilar J. Mazzeo, author of the New York Times bestseller The Widow Clicquot (an Amazon Best of the Month book in October 2008) returns with a captivating history of the world’s...

Dive into this no-holds-barred group autobiography of the critically acclaimed feminist punk-rock group, The Lunachicks—featuring never-before-seen materials from the band's private archive. Fallopian Rhapsody: The Story of the Lunachicks is a coming-of-age tale about a band of NYC teenagers...

Joe Zee, the Editor in Chief of Yahoo Style, former creative director of ELLE magazine, and co-host of the new ABC talk show FAB Life, takes readers behind the scenes of the crazy and wonderful world of fashion in That's What Fashion Is. From his early years styling shoots for Vanity Fair's...

Witness the ultimate underdog technology story as basement tinkerers build a global pop culture and business empire. Perfect for powering up your daily commute, this energetic history captures the nostalgic thrill of the neon-lit arcade era. Whether you are unwinding at home or studying digital...

Careless Love is the full, true, and mesmerizing story of Elvis Presley's last two decades, in the long-awaited second volume of Peter Guralnick's masterful two-part biography. "A masterwork." —Wall Street Journal Last Train to Memphis, the first part of Guralnick's two-volume life of Elvis...

Step into the dramatic history of technological innovation that abruptly reshaped society from farms to factory floors. Perfect for a thought-provoking daily commute, this immersive narrative transports you to an era where muscle and wind gave way to the relentless roar of steam and steel...

By the time Rock Hudson's death in 1985 alerted all America to the danger of the AIDS epidemic, the disease had spread across the nation, killing thousands of people and emerging as the greatest health crisis of the 20th century. America faced a troubling question: What happened? How was this epidemic allowed to spread so far before it was taken seriously?

Uncover the epic technological history of how boiling water sparked the Industrial Revolution and reshaped human destiny. Perfect for your daily commute, this awe-inspiring narrative transports you from a quiet world limited by wind and muscle to a chaotic era defined by roaring boilers. Dive...

Experience the gritty, thought-provoking economic history of the technological innovations that forged modern society. Perfect for educational listening on your daily commute, this captivating narrative transports you to eighteenth-century Britain, where steam power and human ambition collided...

From the author of the bestselling The Professor and the Madman comes the fascinating story of William Smith, the orphaned son of an English country blacksmith, who became obsessed with creating the world's first geological map and ultimately became the father of modern geology. In 1793 William...

The first human organ transplant in 1950 at a suburban hospital is the focus of The Graft: How a Pioneering Operation Sparked the Modern Age of Organ Transplants. The book examines the controversies the operation generated and the progress medicine has made in organ transplantation.

What you eat doesn’t just impact you – it shapes the world around you. Wonderfully enlightening and engagingly written. Dr Idz If you are looking at ways to combat the exploitation of the planet this book is for you. Rhiannon Lambert Well Fed is a vital tool in the ongoing battle against...