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The Curse of Bigness

Antitrust in the New Gilded Age

by Tim Wu ...

From the man who coined the term "net neutrality," comes a warning about the dangers of excessive corporate and industrial concentration for our economic and political future.We live in an age of extreme corporate concentration, in which global industries are controlled by just a few giant firms—big banks, big pharma, and big tech, just to name a few. But concern over what Louis Brandeis called ... Read more

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From the man who coined the term "net neutrality," comes a warning about the dangers of excessive corporate and industrial concentration for our economic and political future.We live in an age of extreme corporate concentration, in which global industries are controlled by just a few giant firms—big banks, big pharma, and big tech, just to name a few. But concern over what Louis Brandeis called
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The Interior Carmel

The Threefold Way of Love

by John Wu ...

"The more we are emptied of ourselves, the more we are filled with God. This presents in its essence the whole process of the spiritual life, with its polarity of negative and positive phases, or, as the Chinese would express it, the Yin and Yang aspects. This polarity between nature and grace, man and God, is patent in all the Beatitudes, of which the first is: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for ... Read more

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"The more we are emptied of ourselves, the more we are filled with God. This presents in its essence the whole process of the spiritual life, with its polarity of negative and positive phases, or, as the Chinese would express it, the Yin and Yang aspects. This polarity between nature and grace, man and God, is patent in all the Beatitudes, of which the first is: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for
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Gaming Capitalism in a Tech Firm

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Games are often a fun perk of a tech company job, and employees can “play to win” in the competition to succeed. But in studying “Behemoth” (a pseudonym for a top American tech company), Tongyu Wu discovered that gaming work culture was far more insidious.Play to Submission shows how Behemoth’s games undermined and manipulated workers. They lost their work-life balance and the constant competition ... Read more

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Games are often a fun perk of a tech company job, and employees can “play to win” in the competition to succeed. But in studying “Behemoth” (a pseudonym for a top American tech company), Tongyu Wu discovered that gaming work culture was far more insidious.Play to Submission shows how Behemoth’s games undermined and manipulated workers. They lost their work-life balance and the constant competition
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Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 6

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Series Book 6 - Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel)
Gu Fei might have given up on his relationship with Jiang Cheng, but Jiang Cheng refuses to give up on Gu Miao. But it's hard, when every message he exchanges with Gu Fei is a heart-wrenching reminder of what he used to have. As Gu Miao starts to make progress with her treatment, Gu Fei may finally allow himself to hope for a better future for her. Does he dare to hope for his own future as well- ... Read more

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Gu Fei might have given up on his relationship with Jiang Cheng, but Jiang Cheng refuses to give up on Gu Miao. But it's hard, when every message he exchanges with Gu Fei is a heart-wrenching reminder of what he used to have. As Gu Miao starts to make progress with her treatment, Gu Fei may finally allow himself to hope for a better future for her. Does he dare to hope for his own future as well-
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Making a Scene

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“Illuminating.” —The Washington Post * “Candid and relatable.” —*Time **“Riveting and personal.” —Mindy Kaling * “Captivatingly immediate.” —The Skimm *A “poignant, frank, and intimate” (The New York Times) memoir by actress Constance Wu about family, love, sex, shame, trauma, and how she found her voice.Growing up in the friendly suburbs of Richmond, Virginia, Constance Wu was often scolded for h ... Read more

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“Illuminating.” —The Washington Post * “Candid and relatable.” —*Time **“Riveting and personal.” —Mindy Kaling * “Captivatingly immediate.” —The Skimm *A “poignant, frank, and intimate” (The New York Times) memoir by actress Constance Wu about family, love, sex, shame, trauma, and how she found her voice.Growing up in the friendly suburbs of Richmond, Virginia, Constance Wu was often scolded for h
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The Age of Extraction

How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity

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**A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2025 • Tech platforms manipulate attention, extract wealth, and deepen inequality. In this new book, Tim Wu (The Attention Merchants) explains how we can reclaim control and create a balanced economy that works for everyone.“The magic of Tim Wu’s The Age of Extraction is its simplicity. Wu deftly breaks down one of the greatest challenges of our age—the unaccountable ... Read more

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**A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2025 • Tech platforms manipulate attention, extract wealth, and deepen inequality. In this new book, Tim Wu (The Attention Merchants) explains how we can reclaim control and create a balanced economy that works for everyone.“The magic of Tim Wu’s The Age of Extraction is its simplicity. Wu deftly breaks down one of the greatest challenges of our age—the unaccountable
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The Attention Merchants

The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads

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**From the author of the award-winning The Master Switch, who coined the term "net neutrality”—a revelatory, ambitious and urgent account of how the capture and re-sale of human attention became the defining industry of our time."Dazzling." —Financial Times**Ours is often called an information economy, but at a moment when access to information is virtually unlimited, our attention has become the ... Read more

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**From the author of the award-winning The Master Switch, who coined the term "net neutrality”—a revelatory, ambitious and urgent account of how the capture and re-sale of human attention became the defining industry of our time."Dazzling." —Financial Times**Ours is often called an information economy, but at a moment when access to information is virtually unlimited, our attention has become the
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Remains of Life

A Novel

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by Wu Wu He ...

Series series Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan
On October 27, 1930, during a sports meet at Musha Elementary School on an aboriginal reservation in the mountains of Taiwan, a bloody uprising occurred unlike anything Japan had experienced in its colonial history. Before noon, the Atayal tribe had slain one hundred and thirty-four Japanese in a headhunting ritual. The Japanese responded with a militia of three thousand, heavy artillery, ... Read more

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On October 27, 1930, during a sports meet at Musha Elementary School on an aboriginal reservation in the mountains of Taiwan, a bloody uprising occurred unlike anything Japan had experienced in its colonial history. Before noon, the Atayal tribe had slain one hundred and thirty-four Japanese in a headhunting ritual. The Japanese responded with a militia of three thousand, heavy artillery,
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Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 2

by Wu Zhe ...

Series Book 2 - Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel)
Since that night of revelry with charming slacker Gu Fei and their unexpected kiss, Jiang Cheng has been spiraling. Was it the spark of something real or a drunken mistake?After all, in this nothing town, Jiang Cheng cherishes the bonds he's formed with Gu Fei and his curious sister Gu Miao. But that kiss... If--or when--Gu Fei finds out how much it meant to Jiang Cheng, would everything he's ... Read more

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Since that night of revelry with charming slacker Gu Fei and their unexpected kiss, Jiang Cheng has been spiraling. Was it the spark of something real or a drunken mistake?After all, in this nothing town, Jiang Cheng cherishes the bonds he's formed with Gu Fei and his curious sister Gu Miao. But that kiss... If--or when--Gu Fei finds out how much it meant to Jiang Cheng, would everything he's
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Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel) Vol. 1

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Series Book 1 - Run Wild: Sa Ye (Novel)
Seventeen-year-old Jiang Cheng is cast aside by his adoptive parents and sent to a desolate northern town to live with his gambling-obsessed, deadbeat father. Arriving with just a suitcase, a pack of cigarettes, and a looming sense of dread over his uncertain future, he steps off the train and into a bleak, rundown place far from everything he knows. There, he meets Gu Miao, a quiet, troubled girl ... Read more

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Seventeen-year-old Jiang Cheng is cast aside by his adoptive parents and sent to a desolate northern town to live with his gambling-obsessed, deadbeat father. Arriving with just a suitcase, a pack of cigarettes, and a looming sense of dread over his uncertain future, he steps off the train and into a bleak, rundown place far from everything he knows. There, he meets Gu Miao, a quiet, troubled girl
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Mermaids Are Real

by Bo Wu ...

What would you do if your 13th birthday required a leap of faith?Would you take the plunge?Benji Fisher spent the first twelve years of his life growing up in a small fishing town, Topside. He's gotten used to the gang of dolphins who follow him on his surfboard and the voices he hears underwater; odd things that have, in their repetition, become part of normal everyday life.However, none of that ... Read more

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What would you do if your 13th birthday required a leap of faith?Would you take the plunge?Benji Fisher spent the first twelve years of his life growing up in a small fishing town, Topside. He's gotten used to the gang of dolphins who follow him on his surfboard and the voices he hears underwater; odd things that have, in their repetition, become part of normal everyday life.However, none of that
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Fragments Of A Life by Can Wu

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After being imprisoned and tortured for 72 days because of his writing and political views, a Chinese dissident turned short-story writer makes his way out of China through the mountains, stops in Vietnam for one day, and then ends up in Frankfurt, and later Brooklyn, where he writes short fragments of his life and of the nightmare he has left behind. This is his story, as told by him and those ... Read more

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After being imprisoned and tortured for 72 days because of his writing and political views, a Chinese dissident turned short-story writer makes his way out of China through the mountains, stops in Vietnam for one day, and then ends up in Frankfurt, and later Brooklyn, where he writes short fragments of his life and of the nightmare he has left behind. This is his story, as told by him and those
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