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Boom Town

The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding... Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis

de Sam Anderson ...

“A bonkers, kitchen-sink cultural history of Oklahoma City, with the local Thunder’s would-be dynasty as its driving soul.”—The New York Times“Dizzyingly pleasurable . . . curious, hilarious, and wildly erudite.”—The New YorkerA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Reviews, NPR, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, The Economist, DeadspinOklahoma City was born from ... ... Leer más

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“A bonkers, kitchen-sink cultural history of Oklahoma City, with the local Thunder’s would-be dynasty as its driving soul.”—The New York Times“Dizzyingly pleasurable . . . curious, hilarious, and wildly erudite.”—The New YorkerA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Reviews, NPR, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, The Economist, DeadspinOklahoma City was born from ...
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MongoDB Fundamentals

A hands-on guide to using MongoDB and Atlas in the real world

de Juned Ahsan, Michael Harrison, Liviu Nedov, Amit Phaltankar, Sam Anderson ...

Learn how to deploy and monitor databases in the cloud, manipulate documents, visualize data, and build applications running on MongoDB using Node.jsKey FeaturesLearn the fundamentals of NoSQL databases with MongoDBCreate, manage, and optimize a MongoDB database in the cloud using AtlasUse a real-world dataset to gain practical experience of handling big dataBook DescriptionMongoDB is one of the ... Leer más

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Learn how to deploy and monitor databases in the cloud, manipulate documents, visualize data, and build applications running on MongoDB using Node.jsKey FeaturesLearn the fundamentals of NoSQL databases with MongoDBCreate, manage, and optimize a MongoDB database in the cloud using AtlasUse a real-world dataset to gain practical experience of handling big dataBook DescriptionMongoDB is one of the
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Frog

And Other Essays

de Anne Fadiman ...

A new collection of evocative personal essays from one of America’s most beloved nonfiction writers, Anne Fadiman.In Frog, Anne Fadiman returns to her favorite genre, the essay, of which she is one of our most celebrated practitioners. Ranging in subject matter from her deceased frog, to archaic printer technology, to the fraught relationship between Samuel Taylor Coleridge and his son Hartley, ... Leer más

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A new collection of evocative personal essays from one of America’s most beloved nonfiction writers, Anne Fadiman.In Frog, Anne Fadiman returns to her favorite genre, the essay, of which she is one of our most celebrated practitioners. Ranging in subject matter from her deceased frog, to archaic printer technology, to the fraught relationship between Samuel Taylor Coleridge and his son Hartley,
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Boom Town

The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, its Chaotic Founding... its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis

de Sam Anderson ...

Narrado por Sam Anderson ...

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14 hora 55 minutos

“A bonkers, kitchen-sink cultural history of Oklahoma City, with the local Thunder’s would-be dynasty as its driving soul.”—The New York Times“Dizzyingly pleasurable . . . curious, hilarious, and wildly erudite.”—The New YorkerA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Reviews, NPR, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, The Economist, DeadspinOklahoma City was born from ... ... Leer más

$25.99 USD

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“A bonkers, kitchen-sink cultural history of Oklahoma City, with the local Thunder’s would-be dynasty as its driving soul.”—The New York Times“Dizzyingly pleasurable . . . curious, hilarious, and wildly erudite.”—The New YorkerA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Reviews, NPR, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, The Economist, DeadspinOklahoma City was born from ...
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Tanking to the Top

The Philadelphia 76ers and the Most Audacious Process in the History of Professional Sports

de Yaron Weitzman ...

Narrado por Yaron Weitzman ...

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9 hora 18 minutos

Enter the City of Brotherly Love and see how the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers trusted The Process–using a bold plan to get to first by becoming the worst.When a group of private equity bigwigs purchased the Philadelphia 76ers in 2011, the team was both bad and boring. Attendance was down. So were ratings. The Sixers had an aging coach, an antiquated front office, and a group of players that could best ... Leer más

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Enter the City of Brotherly Love and see how the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers trusted The Process–using a bold plan to get to first by becoming the worst.When a group of private equity bigwigs purchased the Philadelphia 76ers in 2011, the team was both bad and boring. Attendance was down. So were ratings. The Sixers had an aging coach, an antiquated front office, and a group of players that could best
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The Victory Machine

The Making and Unmaking of the Warriors Dynasty

de Ethan Sherwood Strauss ...

Narrado por Ethan Sherwood Strauss ...

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6 hora 35 minutos

How money, guts, and greed built the Warriors dynasty -- and then took it apartThe Golden State Warriors dominated the NBA for the better part of a decade. Since the arrival of owner Joe Lacob, they won more championships and sold more merchandise than any other franchise in the sport. And in 2019, they opened the doors on a lavish new stadium.Yet all this success contained some of the seeds of ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

How money, guts, and greed built the Warriors dynasty -- and then took it apartThe Golden State Warriors dominated the NBA for the better part of a decade. Since the arrival of owner Joe Lacob, they won more championships and sold more merchandise than any other franchise in the sport. And in 2019, they opened the doors on a lavish new stadium.Yet all this success contained some of the seeds of
... Leer más
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How to Get Rid of a President

History's Guide to Removing Unpopular, Unable, or Unfit Chief Executives

de David Priess ...

Narrado por Jason Culp ...

Completo

9 hora 26 minutos

A vivid political history of the schemes, plots, maneuvers, and conspiracies that have attempted -- successfully and not -- to remove unwanted presidentsTo limit executive power, the founding fathers created fixed presidential terms of four years, giving voters regular opportunities to remove their leaders. Even so, Americans have often resorted to more dramatic paths to disempower the chief ... Leer más

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A vivid political history of the schemes, plots, maneuvers, and conspiracies that have attempted -- successfully and not -- to remove unwanted presidentsTo limit executive power, the founding fathers created fixed presidential terms of four years, giving voters regular opportunities to remove their leaders. Even so, Americans have often resorted to more dramatic paths to disempower the chief
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The King of Confidence

A Tale of Utopian Dreamers, Frontier Schemers, True Believers, False Prophets, and the Murder of an American Monarch

de Miles Harvey ...

Narrado por Rengin Altay ...

Completo

9 hora 57 minutos

The "unputdownable" (Dave Eggers, National Book award finalist) story of the most infamous American con man you've never heard of: James Strang, self-proclaimed divine king of earth, heaven, and an island in Lake Michigan, "perfect for fans of The Devil in the White City" (Kirkus)**A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceLonglisted for the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

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The "unputdownable" (Dave Eggers, National Book award finalist) story of the most infamous American con man you've never heard of: James Strang, self-proclaimed divine king of earth, heaven, and an island in Lake Michigan, "perfect for fans of The Devil in the White City" (Kirkus)**A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceLonglisted for the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in
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Dreyer's English

An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style

de Benjamin Dreyer ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A sharp, funny grammar guide they’ll actually want to read, from Random House’s longtime copy chief and one of Twitter’s leading language gurus**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY O: The Oprah Magazine • Paste • Shelf Awareness“Essential (and delightful!)”—People**We all write, all the time: books, blogs, emails. Lots and lots of emails. And we all want to writ. ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A sharp, funny grammar guide they’ll actually want to read, from Random House’s longtime copy chief and one of Twitter’s leading language gurus**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY O: The Oprah Magazine • Paste • Shelf Awareness“Essential (and delightful!)”—People**We all write, all the time: books, blogs, emails. Lots and lots of emails. And we all want to writ.
... Leer más

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Useless Etymology

Offbeat Word Origins for Curious Minds

de Jess Zafarris ...

"A burst of delight on every page!"Mignon Fogarty, host of the Grammar Girl podcastDid you know that an "astronaut" is literally a "star sailor," that a thesaurus is, in fact, a "treasuretrove" of words, and that someone who is "sinister" is actually just "left-handed"?Have you ever wondered why English isn't considered a Romance language if 60% of ourwords are Latin-derived?Did Shakespeare really ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

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"A burst of delight on every page!"Mignon Fogarty, host of the Grammar Girl podcastDid you know that an "astronaut" is literally a "star sailor," that a thesaurus is, in fact, a "treasuretrove" of words, and that someone who is "sinister" is actually just "left-handed"?Have you ever wondered why English isn't considered a Romance language if 60% of ourwords are Latin-derived?Did Shakespeare really
... Leer más

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Words Fail Me

What Everyone Who Writes Should Know about Writing

de Patricia T. O'Conner ...

From the bestselling author of Woe Is I: A guide to grammar fundamentals that's sympathetic to the struggling writer and often just plain funny" ( The Seattle Times).Whether you need to improve your skills for work or school, or aspire to the Great American Novel, a grounding in grammar, spelling, and punctuation is essential—not just to make you look like a professional but to communicate ... Leer más

$11.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

From the bestselling author of Woe Is I: A guide to grammar fundamentals that's sympathetic to the struggling writer and often just plain funny" ( The Seattle Times).Whether you need to improve your skills for work or school, or aspire to the Great American Novel, a grounding in grammar, spelling, and punctuation is essential—not just to make you look like a professional but to communicate
... Leer más
Disquiet, Please!

More Humor Writing from The New Yorker

Edición de David Remnick, Henry Finder ...

The New Yorker is, of course, a bastion of superb essays, influential investigative journalism, and insightful arts criticism. But for eighty years, it’s also been a hoot. In fact, when Harold Ross founded the legendary magazine in 1925, he called it “a comic weekly,” and while it has grown into much more**,** it has also remained true to its original mission. Now an uproarious sampling of its ... Leer más

$7.99 USD

The New Yorker is, of course, a bastion of superb essays, influential investigative journalism, and insightful arts criticism. But for eighty years, it’s also been a hoot. In fact, when Harold Ross founded the legendary magazine in 1925, he called it “a comic weekly,” and while it has grown into much more**,** it has also remained true to its original mission. Now an uproarious sampling of its
... Leer más

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