Lost in a Good Game: Why we play video games and what they can do for us
By: Pete Etchells
3.71
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
'Etchells writes eloquently ... A heartfelt defence of a demonised pastime' The Times 'Once in an …
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1. Maestro Mario: How Nintendo Transformed Videogame Music into an Art
By: Andrew Schartmann
4.29
Format: None pages, ebook
"Pa-dum-pum-pa-dum-pum--PUM!" Super Mario Bros. for the NES contains some of the most recognizable … read more
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- audiobook
- games
- nonfiction
- video games
2. Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America
By: Jeff Ryan
4.50
Format: 182 pages,
The story of Nintendo's rise and the beloved icon who made it possible. Nintendo has continually s… read more
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- video games
- nonfiction
- gaming
- games
- audiobook
3. Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto
By: David Kushner
4.12
Format: 543 pages, Hardcover
Inside the making of a videogame that defined a generation: Grand Theft AutoGrand Theft Autois one … read more
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- gaming
- games
- nonfiction
- video games
4. The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong to Pokemon - The Story Behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World
By: Steven L. Kent
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
Inside the Games You Grew Up with but Never Forgot With all the whiz, bang, pop, and shimmer of a g… read more
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- audiobook
- video games
- nonfiction
- gaming
- games
- technology
5. Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made
By: Jason Schreier
4.75
Format: None pages,
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6. Prepare to Meet Thy Doom: And More True Gaming Stories
By: David Kushner
3.53
Format: None pages, Audiobook
From "Masters of Doom" author, David Kushner, comes "Prepare to Meet Thy Doom", a compilation of tr… read more
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7. Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation
By: Blake J. Harris
3.84
Format: 255 pages, Hardcover
Following the success of The Accidental Billionairesand Moneyballcomes Console Wars--a mesmerizing,… read more
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8. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
By: Mustafa Suleyman
3.86
Format: 332 pages, Hardcover
A warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global … read more
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- technology
- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
9. Women Without Kids: The Revolutionary Rise of an Unsung Sisterhood
By: Ruby Warrington
3.86
Format: 225 pages, Hardcover
What is “woman” if not “mother”? Anything she wants to be. Foregoing motherhood has traditional… read more
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- psychology
- audiobook
10. Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry
By: Jason Schreier
4.05
Format: 301 pages, Paperback
From the bestselling author of Blood, Sweat, and Pixels comes the next definitive, behind-the-scene… read more
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- game design
- audiobook
- video games
- nonfiction
- gaming
- games
- technology
11. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
By: Ethan Mollick
4.13
Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition
**A New York Times Bestseller**'Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, a… read more
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- technology
- science
- nonfiction
- audiobook
12. Monstress, Vol. 7: Devourer
By: Marjorie M. Liu
4.38
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
Humans and Arcanics are at war once again, but battles of the heart and soul are the most dangerous… read more
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"The ancients don’t let go of powerful things. Ever."-Marjorie M. Liu, Monstress, Vol. 7: Devourer
"Vanquishing the imagined opinions of others is a mighty task."-Marjorie M. Liu, Monstress, Vol. 7: Devourer
"Such trouble, when wolves sleep. The lambs think they can play."-Marjorie M. Liu, Monstress, Vol. 7: Devourer
"If being horrible was a mortal condition, then this whole world would be a grave."-Marjorie M. Liu, Monstress, Vol. 7: Devourer
13. The Ultimate History of Video Games, Volume 2: Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, and the Billion-Dollar Battle to Shape Modern Gaming
By: Steven L. Kent
4.12
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
The definitive behind-the-scenes history of video games’ explosion into the twenty-first century an… read more
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- audiobook
- video games
- nonfiction
- gaming
- games
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14. Disrupting the Game: From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo
By: Reggie Fils-Aimé
3.83
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER LESSONS FROM A BOSS-LEVEL DISRUPTOR AND GAMING LEGEND Reggie Fils-Ai… read more
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- audiobook
- video games
- nonfiction
- gaming
- technology
15. This One Wild and Precious Life: A Hopeful Path Forward in a Fractured World
By: Sarah Wilson
3.79
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Will you sleep through the revolution? Or do you want to wake up and reclaim your one wild and prec… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- audiobook
16. Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
By: Haben Girma
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Audiobook
Born with deaf-blindness, Girma grew up with enough vision to know when someone was in front of her… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Communities designed with just one kind of person in mind isolate those of us defying our narrow definition of personhood."-Haben Girma, Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
"Sighted or blind, Deaf or hearing, each of us holds just the tiniest fraction of the world's wisdom. Admitting we don't know everything will aid us on this Trek for Knowledge."-Haben Girma, Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
"It's a sighted, hearing classroom, in a sighted, hearing school, in a sighted, hearing society. They designed this environment for people who can see and hear. In this environment, I'm disabled. They…"-Haben Girma, Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
"Here at LCB, I'm surrounded by people who understand that blindness is just limited eyesight. With the right tools and training, blind people can compete as equals with sighted peers. Places like LCB…"-Haben Girma, Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
17. Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else
By: Jordan Ellenberg
3.73
Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition
From the New York Times-bestselling author of How Not to Be Wrong—himself a world-class geometer—a … read more
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- science
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- audiobook
"The paradox of education: what we most admire we put in a box and make dull."-Jordan Ellenberg, Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else
"The ultimate reason for teaching kids to write a proof is not that the world is full of proofs. It's that the world is full of non-proofs , and grown-ups need to know the difference. It's hard to set…"-Jordan Ellenberg, Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else
"Often people think of developments in computation as arising when we make our computers more blazingly fast, so they can compute more stuff , bigger data . It's actually just as important to prune aw…"-Jordan Ellenberg, Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else
"What I like about stochastic gradient descent is how nuts it sounds. Imagine, for instance, that the president of the United States made decisions without any kind of global strategy; rather, the nat…"-Jordan Ellenberg, Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else
18. Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian, My Story of Rescue, Hope and Triumph
By: Yusra Mardini
4.33
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The inspiring story of how one woman saved fellow refugees from drowning--and how she went on to be… read more
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- audiobook
"It’s just easier to laugh than to cry. If I cry, I’ll cry alone. But if you laugh, we can do it together. I guess no one knows how strong they can be until it’s their turn to deal with tragedy."-Yusra Mardini, Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian, My Story of Rescue, Hope and Triumph
"That´s right. Only a name. A name given to us by circumstances beyond our control. Now we have to reclaim it. [...] "We are still humans", I say. "We are not only refugees. We are like everyone in th…"-Yusra Mardini, Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian, My Story of Rescue, Hope and Triumph
"Back in Syria, we’d never gave anything directly to anyone. We’d give to a charity and then they’d make sure it got to people in need. That way no one felt looked down on. I remind myself how lucky w…"-Yusra Mardini, Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian, My Story of Rescue, Hope and Triumph
19. Banking On It
By: Anne Boden
4.21
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
'I surprised myself the first time I fully articulated the words "I'm starting a bank"'Banking On I… read more
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"The thing that all these businesses [Amazon, Facebook and Google] have in common is they are disruptors. The foundations of their businesses are not unique. They have identified a problem that a larg…"-Anne Boden, Banking On It
20. On Writing and Worldbuilding: Volume II
By: Timothy Hickson
4.31
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
Following the immense success of Volume I with over 35,000 copies sold, On Writing and Volume II b… read more
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21. Lost in a Good Game: Why we play video games and what they can do for us
By: Pete Etchells
3.71
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
'Etchells writes eloquently ... A heartfelt defence of a demonised pastime' The Times 'Once in an … read more
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