Starflight: How the PC and DOS Exploded Computer Gaming 1987-1994
By: Jamie Lendino
4.03
Format: 469 pages, Kindle Edition
No one saw it coming. At its launch in 1981, IBM’s original Personal Computer was an expensive busi…
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1. Game Over, Press Start to Continue: How Nintendo Conquered the World
By: David Sheff , Andy Eddy
4.11
Format: 494 pages, Paperback
The riveting story of Nintendo's conquest of the interactive entertainment industry offering true t… read more
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- gaming
- history
- nonfiction
- technology
"Minoru and Yoko spent many evenings at video arcades. They looked over players' shoulders until it made young kids nervous. "What the fuck's your problem, mister?" one kid in a Kiss T-shirt barked at…"-David Sheff, Game Over, Press Start to Continue: How Nintendo Conquered the World
2. Needful Things
By: Stephen King
4.82
Format: 174 pages, Paperback
Leland Gaunt opens a new shop in Castle Rock called Needful Things. Anyone who enters his store fin… read more
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3. Against the Odds: An Autobiography
By: James Dyson
3.32
Format: None pages, Paperback
The maverick inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner recounts how he succeeded against the odds to b… read more
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- nonfiction
4. Terrible Old Games You've Probably Never Heard Of
By: Stuart Ashen
3.99
Format: 380 pages, ebook
Terrible Old Games You've Probably Never Heard Ofis a full-colour illustrated compendium of the mos… read more
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- gaming
- history
- nonfiction
5. Redshirts
By: John Scalzi
3.86
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of… read more
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"Sooner or later the Narrative will come for each of us."-John Scalzi, Redshirts
"We've already established whoever is writing us is an asshole."-John Scalzi, Redshirts
"Who are you and what medications aren't you taking?" Finn said."-John Scalzi, Redshirts
"In other words, crew deaths are a feature, not a bug," Cassaway said, dryly."-John Scalzi, Redshirts
6. Sklepy cynamonowe; Sanatorium pod Klepsydrą
By: Bruno Schulz
3.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
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7. Nemesis Games (The Expanse #5)
By: James S.A. Corey
3.76
Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition
The fifth novel in Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series--now being produced for televi… read more
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8. Gerald's Game
By: Stephen King
4.21
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Gerald und Jessie Burlingame haben sich in ihr einsames Sommerhaus zuruckgezogen. Gerald mochte dem… read more
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9. Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
By: Wil Wheaton , David Kushner
3.99
Format: 11 pages, Paperback
Masters of Doomis the amazing true story of the Lennon and McCartney of video games: John Carmack a… read more
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10. Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
By: Jake Adelstein
4.14
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Poli… read more
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11. Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
By: Arnold Schwarzenegger
4.36
Format: None pages, Hardcover
One of the most anticipated autobiographies of this generation, Arnold Schwarzenegger's Total Recal… read more
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12. Strange Weather in Tokyo
By: Hiromi Kawakami
4.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
Tsukiko is drinking alone in her local sake bar when by chance she meets one of her old high school… read more
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13. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin
By: Kevin Eastman
4.41
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Who is the Last Ronin? In a future, battle-ravaged New York City, a lone surviving Turtle embarks o… read more
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14. Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
By: Tiago Forte
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
>For the first time in history, we have instantaneous access to the world’s knowledge. There has ne… read more
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- nonfiction
- technology
15. Nuclear War: A Scenario
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario
16. Abroad in Japan: Ten Years In The Land Of The Rising Sun
By: Chris Broad
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a … read more
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- nonfiction
17. The Skeptics' Guide to the Future: What Yesterday's Science and Science Fiction Tell Us About the World of Tomorrow
By: Steven Novella
4.08
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling authors and hosts of "The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe," a high-tech roadma… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- technology
18. The Last Emperox (The Interdependency, #3)
By: John Scalzi
4.13
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The collapse of The Flow, the interstellar pathway between the planets of the Interdependency, has … read more
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19. Built to Fail: The Inside Story of Blockbuster's Inevitable Bust
By: Alan Payne
4.09
Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
How does an iconic brand die? For more than two decades, Blockbuster was America’s favorite way … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
20. Doom Guy: Life in First Person
By: John Romero
4.31
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The inspiring, long-awaited autobiography of video-game designer and DOOM cocreator John Romero Jo… read more
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- gaming
- nonfiction
- technology
21. No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
By: Reed Hastings
4.28
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Shortlisted for the 2020 Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Netflix cofounder… read more
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- technology
22. Not All Fairy Tales Have Happy Endings: The rise and fall of Sierra On-Line
By: Ken Williams
4.01
Format: 410 pages, Kindle Edition
Sierra On-Line was one of the very first computer game companies and at one time dominated the indu… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
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23. 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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- nonfiction
- technology
24. Fallen Idols: Twelve Statues That Made History
By: Alex von Tunzelmann
4.06
Format: 272 pages, ebook
In this timely and lively look at the act of toppling monuments, the popular historian and author o… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
25. Control Freak: My Epic Adventure Making Video Games
By: Cliff Bleszinski
3.90
Format: 320 pages, ebook
The designer of Unreal and Gears of War offers an eye-opening personal account of the video game in… read more
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- nonfiction
- technology
26. Assassins Anonymous
By: Rob Hart
3.96
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
In this clever, surprising, page-turner, the world’s most lethal assassin gives up the violent life… read more
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"The difference between humility and humiliation is willingness. Ultimately, it's not for them. It's for me."-Rob Hart, Assassins Anonymous
27. Once Upon Atari: How I made history by killing an industry
By: Howard Scott Warshaw
4.20
Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition
Video games set the world on fire, and Atari lit the match. This is an intimate view into the drama… read more
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28. Shareware Heroes: The renegades who redefined gaming at the dawn of the internet
By: Richard Moss
3.86
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Shareware Heroes takes readers on a journey through a critical yet long overlooked chapter in video… read more
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29. Starflight: How the PC and DOS Exploded Computer Gaming 1987-1994
By: Jamie Lendino
4.03
Format: 469 pages, Kindle Edition
No one saw it coming. At its launch in 1981, IBM’s original Personal Computer was an expensive busi… read more
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- history
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30. The Nostalgia Nerd's Retro Tech: Computer, Consoles & Games: Computer, Consoles and Games (Tech Classics)
By: Peter Leigh
3.86
Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition
Remember what a wild frontier the early days of home gaming were? Manufacturers releasing new conso… read more
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31. Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment
By: Jason Schreier
4.30
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author and the gaming industry's preeminent investigative journalist Jas… read more
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