17 Recommended books from Brianne Kimmel
A Mind at Play
by Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman • July 18, 2017 • Engineering & Transportation
Winner of the Neumann Prize for the History of Mathematics
Named a best book of the year by Bloomberg and Nature
'Best ...
Boom
by Michael Shnayerson • May 21, 2019 • Arts & Photography
The meteoric rise of the largest unregulated financial market in the world -- for contemporary art -- is driven by a few passio...
Bowling Alone
by Robert D. Putnam • October 13, 2020 • History
Updated to include a new chapter about the influence of social media and the Internet—the 20th anniversary edition of _Bowling ...
No Applause--Just Throw Money
by Trav S.D. • October 31, 2006 • Arts & Photography
A seriously funny look at the roots of American Entertainment
When Groucho Marx and Charlie Chaplin were born, variety enter...
Permanent Record
by Edward Snowden • September 17, 2019 • Politics & Social Sciences
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
**Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass s...
Red Notice
by Bill Browder • October 20, 2015 • Biographies & Memoirs
“[Red Notice] does for investing in Russia and the former Soviet Union what Liar’s Poker did for our understanding of Salomon...
Representing Talent
by Violaine Roussel • August 6, 2021 • History
Audiences love the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, but beyond the red carpet and behind the velvet curtain exists a legion of i...
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark
by Don Thompson • April 13, 2010 • Arts & Photography
_Why would a smart New York investment banker pay $12 million for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a shark? By what alchemy doe...
The Attention Merchants
by Tim Wu • October 18, 2016 • Business & Money
From Tim Wu, author of the award-winning The Master Switch ( a New Yorker and Fortune Book of the Year) and who coined th...
The Death of the Artist
by William Deresiewicz • July 28, 2020 • Arts & Photography
A deeply researched warning about how the digital economy threatens artists' lives and work―the music, writing, and visual art ...
The Fabric of Civilization
by Virginia Postrel • November 10, 2020 • Engineering & Transportation
From Paleolithic flax to 3D knitting, explore the global history of textiles and the world they weave together in this enthrall...
The Sense of Style
by • September 22, 2015 • Reference
“Charming and erudite," from the author of Enlightenment Now, "The wit and insight and clarity he brings . . . is what makes...
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
by Edward R. Tufte • February 14, 2001 • Science & Math
The classic book on statistical graphics, charts, tables. Theory and practice in the design of data graphics, 250 illustrations...
Things Never to Tell Children
by The School of Life • May 7, 2019 • Humor & Entertainment
A darkly comic look at one bunny’s journey from innocence to experience.
This is a book that should never fall into the hand...
What You Do Is Who You Are
by Ben Horowitz • October 29, 2019 • Business & Money
Ben Horowitz, a leading venture capitalist, modern management expert, and New York Times bestselling author, combines lessons...
Wild and Crazy Guys
by Nick de Semlyen • May 26, 2020 • Humor & Entertainment
The behind-the-scenes story of the iconic funnymen who ruled '80s Hollywood—Bill Murray, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, John Belush...
Working in Public
by Nadia Eghbal • August 4, 2020 • Computers & Technology
An inside look at modern open source software developers--and their influence on our online social world.
"Nadia is one of...
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