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Edition: Unabridged

ISBN: 9780593457801

Content: " &ldquo,irby has mastered the art of short fiction&hellip, stunning collection from a writer whose talent and creativity seem boundless.&rdquo,br〉 &mdash,PR &ldquo,irby takes joy in subverting the reader&rsquo, expectations at every turn. Her characters might be naï,e, even reckless, but they aren&rsquo, about to be victims: They&rsquo,e strong, and brave, and nearly always capable of rescuing themselves.&rdquo,br〉 &mdash,i〉New York Times Book ReviewMargaret Atwood meets Buffy in these funny, warm, and furious stories of women at their breaking points, from Hellenic times to today. Cassandra may have seen the future, but it doesn't mean she's resigned to telling the Trojans everything she knows. In this ebullient collection, virgins escape from being sacrificed, witches refuse to be burned, whores aren't ashamed, and every woman gets a chance to be a radioactive cockroach warrior who snaps back at catcallers. Gwen E. Kirby experiments with found structures—a Yelp review, a WikiHow article—which her fierce, irreverent narrators push against, showing how creativity within an enclosed space undermines and deconstructs the constraints themselves. When these women tell the stories of their triumphs as well as their pain, they emerge as funny, angry, loud, horny, lonely, strong protagonists who refuse to be secondary characters a moment longer. From The Best and Only Whore of Cym Hyfryd, 1886 to the Midwestern Girl Is Tired of Appearing in Your Short Stories, Kirby is playing and laughing with the women who have come before her and they are telling her , we have always been this way . You just had to know where to look . "

Content: Biographisches: "Gwen E. Kirby is a native San Diegan and graduate of Carleton College. She has an MFA from Johns Hopkins University and a PhD from the University of Cincinnati.160"

Language: English

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Edition: Unabridged

ISBN: 9780063067981

Content: " The dramatic inside story of the first four historic flights that launched SpaceX8212 and Elon Musk8212 from a shaky startup into the world's leading edge rocket company. In 2006, SpaceX8212 a brand-new venture with fewer than 200 employees8212 rolled its first, single-engine rocket onto a launch pad at Kwajalein Atoll. After a groundbreaking launch from the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the Falcon 1 rocket designed by Elon Musk's engineers rose in the air for approximately thirty seconds. Then, its engine flamed out, and the rocket crashed back into the ocean. In 2007, SpaceX undertook a second launch. This time, the rocket rose far into space, but just before reaching orbit it spun out of control. Confident of success in 2008, Musk and his team launched their third rocket with several paying customers. The first stage executed perfectly, but instead of falling away, it thudded into the second stage. Another failure. Elon Musk had only budgeted for three attempts when he founded SpaceX. Out of money and with a single Falcon 1 rocket left in its factory, SpaceX decided to try one last, dramatic launch. Over eight weeks, engineers worked furiously to prepare this final rocket. The fate of Musk's venture mirrored the trajectory of this slender, single-engine rocket aimed toward the skies. If it crashed and burned, so would SpaceX. In September 2008, SpaceX's last chance for success lifted off . and accelerated like a dream, soaring into orbit flawlessly. That success would launch a miraculous decade for the company, in which SpaceX grew from building a single-engine rocket to one with a staggering 27 engines,created two different spacecraft, and mastered reusable-rocket descents using mobile drone ships on the open seas. It marked a level of production and achievement that has not been seen since the space race of the 1960s. But these achievements would not have been possible without SpaceX's first four flight tests. Drawing on unparalleled access and exclusive interviews with dozens of former and current employees8212 engineers, designers, mechanics, and executives, including Elon Musk8212 Eric Berger tells the complete story of this foundational generation that transformed SpaceX into the world's leading space company. "

Content: Biographisches: "Eric Berger is a reporter and editor based in Houston. After a long career in the Houston Chronicle , he joined Ars Technica in 2015 as the site's senior space editor, covering SpaceX, NASA, and everything beyond. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his coverage of Hurricane Ike in the Houston Chronicle in 2008." Rezension(2): "〈a href=http://lj.libraryjournal.com/ target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/libraryjournal_logo.png alt=Library Journal border=0 /〉〈/a〉: January 1, 2021 In this page-turner, award-winning journalist Berger explores the critical early days of SpaceX, the rocket manufacturing company founded by Elon Musk. The story begins in late 2000 when Musk, inspired by a conversation about space travel, researched NASA's website to see how far the agency had progressed regarding a human mission to Mars. When he discovered that NASA had no plans to do so, Musk decided to start his own company, SpaceX, with the bold idea of building spaceships to send people to Mars. Musk began to assemble a team of brilliant minds and creative engineers, including Tom Mueller, Anne Chinnery, Hans Koenigsmann, and Gwynne Shotwell. Berger examines the background of each of the team members and the circumstances that led them to join SpaceX. They would face numerous challenges: launch failures and liquid oxygen issues,excessive travel and long days and nights,and relentless pressure from Musk. Despite these challenges, they accomplished remarkable things, which culminated in the launch of the Falcon 1 rocket on its fourth attempt on September 28, 2008--the first ever privately funded rocket to go into orbit. VERDICT An extraordinary story of compelling narrative nonfiction that is recommended for those interested in space travel or for anyone looking for an exciting read. --Dave Pugl, Ela Area P.L., Lake Zurich, ILCopyright 2021 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. " Rezension(3): "〈a href=http://www.kirkusreviews.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/kirkus_logo.png alt=Kirkus border=0 /〉〈/a〉: Starred review from February 1, 2021 An up-close account of the otherworldly trajectory of tech magnate Elon Musk. Ars Technica editor Berger opens with a telling scene set in South Texas in late September 2019, when Musk visited a factory building a rocket that one day will be bound for Mars. Sending that ship--and people--to the red planet is of a parcel with Musk's pioneering work in remaking the global aerospace industry, which includes privatizing efforts that had long belonged to government agencies such as NASA--which, though funded to the tune of some $25 billion per year, still remains several giant leaps away from sending a few astronauts to Mars. Getting the SpaceX rocket safely to distant Mars may not work, Musk confessed before adding, But it probably will. By Berger's swiftly moving account, it will, not just because Musk is an endlessly driven, intensely focused sort who could use a little more fun in life--at one point, Musk ruefully allows that it wouldn't have hurt to have just one cocktail on the damn beach of a distant Pacific atoll used in test flights--but also because Musk is surrounded by brilliant scientists recruited from academia and industry who are thoroughly invested in the project's success. They want that golden ticket for the world's greatest thrill ride, Berger writes, evoking another obsessed genius, Willie Wonka. Musk now leads not just SpaceX, but also the Tesla electric automobile company as well as a neural technology company and a firm devoted to digging new transportation tunnels below overcrowded cities. Even so, he remains closely attentive to matters that aviation engineers have often overlooked, such as recycling rocket stages: If an airline discarded a 747 jet after every transcontinental flight, writes the author, passengers would have to pay $1 million for a ticket. Readers interested in business and entrepreneurship, as well as outer space, will find Berger's book irresistible. COPYRIGHT(2021) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. " Rezension(4): "〈a href=https://www.booklistonline.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/booklist_logo.png alt=Booklist border=0 /〉〈/a〉: February 15, 2021 Tech billionaire Elon Musk set out to revolutionize the space industry, and founded aerospace company SpaceX in the hope of one day landing humans on Mars. Berger, senior space editor at Ars Technica, was granted unprecedented access to interview Musk, as well as current and former employees of SpaceX, and here shares first-hand accounts of their experiences. The main focus isn't Musk himself, but the engineers, technicians, vice presidents, and lieutenants: passionate and driven people bold enough to take on Musk's ambitious vision. Berger shares how they came to work for Musk, their experiences of toil and sweat, uncertainty and victory. There's very little technical detail in this book,instead, it's a story about people and their faith in one man's compelling mission. What stands out most is the author's command of pacing. He depicts race-against-the-clock crises as fast-paced as a thriller, with moments reminiscent of Apollo 13 or The Martian (albeit with slightly lower stakes). An exciting and insightful read for anyone interested in the story behind the early days of SpaceX. COPYRIGHT(2021) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "

Language: English

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Edition: Unabridged

ISBN: 9780593504789

Content: " NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER &bull,/b〉 GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK &bull,NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review &bull, Financial Times &bull, The Washington Post &bull, Time &bull, Los Angeles Times &bull, Good Housekeeping &bull, Kirkus Reviews &ldquo, perfect novel for these times and all times, the single textual artifact from the pandemic era I would place in a time capsule as a representation of all that is good and true and beautiful about literature.&rdquo,mdash,olly Young, The New York Times Eight friends, one country house, and six months in isolation&mdash, novel about love, friendship, family, and betrayal160 hailed as160 a &ldquo,irtuoso performance&rdquo,( USA Today ) and &ldquo,n homage to Chekhov with four romances and a finale that will break your heart&rdquo,( The Washington Post ) In the rolling hills of upstate New York, a group160 of friends and friends-of-friends gathers in a country house to wait out the pandemic. Over the next six months, new friendships and romances will take hold, while old betrayals will emerge, forcing each character to reevaluate whom they love and what matters most. The unlikely cast of characters includes a Russian-born novelist,his Russian-born psychiatrist wife,their precocious child obsessed with K-pop,a struggling Indian American writer,a wildly successful Korean American app developer,a global dandy with three passports,a Southern flamethrower of an essayist,and a movie star, the Actor, whose arrival upsets the equilibrium of this chosen family. Both elegiac and very, very funny, Our Country Friends is the most ambitious book yet by the author of the beloved bestseller Super Sad True Love Story ."

Content: Biographisches: " Gary Shteyngart  ,as born in Leningrad in 1972 and came to the United States seven years later. His debut novel, ,i〉The Russian Debutante&rsquo, Handbook , won the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction and the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction. His second novel, ,i〉Absurdistan , was named one of the 10 Best Books of the Year by ,i〉The New York Times Book Review.  ,is novel ,i〉Super Sad True Love Story  ,on the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize and became one of the most iconic novels of the decade. His memoir, ,i〉Little Failure, ,/i〉was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and a ,i〉New York Times ,/i〉bestseller.  ,/i〉His most recent novel is ,i〉Lake Success. ,/i〉His books regularly appear on best-of lists around the world and have been published in thirty countries." Rezension(2): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: October 4, 2021 Shteyngart ( Lake Success ) returns with the droll and heartfelt story of a Russian American couple who invite a group of friends to ride out the lockdown with them on their Hudson Valley “estate” in March 2020. Sasha Senderovsky, a bumbling writer, clumsily prepares for his guests: “Because he did not believe in road marks or certain aspects of relativity, the concept of a blind curve continued to elude him,” Shteyngart writes of Sasha’s driving, which ends with a case of liquor shattered in the trunk. Sasha’s wife, Masha, bans smoking on the property, which Sasha allows his friend Ed Kim to break immediately after showing Ed to his bungalow, one of five along with the main house. There’s also Vinood Mehta, a once aspiring writer whose abandoned manuscript factors into a late-breaking plot involving jealousy and betrayal. The couple’s eight-year-old adopted daughter, Nat, who is of Chinese descent and is obsessed with K-pop, bonds with their friend Karen Cho, who, like Ed, is Korean, and Shteyngart drops in about as many illuminating details about the Korean diaspora as he does about Russian immigrants and their American children. The author shows great care for his characters, making Sasha’s vulnerability particularly palpable when an uncertain screenwriting project threatens his financial stability. Shteyngart’s taken the formula for a smart, irresistible comedy of manners and expertly brought it up to the moment. Agent: Denise Shannon, Denise Shannon Literary. "

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Edition: Unabridged

ISBN: 9780593629543

Content: " The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale&mdash,rom home renovation to space exploration&mdash,y the world&rsquo, leading expert on megaprojects 160 &ldquo,his book is important, timely, instructive, and entertaining. What more could you ask for?&rdquo,mdash,aniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize&ndash,inning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow 160 &ldquo,ver-budget and over-schedule is an inevitability. Incompetence and grift is outrageous. Bent Flyvbjerg, with this terrific data-driven book, has shown that there is another way.&rdquo,mdash,rank Gehry Nothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a triumphant, new160 reality. Think of how the Empire State Building went from a sketch to the jewel of New York&rsquo, skyline in twenty-one months, or how Apple&rsquo, iPod went from a project with a single employee to a product launch in eleven months. These are wonderful stories. But most of the time big visions turn into nightmares. Remember Boston&rsquo, &ldquo,ig Dig&rdquo, Almost every sizeable city in the world has such a fiasco in its backyard. In fact, no less than 92% of megaprojects come in over budget or over schedule, or both. The cost of California&rsquo, high-speed rail project soared from $33 billion to $100 billon&mdash,nd won&rsquo, even go where promised. More modest endeavors, whether launching a small business, organizing a conference, or just finishing a work project on time, also commonly fail. Why? Understanding what distinguishes the triumphs from the failures has been the life&rsquo, work of Oxford professor Bent Flyvbjerg, dubbed &ldquo,he world&rsquo, leading megaproject expert.&rdquo,In How Big Things Get Done , he identifies the errors in judgment and decision-making that lead projects, both big and small, to fail, and the research-based principles that will make you succeed with yours. For example: &bull,Understand your odds. If you don&rsquo, know them, you won&rsquo, win. &bull,Plan slow, act fast. Getting to the action quick feels right. But it&rsquo, wrong.160 &bull,Think right to left . Start with your goal, then identify the steps to get there. &bull,Find your Lego. Big is best built from small. &bull,Be a team maker. You won&rsquo, succeed without an &ldquo,s.&rdquo,br〉 &bull,Master the unknown unknowns. Most think they can&rsquo,, so they fail. Flyvbjerg shows how you can. &bull,Know that your biggest risk is you. Full of vivid examples ranging from the building of the Sydney Opera House, to the making of the latest Pixar blockbusters, to a home renovation in Brooklyn gone awry, How Big Things Get Done reveals how to get any ambitious project done&mdash,n time and on budget. For a visual representation of the charts and graphs mentioned throughout, as well as Appendix A and B, please be sure to download the Bonus PDF accompanying this program. "

Content: Rezension(1): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: December 12, 2022 This sharp study by Flyvbjerg ( Megaprojects and Risk ), a professor emeritus of program management at Oxford University, and journalist Gardner ( Superforecasting ) draws lessons in planning from megaprojects across the globe. Surveying the budgets and schedules of hundreds of massive development projects, the authors examine construction successes and failures to offer guidance on how to plan better for projects of any size. They extoll the importance of accurate forecasting and explain that progress on Hong Kong’s high-speed rail project in the early 2010s appeared bungled largely because the corporation overseeing construction had projected an unrealistic forecast that they couldn’t meet. Creating better predictions, the authors posit, requires comparing one’s project to similar projects to get a reasonable estimate, something the Hong Kong transit authority failed to do. On the successful side, Flyvbjerg and Gardner hold up the Empire State Building, which was completed 17% under budget, as an exemplar of the “think slow, act fast” approach that emphasizes rigorous analysis and testing before breaking ground. The stories about the high-stakes world of megaprojects fascinate, and the authors excel at pulling from them broadly applicable lessons on foresight and planning. Readers will find this a boon."

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