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Maria, Maria
& Other Stories
2024 || Hardcover || Marytza K. Rubio || WW Norton & Co
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION Conjuring entrancing tales of Mexican American mystics and misfits, Marytza K. Rubio shatters the boundaries of reality with this fiercely imaginative debut.
Platform Revolution
How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economyand How to Make Them Work for You
2022 || Hardcover || Geoffrey G. Parker e.a. || WW Norton & Co
Uber. Airbnb. Amazon.
Apple. PayPal. All of these companies disrupted their markets when they launched.
Today they are industry leaders. What's the secret to their success? These cutting-edge businesses are built on platforms: two-sided markets that are revolutionising the way we do business. Written by three of the most sought-after experts on platform businesses, Platform Revolution is the first authoritative, fact-based book on platform models.
Whether platforms are connecting sellers and ...
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The Heroine with 1001 Faces
2024 || Hardcover || Maria (Harvard University) Tatar || WW Norton & Co
World-renowned folklorist Maria Tatar reveals an astonishing but long buried history of heroines, taking us from Cassandra and Scheherazade to Nancy Drew and Wonder Woman.
The Nvidia Way
Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant
2024 || Hardcover || Tae Kim || WW Norton & Co
Nvidia is the darling of the age of artificial intelligence: its chips are powering the generative-AI revolution, and demand is insatiable. For all the current interest and attention, however, Nvidia is not of our time. Founded more than three decades ago in a Denny's in East San Jose, for years it was known primarily in the then-niche world of computer gaming. In fact, the company's leather-jacketed leader, Jensen Huang, is the longest-serving CEO in an industry marked by near constant turmo...
Earth Structure / 2nd Editon
An Introduction to Structural Geology and Tectonics
2010 || Hardcover || Stephen Marshak e.a. || WW Norton & Co
The Second Edition also benefits from new artwork that clearly illustrates complex concepts. New to the Second Edition: New Chapter: 15, "Geophysical Imaging," by Frederick Cook Within Chapters 21 and 22, four new essays on "Regional Perspectives" discuss the European Alps, the Altaids, the Appalachians, and the Cascadia Wedge. New and updated art for more informative illustration of concepts.
The Second Edition now has 570 black & white figures
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The Metaverse
Fully Revised and Updated Edition: Building the Spatial Internet
2024 || Hardcover || Matthew Ball || WW Norton & Co
"Ball's lucid and timely book offers a portal into a new realm."—The Economist
Science and Cooking
Physics Meets Food, From Homemade to Haute Cuisine
2020 || Hardcover || Michael Brenner e.a. || WW Norton & Co
The spectacular culinary creations of modern cuisine are the stuff of countless articles and Instagram feeds. But to a scientist they are also perfect pedagogical explorations into the basic scientific principles of cooking. In Science and Cooking, Harvard professors Michael Brenner, Pia Sörensen and David Weitz bring the classroom to your kitchen to teach the physics and chemistry underlying every recipe.
Science and Cooking answers questions such as why we knead bread, what determines the ...
Microeconomic Analysis
1992 || Hardcover || Hal R. Varian || WW Norton & Co
The Third Edition continues to supply the building blocks of microeconomic analysis: a thorough treatment of optimization and equilibrium methods, coupled with numerous examples of their application. The Third Edition expands on the earlier editions in two ways. First, the coverage has been rewritten and rearranged.
Second, chapters have been added on game theory, oligopoly, asset markets, and information economics. The new chapters fully update the text, highlighting significant developments...