There was a time when Redmond was on the cutting edge of digital publishing and distribution. Although they made a lot of noise in the early noughties, like their tablets, Microsoft minted ebooks never took off.
“The formation of Newco and …

Indiana 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother’s bedside. She’s been stricken with something the old-timers call “Milk Sickness.” “My baby boy…” she whispers before …

Foer’s unlikely journey from chronically forgetful science journalist to US Memory Champion frames a revelatory exploration of the vast, hidden impact of memory on every aspect of our lives. On average, people squander 40 days annually compensating for things they’ve …

Although it is less than clear what the import is, Adam Lashinsky’s Inside Apple has been updated — redacted, changed, expurgated, edited, altered, censored. Moreover, this “patch” isn’t applied automagically and that means it’s up to you to get it.
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Eerie, dreamlike, set in a world that is weirdly related to our own, The Gunslinger introduces Roland Deschain of Gilead, of In-World that was, as he pursues his enigmatic antagonist to the mountains that separate the desert from the Western …

If Apple is Silicon Valley’s answer to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory, then author Adam Lashinsky provides readers with a golden ticket to step inside. In this primer on leadership and innovation, the author will introduce readers to concepts like the …

Here’s a familiar tale — a prodigal son goes out into the world, eats at the buffet and returns whence he came to carve out a niche. I’m living that story line as is Zachary Wincik, an Erie native who’s …

The year isn’t quite over, but Walter Isaacon’s Steve Jobs has already been crowned the best selling book of 2011. Of course, the really interesting bit is that it went on sale a month and a half ago — a …

Andrew “Ender” Wiggin thinks he is playing computer-simulated war games at the Battle School: he is, in fact, engaged in something far more desperate. Ender is the result of decades of genetic experimentation, Earth’s attempt to make the military …

In the heat of the Arizona desert, a raging fire pushes temperatures to a deadly degree and one woman is left to burn. Pulled naked and barely breathing from the fire, the victim has no idea who she is, let …