Here are the latest books before bed for May 2023.
While I use my iPad Air as my primary ebook reader, I do have my own library of books that includes movie tie-ins (thanks Jason Feger), biographies, and mostly information technology-related books, which chronicle the rise of internet-related technologies starting from the early 90s, and going forward.
On Her Way: The Life and Music of Shania Twain by Scott Gray (1998)
I have been a big fan of Shania Twain since the early 00s. I owned CDs and even mugs. And her biographical book would have been a very nice addition to a hardcore fan like myself. Shania Twain is the hottest woman in country music. With a truckload of number-one hits, album sales to rival those of fellow Canadian divas Celine Dion and Alanis Morissette, scores of major awards (including a Grammy for Best Country Album), and legions of loyal fans around the world, she is the reigning goddess of New Country. But it took true grit for this sultry songbird to rise from a hardscrabble childhood to mega-stardom. Available on Amazon.
The Everything Store by Brad Stone
The definitive story of Amazon.com, one of the most successful companies in the world, and of its driven, brilliant founder, Jeff Bezos.
Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become the everything store, offering limitless selection and seductive convenience at disruptively low prices. To do so, he developed a corporate culture of relentless ambition and secrecy that's never been cracked. Until now.
Brad Stone enjoyed unprecedented access to current and former Amazon employees and Bezos family members, giving listeners the first in-depth, fly-on-the-wall account of life at Amazon. Compared to tech's other elite innovators - Jobs, Gates, Zuckerberg - Bezos is a private man. But he stands out for his restless pursuit of new markets, leading Amazon into risky new ventures like the Kindle and cloud computing, and transforming retail in the same way Henry Ford revolutionized manufacturing.
The Everything Store will be the revealing, definitive biography of the company that placed one of the first and largest bets on the Internet and forever changed the way we shop and read. Available at Amazon.
Speeding the Net by Joshua Quittner and Michelle Slatalla
An insightful look at the group of computer wizards who created the web browser details entrepreneur Jim Clark's invention that made Netscape worth billions, their devastating effect on Microsoft, and their development and business strategies that have changed the computer world. 50,000 first printing. Available at Amazon.
One Strategy by Steven Sinofsky
While at the helm of the Windows division since 2006, Steven Sinofsky was tasked with the impossible by Microsoft brass: to get Windows right on track after the debacle of Vista. Known for being the cagiest executive, and for his Soviet-style secrecy, Sinofsky communicates some of the management processes the team put to work while developing a 4,000-person, multi-year project-Microsoft Windows 7-One Strategy shares the hard-won insights you can use to successfully make the leap from strategy to execution. Available on Amazon.
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