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An Instant New York Times Bestseller From one of our leading chroniclers of the intersection of innovation and capitalism, a landmark reckoning—based on unprecedented access—with one of the world’s most brilliant and driven tech visionaries, and his game-changing company Even by the...

Shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Named a Best Book of 2022 by The Economist “A gripping fly-on-the-wall story of the rise of this unique and important industry based on extensive interviews with some of the most successful venture capitalists.” - Daniel...

The Paul Volker Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations, Washington Post journalist Sebastian Mallaby has garnered New York Times Editor’s Choice and Notable Book honors for his enthralling nonfiction. Bolstered by Mallaby’s unprecedented access to the industry, More Money Than God tells the inside story of hedge funds, from their origins in the 1960s and 1970s to their role in the financial crisis of 2007–2009.

“Exceptional . . . Deeply researched and elegantly written . . . As a description of the politics and pressures under which modern independent central banking has to operate, the book is incomparable.” —Financial Times The definitive biography of the most important economic statesman of...

Brought to you by Penguin. A revelatory portrait of the visionary behind Google DeepMind, the race to control the future – and what it means to win Even in a tech world crowded with visionary leaders, Demis Hassabis is recognized as a special case. Born to working class, immigrant parents in...

Basándose en el inicio de las carreras de los empresarios más aventurados de todos los tiempos, el historiador financiero Sebastian Mallaby nos explicará en este libro cómo se fundaron las compañías más exitosas del mundo como Google o Alibaba, y cuáles son las probabilidades de éxito...

Wealthy, powerful, and potentially dangerous, hedge fund managers have emerged as the stars of twenty-first-century capitalism. Based on unprecedented access to the industry, MORE MONEY THAN GOD provides the first authoritative history of hedge funds. A saga of riches and rich egos, this is also...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by the bestselling author of Tribe and The Perfect Storm. For years as an award-winning war reporter, Sebastian Junger traveled to many front lines and frequently put...

Brought to you by Penguin. It is no exaggeration to say that venture capital has been central to the greatest legal creation of wealth anywhere, and enabled much of the world we live in, yet we know surprisingly little about this strange tribe of financiers. In The Power Law, Sebastian Mallaby...

Se ha dicho que el truco más grande que el Diablo jamás hizo fue convencernos de que no existe. Mediante el uso de la herramienta literaria de una autobiografía “como fue contada”, el Centro de Kabbalah revela el concepto del Adversario, el cual tiene un papel fundamental en las enseñanzas kabbalísticas. Satán reside dentro de cada uno de nosotros, manifestándose como una pequeña recurrente voz de incertidumbre y a través de las pruebas que pone frente a nosotros que son los medios para ayudarnos a crecer.

El dinero es energía, y cuando entendemos cómo esta verdad espiritual afecta nuestra relación con el dinero, podemos comenzar a controlarlo mediante el plan de negocios espiritual que el Universo ha definido para nosotros. Esto incluye: tomar responsabilidad; romper las cadenas del pensamiento y culpa rutinarios; y usar el estrés como un trampolín para ir a nuevos niveles de logros. Prosperidad Verdadera muestra cómo usar nuestras metas de forma estratégica y flexible para crear abundancia en todas las áreas de nuestra vida.

Basándose en el inicio de las carreras de los empresarios más aventurados de todos los tiempos, el historiador financiero Sebastian Mallaby nos explicará en este libro cómo se fundaron las compañías más exitosas del mundo como Google o Alibaba, y cuáles son las probabilidades de éxito...

At 24, Sebastian Maniscalco arrived in LA with a suitcase and saved up minimum wages. He knew no one and nothing about standup comedy, but he was determined to go for it anyway. At 44, he's on the Forbes' list of highest earning comedians, sells out arenas, and has starred in four hit comedy specials including Why Would You Do That? on Showtime. Stay Hungry tells the story of the 20 years in between.

A table for two waitress Tiffany Hayes knows what she wants and she wants Sebastian. Top’s grumpy sommelier calls to her in a way no man has before. She simply needs to show him that they belong together. Finding an opportunity to spend some quality time with him turns out to be the easy part. Convincing Sebastian to look beyond his damaged heart and soul is far more difficult. A thirst he can’t deny After losing everything he held dear, Sebastian Lowe has finally rebuilt his life and the walls around his heart.

How to understand the economic impact of migration.

In Build a Large Language Model (from Scratch) bestselling author Sebastian Raschka guides you step by step through creating your own LLM. Each stage is explained with clear text, diagrams, and examples. You’ll go from the initial design and creation, to pretraining on a general corpus, and on to fine-tuning for specific tasks.

Sydnie De Grado’s a bone fide girlboss who isn’t looking to settle down; she’s been there, done that, twice. When her dad unexpectedly announces he’s selling their not-for-profit tech firm she’s torn between family loyalty and a suspicion that something isn’t right… especially as the deal hinges on a chatbot that’s not even ready for market yet. But then Syd finds an unlikely ally in Nathaniel Caldwell, the quiet CEO at the company trying to buy them out.

This is the biography of one of the titans of financial history over the last 50 years. Born in 1926, Alan Greenspan was raised in Manhattan by a single mother and immigrant grandparents during the Great Depression - but by quiet force of intellect, he rose to become a global financial 'maestro'. Appointed by Ronald Reagan as Chairman of the Federal Reserve, a post he held for 18 years, he presided over an unprecedented period of stability and low inflation.

18 And Life on Skid Row tells the story of a boy who spent his childhood moving from Freeport, Bahamas to California and finally to Canada and who at the age of eight discovered the gift that would change his life. Throughout his career, Sebastian Bach has sold over twenty million records both...

A harrowing exploration of the uniquely dangerous experience of men whose survival depends on their absolute commitment to one another—from the bestselling author of The Perfect Storm. "Incisive ... absorbing ... original." —New York Times Book Review Sebastian Junger turns his brilliant and...