Kara Swisher
4 Books recommended by Kara Swisher
Kara Anne Swisher is an American journalist. Described by Newsweek as Silicon Valley's "most powerful tech journalist", she is an opinion writer for The New York Times, a contributing editor at New York, the host of the podcast Sway, and the co-host of the podcast Pivot.Swisher, who previously wrote for The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post, co-founded Recode, the All Things Digital conference and the online publication All Things D. She has covered the internet since 1994.
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Trick Mirror
Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino
Literary CollectionsTrick mirror is an enlightening, unforgettable trip through the river of self-delusion that surges just beneath the surface of our lives. this is a book about the incentives that shape us, and about how hard it is to see ourselves clearly in a culture that revolves around the self. in each essay, jia writes about the cultural prisms that have shaped her: the rise of the nightmare social internet; the american scammer as millennial hero; the literary heroine’s journey from brave to blank to bitter; the mandate that everything, including
“I read Trick Mirror last year, but just listened to this superb book of essays by @jiatolentino as a contemplate my own and hearing her deliver these blue-flame insights, one after another, that are so exactly right on the internet landscape, inspires. Highly recommend.”
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The Anubis Gates
The Anubis Gates
Tim Powers
Literary CollectionsBrendan doyle, a specialist in the work of the early-nineteenth century poet william ashbless, reluctantly accepts an invitation from a millionaire to act as a guide to time-travelling tourists. but while attending a lecture given by samuel taylor coleridge in 1810, he becomes marooned in regency london, where dark and dangerous forces know about the gates in time.caught up in the intrigue between rival bands of beggars, pursued by egyptian sorcerers, and befriended by coleridge, doyle somehow survives and learns more about the mysterious ashbless than he could ever have
“I read over and over again, like three or four times a year. It's so beautifully constructed.”
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“It was just so mind blowing. I had never thought of these issues and it really impacted me.”
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A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories
A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories
Ray Bradbury
FictionA spaceship captain determined to gather a cupful of the sun. . .a nubile young witch who yearns to taste human love. . .an expedition that hunts dinosaurs across the fragile and dangerous chasm of time. . . these strange and wonderful tales of beauty and terror will transport you from the begininng of time to the outermost limits of the future. selected from his best-selling collections "the golden apples of the sun" and "r is for rocket," here are thirty-two superb stories from one of the master fantastics of
“Recommended on Tim Ferriss' podcast”
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