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  Dogfight - How Apple and Google...

  Fred Vogelstein

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  Behind the bitter rivalry between Apple and Google—and how it's reshaping the way we think about technologyThe rise of smartphones and tablets has altered the industry of making computers. At the center of this change are Apple and Google, two companies whose philosophies, leaders, and commercial acumen have steamrolled the competition. In the age of Android and the iPad, these corporations are locked in a feud that will play out not just in the mobile marketplace but in the courts and on screens around the world.     Fred Vogelstein has reported on this rivalry for more than a decade and has rare access to its major players. In Dogfight, he takes us into the offices and board rooms where company dogma translates into ruthless business; behind outsize personalities like Steve Jobs, Apple's now-lionized CEO, and Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman; and inside the deals, lawsuits, and allegations that mold the way we communicate. Apple and Google are poaching each other's employees. They bid up the price of each other's acquisitions for spite, and they forge alliances with major players like Facebook and Microsoft in pursuit of market dominance.Dogfight reads like a novel: vivid nonfiction with never-before-heard details. This is more than a story about what devices will replace our cell phones and laptops. It's about who will control the content on those devices and where that content will come from—about the future of media and the Internet in Silicon Valley, New York, and Hollywood.

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  The Life of Samuel Johnson Vol III

  James Boswell

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  This is the third volume of the Biography of Samuel Johnson. Samuel Johnson's Life has been documented in great detail by his friends, this biography being originally published by James Boswell, and then edited several times by other persons, such as John Croker, who have been friends of both Samuel Johnson as well as James Boswell.Already famous during his life time, Samuel Johnson's biography attracted considerable attention when it was published after Johnson's death, and continues to be read until today.

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  Seen Loved and Heard - A Guided...

  Tabitha Brown

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  In Feeding the Soul (Because It’s My Business), Tabitha Brown made readers feel seen, loved and heard, sharing the knowledge she gained from her own journey in life. Now, in this gorgeous journal, Tabitha invites readers to think more deeply about their own life paths, and how to bring more love and happiness into them. Readers will be drawn to contemplate their lives with each uplifting page, with:Dozens of thought-provoking prompts in Tabitha’s encouraging voicePlenty of inspirational quotes and charming TabismsEncouragement for listeners to talk about their own stories, hopes, and dreams and make the journal their own! 
  This soul-healing book encourages readers to take a few minutes and reflect on their own sources of joy and hope, spirituality, self-image, and peace, and to look back on when they want to appreciate how far they’ve come and what insights they’ve gained in their own journeys.

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  Even More Ketchup than Salsa -...

  Joe Cawley

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  A must-read reality check for anybody who has ever pondered making a new life abroad 
  "Pure enjoyment!" 
  "Another corker from Mr Cawley" 
  "Couldn't put it down. Made me happy, made me sad, made me happy some more. Really, really good book. Can't wait for the next installment!" 
  "Funny, emotional and identifiable, loved every minute..." 
  The first six months of running the Smugglers Tavern had been a baptism of fire. The subsequent years were about as much fun as bobbing for apples in a vat of acid. 
  Having swapped the tin roof of a cold British fish market for the sunny skies of Tenerife, one of Spain's holiday islands, Joe and Joy succeeded in thwarting the first wave of attacks from bungling bureaucrats, bewildered holidaymakers and their own spectacular ineptitude. 
  What they didn’t realise was that their enemies were regrouping. Not only that, but those enemies had made camp a lot closer to home, enemies that would make their encounters with exploding gas bottles, East European squatters and big-time Charlies seem like chapters from a children's picture book. 
  Dreams are shattered, relationships left in tatters and sanity is tested in this prize-winning travel and humour memoir in this revelation about what it's really like when you try to make a better life for yourself overseas.Recent reviews..."Beautifully observed, laugh-out-loud funny in parts and heartbreakingly emotional in others. If you've ever lived abroad, particularly in Spain, this book has something in it for you.""Hilarious all the way through and tinged with the slightest of sadness in parts.""The humour reminds me a lot of Deric Longden's equally poignant books and plays, especially the bits about Joe's gran and Buster the cat. Would make a great film.""Loved this book! Laughed and cried... Honest and compelling read."

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  From Me to U

  Jodi Low

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  Founder and CEO of internationally recognized leadership-development company U & Improved Jodi Low brings her expertise on reframing life’s challenges as lessons. A collection of short personal stories, From Me to U shines light on some of the most defining experiences Jodi has lived through and how they have influenced her business, her family, and her life. 
  From her divorce to rebranding her business in a weekend to death, babies, and everything in between, Jodi doesn’t shy away from life’s harsh realities. She doesn’t sugarcoat the embarrassment, the sweat and tears, and the complexities of relationships. 
  Instead, Jodi wholeheartedly argues—time and again—that it is through these wild, crazy, challenging, painful, and beautiful moments-turned-lessons that we are able to shape our life’s purpose. And while we all have certainly experienced some dark and scary times in life, she encourages us to seek out the “gift” in the challenges. 
  With an empowering blend of laugh-out-loud humor and unwavering grace, Jodi shares personal stories that showcase her trials and triumphs, her victories and her defeats, her pain and her purpose. Along the way, she provides practical tips for the reader on how to lean into these lessons. This book is her way of giving back to the world by empowering U to find your greatness, live out your purpose, and be authentically U—heart, body, and soul.

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  Shameless - The Fight for...

  Marilyn Churley

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  In the late 1960s, at the age of eighteen and living far from home amidst the thriving counterculture of Ottawa, Marilyn Churley got pregnant. Like thousands of other women of the time she kept the event a secret. Faced with few options, she gave the baby up for adoption.
  		 
  Over twenty years later, as the Ontario NDP government’s minister responsible for all birth, death, and adoption records, including those of her own child, Churley found herself in a surprising and powerful position – fully engaged in the long and difficult battle to reform adoption disclosure laws and find her son.
  		 
  Both a personal and political story, Shameless is a powerful memoir about a mother’s struggle with loss, love, secrets, and lies – and an adoption system shrouded in shame.

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