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Steven Levy Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Steven Levy is a journalist and Editor at Large for Wired. Editor at Large @WIRED. Your pandemic reading: Facebook: The Inside Story. https://t.co/VWYkJ9denf…

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Book Cover for: Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government--Saving Privacy in the Digital Age, Steven Levy

Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government--Saving Privacy in the Digital Age

Steven Levy
Steven LevySteven Levy

I knew crypto was important and followed it closely in the 90s, leading to this book in 2001. As with Hackers, I'm delighted that the subject matter has gone mainstream. (Though in both cases, the titles have taken on altered meaning.)

Paperback, 2001

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Facebook: The Inside Story, Steven Levy

Facebook: The Inside Story

Steven Levy
Steven LevySteven Levy

To Korean readers--Facebook is now Meta, but Facebook: The Inside Story is still the best way to understand it. And now translated! https://twitter.com/socoopbooks/status/1485579021312090116

Paperback, 2021

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making, Tony Fadell

Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

Tony Fadell
Steven LevySteven Levy

[Fadell] shares his experiences with the legendary career coach Bill Campbell to help others push their startups past the unicorn line. (One tip: Get a real coach.) If his readers never make it there, at least they can get a vicarious kick from Fadell’s advice on how to handle an obstreperous board of directors.

Hardcover, 2022

$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Hunky Dory, Jean Ure

Hunky Dory

Jean Ure
Steven LevySteven Levy

50 years ago as a college student I reviewed Bowie’s Hunky Dory for 34th St, UPenn college paper. (Though I was attending Temple U.I forget how that happened.) Anyway, I raved. This is Sgt. Pepper 1971! I proclaimed. 1/2 Century later I stand by my judgment.

Paperback, 2007

$7.99$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Company: A Novel of the CIA, Robert Littell

The Company: A Novel of the CIA

Robert Littell
Steven LevySteven Levy

The underappreciated Robert Littell is an American LeCarre, and his masterwork The Company is onsale as an ebook for two bucks. If you're interested in spy stuff, the Cold War or just a great read about the world of mirrors, I recommend it. https://t.co/rzjUUbib16

Paperback, 2020

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Burn Book: A Tech Love Story, Kara Swisher

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher
Steven LevySteven Levy

Less a scorched-earth exposé than a primer for those who want to know the tech world from an insider perspective…Swisher slashes her way through the tech world like John Wick with a word processor, vanquishing vain CEOs and clueless media bosses and emerging without a scratch.

Hardcover, 2024

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book