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Stripe Press Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Underground, David Macaulay

Underground

David Macaulay
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Writer @nayafia recommends David Macaulay’s Underground: “It looks like a promising exploration into the hidden infrastructure that lies beneath our cities.” https://t.co/147qJXHBEp https://t.co/Z370RFOfNF

Paperback, 1983

$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need, Bill Gates

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

Bill Gates
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Game designer @jmechner recommends @BillGates’s How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: “We don't give climate change its full due because it's too big, scary, and far away to reckon with. I'm curious to read Bill Gates’s take on it.” https://t.co/Pp3HM2WfMi https://t.co/KF7LmTUajZ

Paperback, Large Print, 2021

$36.00$18.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Mysterious Correspondent: New Stories, Marcel Proust

The Mysterious Correspondent: New Stories

Marcel Proust
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Economist @tylercowen recommends Marcel Proust’s The Mysterious Correspondent: “New Proust out in English, hitherto untranslated. What other recommendation does one need?” https://t.co/CGFUlxnUiM

Paperback, 2021

$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building, Claire Hughes Johnson

Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building

Claire Hughes Johnson
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Plotting the task along these two axes can help you determine whether to delegate or do it yourself. You can read more about delegation in Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building by @chughesjohnson, out now: https://t.co/8dsexrOjEB

Hardcover, 2023

$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome, Venki Ramakrishnan

Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome

Venki Ramakrishnan
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Scientist Donald Braben recommends Venki Ramakrishnan’s Gene Machine: “I’ve not before read such an honest, open, and uninhibited account of a scientist’s life from one who has won the highest prizes.” https://t.co/SxWL2Wz6Yd https://t.co/hcAU5fn2Ka

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Head, Hand, Heart: Why Intelligence Is Over-Rewarded, Manual Workers Matter, and Caregivers Deserve More Respect, David Goodhart

Head, Hand, Heart: Why Intelligence Is Over-Rewarded, Manual Workers Matter, and Caregivers Deserve More Respect

David Goodhart
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Geopolitical analyst @mgurri recommends @David_Goodhart’s Head, Hand, Heart: “This book extends his thesis about the overvaluing of credentialed office workers as opposed to manual workers. The subtitle says it all.” https://t.co/7UzM3s2CSk https://t.co/9pGrgVWXJl

Hardcover, 2020

$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: 24 Hours in Ancient Rome: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There, Philip Matyszak

24 Hours in Ancient Rome: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There

Philip Matyszak
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Entrepreneur @eladgil recommends Philip Matyszak’s 24 Hours in Ancient Rome: “It covers everything from how clocks and breads were made to firefighting units. Apparently it’s written for 8th graders, which may be why I enjoyed it.” https://t.co/AsvJuJq8aI https://t.co/nB44BK8CQp

Paperback, 2020

$13.99$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Where Is My Flying Car?, J. Storrs Hall

Where Is My Flying Car?

J. Storrs Hall
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Works in Progress 🤝 Stripe Press. If you read one thing today, make it Lost In Stagnation, a special edition of @WorksInProgMag, based on Where Is My Flying Car? by J. Storrs Hall: https://t.co/q4FoQ9MI8n https://t.co/454Ka7daAz https://t.co/QF9lZUr0qV

Hardcover, 2021

$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Science: The Endless Frontier, Vannevar Bush

Science: The Endless Frontier

Vannevar Bush
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Vannevar Bush’s reflections on his work as the U.S.’s first science advisor and as an inventor, engineer, and educator, Pieces of the Action—updated with a new foreword from @Ben_Reinhardt.

Paperback, 2008

$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book