Jimmy Soni Libri

A prize-winning biography of one of the foremost intellects of the twentieth century: Claude Shannon, the neglected architect of the Information Age.

Why is political rhetoric broken-and how can it be fixed? Ranging from Cicero's Rome to modern polarization, Words on Fire is a new history of eloquence from political theorist and speechwriter Rob Goodman. It offers a powerful critique of today's political language-and shows how the struggle over the meaning of eloquence has shaped our world.

"Out of PayPal's ranks have come three billionaires and dozens of multi-millionaires, including household names like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Reid Hoffman. PayPal's alumni have built, funded and advised almost all of the billion-dollar-plus companies to emerge from Silicon Valley in the past two decades. Today, every online video you watch and every internet purchase you make bears PayPal's fingerprints -- its inventions made the modern internet possible and are embedded in our social networks, our banks and our intelligence agencies. This book tells the gripping story of how a scrappy start-up became one of the most successful businesses of all time, worth over $70 billion today. Full of fascinating characters and anecdotes about Silicon Valley's biggest titans, The Founders also shows how the so-called PayPal Mafia continue to shape our future today."-- Publisher's description

Cato grappled with home-grown terrorists, a public and private debt crisis, a yawning gap between rich and poor, and a fractious ruling class whose lives took on the dimensions of soap opera. He relentlessly opposed the rise of Julius Caesar, but his stubbornness led to the eventual fall of the Roman Republic. This book tells his story.

"A definitive look at the origin of PayPal and its founding team--including Elon Musk, Amy Rowe Klement, Peter Thiel, Julie Anderson, Max Levchin, Reid Hoffman, and many others whose stories have never been shared. They have defined the modern world. This experience defined them"--

"What does it mean to live beside an eroding democracy? As this powerful and timely book argues, that is the question that will shape the next generation of Canadian politics. As a congressional speechwriter in the United States, Rob Goodman watched firsthand as a rising authoritarian movement disenfranchised voters, sabotaged institutions, and made a coup thinkable for the first time in living memory. Now, as a political theorist who makes his home in Canada, he has an urgent warning for his adopted country: The same forces that have upended democracy in America and around the world are on the move in Canada, too. But Canada can protect its democracy by drawing on a set of political, cultural, and historical resources that are distinctly of this place. In Not Here, Goodman outlines four such resources. First, the rejection of the dangerous idea of one “real” Canadian people. Second, the refusal of political charisma and founder-worship. Third, a relatively strong social safety net that empowers neighbours to see one another as equals. And fourth, Canada’s longstanding search for independence from the great power with which it shares a continent. Today, that great power is a democracy in decline, and so asserting differences from the United States matters in this generation in a way that it has rarely mattered before. Canadian difference is not a curiosity, a luxury good, or a vanity item: it is a democratic immune system. Laying bare the historical roots of contemporary politics, and making an urgent case for action, Not Here is a roadmap for safeguarding a democracy under unprecedented threat."-- Provided by publisher

Wedged between Tibet and the exotic lands of Southeast Asia, Yunnan Province is one of the least known and most beguiling regions of China. This book covers the botanical wonderland; adventure travels; and World Heritage sites, including the 'Three Great Rivers' and the holy mountain Kawakarpo.

In a rapidly evolving business landscape, organizations must adapt to maintain and grow their market share. The software industry focuses on maximizing efficiency while minimizing resource use, employing various methodologies and principles, particularly software life cycle models. These models guide the development of software products across diverse project sizes and complexities. A case study of Acnosys Software Pvt. Ltd. illustrates how task managers select appropriate software process models to enhance product development and documentation before implementation.

The gripping inside story of Paypal, the company that created the digital age as we know it.