The essayist, Jonathan Franzen writes, is like “a fire-fighter, whose job, while everyone else is fleeing the flames of shame, is to run straight into them.” For the past twenty-five years, even as his novels have earned him worldwide acclaim, Franzen has led a second life as a risk-taking essayist...
Ever regret something you've posted on social media?Honestly? How smart are you when it comes to streaming, messaging, gaming, commenting . . and everything else you do with the device in your pocket?The Teen's Guide to Social Media & Mobile Devices will help you navigate the digital world with 21 ..
Hailed as a "modern masterpiece", Freedom is a novel about contemporary life, love and marriage. The story of the Berglunds, their son Joey, their daughter Jessica and their friend Richard Katz, this sprawling epic covers the beginning and ending of love, the awkwardness of teenage lust, the unexpec..
A magnum opus for our morally complex times from the author of FREEDOM and THE CORRECTIONS Young Pip Tyler doesn't know who she is. She knows that her real name is Purity, that she's saddled with $130,000 in student debt, that she's squatting with anarchists in Oakland, and that her relationship wit..
An expert on China's global infrastructure expansion provides an urgent look at the battle to connect and control tomorrow's networks.From the ocean floor to outer space, China's Digital Silk Road aims to wire the world and rewrite the global order. Taking readers on a journey inside China's surveil..
NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS WINNER — TECHNOLOGYAs the world rolls out transformational 5G services, it has become increasingly clear that China may be able to disrupt—or even access—the wireless networks that carry our medical, financial, and even military communications.This insider story..