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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Can anyone find a history book that's not too large, not too expensive and available in the USA at Overdrive?
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Sure, Jon. I nominate Tracy Kidder's
The Soul of a New Machine. Meets all your criteria, AND it's an excellent read.
Price --
$2.99 USD at Amazon.
Length -- 297 Pages
Overdrive --
of course. No holds at the Boston Public Library, but it is currently checked out. (There is also an Overdrive audio version, btw.)
Amazon description:
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Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder memorably records the drama, comedy, and excitement of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market.
Computers have changed since 1981, when The Soul of a New Machine first examined the culture of the computer revolution. What has not changed is the feverish pace of the high-tech industry, the go-for-broke approach to business that has caused so many computer companies to win big (or go belly up), and the cult of pursuing mind-bending technological innovations.
The Soul of a New Machine is an essential chapter in the history of the machine that revolutionized the world in the twentieth century.
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I will add that I am NOT going to read about Nazi Germany, not even the end of it. In fact, I'm actively not going to read or support any war related book, which also rules out Churchill, I'm afraid.