Lightning Guides' Titans of Tech: Edison to Gates explores the curiosity, creativity and improvement of American technology throughout the 20th and 21st century. Covering some of technology's biggest names from Thomas Edison to Bill Gates, and examining innovations ranging from Josephine Cochran's pragmatic invention of the dishwasher to Tim Cook's cutting-edge Apple watch, Titans of Tech takes its reader on a 100-year journey of technological revolution.
From Henry Ford to Elon Musk, these creators and their fabulous machines captured the American spirit with breathtaking precision. Since their inception, automobiles have defined and expressed our ego, our wish for practicality, our aspirations, and our ideals. Cars have, and always will be, the epitome of technology, immediacy, excitement, and, most importantly, freedom"--Back cover.
Cults: In Too Deep From Jonestown to Scientology explores 20th and 21st Century cults and the 1960's American culture by which many of them were birthed. From Then Manson Family to The Ripper Crew to Scientology, Cults provides an in-depth look at America's religious and social cults, their nefarious leaders, and the millions of lives they have stolen.
For as long as there has been power, men and women have gathered in secret to wield influence over politics, society, economic systems, and world affairs. The names are cloaked in mystery, menace, even fear. The Knights Templar, the Illuminati, the Freemasons, the Ku Klux Klan. What are their rituals and their purpose? What influence do they wield? Are we safe?"--Back cover.
The Golden Rule: whoever had the gold made the rules. No longer. Now anyone with an idea can start a company. Anyone with a free couch can operate a hotel. Anyone with a car can be a taxi. Crowdsourcing has rewritten the economics of capitalism, and the repercussions are profound"--Back cover.
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