Stripe Press
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Maintenance of Everything: Part One
$40.00 Add to cartThe first in-depth exploration of maintenance–and a powerful argument for its civilizational importance–from the author of How Buildings Learn and creator of the Whole Earth Catalog.
Maintenance is- Series: Maintenance: Of Everything #1
- Author: Brand, Stewart
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 308
- Publish Date: January 20 2026
- ISBN10: 1953953492
- Language: English
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The Origins of Efficiency
$40.00 Add to cartA step-by-step examination of how production processes–from penicillin and automobiles to steel and semiconductors–get more efficient over time, and why it matters for unlocking a new era of abundan… [more below]
- Author: Potter, Brian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1953953522
- Language: English
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The Scaling Era: An Oral History of Ai, 2019-2025
$35.00 Add to cartAn inside view of the AI revolution, from the people and companies making it happen.
How did we build large language models? How do they think, if they think? What will the world look like if we hav- Author: Patel, Dwarkesh
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: August 19 2025
- ISBN10: 1953953557
- Language: English
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Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation
$35.00 Add to cartA timely investigation of the causes of technological and scientific stagnation, and a radical blueprint for accelerating innovation.
“Read this book for the alternative history of our age.” –Peter- Author: Hobart, Byrne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1953953476
- Language: English
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Pieces of the Action
$24.00 Add to cartAn inside account of one of the most innovative R&D ecosystems of the 20th century, from the man who was at the center of it all.
Over a 60-year career in public affairs, Vannevar Bush–engineer, inve- Author: Bush, Vannevar
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 1953953204
- Language: English
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The Big Score: The Billion Dollar Story of Silicon Valley
$24.00 Add to cartThe only contemporary history of the birth of Silicon Valley, from the reporter who had a ringside seat to it all.
Over the past five decades, the tech industry has grown into one of the most importa- Author: Malone, Michael S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: July 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1953953166
- Language: English
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Get Together: How to Build a Community with Your People
$23.00 Add to cartA practical and heartfelt guide to cultivating a community, online or IRL.
Although communities feel magical, they don’t come together by magic. Get Together is a practical and heartfelt guide to cul- Author: Richardson, Bailey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 20 2019
- ISBN10: 1732265194
- Language: English
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The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985-1993
$23.00 Add to cartA deep dive into the origins of the epic, bestselling video game, in the creator’s own words.
Before Prince of Persia was a best-selling video game franchise and a Disney movie, it was an Apple II co- Author: Mechner, Jordan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 28 2020
- ISBN10: 0578627310
- Language: English
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The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn
$35.00 Read moreA groundbreaking treatise by one of the great mathematicians of our age, who outlines a style of thinking by which great ideas are conceived.
What inspires and spurs on a great idea? Can we train our- Author: Hamming, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 26 2020
- ISBN10: 1732265178
- Language: English
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Where Is My Flying Car?
$24.00 Add to cartFrom an engineer and futurist, an impassioned account of technological stagnation since the 1970s and an imaginative blueprint for a richer, more abundant future.
The science fiction of the 1960s pro- Author: Hall, J. Storrs
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 332
- Publish Date: November 30 2021
- ISBN10: 1953953182
- Language: English
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Scientific Freedom: The Elixir of Civilization
$23.00 Add to cartA radical and timely proposal for reinvigorating transformative scientific discovery.
So rich was the scientific harvest of the early 20th century that it transformed entire industries and economies.- Author: Braben, Donald W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 0578675919
- Language: English
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The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
$35.00 Add to cartHow insurgencies–enabled by digital devices and a vast information sphere–have mobilized millions of ordinary people around the world.
In the words of economist and scholar Arnold Kling, Martin Gur- Author: Gurri, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: December 04, 2018
- ISBN10: 1732265143
- Language: English
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Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals
$17.00 Add to cartFrom a bestselling author and economist, a contemporary moral case for economic growth–and a dose of inspiration and optimism about our future possibilities.
Growth is good. Throughout history, econ- Author: Cowen, Tyler
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 16 2018
- ISBN10: 1732265135
- Language: English
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Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software
$22.00 Add to cartAn inside look at modern open source software development and its influence on our online social world.
Open source software, in which developers publish code that anyone can use, has long served as- Author: Eghbal, Nadia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 04 2020
- ISBN10: 0578675862
- Language: English
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An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management
$35.00 Add to cartA human-centric guide to solving complex problems in engineering management, from sizing teams to handling technical debt.
There’s a saying that people don’t leave companies, they leave managers. Man- Author: Larson, Will
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 20 2019
- ISBN10: 1732265186
- Language: English
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High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups from 10 to 10,000 People
$20.00 Read moreHigh Growth Handbook is the playbook for growing your startup into a global brand.
Global technology executive, serial entrepreneur, and angel investor Elad Gil has worked with high-growth tech compa- Author: Gil, Elad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: July 17, 2018
- ISBN10: 1732265100
- Language: English
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Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building
$35.00 Read moreFrom a Stripe and Google executive, a practical guide to company building and scaling the most important resource it has: its people.
Selected for “Best Books of 2023” by Bloomberg and The Economist!- Author: Hughes Johnson, Claire
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 1953953212
- Language: English
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Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
$30.00 Read moreFrom the legendary vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, lessons in investment strategy, philanthropy, and living a rational and ethical life.
“A timeless classic that will change how you approach li- Author: Munger, Charles T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 1953953239
- Language: English
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The Dream Machine
$20.00 Read moreThe story of the man who instigated the work that led to the internet–and shifted our understanding of what computers could be.
Behind every great revolution is a vision, and behind perhaps the grea- Author: Waldrop, M. Mitchell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: September 25 2018
- ISBN10: 1732265119
- Language: English
