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A fast-paced and deeply reported look at the unlikely success of MySpace, the Web 2.0 phenomenon, and the drama surrounding one of the biggest deals of the Internet age. Barely funded, technologically inept, conceptually derivative, and driven by rivalries, the company that was to morph into the biggest Internet site…

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1 author picked Stealing MySpace as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

When I was deliberating over whether I could write a nonfiction business book of my own, Julia Angwin’s detailed insider story of the rise and fall of the first uber-popular social media site was my inspiration.

I loved the way she mixed deep reporting with revealing interviews to describe how MySpace changed the world—and how it was then done in that very changing world. This book never got the acclaim it deserved, but for me it was transformational.

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A moving story of love, betrayal, and the enduring power of hope in the face of darkness.

German pianist Hedda Schlagel's world collapsed when her fiancé, Fritz, vanished after being sent to an enemy alien camp in the United States during the Great War. Fifteen years later, in 1932, Hedda…

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