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  • Harry Potter and the prediction pool

    Who will survive "The Deathly Hallows"? Elizabeth Hand, Kelly Link, Steve Almond -- and Stephen Amidon's children -- join Salon staff and place their bets.
    By Thomas Rogers and Matthew Fishbane July 6, 2007

  • Global fishiness

    How can Wal-Mart sell Chilean salmon for $4.84 a pound? An excerpt from "The Wal-Mart Effect."
    By Charles Fishman January 23, 2006

  • "Dude, did I steal your job?"

    "Debugging Indian Computer Programmers" is a lighthearted, first-person look at a touchy subject.
    By Andrew Leonard January 24, 2005

  • Insanely geeky

    Andy Hertzfeld's collection of stories about the legendary creation of the Macintosh is full of details only an engineer could love -- and that's why it works.
    By Andrew Leonard January 11, 2005

  • Oil, oil, toil and trouble

    The future won't be defined by East vs. West or Christian vs. Muslim. As Michael Klare's new book, "Blood and Oil," shows, it's all about who has, and who wants, the black gold.
    By Andrew Leonard October 4, 2004

  • The summit of Mount Stephenson

    Neal Stephenson's sprawling, intricate "System of the World" caps a vast trilogy of historical and philosophical splendors.
    By Andrew Leonard September 22, 2004

  • Lou Dobbs is angry and he's not going to take it anymore

    In his new book about outsourcing, the television journalist tells us that he is shocked, SHOCKED, that corporations are treating American workers like crap.
    By Andrew Leonard September 9, 2004

  • Oil, guns and money

    What's really behind the recent redeployment of U.S. military forces? Making sure no one messes with American access to global energy resources. An excerpt from "Oil: Anatomy of an Industry."
    By Matthew Yeomans September 2, 2004

  • What's that hissing sound?

    Worried about oil running out? Don't look now, but natural gas is next on the endangered hydrocarbons list.
    By Jeff Nachtigal August 10, 2004

  • The end of the world is here

    Disasters spawned by global warming are no longer science fiction, Ross Gelbspan argues in "Boiling Point" -- they're already here.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski August 5, 2004

  • The writer and the bookstore

    James Marcus' exquisitely written tale of five turbulent years at Amazon is exactly what the dot-com retailer's roller-coaster tale deserves: A good book.
    By Andrew Leonard June 14, 2004

  • "The Lost World of the Late Nineties"

    How a book reviewer went from rags to Amazon riches to slightly better rags. An excerpt from "Amazonia."
    By James Marcus June 14, 2004

  • Smart mobs beat dumb CEOs

    James Surowiecki's new book, "The Wisdom of Crowds," argues that diverse groups predict the future better than solo prima donnas.
    By Farhad Manjoo June 2, 2004

  • Ask the Pilot takes off

    In honor of the publication of his first book, the pilot answers a few more questions ... from his editor.
    By Andrew Leonard June 1, 2004

  • Terrorism, tweezers and terminal madness

    Some thoughts about the absurdity of too much security. An excerpt from "Ask the Pilot: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel."
    By Patrick Smith June 1, 2004

  • The gas guzzlers who just can't quit

    American consumers won't change their SUV-driving ways until there's a major fuel shortage or a global warming catastrophe, according to the new book "The End of Oil." And by then it may be too late.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski May 19, 2004

  • Decoding humanity, down to the last atom

    Glyn Moody's "Digital Code of Life" tells the story of the bioinformatic revolution: The merging of computers and molecular biology.
    By Andrew Leonard March 15, 2004

  • 14th century video games

    In Lev Grossman's "Codex," an investment banker manages the neat trick of simultaneously getting lost in medieval England and a 21st century computer game.
    By Andrew Leonard March 4, 2004

  • Hazzard's "Fire" nominated for book prize

    February 24, 2004

  • This really is your brain on drugs

    In "Mind Wide Open" Steven Johnson looks under the cranial hood to find out what makes him -- and us -- tick.
    By Andrew Leonard February 18, 2004

  • In search of my own brain

    In an excerpt from "Mind Wide Open" Steven Johnson details his attempt to catch his own mind in the act of thinking.
    By Steven Johnson February 18, 2004

  • The revolution will be energized

    In "Power to the People," journalist Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran makes a case for markets, not governments, leading us to a green, energy-abundant future.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski February 13, 2004
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