![]() ![]() Noah was born to a black Xhosa mother and a white Swiss father, a union that was illegal under apartheid. It explores themes of race, identity, and the legacy of colonialism, as Noah navigates the complexities of his mixed-race heritage and the social and political realities of his country. The book tells the story of Noah's childhood and coming of age in South Africa during the last days of apartheid and the turbulent years that followed. Featured in these playlists."Born a Crime" is a memoir by South African comedian and television host Trevor Noah. In 2022, he earned the Sir Arthur Clarke Imagination in Service to Society Awardee for lifetime achievement. In 2020, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. Born in Toronto, Canada, he now lives in Los Angeles. He works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate, is a Visiting Professor of Computer Science at Open University, a Visiting Professor of Practice at the University of North Carolina’s School of Library and Information Science and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. ![]() His next nonfiction book is THE INTERNET CON (September 2023), a nonfiction book from Verso about monopoly and radical interoperability. His next novel is THE LOST CAUSE (November 2023). His first picture book was POESY THE MONSTER SLAYER (Aug 2020). He is also the author HOW TO DESTROY SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM, nonfiction about conspiracies and monopolies and of RADICALIZED and WALKAWAY, science fiction for adults, a YA graphic novel called IN REAL LIFE and other young adult novels like PIRATE CINEMA. He is the author of the international young adult LITTLE BROTHER series. His latest book RED TEAM BLUES, a technothriller about finance crime his latest nonfiction book is CHOKEPOINT CAPITALISM (with Rebecca Giblin), about creative labor markets and monopoly. Now he’s been roped into a job that’s more dangerous than anything he’s ever agreed to before-and it will take every ounce of his skill to get out alive.Ĭory Doctorow () is a science fiction author, activist, and journalist. He’s made some pretty powerful people happy in his time, and he’s been paid pretty well. He’s not famous, except to the people who matter. ![]() Because he was there at all the beginnings. He also knows the Valley like the back of his hand, all the secret histories of charismatic company founders and Sand Hill Road VCs. He’s as comfortable with social media as people a quarter his age, and he’s a world-level expert on the kind of international money-laundering and shell-company chicanery used by Fortune 500 companies, mid-divorce billionaires, and international drug gangs alike. He knows computer hardware and software alike, including the ins and outs of high-end databases and the kinds of spreadsheets that are designed to conceal rather than reveal. Martin is a-contain your excitement-self-employed forensic accountant, a veteran of the long guerilla war between people who want to hide money, and people who want to find it. He likes intelligent women, and they like him back often enough. He knows his way around good food and fine drink. He lives and roams California in a very comfortable fully-furnished touring bus, The Unsalted Hash, that he bought years ago from a fading rock star. Martin Hench is 67 years old, single, and successful in a career stretching back to the beginnings of Silicon Valley. New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow's Red Team Blues is a grabby next-Tuesday thriller about cryptocurrency shenanigans that will awaken you to how the world really works.
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