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“The most enrapturing book about Silicon Valley drama since Hatching Twitter” (Fortune), No Filter “pairs phenomenal in-depth reporting with explosive storytelling that gets to the heart of how Instagram has shaped our lives, whether you use the app or not” (The New York Times). In 2010, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger released a photo-sharing app called Instagram, with one simple but irresistible feature: It would make anything you captured look more beautiful. The cofounders cultivated a community of photographers and artisans around the app, and it quickly went mainstream. In less than two years, it caught Facebook’s attention: Mark Zuckerberg bought the company for a historic $1 billion when Instagram had only 13 employees. That might have been the end of a classic success story. But the co-founders stayed on, trying to maintain Instagram’s beauty, brand, and cachet, considering their app a separate company within the social networking giant. They urged their employees to make chang...

Malcolm Gladwell has written four thought-provoking books on the human condition and related to practical subjects and topics but what has been different about his perspectives is that he has included in the equation a critical eye within a case study approach. And he himself can be topic of discussion, especially with What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures. The book may be a retrospective of his past writings that were published in The New Yorker in 1996 and to 2008. If one has not read or come across any of the articles, they are a very insightful collection. What the Dog Saw never disappoints for readers that have grown accustomed to Gladwell’s writings. Two points that one may consider before reading the book, the interesting part about the book is that it provides first-time readers a sample of his writing, and second, it clearly shows how far he has come but continues to move forward in his perspectives that are open to new ideas. But one recommendation, if one has not already rea...

   Malcolm Gladwell is the author of five New York Times bestsellers: The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, and David and Goliath. He is also the co-founder of Pushkin Industries, an audio content company that produces the podcasts Revisionist History, which reconsiders things both overlooked and misunderstood, and Broken Record, where he, Rick Rubin, and Bruce Headlam interview musicians across a wide range of genres. Gladwell has been included in the Time 100 Most Influential People list and touted as one of Foreign Policy'sTop Global Thinkers.  This is not just a good book. This is an important book. One of the first things I realized in reading this book by Malcolm Gladwell is that his position is diametrically opposite from that of Dr. Ben Carson, who through his campaign for the presidency stated that "poverty is a state of mind." Carson emphasized that despite all odds he was able to pull himself out of poverty and become a neurosurgeon and accompli...

When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. D O W N L O A D   T H E    T H I E F  

Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding people's drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them themselves. We are social animals. Our very lives depend on our relationships with people. Knowing why people do what they do is the most important tool we can possess, without which our other talents can only take us so far. Drawing from the ideas and examples of Pericles, Queen Elizabeth I, Martin Luther King Jr, and many others, Greene teaches us how to detach ourselves from our own emotions and master self-control, how to develop the empathy that leads to insight, how to look behind people's masks, and how to resist conformity to develop your singular sense of purpose. Whether at work, in relationships, or in shaping the world around you, The Laws of Human Nature offers bri...

এক বড় অশুভ সময় এসেছে পৃথিবীতে,যারা অন্ধ তারা সবচেয়ে বেশি দেখতে তো পাচ্ছেই ,তারা অত্যন্ত বেশি বিশ্বাস করছে,এবং পৃথিবী জুড়ে ছড়িয়ে দিচ্ছে বিশ্বাসের মহামারী।এখন সবাই বিশ্বাস করছে, সবাই বিশ্বাসী,কারো পক্ষে এখন বলা সম্ভব হচ্ছেনা আমি বিশ্বাস করিনা,আমি অবিশ্বাস করি।বিজ্ঞানের এই অসাধারণ যুগে যখন কিছু অবিশ্বাসী সৌরলোক পেরিয়ে ঢুকতে চাচ্ছে মহাবিশ্বে,তখন পৃথিবী মেতে উঠেছে মধ্যযুগীয় বিশ্বাসে।” বিজ্ঞানের বিল্পবের ফল আজকের এই পৃথিবী।এই ক্রমবর্ধমান পরিবর্তনে নেই কোন অন্ধবিশ্বাস,কোন প্রথার ঠাই।মুক্তচিন্তা এবং অনুসন্ধিৎসা মিথ্যা ও সঙ্কটপূর্ণ পথকে কে অতিক্রম করে সত্যের দ্বারকে যখন উন্মেষিত করতে চাইছে প্রতিনিয়ত,ঠিক তখনি তথাকথিত বিশ্বাসীর দল মধ্যযুগীয় বিশ্বাসকে আঁকড়ে ধরে পৃথিবীতে নিয়মিত কলহ বাঁধিয়েই চলছে।তার ফলস্বরূপ চারিদিকে ঘটে চলছে হত্যা,অনাচার,অশান্তি,ধ্বংস।যেন তারা বিভিন্ন মিথ্যা,প্রথার জালে ফেলে পৃথিবীকে অন্ধকারের দিকে ঠেলে দিতেই সধা ব্যাস্ত।যত অন্যায়ের মূলে এইসব অন্ধবিশ্বাস,প্রথা, রীতি বর্জন করা এখন অতীব প্রয়োজনীয় হয়ে দাঁড়িয়েছে। প্রিয় লেখক হুমায়ুন আজাদ “আমার অবিশ্বাস”, বইটির প্রত...

জলপাই রঙের অন্ধকার বাংলাদেশি  লেখক হুমায়ুন আজাদ  রচিত একটি সমালোচনা গ্রন্থ। ১৯৯২ সালে প্রথম বাংলাদেশের সময় প্রকাশন, ঢাকা থেকে এটি প্রকাশিত হয়। পরবর্তীতে ফেব্রুয়ারি ২০১০ সালে (ফাল্গুন, ১৪১৬  বঙ্গাব্দ ) একুশে গ্রন্থমেলায় আগামী প্রকাশনী, ঢাকা  থেকে এটি পূনরায় গ্রন্থাকারে প্রকাশিত হয়। হুমায়ুন আজাদ এই সমালোচনা গ্রন্থ উৎসর্গ করেছেন সানিয়া গফুর, সেগুফতা আহসান এবং মৌলি আজাদকে। বইটি ডাউনলোড করতে নিচের লিংকে ক্লিক করুন ।  D  O W N L O A D   T H E   B O O K