The Google Story: Inside the Hottest Business, Media, and Technology Success of Our Time

by David Vise, Mark Malseed

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Social phenomena happen, and the historians follow. So it goes with Google, the latest star shooting through the universe of trend-setting businesses. This company has even entered our popular lexicon: as many note, "Google" has moved beyond noun to verb, becoming an action which most tech-savvy citizens at the turn of the twenty-first century recognize and in fact do, on a daily basis. It's this wide societal impact that fascinated authors David Vise and Mark Malseed, who came to the book with well-established reputations in investigative reporting. Vise authored the bestselling The Bureau and the Mole, and Malseed contributed significantly to two Bob Woodward books, Bush at War and Plan of Attack. The kind of voluminous research and behind-the-scenes insight in which both writers specialize, and on which their earlier books rested, comes through in The Google Story.
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omar a says

this book is so good...

posted Friday, March 21 2008

suravi says

I would give this 3 stars because I dont think it is a well written book. All the stars are for what the book is ABOUT. Google indeed is a phenomenon. There is certainly some corporate talk that Google indulges in, but it is mainly driven through their "do no evil" motto. But the book is written as if written by a idolizing, love stricken teenager. As if he is viewing through rose tinted lenses, and not through the critical, well balanced eyes of a writer.

posted Friday, February 22 2008

monish bhalla says

pl go to a shop , buy it and read on and on and on yaar.

posted Friday, December 28 2007

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gauravarian says

google talks about systematic search of data on the world wide web but this book is written in most haphazard manners....
but having said tht book is good...

posted Tuesday, December 11 2007

ram m says

hey frnds help me.....m new to shelfari.......plz temme how to read the books from this

posted Friday, December 7 2007

amol says

I have just started readin this book and i am quite amazed how well David has described the friendship between two founders of google emerging. The quotes by "Page" are very inspiring....

posted Monday, December 3 2007

vishal says

A great source of inspiration. Read this if you feel you are the only one working too hard.

posted Monday, November 12 2007

sumeetsethi says

The book portrays the Human side of Google!!! The google success story!!! Google rocks!!!!

posted Thursday, October 18 2007

mail2mayank says

Awesome book with lots of inspiring stuff for budding entrepreneurs ! A must read for everyone ...

posted Monday, September 24 2007

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