Ben Mezrich has carved out his own addictive genre of nonfiction, chronicling the astonishing tales of young geniuses achieving immense success on the edges of possibility, ethics, and morality. His works often delve into the darker sides of ambition and innovation, revealing the behind-the-scenes realities of incredible triumphs and the inevitable dramas that accompany them. Mezrich focuses on the raw narratives within the worlds of technology, finance, and the pursuit of power, where genius clashes with risk and stories of ascent and downfall are equally captivating.
Whilst exploring the ruins of a Greek temple, Professor Jack Grady receives an urgent phone call: his brother, a renowned mathematician, has been murdered. Jack must race from Brazil and Jordan to India and Peru in order to discover the secret that links the Seven Wonders of the World, before it's too late...
Fatal Flesh When moonlighting medical students "harvesting" skin from a corpse for temporary use accidentally take it from the wrong donor, the results are catastrophic:a New York City hospital ward is destroyed in a bloodbath, and an elderly professor, admitted for a routine skin graft, is suddenly the city's most wanted fugitive. Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are the only ones to suspect something more ominous than a medical procedure gone awry. As the FBI agents investigating the "X-Files"--strange and inexplicable cases the Bureau wants to keep hidden--Mulder and Scully are determined to track down the forces they suspect are behind the murderer. While the police hunt the fleeing professor, Mulder and Scully track the skin that was grafted onto him, a trail that leads from the morgue to the headquarters of a cutting-edge biotech company to the jungles of Thailand. Together they begin to uncover an unholy and totally deniable alliance between a battle-trained plastic surgeon, international politicians, and a legendary Thai monster known as the "Skin-Eater."
Written by the New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House, this title offers insight into the lives of Russia's most famous oligarchs.
After five weeks on the "New York Times" bestseller list in hardcover, Mezrich's inside story of the young card-counting masterminds who took on Vegas is poised to reach an even wider audience in its new paperback edition.
After Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss reluctantly settled with Mark Zuckerberg for their contribution to the invention of The Facebook, they planned to take their fortune and set themselves up as a VC fund in Silicon Valley. They quickly discovered that no one would take their money, for fear of alienating their nemesis. Quite by accident, while nursing their wounds in Ibiza, they stumbled into a shady character who pointed out to them that Facebook, ironically, was now the establishment; if they wanted to be disrupters and make a true killing they needed to get in on the ground floor of a brand new idea: cryptocurrency. They started buying Bitcoin when it was $6 a coin. As of the publication of this book, it is trading at over $7000 a coin. On 26 November 2017, they became the first Bitcoin billionaires. From the Silk Road to the Dread Pirate Roberts to the halls of the Securities and Exchange commission to the headquarters of Facebook, Bitcoin Billionaires will take us on a wild and surprising ride while shining a bright light on an economic event that continues to baffle the average reader.
'Sex on the Moon' is the amazing true story of the 35-year-old genius who convinced NASA interns to help him steal Apollo moon rocks from every moon landing in history.
Straight Flush is the true story of a group of University of Montana frat brothers who turned a weekly poker game in the basement of a local bar into one of the largest online poker companies in the world. At its height, the group's online empire was bringing in revenues of over a million dollars a day. The industry they launched grew so huge so fast, and in such a grey area of US and international law, at first it was never really clear whether their actions were legal or criminal. From setting up their operations in Costa Rica, to their efforts at building a veil of legitimacy in Vancouver; from embracing a hedonistic lifestyle of girls, drugs and money to becoming some of the richest people in the world; from engaging in operations against their competitors that sometimes escalated into near all-out wars to the legal battles that finally resulted in one of them heading to prison and another living life on the run âe" Straight Flush is an exclusive look behind the headlines of one of the biggest stories of the past decade.
Exploring the world of Ivy League hedge-fund traders, this gripping narrative delves into high-stakes finance and the intricate connections to the Asian underworld. Ben Mezrich weaves a tale filled with ambition, risk, and the unique culture of elite investors, offering readers an insider's look at the thrilling and often dangerous intersections of wealth and power.
Exploring the thrilling concept of genetic restoration, this narrative delves into the science behind bringing the woolly mammoth back to life. With a fast-paced style reminiscent of a thriller, the book intertwines historical elements with contemporary scientific endeavors, offering a captivating glimpse into the possibilities of de-extinction. It raises intriguing questions about nature and the implications of manipulating genetics, making for a thought-provoking read.
*Now a major movie starring Seth Rogen, Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Shailene Woodley, Sebastian Stan and Nick Offerman* The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders that Brought Wall Street to its Knees. Bestselling author Ben Mezrich offers a gripping, beat-by-beat account of how a loosely affiliate group of private investors and internet trolls took down one of the biggest hedge funds on Wall Street, firing the first shot in a revolution that threatens to upend the financial establishment. It started on a subreddit forum called WallStreetBets - a meme-filled, freewheeling place where a disparate group of investors shared their shoot-the-moon investment tips, laughed about big losses and posted diamond hand emojis. Until some members noticed an opportunity in Game Stop - a flailing bricks and mortar video-game retailer - and somehow rode a rocket ship to tens of millions of dollars in earnings overnight, simultaneously triggering unfathomable losses for one of the most respected funds on the street. In thrilling, pulse-pounding prose, DUMB MONEY (previously published as THE ANTISOCIAL NETWORK) offers a fascinating, never-before-seen glimpse at the outsize personalities, dizzying swings, corporate drama, and underestimated American heroes and heroines who captivated the world during one of the most volatile weeks in financial history. It's the amazing story of what just happened - and where we go from here.
He played in casinos worldwide with a plan to amass unimaginable wealth, but it nearly cost him his life. Semyon Dukach, the Darling of Las Vegas, became a legend at just twenty-one, a high roller with a revolutionary system that casinos couldn’t counter—one that was neither illegal nor based on card counting. From Las Vegas to Atlantic City, Aruba to Monte Carlo, Dukach and his fellow MIT students took the gambling world by storm, making millions with audacious bets and fake identities. They navigated the balance between academia and high-stakes gambling, storming blackjack tables on weekends while facing harassment, threats, and violence in the notorious underbelly of Vegas. The stakes were high, and the dangers were real, but the team was undeterred. Dukach, bored with school and broke; Victor Cassius, the brilliant strategist; Owen Keller, whose dark past loomed; and Allie Simpson, clever and captivating, transformed from classroom geeks to unstoppable forces on the casino floor. This is Dukach's true story, a riveting tale of greed, excess, love, violence, and the power of statistics, delivering high-stakes entertainment at its finest.
Recounts the story of how a notorious gang of MIT blackjack savants devised and received backing for a system for winning at the world's most sophisticated casinos, an endeavor that earned them more than three million dollars.
The True Story of an Ivy League Kid Who Changed the World of Oil, from Wall Street to Dubai
From the author who brought you the massive New York Times bestseller Bringing Down The House , Rigged is the startling, rags-to-riches story of an Italian-American kid from the streets of Brooklyn who claws his way into the wild, frenetic world of the oil exchange.Black Gold. Texas Tea. Everybody wants oil but only a rare few have truly made a killing mastering its intricacies. One of those lucky bastards is Johnny Castino, a ballsy Italian-American from Brooklyn with an ego and a keen intelligence to match his ambition. Rigged is his a startling rags-to-riches tale of an ordinary kid turned Harvard grad who found himself caught up in the ultimate high-stakes adventure filled with money, sex, exotic locales, life-threatening danger, and extraordinary international consequences. Moving from the streets of Brooklyn to Dubai, Las Vegas, Monte Carlo, Jakarta, Moscow, and Shanghai, Rigged reveals how the business is run and what happened when a man with solid gold cajones decided to flip a business—and an entire Exchange—on its head.
A rollicking, character-driven narrative by bestselling author Ben Mezrich, Breaking Twitter pulls back the curtain on the biggest business story of our time.
The story of how two socially inept Ivy Leaguers concocted a scheme to meet girls, and ended up changing the concept of social networking as we know it. The story of how Facebook was born.
This nail-biting chronicle follows an exclusive group of audacious MIT math geniuses that legally takes Las Vegas casinos for over $3 million. Filled with tense action, high stakes, and incredibly close calls, this true story has been adapted by Columbia/Tri-Star and Sony Pictures for a feature film, starring Kevin Spacey and Laurence Fishburne, slated for release on March 21st.
*Now a major movie starring Seth Rogen, Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Shailene Woodley, Sebastian Stan and Nick Offerman* The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders that Brought Wall Street to its Knees. Bestselling author Ben Mezrich offers a gripping, beat-by-beat account of how a loosely affiliate group of private investors and internet trolls took down one of the biggest hedge funds on Wall Street, firing the first shot in a revolution that threatens to upend the financial establishment. It started on a subreddit forum called WallStreetBets - a meme-filled, freewheeling place where a disparate group of investors shared their shoot-the-moon investment tips, laughed about big losses and posted diamond hand emojis. Until some members noticed an opportunity in Game Stop - a flailing bricks and mortar video-game retailer - and somehow rode a rocket ship to tens of millions of dollars in earnings overnight, simultaneously triggering unfathomable losses for one of the most respected funds on the street. In thrilling, pulse-pounding prose, DUMB MONEY (previously published as THE ANTISOCIAL NETWORK) offers a fascinating, never-before-seen glimpse at the outsize personalities, dizzying swings, corporate drama, and underestimated American heroes and heroines who captivated the world during one of the most volatile weeks in financial history. It's the amazing story of what just happened - and where we go from here.
In Boston sterben neun Anwälte während einer Konferenzschaltung, in Vermont eine junge Frau vor dem Fernseher, und es scheint kein Ende abzusehen. Gerade noch rechtzeitig stoßen die junge Virologin Samantha Craig und der Chirurg Nick Barnes auf eine grauenhafte Spur: Ein neues tödliches Virus verbreitet sich über Bildschirme jeder Art.
Robin bittet ihren Exfreund Jeremy, sie bei den Nachforschungen über den mysteriösen Tod ihres Vaters zu unterstützen. Er hat keine Ahnung, in welche Gefahr er sich begibt, denn schon bald ist er in eine düstere Verschwörung verstrickt. Welches teuflische Spiel wird hier gespielt? Produktion von gentechnischen Waffen oder Manipulation am menschlichen Erbgut?§Nervenkitzel von der ersten bis zur letzten Seite.
Skutečný příběh mladých géniů rozhodovali o stamilionových ochodech ze zákulisí luxusních hotelů, kaváren i nevěstinců Malcom byl hvězdou univerzitního ragbyového týmu. Ačkoli snil o profesionální sportovní kariéře, byl si dobře vědom, že pro ni nemá fyzické předpoklady. Proto se dlouho nerozmýšlel, když mu Nick -- s nímž se setkal jedinkrát v životě -- telefonicky nabídl skvěle placenou, blíže nespecifikovanou práci. Sbalí si jen pár nejnutnějších věcí a vydá se na opačnou stranu zeměkoule. Postřeh a pevné nervy z tvrdého sportu se mu v novém zaměstnání rozhodně sejdou. Rychle se naučí orientovat v divokém trhu financí, využívat skulinky nedokonalého sytému a pod rukama mu protékají milióny jenů, dolarů, liber... Stane se svědkem a snad i účastníkem toho, jak závratné obchodování na Nikkei, japonské burze, položilo i nejstarší anglickou banku Barrings. Po hlavě se vrhá do zběsilého víru proslulých erotických klubů, rychlých motorek, hektolitrů šampaňského a užívá si životního stylu rockových hvězd. Zlom přichází, když se Malcolm zamiluje do Sajo, dcery majitele jednoho z nočních podniků. V sedmadvaceti letech začne připravovat největší obchod své kariéry, a dost možná i světového trhu, který by mu umožnil "odejít do důchodu". Zdá se, že mu všechno vychází; transakce se slibně rozbíhá, Sajo jeho lásku opětuje a její otec dokonce souhlasí se sňatkem, jenže po Malcolmovi "zatouží" i japonská mafie Yakuza...
Americký sen, který začal partičkou pokeru v jednom zapadlém baru, pokračoval vybudováním miliardového podniku a skončil vězením. Tak by se dal ve zkratce popsat jeden z nejdivočejších podnikatelských příběhů posledního desetiletí, který pomocí četných rozhovorů a svědeckých výpovědí zrekonstruoval uznávaný autor Ben Mezrich. V knize Čistá postupka líčí, jak přátelé z vysoké školy Garin, Shane, Hilt, Pete, Scott a Brent založili pokerové impérium AbsolutePoker.com, internetovou stránku provozující on-line poker, která jim v dobách největší slávy vydělávala více než milion dolarů denně. Exotický ráj Kostariky, krásné ženy, rychlá auta, večírky a spousta peněz – to byla divoká jízda Absolute Pokeru, která však neměla trvat dlouho. Poté, co vláda Spojených států přijala nový zákon potírající internetové hazardní hry, byl Absolute Poker postaven před osudné rozhodnutí – vzdát to, nebo vsadit všechno na jedinou kartu…
Napínavá detektivka plná historických záhad, tajných společenství a intrik, která hledá odpověď na jednu otázku: Má sedm starověkých divů světa něco společného s těmi novověkými? A existovaly skutečně Amazonky? Když je v podzemní počítačové laboratoři jedné americké univerzity zavražděn samotářský matematik Jeremy Grady, je na jeho bratru Jackovi, aby přišel na to, proč Jeremy musel zemřít. Co znamená odštěpek starobylé slonoviny, nalezený v hrudi mrtvého? A co s tím má společného obrázek, který Jack našel na bratrově flashce a na němž jsou vyobrazeni dva hadi propletení ve dvojité šroubovici? Tisíce mil odtud pátrá botanička Sloane Costaová v temných tunelech pod římským Koloseem po vzácných rostlinných druzích. Najde však něco mnohem podivnějšího: obraz dvou hadů spletených do dvojité šroubovice a segment bronzového hada, který se zdá být součástí něčeho mnohem většího. Jack a Sloane se setkávají a společně se vydávají hledat pravdu. Na dlouhé cestě – z Brazílie do Indie, Peru i dalších zemí - postupně odkrývají tajemství, jež spojuje sedm novodobých divů světa, a odhalují jakousi cestovní mapu k bájné zahradě Eden. Čím blíže se dostávají k odhalení konečné pravdy, tím intenzivněji jsou pronásledováni ženskými vražedkyněmi, které se podivuhodně podobají mytickým Amazonkám.
На основе телесериала Криса Картера
