Leigh Gallagher
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An investigative look into a beloved, disruptive, notorious start-up This is the remarkable behind-the-scenes story of the creation and growth of Airbnb, the online lodging platform that is now the largest provider of accommodations in the world. At first just the wacky idea of cofounders Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk, Airbnb has become indispensable to millions of hosts and travelers around the world. Fortune editor Leigh Gallagher...
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A fiercely original debut told in three distinct, interlocking narratives, Leigh N. Gallagher's Who You Might Be opens in 1990s California when adolescent friends Judy and Meghan run away for the weekend.
It's the dawn of internet culture, and Meghan is eager to meet her new chat room acquaintance, Cassie, in person—despite Judy's reservations. But when the girls arrive at the given address, Cassie is nowhere to be found, and the house they enter...
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"The government in the past created one American Dream at the expense of almost all others: the dream of a house, a lawn, a picket fence, two children, and a car. But there is no single American Dream anymore."For nearly 70 years, the suburbs were as American as apple pie. As the middle class ballooned and single-family homes and cars became more affordable, we flocked to pre-fabricated communities in the suburbs, where open air and solitude offered...