Southwest Branch Closing for Maintenance
Southwest Branch will be closed on Monday, March 25 and Tuesday, March 26 for replacement of the HVAC unit. The book drop will remain open and we plan to resume normal operating hours on Wednesday, March 27.
Presidential Preference Primary Election Early Voting at Select Library Locations
Ten OCLS Branch locations will host early voting for the 2024 Early Voting Primary Election from Monday, March 4 to Sunday, March 17 (10 a.m. – 6 p.m.): Alafaya, Chickasaw, Fairview Shores, Hiawassee, South Creek, Southeast, Southwest, Washington Park, West Oaks, and Winter Garden. Learn more about early voting at select library locations >
LEADER 00000cim 2200445 i 4500 003 TLC 005 20210823222657.0 006 m h 007 cr una|||||||| 007 sz usnnnn|||ed 008 210823s2021 nyunnnn o|||||||| n eng d 020 9780593453704|qODA (electronic audio bk.) 037 A16A624F-16CF-431D-92AC-CC1FC5E20A39|bOverDrive, Inc. |nhttp://www.overdrive.com 040 TLC|cTLC|dTLC|erda 050 00 HG172.T46|bC43 2021 082 00 332.092|aB|223 100 1 Chafkin, Max,|eauthor. 245 14 The contrarian|h[electronic resource] :|bPeter Thiel and Silicon Valley's pursuit of power /|cMax Chafkin. 264 1 New York :|bPenguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC,|c[2021] 300 1 sound file :|bdigital 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 audio file|2rda 380 eAudiobook|2tlcgt 385 General|2tlctarget 500 Electronic audio file. 511 0 Read by Will Damron. 520 "A biography of venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel, the enigmatic, controversial, and hugely influential power broker who sits at the dynamic intersection of tech, business, and politics Since the days of the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s, no industry has made a greater impact on the world than Silicon Valley. And few individuals have done more to shape Silicon Valley than billionaire venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel. From the technologies we use every day to the delicate power balance between Silicon Valley, Wall Street, and Washington, Thiel has been a behind-the-scenes operator influencing countless aspects of our contemporary way of life. But despite his power and the ubiquity of his projects, no public figure is quite so mysterious. In the first major biography of Thiel, Max Chafkin traces the trajectory of the innovator's singular life and worldview, from his upbringing as the child of immigrant parents and years at Stanford as a burgeoning conservative thought leader to his founding of PayPal and Palantir, early investment in Facebook and SpaceX, and relationships with fellow tech titans Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Eric Schmidt. The Contrarian illuminates the extent to which Thiel has sought to export his values to the corridors of power beyond Silicon Valley, including funding the lawsuit that bankrupted the blog Gawker to strenuously backing far-right political candidates, including Donald Trump for president in 2016. Eye-opening and deeply reported, The Contrarian is a revelatory biography of a one-of-a-kind leader and an incisive portrait of a tech industry whose explosive growth and power is both thrilling and fraught with controversy"-- |cProvided by publisher. 533 Electronic reproduction.|bNew York|cPenguin Random House Audio Publishing Group|d2021|nAvailable via World Wide Web. 600 10 Thiel, Peter A. 650 0 Capitalists and financiers|zUnited States|vBiography. 650 0 Power (Social sciences) 650 0 Audiobooks. 651 0 Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) |vBiography. 710 2 OverDrive, Inc.,|edistributor. 776 08 |iOnline version:|aChafkin, Max.|tThe contrarian|dNew York : Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]|z9781984878540|w(DLC) 2021007921 856 40 |zAccess this title to use with your computer or mobile device using OverDrive.|uhttp://link.overdrive.com/ ?websiteID=316&titleID=6021457
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