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When sixth-grade mathematical genius Charlie Lewis is recruited to recover moon rocks taken from NASA's vaults, the Whiz Kids enter a paper airplane contest hosted by the suspect's company in this follow-up to Bringing Down the Mouse. 5 1/2 x 8 5/16.

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.

Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg - an awkward maths prodigy and a painfully shy computer genius - were never going to fit in at elite, polished Harvard. Yet that all changed when master-hacker Mark crashed the university's entire computer system by creating a rateable database of female students. Narrowly escaping expulsion, the two misfits refocused the site into something less controversial - 'The Facebook' - and watched as it spread like...

A NASA program fellow wants to give his girlfriend the moon. Literally. He convinces two NASA interns to break into an impregnable laboratory and help him steal the most precious objects in the world--moon rocks. But what does one do with an item so valuable that it's illegal to own?

Subtitled "The Inside Story Of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas For Millions". Fascinating true account of a team of brilliant mathematicians and physicists who won millions of dollars from the casinos of Las Vegas through card-counting. Spent six weeks on the "New York Times" bestseller list .

A stunning real-life look at the worlds most lucrative business from the reigning cowboy of creative nonfiction ("The Oregonian"). Unabridged. 9 CDs.

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In the early '90's, dozens of elite young American graduates made their fortunes in hedge funds in the Far East, beating the Japanese at their own game, riding the crashing waves of the Asian markets and winning. This title tells the story of these people.

A shocking insight into the lives of Russia's most famous oligarchs, from the "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Accidental Billionaires" and "Bringing Down The House".

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The New York Times bestselling author of Bringing Down the House and The Accidental Billionaires tells his most incredible story yet: A true drama of obscene wealth, crime, rivalry, and betrayal from deep inside the world of billionaire Russian oligarchs that Booklist called "one more example of just how talented a storyteller [Mezrich] is.”Meet two larger-than-life Russians: former mathematician Boris Berezovsky, who moved into more lucrative...

From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Accidental Billionaires"Nthe basis for the Oscar)-winning film "The Social Network." A mathematically gifted sixth-grader is recruited by a group of students to game the system at the biggest theme park in the worldNand win the big prize.

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When the reclusive mathematician Jeremy Grady goes missing, it's up to his estranged brother Jack to find out why. His search leads him on a far-flung journey--from Brazil, India, Peru, and beyond--as he unravels the mystery that links the Seven Wonders of the World, and discovers that Jeremy may have hit upon something that's been concealed for centuries. With the help of scientist Sloane Costa, they discover a conspiracy to hide a road map t...

The truth can not be contained! But these two-book collections make it easier than ever to dive headfirst into the intrigue and mystery of The X-Files! In SKIN by Ben Mezrich, NYC is gripped by fear as a skin "harvesting" accident by medical students leads Agents Mulder and Scully from the morgue to the headquarters of a biotech company and deep into the jungles of Thailand. Will they find the legendary "Skin-Eater"?And in ANTIBODIES by Kevin ...

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Die Harvard-Studenten Eduardo Saverin und Mark Zuckerberg sind beste Freunde, sie teilen die Freude an der Mathematik und das Leid, beim anderen Geschlecht ständig abzublitzen. Zwei echte Nerds eben. Als sich Mark eines Nachts ins universitäre Rechnernetz hackt und eine Website programmiert, auf der man über die Attraktivität sämtlicher Studentinnen abstimmen kann, bricht der Server zusammen und Marc entgeht nur knapp dem Rausschmiss aus der E...