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In this episode of ScribdChat, one of the most celebrated novelists working today, New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman, sat down with novelist and Cosmopolitan Magazine’s editor-at-large John Searles, to chat about creating a new killer genre — femme noir — with Lippman’s new novel, “Sunburn.”

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How exactly are elite athletes like Tom Brady, Roger Federer, and Serena Williams still at the top of their games well into their 30s and beyond? Jeff Bercovici, the author of “Play On: The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age,” explains the exercising, dieting, and recovery techniques that allow older athletes to continue to dominate in their respective sports. Plus, he delves into emerging sports science that can help amateur athletes avoid injury and up their game.

You can read “Play On” on Scribd for free with your subscription. If you’re not yet a Scribd member, you can read for free for 30 days by downloading the Scribd app or visiting scribd.com.

In this ScribdChat, learn how seven exceptional men and women transformed Silicon Valley from an obscure playground for gearhead engineers in the 1970s and '80s to the bustling hub that launched many major tech industries. Leslie Berlin, the author of “Troublemakers: Silicon Valley’s Coming of Age,” talks with Inc.’s San Francisco bureau chief Jeff Bercovici about some of the lesser-known figures that shaped Silicon Valley’s past.

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From branding to resumé building and beyond, design touches almost every aspect of our lives. In this episode of ScribdChat, editor in chief of The Great Discontent Tina Essmaker sat down with podcast host and author Debbie Millman to chat about design and creativity, and how to get to where you want to be in your career.

You can read several of Debbie’s books, including “Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits” and “How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer,” on Scribd for free with your subscription. And if you’re not yet a Scribd member, you can read for free for 30 days by downloading the Scribd app or visiting scribd.com.

In this episode of ScribdChat, founder of the website Puttylike Emilie Wapnick joined us to chat about her book, “How to Be Everything: A Guide for Those Who (Still) Don't Know What They Want to Be When They Grow Up,” which is available on Scribd. What followed was a fun conversation about multipotentialites and how they navigate the world, both in and outside their careers.

The tech companies in Silicon Valley have changed the world in the past few decades, but one thing that new technology hasn’t solved is sexism. Author and Bloomberg Technology host Emily Chang discovered while writing her book “Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley” that the gender gap is even worse than she had believed. In this ScribdChat episode, Chang breaks down the numbers and experiences of women in tech with TaskRabbit founder Leah Busque. Together, they talk through the “pipeline problem” and reassert their belief that if Silicon Valley companies can solve many of the world’s problems, it can definitely tackle sexism.