{"product_id":"maintenance-of-everything-part-one-hardcover","title":"Maintenance of Everything: Part One - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStewart Brand\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first in-depth exploration of maintenance--and a powerful argument for its civilizational importance--from the author of \u003ci\u003eHow Buildings Learn\u003c\/i\u003e and creator of the \u003ci\u003eWhole Earth Catalog.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaintenance is what keeps everything going. It's what keeps life going. Yet it's also easy to shirk or defer--until the thing breaks, the system falters, and everything stops. The apparent paradox is profound: Maintenance is absolutely necessary and maintenance is optional. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first in a multi-volume work, \u003ci\u003eMaintenance: Of Everything, Part One\u003c\/i\u003e offers a comprehensive overview of the civilizational importance of maintenance. The book begins with a dramatic contest of maintenance styles under life-critical conditions: the Golden Globe around-the-world solo sailboat race of 1968. It goes on to explore the insights that can be gleaned from vehicle maintenance, from the zeal of motorcycle maintainers to the maintenance philosophies that fought for dominance of the auto industry to the state of electric vehicle manufacturing today, with absorbing detours into the evolution of precision in manufacturing, the enduring importance of manuals, sustainment in the military, and the never-ending battle against corrosion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaintenance: Of Everything\u003c\/i\u003e is a wide-ranging and provocative call to expand what we mean by \"maintenance\"--not just the tiresome preventative tasks but the whole grand process of keeping a thing going. It invites us to understand not only the profound impact maintenance has on our daily lives but also why taking responsibility for maintaining something--whether a motorcycle, a monument, or our very planet--can be a radical act. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"No one else but Stewart Brand is talking about the art and science of maintenance and how to do it well. This will be an instant classic.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Matt Ridley, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rational Optimist \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A deliciously good book.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--Kevin Kelly, founding executive editor of \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStewart Brand\u003c\/b\u003e is the cofounder and president of The Long Now Foundation and cofounder of Global Business Network, the Hackers Conference, and the WELL. He created and edited the National Book Award-winning \u003ci\u003eWhole Earth Catalog\u003c\/i\u003e from 1968 to 1998. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Media Lab\u003c\/i\u003e (1987), \u003ci\u003eHow Buildings Learn\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), \u003ci\u003eThe Clock of the Long Now\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), and \u003ci\u003eWhole Earth Discipline\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). He was the subject of the documentary \u003ci\u003eWe Are As Gods\u003c\/i\u003e (2020). He graduated from Stanford with a degree in biology and served as an infantry officer in the US Army.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.2 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51964767928621,"sku":"9781953953490","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/maintenance-of-everything-part-one-hardcover-9986794.webp?v=1775471766","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/maintenance-of-everything-part-one-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}