In this brisk, engaging chronicle of one of the most stunning success stories in American business history, Adam Cohen takes us inside eBay the corporation - where all the important players, including eBay"s founder Pierre Omidyar and CEO Meg Whitman, demystify their roles and tell the story straight - as well as inside the community of eBay"s passionate users, who buy and sell everything from antique pickle jars and record albums to Ford trucks and $40,000 computer servers. His book reveals the many surprising ways in which eBay"s "virtual marketplace" has indelibly changed not only the face of American business but the American cultural landscape.