Composing Software
By: Eric Elliott
3.84
Format: 229 pages, ebook
All software design is composition: the act of breaking complex problems down into smaller problems…
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1. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
By: Joshua Foer
3.88
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
The blockbuster phenomenon that charts an amazing journey of the mind while revolutionizing our con… read more
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"learning texts is worth doing not because it's easy but because it's hard."-Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
"A meaningful relationship between two people cannot sustain itself only in the present tense."-Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
"If you want to live a memorable life, you have to be the kind of person who remembers to remember."-Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
"What better way to try to begin to understand the nature and meaning of human memory than to investigate its absence?"-Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
2. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
By: Greg McKeown
3.80
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin? Do you simultaneously feel overworked and underuti… read more
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3. On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
By: William Zinsser
4.24
Format: 321 pages, Paperback
On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It … read more
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"Less is more."-William Zinsser, On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
"Truth needs no adornment."-William Zinsser, On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
"Don't be kind of bold. Be bold."-William Zinsser, On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
"Writers are the custodians of memory..."-William Zinsser, On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
4. The Name of the Rose
By: Umberto Eco , Seán Barrett , William Weaver
4.14
Format: 552 pages, Paperback
The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother Willi… read more
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"الكتب ليست مجعولة كي نؤمن بما تقوله ولكن لكي نتحرّى فيها."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"The people of God cannot be changed until the outcasts are restored to its body."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
"How peaceful life would be without Love, Adso. How Safe. How Tranquil. And how Dull."-Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
5. SQL Antipatterns
By: Bill Karwin
2.84
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
Bill Karwin has helped thousands of people write better SQL and build stronger relational databases… read more
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6. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
By: Kent Beck , Erich Gamma , Martin Fowler , Don Roberts
4.06
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
As the application of object technology--particularly the Java programming language--has become com… read more
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7. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
By: Cal Newport
3.82
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this sk… read more
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8. In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
By: Yeonmi Park , Maryanne Vollers
3.98
Format: 212 pages,
Human rights activist Park, who fled North Korea with her mother in 2007 at age 13 and eventually m… read more
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9. JavaScript Allongé: A strong cup of functions, objects, combinators, and decorators
By: None
3.73
Format: 48 pages, ebook
JavaScript Allonge is a book about programming with functions that uses the JavaScript programming … read more
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10. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
By: Dave Thomas , Andy Hunt
3.28
Format: 404 pages, Paperback
-- Ward Cunningham Straight from the programming trenches, The Pragmatic Programmer cuts through th… read more
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11. The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success
By: Darren Hardy
3.90
Format: 15 pages, Kindle Edition
No gimmicks. No Hyperbole. No Magic Bullet. The Compound Effect is based on the principle that deci… read more
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13. The Psychology of Money
By: Morgan Housel
4.30
Format: 252 pages, Paperback
Doing well with money isn't necessarily about what you know. It's about how you behave. And behavio… read more
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"Saving is the gap between your ego and your income."-Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money
"Spending money to show people how much money you have is the fastest way to have less money."-Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money
"To grasp why people bury themselves in debt, you don’t need to study interest rate: you need to sturdy the history of greed , insecurity and optimism."-Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money
14. Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
By: Nir Eyal
3.75
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
You sit down at your desk to work on an important project, but a notification on your phone interru… read more
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15. Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach
By: Mark Richards
4.26
Format: 419 pages, Paperback
Although salary surveys worldwide regularly identify software architect as one of the top ten best … read more
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16. Dawnshard (The Stormlight Archive, #3.5)
By: Brandon Sanderson
4.42
Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition
From Brandon Sanderson—author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive and its fourt… read more
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"See?"-Brandon Sanderson, Dawnshard (The Stormlight Archive, #3.5)
"Now,"-Brandon Sanderson, Dawnshard (The Stormlight Archive, #3.5)
"They wanted to wow us, maybe?"-Brandon Sanderson, Dawnshard (The Stormlight Archive, #3.5)
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17. Understanding Distributed Systems: What every developer should know about large distributed applications
By: Roberto Vitillo
4.38
Format: 234 pages, ebook
Learning to build distributed systems is hard, especially if they are large scale. It's not that th… read more
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18. Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time
By: Titus Winters
4.20
Format: 599 pages, Paperback
The approach to and understanding of software engineering at Google is unlike any other company. Wi… read more
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"Sometimes, the best thing you can do is just say, “I don’t know."-Titus Winters, Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time
"Google and Stack Overflow are great sources of opinions and information, but they’re no substitute for actual human experience."-Titus Winters, Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time
"Programming is the immediate act of producing code. Software engineering is the set of policies, practices, and tools that are necessary to make that code useful for as long as it needs to be used an…"-Titus Winters, Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time
"Making good engineering decisions is all about weighing all of the available inputs and making informed decisions about the trade-offs. Sometimes, those decisions are based on instinct or accepted be…"-Titus Winters, Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time
19. Mind Management, Not Time Management: Productivity When Creativity Matters (Getting Art Done Book 2)
By: David Kadavy
3.94
Format: 201 pages, Kindle Edition
OVER 40,000 COPIES SOLD“An exhilarating but highly structured approach to the creative use of time.… read more
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20. Composing Software
By: Eric Elliott
3.84
Format: 229 pages, ebook
All software design is composition: the act of breaking complex problems down into smaller problems… read more
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