en-US Tue, 06 May 2025 11:50:35 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 32568649 Bolesław Leśmian Karol 4 currently-reading, favorites 4.07 1936
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]]> 123846462 A deluxe hardcover collection of three intense action-packed stories exploring the underbelly of Night City, featuring a cover gallery, expanded sketchbook section, and more!

In Trauma Team, a hundred floors high in a skyscraper occupied by an onslaught of gang members, an EMT assistant is tasked with rescuing the man responsible for her former team’s deaths. Then in You Have My Word, a family is torn apart following an assignment from one of Night City’s most notorious gangs and a grandmother returns to a life she left behind on a mission paved with blood, both old and new. And in Blackout, a braindance technician is overcome with despair. Confronting his role in exploiting others�� pain and suffering, he finds that in darkness comes opportunity.

Written by CD Projekt Red writer and narrative manager Bartosz Sztybor (The Witcher: Fading Memories, The Witcher: Witch’s Lament) and Cullen Bunn (Shock Shop, Harrow County), with art by Miguel Valderrama (Giants), Jesús Hervás (Deluge, Tomorrow), and Roberto Ricci (The Heart of Shadows). This oversized edition collects Cyberpunk 2077: Trauma Team #1-#4, Cyberpunk 2077: You Have My Word #1-#4, and Cyberpunk 2077: Blackout #1-#4.]]> 328 Bartosz Sztybor 150672681X Karol 5 4.21 2023
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average rating: 4.21
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]]> 32758901 "As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."

In a corporate-dominated space-faring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. For their own safety, exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern.

On a distant planet, a team of scientists is conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid--a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.�� Scornful of humans, Murderbot wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is, but when a neighboring mission goes dark, it's up to the scientists and Murderbot to get to the truth.]]> 144 Martha Wells Karol 0 currently-reading 4.11 2017
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]]> 28270512
In this book you will find:
Short stories from a variety of compelling genres, from science fiction and crime to history and thriller, so you’ll have great fun reading, whilst learning a wide range of new vocabulary and rapidly improving your Italian comprehension!
Stories which are broken down into manageable chapters, so you always make progress with the story and feel a sense of achievement without great difficulty reading!
Realistic amounts of new vocabulary so that you’re not overwhelmed by complex words. Instead of pausing to look up every word, you’ll absorb new vocabulary from the context of the story, and have the satisfaction of that moment when you say: “I totally understood that sentence!��
Carefully written Italian, using straightforward grammar that is comprehensible for beginner and intermediate level learners, so that you can enjoy reading and learn new grammatical structures without the feeling of overwhelm and frustration that you get from other books.
Plenty of natural dialogues in each story, so that you can learn conversational Italian whilst you read, and improve your speaking ability at the same time!
Regular plot summaries, comprehension questions and word reference lists, so that help is always on hand when you need it. You’ll be able to focus on enjoying reading and having fun, rather than fumbling around with dictionaries and struggling through dense text with no support.
A five-step plan for reading the stories in this book the smart way. This detailed introductory chapter gives you specific, step-by-step instructions for effective reading in Italian, so that you know exactly how to make the most out of the book and maximise your learning!


Italian Short Stories for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level (A1-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference). The eight captivating stories are designed to give you a sense of achievement and a feeling of progress when reading. You’ll finally be able to enjoy reading in Italian, grow your vocabulary in a natural way, and improve your comprehension at the same time.

Based on extensive research into how people most enjoy and benefit from reading in a new language, this book eliminates all the frustrations you have experienced when trying to read in Italian:
Dull topics that are no fun to read
Books so long you never reach the end
Endless chapters that make you want to give up
Impenetrable grammar that frustrates you at every turn
Complex vocabulary that leaves you with your head buried in the dictionary




Instead, you can just concentrate on what you came for in the first place - enjoying reading and having fun!

If you’re learning Italian and enjoy reading, this is the book you need to rekindle your passion for the language and take your Italian to the next level!

So what are you waiting for? Scroll up and grab your copy now!]]> 288 Olly Richards Karol 2 read-in-italian 3.97 2015
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]]> 44349508 Is conversational Italian turning a little too tricky for you? Do you have no idea how to order a meal or book a room at a hotel?

If your answer to any of the previous questions was ‘Yes��, then this book is for you!

If there’s even been something tougher than learning the grammar rules of a new language, it’s finding the way to speak with other people in that tongue. Any student knows this �� we can try our best at practicing, but you always want to avoid making embarrassing mistakes or not getting your message through correctly.

"How do I get out of this situation?" many students ask themselves, to no avail, but no answer is forthcoming.

Until now.

We have compiled MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED conversational Italian stories for beginners along with their translations, allowing new Italian speakers to have the necessary tools to begin studying how to set a meeting, rent a car or tell a doctor that they don’t feel well. We’re not wasting time here with conversations that don’t go anywhere: if you want to know how to solve problems (while learning a ton of Italian along the way, obviously), this book is for you!

How Conversational Italian Dialogues works:

Each new chapter will have a fresh, new story between two people who wish to solve a common, day-to-day issue that you will surely encounter in real life. An Italian version of the conversation will take place first, followed by an English translation. This ensures that you fully understood just what it was that they were saying. Before and after the main section of the book, we shall provide you with an introduction and conclusion that will offer you important strategies, tips and tricks to allow you to get the absolute most out of this learning material. That’s about it! Simple, useful and incredibly helpful; you will NOT need another conversational Italian book once you have begun reading and studying this one! We want you to feel comfortable while learning the tongue; after all, no language should be a barrier for you to travel around the world and expand your social circles!

So look no further! Pick up your copy of Conversational Italian Dialogues and start learning Italian right now!

]]> 291 Lingo Mastery Karol 4 3.93
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]]> 75560036
Capitalism is dead. Welcome to technofeudalism. The perfect Christmas gift for the political visionaries in your life.

In his boldest and most far-reaching book, the visionary economist and number-one bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis shows how the owners of big tech became the world's feudal overlords �� replacing capitalism with a fundamentally new system that enslaves our minds, defies democracy and rewrite the rules of global power.

But as Varoufakis also reveals, technofeudalism contains new opportunities to thwart and overturn it, bringing into focus more clearly than ever the revolution we need to escape our digital prison.

‘An epochal, once-in-a-millennium shift . . . this isn't just new technology. This is the world grappling with an entirely new economic system and therefore political power�� Observer

‘An urgent demand to seize the means of computation�� CORY DOCTOROW

A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR]]> 224 Yanis Varoufakis Karol 0 4.03 2023
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average rating: 4.03
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]]> 2876367
When the BBC eventually built an experimental studio, the Radiophonic Workshop, Daphne Oram helped to design it and then directed it. In 1959, she decided to leave the BBC to create her own studio in her converted oasthouse at Wrotham, Kent. Since then, she has become internationally known for her work in films, television, theatre and radio; she has presented successful concerts of electronic compositions at the Mermaid Theatre, London, and at the Edinburgh International Festival. She has lectured widely—at London University, Cambridge University Arts Society, The Institute of Physics, Harrow School, Wellington College, Roedean, and at many other Colleges, Schools and Music Festivals. She has also appeared a number of times on television and in films.

For her Oramics research work, at her Kent studio, she received two Gulbenkian Foundation Grants.]]> 145 Daphne Oram 0852491093 Karol 0 currently-reading 4.20 1972
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]]> 57679258 Part memoir, part meditation, part roadmap, part confection box of loose threads, lyrics, stories, pictures and ideas, A Limited Edition of One is a book presented as a journey, one that takes an unconventional route through the life and work of Steven Wilson, following the years up to the final Porcupine Tree show and revealing the aftermath of his decision to disband the group just when they were poised for superstardom.
This is Steven Wilson, as he has never been understood or glimpsed or presupposed before.]]> 320 Steven John Wilson Karol 5 4.22 2022
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name: Karol
average rating: 4.22
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rating: 5
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]]> 219828979 386 Joe Silva 8797539104 Karol 5 5.00
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]]> 585033
Winner of the ARSC's Award for Best Research (History) in Folk, Ethnic, or World Music (2008)

When Jamaican recording engineers Osbourne "King Tubby" Ruddock, Errol Thompson, and Lee "Scratch" Perry began crafting "dub" music in the early 1970s, they were initiating a musical revolution that continues to have worldwide influence. Dub is a sub-genre of Jamaican reggae that flourished during reggae's "golden age" of the late 1960s through the early 1980s. Dub involves remixing existing recordings―electronically improvising sound effects and altering vocal tracks―to create its unique sound. Just as hip-hop turned phonograph turntables into musical instruments, dub turned the mixing and sound processing technologies of the recording studio into instruments of composition and real-time improvisation. In addition to chronicling dub's development and offering the first thorough analysis of the music itself, author Michael Veal examines dub's social significance in Jamaican culture. He further explores the "dub revolution" that has crossed musical and cultural boundaries for over thirty years, influencing a wide variety of musical genres around the globe.]]> 352 Michael E. Veal 0819565725 Karol 3 4.31 2007
author: Michael E. Veal
name: Karol
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2007
rating: 3
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]]> 160139 134 Reinhard Schmitz 3927954373 Karol 0 to-read 3.67 1999
author: Reinhard Schmitz
name: Karol
average rating: 3.67
book published: 1999
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]]> 43306206
The Courage to Be Disliked shows you how to unlock the power within yourself to become your best and truest self, change your future and find lasting happiness. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of 19th-century psychology alongside Freud and Jung, the authors explain how we are all free to determine our own future free of the shackles of past experiences, doubts and the expectations of others. It’s a philosophy that’s profoundly liberating, allowing us to develop the courage to change, and to ignore the limitations that we and those around us can place on ourselves.

The result is a book that is both highly accessible and profound in its importance. Millions have already read and benefited from its wisdom. Now that The Courage to Be Disliked has been published for the first time in English, so can you.]]> 288 Ichiro Kishimi Karol 0 3.89 2013
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name: Karol
average rating: 3.89
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]]> 25168710 340 Dennis DeSantis 3981716507 Karol 5 4.47 2015
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name: Karol
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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]]> 214151579 728 Takehiko Inoue 1974752585 Karol 4 4.56
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]]> 6334 288 Kazuo Ishiguro 1400078776 Karol 0 3.85 2005
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name: Karol
average rating: 3.85
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]]> 77203 371 Khaled Hosseini 159463193X Karol 5 read-in-spanish 4.34 2003
author: Khaled Hosseini
name: Karol
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> 43909397 Mine has been a life of much shame. I can't even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being.

Plagued by a maddening anxiety, the terrible disconnect between his own concept of happiness and the joy of the rest of the world, Yozo Oba plays the clown in his dissolute life, holding up a mask for those around him as he spirals ever downward, locked arm-in-arm with death.

Osamu Dazai’s immortal—and supposedly autobiographical—work of Japanese literature, is perfectly adapted here into a manga by Junji Ito. The imagery wrenches open the text of the novel one line at a time to sublimate Yozo’s mental landscape into something even more delicate and grotesque. This is the ultimate in art by Ito, proof that nothing can surpass the terror of the human psyche.]]> 616 Junji Ito 1974707091 Karol 5 4.28 2019
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]]> 551457 contact and conflict. This new translation includes The Golden Pot, The Sandman, Princess Brambilla, Master Flea, and My Cousin's Corner Window.]]> 401 E.T.A. Hoffmann 0192837230 Karol 3 3.89 1814
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]]> 57165272 304 Iwona Majewska-Opiełka Karol 4 4.00
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]]> 61918811
It will equip you with the skills and knowledge to take action to save the planet - complete with action items and challenges to try, surprising facts about the climate crisis, templates to write to political representatives or companies, scientific explanations of important climate concepts, popular misconceptions about sustainability, and much more.
��
It's relevant and useful for sustainability beginners as well as �� those more familiar with the subject. It goes way beyond predictable and conventional sustainability advice (how to recycle etc) with a more holistic, science-based and justice-focused educational approach.
��
After reading this, you will know for certain why saving the planet is important, how to take action in your daily life, and how to empower yourself and others to be daily activists.,
,
��,]]> 240 Nergiz De Baere 1529397413 Karol 0 3.57
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]]> 214151287 Dr Andrew Huberman, host of the world’s leading health podcast, Huberman Lab, and neuroscientist and tenured professor at Stanford School of Medicine, introduces Protocols, an essential guide to improving brain function, enhancing mood and energy, optimising bodily health and physical performance, and rewiring your nervous system to learn new skills and behaviours that can transform your life.

Protocols provides simple, powerful and evidence-based solutions to life’s most common challenges. Designed to improve your mental health, physical health and performance, these guidelines are customisable, allowing you to adapt them to your specific needs. With his clear and engaging style, Dr Huberman explains the scientific principles behind each protocol and how they can deliver immediate, effective results. Protocols is your essential road map for achieving optimal health.]]> 384 Andrew D. Huberman 1668032147 Karol 0 to-read, 2026 4.00
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]]> 55748126 Praca wysysa z Ciebie siły, ale nie daje Ci tego, czego chcesz:
�� większych pieniędzy i niezależności finansowej,
�� więcej czasu na odpoczynek i życie prywatne,
�� zdobywania nowych umiejętności i rozwoju,
�� docenienia ze strony innych,
�� poczucia satysfakcji.

Zamiast tego, prowadzi do wypalenia, chaosu i frustracji. To nie tylko Twój problem! Nikt nie nauczył nas jak skutecznie pracować. Ale da się INACZEJ.

Radek Kotarski w książce Inaczej zebrał i sprawdził na sobie najskuteczniejsze metody organizowania swojej pracy i osiągania wyznaczonych celów, które są oparte na pracach naukowych, a nie na czyimś widzimisię ("u mnie działa") lub na szkodliwych tezach pseudocoachów. Zmień tryb pracy obiecujący harówkę i mierne efekty na system dopasowany do Twojej osobowości i polskich realiów. Pracuj INACZEJ �� mniej, ale lepiej i przyjemniej.

������ąż�첹 Inaczej. Jak pracować mniej, ale lepiej i przyjemniej to:

�� konkretnym i prostym językiem opisane metody oparte na pracach naukowych, które pomogą zwiększyć motywację, skuteczne realizować cele, tworzyć dobre nawyki, unikać rozpraszaczy, dobrze zorganizować sobie dzień i przestać wiecznie odkładać sprawy na później;
�� wiele możliwych dróg do dobrego ogarniania pracy, które dobierzesz do swojego charakteru i preferencji;
�� zmiana sposobu myślenia, że lepsze efekty wymagają ciężkiej harówki i żmudnych godzin spędzonych w pracy (nie, nie wymagają);
�� metody pasujące do polskiej rzeczywistości;
�� podsumowania rozdziałów, które ułatwią zastosowanie zalecanych zmian w praktyce;
�� wyraźnie oddzielone doświadczenia Radka z wdrażania i wykorzystywania prezentowanych metod w jego pracy na przestrzeni lat (co pomoże łatwiej odnieść treść książki do swojego życia).]]> 336 Radosław Kotarski Karol 0 currently-reading 4.15 2020
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]]> 17305367 ‘Seek and ye shall find.��

With these words echoing in his head, eminent Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon awakes in a hospital bed with no recollection of where he is or how he got there. Nor can he explain the origin of the macabre object that is found hidden in his belongings.

A threat to his life will propel him and a young doctor, Sienna Brooks, into a breakneck chase across the city of Florence. Only Langdon’s knowledge of hidden passageways and ancient secrets that lie behind its historic facade can save them from the clutches of their unknown pursuers.

With only a few lines from Dante’s dark and epic masterpiece, The Inferno, to guide them, they must decipher a sequence of codes buried deep within some of the most celebrated artefacts of the Renaissance �� sculptures, paintings, buildings �� to find the answers to a puzzle which may, or may not, help them save the world from a terrifying threat��

Set against an extraordinary landscape inspired by one of history’s most ominous literary classics, Inferno is Dan Brown’s most compelling and thought-provoking novel yet, a breathless race-against-time thriller that will grab you from page one and not let you go until you close the book.]]> 465 Dan Brown 0593072499 Karol 4 3.71 2013
author: Dan Brown
name: Karol
average rating: 3.71
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]]> 40816622
Try not to be noticed when you eat the secret nectar, otherwise you'll get smashed... What horrific events happened to create the earthbound-people tied to a certain place for the rest of their short lives? A strange haunted house comes to town, but no one expects it to lead to a real hell... Welcome to Junji Ito's world, a world with no escape from endless nightmares.]]> 416 Junji Ito 1421598469 Karol 5 4.14 2019
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name: Karol
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]]> 61780783
This Penguin Classic is performed by Richard Goulding, best known for Me Before You, The Iron Lady and The Windsors.

Epictetus, a Greek stoic and freed slave, ran a thriving philosophy school in Nicropolis in the early second century AD. His animated discussions were celebrated for their rhetorical wizardry and were written down by Arrian, his most famous pupil. Together with the Enchiridion, a manual of his main ideas, and the fragments collected here, The Discourses argue that happiness lies in learning to perceive exactly what is in our power to change and what is not, and in embracing our fate to live in harmony with god and nature. In this personal, practical guide to the ethics of stoicism and moral self-improvement, Epictetus tackles questions of freedom and imprisonment, illness and fear, family, friendship and love, and leaves an intriguing document of daily life in the classical world.]]> Epictetus Karol 0 to-read, 2026 4.67 108
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]]> 79352 The Six Pillars Of Self-Esteem is essential reading for anyone with a personal or professional interest in self-esteem. The book demonstrates compellingly why self-esteem is basic to psychological health, achievement, personal happiness, and positive relationships.����Branden introduces the six pillars—six action-based practices for daily living that provide the foundation for self-esteem—and explores the central importance of self-esteem in five areas: the workplace, parenting, education, psychotherapy, and the culture at large.����The work provides concrete guidelines for teachers, parents, managers, and therapists who are responsible for developing the self-esteem of others.����And it shows why-in today's chaotic and competitive world-self-esteem is fundamental to our personal and professional power.]]> 341 Nathaniel Branden 0553374397 Karol 5 4.11 1994
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]]> 34890015 Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts.

When asked simple questions about global trends��what percentage of the world’s population live in poverty; why the world’s population is increasing; how many girls finish school—we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers.

In Factfulness, Professor of International Health and global TED phenomenon Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators, Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens. They reveal the ten instincts that distort our perspective—from our tendency to divide the world into two camps (usually some version of us and them) to the way we consume media (where fear rules) to how we perceive progress (believing that most things are getting worse).

Our problem is that we don’t know what we don’t know, and even our guesses are informed by unconscious and predictable biases.

It turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. That doesn’t mean there aren’t real concerns. But when we worry about everything all the time instead of embracing a worldview based on facts, we can lose our ability to focus on the things that threaten us most.

Inspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, Factfulness is an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world and empower you to respond to the crises and opportunities of the future. ]]> 342 Hans Rosling 1473637465 Karol 0 currently-reading 4.34 2018
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]]> 4069 Man's Search for Meaning has become one of the most influential books in America; it continues to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living.]]> 165 Viktor E. Frankl 080701429X Karol 5 4.39 1946
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]]> 20949716
Thich Nhat Hanh acknowledges that because suffering can feel so bad, we try to run away from it or cover it up by consuming. We find something to eat or turn on the television. But unless we’re able to face our suffering, we can’t be present and available to life, and happiness will continue to elude us.

Nhat Hanh shares how the practices of stopping, mindful breathing, and deep concentration can generate the energy of mindfulness within our daily lives. With that energy, we can embrace pain and calm it down, instantly bringing a measure of freedom and a clearer mind.

No Mud, No Lotus introduces ways to be in touch with suffering without being overwhelmed by it. "When we know how to suffer," Nhat Hanh says, "we suffer much, much less." With his signature clarity and sense of joy, Thich Nhat Hanh helps us recognize the wonders inside us and around us that we tend to take for granted and teaches us the art of happiness.]]> 128 Thich Nhat Hanh 1937006859 Karol 0 currently-reading 4.26 2014
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]]> 17993209 587 Datis Kharrazian 0985690437 Karol 0 to-read, 2026, health 4.32 2013
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name: Karol
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]]> 263320
With a new introductory chapter by Thich Nhat Hanh]]> 195 Thich Nhat Hanh 1888375000 Karol 0 currently-reading 4.37 1995
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]]> 41014339 From the National Magazine Award-winning Runner’s World columnist, frequent New Yorker online contributor, and Cambridge-trained physicist: a fascinating and definitive exploration of the extraordinary science of human endurance and the secrets of human performance, for fans of The Sports Gene, Born to Run, and Grit.

From running a two-hour marathon to summiting Mount Everest, we’re fascinated by the extremes of human endurance, constantly testing both our physical and psychological limits.

How high or far or fast can humans go? And what about individual potential: what defines a person’s limits?

For years, physiology determined the answer: heart size, lung capacity, and muscle strength. But over the past decade, a wave of dramatic findings in the cutting-edge science of endurance has completely overturned our understanding of human limitation. Endure widely disseminates these findings for the first time: It’s the brain that dictates how far we can go—which means we can always push ourselves further.

Hutchinson presents an overview of science’s search for understanding human fatigue, from crude experiments with electricity and frogs�� legs to sophisticated brain imaging technology. Going beyond the traditional mechanical view of human limits (like a car with a brick on its gas pedal, we go until the tank runs out of gas), he instead argues that a key element in endurance is how the brain responds to distress signals—whether heat, or cold, or muscles screaming with lactic acid—and reveals that we can train to improve brain response.

An elite distance runner himself, Hutchinson takes us to the forefront of the new sports psychology—brain electrode jolts, computer-based training, subliminal messaging—and presents startling new discoveries enhancing the performance of athletes today and shows how anyone can utilize these tactics to bolster their own performance—and get the most out of their bodies.]]> 333 Alex Hutchinson Karol 0 to-read, health, 2025 4.11 2018
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]]> 40242274

The answer: turn to Burton G. Malkiel’s advice in his reassuring, authoritative, gimmick-free, and perennially best-selling guide to investing. Long established as the first book to purchase before starting a portfolio or 401(k), A Random Walk Down Wall Street now features new material on “tax-loss harvesting,�� the crown jewel of tax management; the current bitcoin bubble; and automated investment advisers; as well as a brand-new chapter on factor investing and risk parity. And as always, Malkiel’s core insights—on stocks and bonds, as well as real estate investment trusts, home ownership, and tangible assets like gold and collectibles�� along with the book’s classic life-cycle guide to investing, will help restore confidence and composure to anyone seeking a calm route through today’s financial markets.]]> 432 Burton G. Malkiel 1324002182 Karol 0 currently-reading 4.18 1973
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]]> 63036691 HAPPINESS, SERENITY AND FULFIMENT ARE ALL WITHIN YOUR CONTROL

365 WAYS TO BE MORE STOIC is a full year's worth of daily inspiration, tools, stories, actions, and rituals that will guide you to a meaningful life, filled with happiness. It is a simple, list-driven, practical guide that will allow you to immediately begin putting Stoic wisdom into practice in your daily life. Each short chapter makes Stoicism fun to read about and easily digestible, presenting ideas in engaging, bite-size chunks.

Immerse yourself in stoicism right from the first chapter, through prompts, concepts, challenges, inspiration, quotes, examples, quizzes and case-studies. You'll learn to navigate through the controllable and inevitable. You'll develop constructive ways to handle frustration, adversity and even your own mortality. You'll learn habit-forming strategies, pick up helpful concepts, and uncover tips for lasting change. This fun and engaging manual will help you live like a Stoic in the modern world.

365 WAYS TO BE MORE STOIC focuses on the small stuff you can do every day to live a happier and wiser life. Because when you get the little things right, the big things follow.]]> 336 Tim LeBon 152939046X Karol 5 4.33
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]]> 61918812
Successful people are mentally tough. And you have to be, because achieving success isn't easy. No one can avoid the minefield of setbacks, crisis, tragedy and challenge that is part of being alive. Life throws obstacles in your path daily, but mentally tough people can manage the stress and pressure. They see challenges as opportunities. They persist no matter what. They pick themselves up and go again. They are confident, humble, in control and 100% committed to what they set out to achieve.

That may sound as if mentally tough people are special, but they're not. No one is born with mental toughness - you have to develop it by deliberately working on your resilience, determination, emotional control and focus. Here you'll find a new idea every day to help you do it. Practice them regularly and see the difference it makes. Keep applying them and you will be developing your mental toughness every single day.

365 Ways to Develop Mental Toughness ��focuses on the small stuff you can do every day to make life better. Because when you get the little things right, the big things follow. And today is the very best day to start making those positive changes!]]> 240 Penny Mallory 1529397642 Karol 0 currently-reading 3.67
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]]> 27464216
Do you make goals, yet get discouraged when your plans don’t work? We all know that person who seemingly was born to succeed. Fitness, health, business, they achieve all their goals. You want that success, and know you can get it... but how?

Everywhere you turn, there are obstacles that block your path. Being successful doesn’t mean avoiding them, it means meeting those obstacles head-on and pushing through. You need the self-discipline and willpower to see you through to the end. You need the tools that will enable you to have that self-discipline and willpower. Daily Self-Discipline has those tools.

Inside, you’ll learn methods to:

- develop powerful self-discipline by building a fit body and mind,

- thrive in face of adversity, cravings, temptations and discomfort and feel good about it,

- develop key self-awareness skills to push yourself through to your goal,

- gain a clear vision of how self-discipline works that will inspire you to carry on no matter what,

- keep pushing when nothing seems to work and you’re on the verge of giving up.

Each page of this book is designed to help you build the self-discipline that leads to the resiliency and mental strength you need on a daily basis. Simple everyday exercises and habit-forming practices will teach you the skills you need to overcome obstacles and have confidence in yourself and your path to success.]]> 150 Martin Meadows Karol 0 currently-reading 3.56 2015
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]]> 51323375 I MET REMINA'S EYE.

An unknown planet emerges from inside a wormhole, and its discoverer, Dr. Oguro, christens the celestial body "Remina" after his own daughter. His finding is met with great fanfare, and Remina herself rises to fame. However, the planet picks up speed as it moves along in its curious orbit, eliminating planets and stars one after another until finally Earth itself faces extinction�� Is the girl Remina the true cause of the catastrophe? A masterwork of horror from Junji Ito, unfolding on a universal scale.

THE PLANET NOTICED OUR EXISTENCE...]]> 256 Junji Ito 197471747X Karol 5 3.71 2005
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name: Karol
average rating: 3.71
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rating: 5
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]]> 29093292 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780735211735.

A beautifully packaged daily devotional of Stoic wisdom, featuring new translations of the most celebrated Stoics with historical context and practical tips from bestselling author Ryan Holiday.

Stoic philosophy has long been the secret weapon of history’s greatest and wisest leaders--from emperors to artists, activists to fighter pilots. Today, people of all stripes are seeking out Stoicism’s unique blend of practicality and wisdom as they look for answers to the great questions of daily life.

Where should they start? Epictetus? Marcus Aurelius? Seneca? Which edition? Which translator? Presented in a page-per-day format, this daily resource combines all new translations done by Stephen Hanselman of the greatest passages from the great Stoics (including several lesser known philosophers like Zeno, Cleanthes and Musonius Rufus) with helpful commentary.

Building on the organizational structure in Ryan Holiday’s cult classic The Obstacle is the Way, this guide also features twelve monthly themes (and helpful glossary) for clarifying perception, improving action, and unlocking the power of will. Aimed at the high-octane, action-oriented doers of our wired world, this book brings new daily rituals and new perspectives to produce balanced action, insight, effectiveness, and serenity.]]> 416 Ryan Holiday Karol 5 4.33 2016
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]]> 37765836 How to Build Self-Discipline and Become More Successful (365 Powerful Thoughts From the World’s Brightest Minds)

Its lack makes you unable to achieve your goals. Without it, you’ll struggle to lose weight, become fit, wake up early, work productively and save money. Not embracing it in your everyday life means that you’ll never realize your full potential. Ignoring it inevitably leads to regret and feeling sad about how more successful and incredible your life could have been if you had only decided to develop it.

What is this powerful thing? Self-discipline.

And if there’s one thing that self-discipline is not, it’s instant. It takes months (if not years) to develop powerful self-control that will protect you from impulsive decisions, laziness, procrastination, and inaction.

You need to exhibit self-discipline day in, day out, 365 days in a year. What if you had a companion who would remind you daily to stay disciplined and persevere, even when the going gets tough?

365 Days With Self-Discipline is a practical, accessible guidebook for embracing more self-discipline in your everyday life. You’ll learn how to do this through 365 brief, daily insights from the world’s brightest minds, expanded and commented upon by bestselling personal development author Martin Meadows.

This isn’t just an inspirational book; most of the entries deliver practical suggestions that you can immediately apply in your life to become more disciplined. Here are just some of the things you’ll

- why living your life the hard way makes it easy (and other suggestions from a successful entrepreneur and longevity scientist);

- how to overcome your initial resistance and procrastination based on the remark made by one of the most renowned Renaissance men;

- why, according to an influential neurosurgeon, it’s key to see problems as hurdles instead of obstacles (and how to do that);

- how to embrace an experimental mindset to overcome a fear of failure (a technique recommended by a successful entrepreneur and musician);

- how to quit in a smart way, according to a world-famous marketing expert;

- how to improve your productivity at work by implementing the advice from one of the most successful detective fiction writers;

- how a trick used by screenwriters can help you figure out the first step needed to get closer to your goals;

- how to maintain self-discipline in the long-term by paying attention to what a bestselling non-fiction author calls necessary to survive and thrive;

- how your most common thoughts can sabotage your efforts (and other valuable insights from one of the most respected Roman Stoics); and

- how to overcome temporary discouragement and look at your problems from the proper perspective, as suggested by a well-known public speaker and author.]]> 699 Martin Meadows Karol 5 3.89
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]]> 16690 288 Robert A. Heinlein 0340837942 Karol 0 4.16 1966
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]]> 218319936 "The definitive look at the most remarkable business story of this era."

—Morgan Housel, New York Times best-selling author of The Psychology of Money and Same As Ever



"The Nvidia Way is a riveting history of Nvidia’s unexpected ascent to the top of the tech sector—and a compelling case for why cofounder Jensen Huang is one of history’s great CEOs."

—Chris Miller, New York Times best-selling author of Chip The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology



A deeply reported business history of the chip-designer Nvidia—from its founding in 1993 to its recent emergence as one of the most valuable corporations in the world—explaining how the company’s culture, overseen by cofounder and CEO Jensen Huang, has powered its incredible success.


Nvidia is the darling of the age of artificial its chips are powering the generative-AI revolution, and demand is insatiable. For all the current interest and attention, however, Nvidia is not of our time. Founded more than three decades ago in a Denny’s in East San Jose, for years it was known primarily in the then-niche world of computer gaming. In fact, the company’s leather-jacketed leader, Jensen Huang, is the longest-serving CEO in an industry marked by near constant turmoil and failure.


In The Nvidia Way, acclaimed tech writer Tae Kim draws on more than one hundred interviews—including Jensen (as he is known) and his cofounders, the two original venture capital investors, early former employees, and current senior executives—to show how Nvidia played the longest of long games, repeatedly creating new markets and outmaneuvering competitors, including the original semiconductor giant, Intel, which now finds itself well behind the upstart. Kim offers revelations at every step, among



An authoritative, myth-busting account of Nvidia’s founding in 1993.
How Nvidia managed to overcome early missteps that would have killed most start-ups.
The benefits of Nvidia’s flat organizational structure, which allows even low-level employees to contribute to the direction of the company.
How Jensen’s obsession with solving the Innovator’s Dilemma—the problem of an entrenched market leader falling to smaller, nimbler companies—drove him to reinvent his approach to corporate strategy.
How Nvidia saw the coming AI wave sooner than anyone else, and how it bet its future on a technology that had not yet arrived.



A rare view into Nvidia’s distinct culture and Jensen’s management principles, The Nvidia Way is a book for our moment as well as an instant classic of business history, with enduring lessons for entrepreneurs and managers alike.]]> 268 Tae Kim 1324086726 Karol 0 4.36
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]]> 776407 180 A.A. Milne 0525444440 Karol 5 favorites 4.37 1928
author: A.A. Milne
name: Karol
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1928
rating: 5
read at: 2018/01/23
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]]> 368405
Libera paces his exuberant young hero's fulminations, fantasies and discoveries beautifully, building a remarkably subtle characterisation of a free mind in a repressive culture. This is one of those rare novels which reminds us why we love books. A consummate literary entertainment.]]> 448 Antoni Libera 1841955205 Karol 5 favorites, to-read, 2026 4.28 1998
author: Antoni Libera
name: Karol
average rating: 4.28
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rating: 5
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]]> 406373 Faust reworks the late medieval myth of a brilliant scholar so disillusioned he resolves to make a contract with Mephistopheles. The devil will do all he asks on Earth and seeks to grant him a moment in life so glorious that he will wish it to last forever. But if Faust does bid the moment stay, he falls to Mephistopheles and must serve him after death. In this first part of Goethe’s great work, the embittered thinker and Mephistopheles enter into their agreement, and soon Faust is living a rejuvenated life and winning the love of the beautiful Gretchen. But in this compelling tragedy of arrogance, unfulfilled desire, and self-delusion, Faust heads inexorably toward an infernal destruction.]]> 503 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 0385031149 Karol 3 3.90 1808
author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
name: Karol
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1808
rating: 3
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]]> 14706
This authoritative edition, which offers Peter Salm’s wonderfully readable translation as well as the original German on facing pages, brings us Faust in a vital, rhythmic American idiom that carefully preserves the grandeur, integrity, and poetic immediacy of Goethe’s words.]]> 327 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 0553213482 Karol 3 3.87 1808
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name: Karol
average rating: 3.87
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]]> 44363173 The unlikely heroes of Vox Machina are back in action!

Join familiar faces from Critical Role’s smash-hit first campaign as their escapades in Stilben lead them toward new adventure—and a dire threat to Grog when he goes missing in the night. Tracking him down will see the party lose one member, gain another, and reveal parts of Grog’s secret past. But first, his friends have to actually find him.

From award-nominated writer Jody Houser (Orphan Black, Stranger Things) and first series author Olivia Samson, with colorist Michele Assarasakorn (Isola, Gotham Academy) and letterer Ariana Maher (James Bond, Xena)!

Collects Critical Role - Vox Machina Origins series II #1-#6.]]> Matthew Mercer Karol 4 4.46
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]]> 36195248 The standard edition features cover art by Stjepan Šejić with a spot gloss treatment.

With over 160 pages of magical storytelling and bonus content, Vox Machina Origins brings together Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins #1��#6 in a single volume, following six would-be heroes as they uncover a plot to destroy the small coastal town of Stilben. The comic series is written by Matthew Colville (Evolve, Priest, Thief) with interior art by Olivia Samson, a member of the Critical Role fan community, and coloring and lettering by Chris Northrop.

Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins #1��#6
Annotated cover process pieces, preliminary character sketches, and character descriptions and stats
Cover art by Stjepan Šejić with spot gloss treatment.
Published by Dark Horse Books, a division of Dark Horse Comics, Inc.]]> 160 Matthew Mercer 1506710794 Karol 4 4.30 2019
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]]> 59960
Crime runs rampant in the streets, and the man who was Batman is still tortured by the memories of his parents' murders. As civil society crumbles around him, Bruce Wayne's long-suppressed vigilante side finally breaks free of its self-imposed shackles.

The Dark Knight returns in a blaze of fury, taking on a whole new generation of criminals and matching their level of violence. He is soon joined by this generation's Robin—a girl named Carrie Kelley, who proves to be just as invaluable as her predecessors.

But can Batman and Robin deal with the threat posed by their deadliest enemies, after years of incarceration have made them into perfect psychopaths? And more important, can anyone survive the coming fallout of an undeclared war between the superpowers—or a clash of what were once the world's greatest superheroes?

Over fifteen years after its debut, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns remains an undisputed classic and one of the most influential stories ever told in the comics medium.

Collecting Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1-4]]> 197 Frank Miller 156389341X Karol 3 4.26 1986
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name: Karol
average rating: 4.26
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rating: 3
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]]> 207567968 New York Times bestselling author and the gaming industry's preeminent investigative journalist Jason Schreier examines three decades of ups and downs at Blizzard Entertainment leading up to a hostile corporate takeover and a sexual misconduct scandal that put the legendary developer in a world of (Warcraft) trouble.

For video game fans, the name Blizzard Entertainment was once synonymous with perfection. The renowned company celebrated the joy of gaming over all else, and every product it released was an instant classic: StarCraft, Diablo, Overwatch, Hearthstone, and World of Warcraft, which forever changed the video game landscape. What was once two UCLA students' simple mission �� to make games they wanted to play �� launched an empire with thousands of employees, millions of fans, and billions of dollars.

But when Blizzard cancelled a buzzy project in 2013, it gave Bobby Kotick, the infamous CEO of corporate parent Activision, the excuse he needed to start cracking down on Blizzard's proud autonomy. Led by executives from McKinsey and Procter & Gamble, Activision began invading Blizzard from the inside, driving away throngs of key employees in a push for predictability over creativity. Glitchy products, PR disasters, and mass layoffs followed, marring the company’s once pristine image. In 2021, the state of California filed a staggering lawsuit against the company for sexual misconduct and discrimination, leading to a widespread reckoning and a $69 billion acquisition that sent shockwaves through the industry.

Based on firsthand interviews with more than 300 current and former employees, PLAY NICE chronicles the creativity, frustration, beauty, and betrayal across the epic 33-year saga of Blizzard Entertainment �� and explores the delight and despair of what it really means to "bleed Blizzard blue." Full of colorful personalities and dramatic twists, PLAY NICE is The Social Network for the video game industry.]]> 384 Jason Schreier 1538725428 Karol 0 4.14 2024
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]]> 13365187 200 Chris Claremont Karol 0 3.96 1980
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]]> 13590613
Il lavoro occupa una parte importante della nostra vita e proprio per questo è spesso fonte di frustrazioni, tensioni e preoccupazioni. Eppure è possibile vivere con consapevolezza e presenza mentale l’impegno a scuola, in fabbrica o in ufficio trasformando le ore di lavoro o di impegno scolastico in un’occasione di crescita e in una preziosa opportunità in grado di arricchire la nostra esistenza.

In queste pagine Thich Nhat Hanh prende per mano il lettore incoraggiandolo a esaminare attentamente le proprie scelte quotidiane per contribuire a creare sul lavoro, così come nell’ambiente domestico, un’atmosfera serena e gratificante.

Un altro tema affrontato nel libro è quello di un nuovo modello di leadership consapevole e rispettosa, estremamente utile per vivere con serenità e senza stress i rapporti di lavoro con colleghi e superiori.

Con la sua impareggiabile profondità e saggezza Thich Nhat Hanh offre in questo volume un nuovo tassello per trasformare da subito la nostra vita, partendo dal qui e ora del quotidiano.]]> 120 Thich Nhat Hanh 1937006204 Karol 4 3.99 2012
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]]> 30142270 448 Derren Brown 0593076206 Karol 0 4.07 2016
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name: Karol
average rating: 4.07
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]]> 217997694 H.P. Lovecraft's most famous horror story, rendered in chilling detail by modern manga horror master Gou Tanabe!

The complete graphic novel in one volume, faithfully reproducing the original��Japanese release, featuring a title page in silver ink, eight pages in full color, and eerie metallic copper tones and spot color on the cover.

What links together two bands of worshippers, one deep in the Arctic snows, one hidden in the bayous of Louisiana, is more than their shared practice of blood sacrifice.

It is the inhuman phrase they both Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn—“In his house at R’lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.�� Now these nightmares will disturb the sanity of Francis Thurston, a young man pursuing an investigation into the cult of Cthulhu that leads to the most forsaken spot in the vast Pacific…and to Earth’s supreme terror, the risen corpse-city of R’lyeh.

First published in 1928, The Call of Cthulhu, rendered in chilling detail by modern manga horror master Gou Tanabe, is the most famous of all of H.P. Lovecraft’s stories, and was the namesake of the acclaimed role-playing game system set within the Cthulhu Mythos. ��

“I love H.P. Lovecraft…It would be great to adapt him as a serialized manga, but I actually saw Gou Tanabe create a great adaption of H.P. Lovecraft's stories. Afterwards, I ended up not doing it because I thought I wouldn't be as good as Gou's version.”�� Junji Ito (Uzumaki, Black Paradox)]]> 282 Gou Tanabe 1506746446 Karol 4 4.45 2019
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name: Karol
average rating: 4.45
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]]> 45245
But now something has gone catastrophically wrong. On a primitive colony planet a renegade criminal's chance encounter with an utterly alien entity unleashes the most primal of all our fears. An extinct race which inhabited the galaxy aeons ago called it "The Reality Dysfunction." It is the nightmare which has prowled beside us since the beginning of history.]]> 1223 Peter F. Hamilton 0330340328 Karol 0 4.13 1996
author: Peter F. Hamilton
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average rating: 4.13
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rating: 0
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]]> 29947651 400 Scott Kelly 1524731595 Karol 5 4.16 2017
author: Scott Kelly
name: Karol
average rating: 4.16
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rating: 5
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]]> 68985
This groundbreaking New York Times bestseller has helped hundreds of thousands of people at work and at home balance stress and recovery and sustain high performance despite crushing workloads and 24/7 demands on their time.

We live in digital time. Our pace is rushed, rapid-fire, and relentless. Facing crushing workloads, we try to cram as much as possible into every day. We're wired up, but we're melting down. Time management is no longer a viable solution. As bestselling authors Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz demonstrate in this groundbreaking book, managing energy, not time, is the key to enduring high performance as well as to health, happiness, and life balance. The Power of Full Engagement is a highly practical, scientifically based approach to managing your energy more skillfully both on and off the job by laying out the key training principles and provides a powerful, step-by-step program that will help you

* Mobilize four key sources of energy
* Balance energy expenditure with intermittent energy renewal
* Expand capacity in the same systematic way that elite athletes do
* Create highly specific, positive energy management rituals to make lasting changes

Above all, this book provides a life-changing road map to becoming more fully engaged on and off the job, meaning physically energized, emotionally connected, mentally focused, and spiritually aligned.]]> 222 Jim Loehr 0743226755 Karol 0 3.98 2003
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]]> 3772535
The book is the perfect opportunity for fans of Middle-earth to enjoy some of Tolkien’s often overlooked yet most creative storytelling. With dragons and sand sorcerers, sea monsters and hobbits, knights and dwarves, this collection contains all the classic elements for Tolkien buffs of all ages.

Roverandom is the story of a toy dog who becomes enchanted by a sand sorcerer. He gets to explore the world and encounter strange and fabulous creatures.

Farmer Giles of Ham is the tale of a fat, unheroic farmer who, having unwittingly managed to scare off a short-sighted giant, is called upon to do battle when the dragon Chrysophylax comes to town.

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil tells, in verse, of Tom's many adventures with hobbits, princesses, dwarves and trolls.

Smith of Wootton Major takes us on a journey to the Land of Faery, thanks to the magical ingredients of the Great Cake of the Feast of Good Children.

Leaf by Niggle recounts the strange adventures of the painter Niggle, who sets out to paint the perfect tree.
��
Also includes, as an appendix, Tolkien's essay On Fairy Stories.]]> 403 J.R.R. Tolkien 0547154119 Karol 0 to-read 4.21 1997
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]]> 45280024 The Pragmatic Programmer, 20th Anniversary Edition cuts through the increasing specialization and technicalities of modern software development to examine the core process: transforming a requirement into working, maintainable code that delights users. Extensively updated with ten new sections and major revisions throughout, this edition covers topics ranging from career development to architectural techniques for keeping code flexible, adaptable, and reusable.
Organized into self-contained sections -- and filled with compelling anecdotes, examples, and analogies -- The Pragmatic Programmer illustrates today's best practices and major pitfalls of many different aspects of software development. Wherever possible, the authors abstract away specific technologies, focusing on insights you can apply no matter what tools or languages you use -- or will use.
Whether you're a new coder, an experienced programmer, or a manager responsible for software projects, applying this guide's lessons will help you rapidly improve your productivity, quality, and job satisfaction. You'll learn skills and develop habits and attitudes that form the foundation for long-term success in your career. You'll become a Pragmatic Programmer.]]> 352 Dave Thomas 0135957052 Karol 4 programming Why 4 stars then? I've read few similar books, touching most of these topics, so it sometimes felt repetetive and didn't make that much impact on me. That's only how I've felt. But for a freshman, or someone who haven't read similar books this won't be an issue. I presume it will make a huge impact for everyone starting the first job after Uni, etc. In either case, it's an absolute MUST read. ]]> 4.42 1999
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This is truly great and amazing book that EVERY programmer should read. The 20 years anniversary edition was updated, so no one should worry that this is outdated. It's not. Besides, plenty of topics are timeless and while(true).
Why 4 stars then? I've read few similar books, touching most of these topics, so it sometimes felt repetetive and didn't make that much impact on me. That's only how I've felt. But for a freshman, or someone who haven't read similar books this won't be an issue. I presume it will make a huge impact for everyone starting the first job after Uni, etc. In either case, it's an absolute MUST read.
]]> 77267157 400 Kim Bjørn 8799999560 Karol 5 5.00
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]]> 19045588
Howard Marks, the chairman and cofounder of Oaktree Capital Management, is renowned for his insightful assessments of market opportunity and risk. After four decades spent ascending to the top of the investment management profession, he is today sought out by the world's leading value investors, and his client memos brim with insightful commentary and a time-tested, fundamental philosophy. Now for the first time, all readers can benefit from Marks's wisdom, concentrated into a single volume that speaks to both the amateur and seasoned investor.

Informed by a lifetime of experience and study, The Most Important Thing explains the keys to successful investment and the pitfalls that can destroy capital or ruin a career. Utilizing passages from his memos to illustrate his ideas, Marks teaches by example, detailing the development of an investment philosophy that fully acknowledges the complexities of investing and the perils of the financial world. Brilliantly applying insight to today's volatile markets, Marks offers a volume that is part memoir, part creed, with a number of broad takeaways.

Marks expounds on such concepts as "second-level thinking," the price/value relationship, patient opportunism, and defensive investing. Frankly and honestly assessing his own decisions--and occasional missteps--he provides valuable lessons for critical thinking, risk assessment, and investment strategy. Encouraging investors to be "contrarian," Marks wisely judges market cycles and achieves returns through aggressive yet measured action. Which element is the most essential? Successful investing requires thoughtful attention to many separate aspects, and each of Marks's subjects proves to be the most important thing.]]> 245 Howard Marks Karol 0 to-read, 2024, 2025, finances 4.50 2011
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]]> 106835 Now available for the first time in paperback!

The Classic Text Annotated to Update Graham's Timeless Wisdom for Today's Market Conditions

The greatest investment advisor of the twentieth century, Benjamin Graham taught and inspired people worldwide. Graham's philosophy of "value investing" -- which shields investors from substantial error and teaches them to develop long-term strategies -- has made The Intelligent Investor the stock market bible ever since its original publication in 1949.

Over the years, market developments have proven the wisdom of Graham's strategies. While preserving the integrity of Graham's original text, this revised edition includes updated commentary by noted financial journalist Jason Zweig, whose perspective incorporates the realities of today's market, draws parallels between Graham's examples and today's financial headlines, and gives readers a more thorough understanding of how to apply Graham's principles.

Vital and indispensable, this HarperBusiness Essentials edition of The Intelligent Investor is the most important book you will ever read on how to reach your financial goals.]]> 623 Benjamin Graham 0060555661 Karol 0 to-read, finances, 2025, 2024 4.24 1949
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]]> 1395714 The Essential Chomsky brings together selections from his most important writings since 1959-from his groundbreaking critique of B.F. Skinner to his bestselling works Hegermony or Survival and Failed States-concerning subjects ranging from critiques of corporate media and U.S. interventionism to intellectual freedom and the political economy of human rights. With a foreword by Anthony Arnove, The Essential Chomsky is an unprecedented, comprehensive overview of Chomsky's thought.]]> 515 Noam Chomsky 0143065475 Karol 0 to-read, 2025, 2024 4.11 2008
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name: Karol
average rating: 4.11
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]]> 12123436 544 Alejandro Jodorowsky 1594650640 Karol 0 currently-reading 4.24 2003
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name: Karol
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]]> 176444099
How does a musician with acute hearing loss, a refusal to perform live, and no industry connections carve a path to millions of followers and lucrative royalty checks? In Make Your Own Rules , Andrew Huang shares stories from his two decades as a music industry misfit and offers advice on both the artistic and business sides of working as a creator in our digital era.

Beginning with auctioning his songwriting skills on eBay as a teenager, Andrew continuously found new ways to thrive in a music career over the last twenty-plus years. His storied career and hard-won wisdom can help aspiring digital creatives find success as well. Organized by sections on building your creative foundations, growing an audience in the digital age, making money, and staying true to yourself, Make Your Own Rules pairs personal anecdotes with concrete advice applicable to any freelance digital creator. You’ll learn how Andrew became an early adopter of sharing music online—for free!—and how he leveraged social media to grow an organic following and amass millions of song streams and video views. Additional chapters provide insight into his designing an online course and music production tools that have been used by tens of thousands of people, and how he created revenue streams for himself that didn’t exist previously.

With open-minded perseverance, Andrew made up his own rules for life. His unlikely journey will inspire creators to find opportunity, financial stability, and fun in their pursuits.]]> 320 Andrew Huang 1982190418 Karol 0 4.23 2024
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]]> 36022929 “What most songwriting guides won’t tell you is that success as a songwriter �� however you define it �� is as much about how you live your life and the way you see the world as it is about your skill with words and music.�� The Art of Songwriting is a comprehensive guide to life, art and making great songs. It’s not about chasing a hit song. It’s not about theories that are interesting but no use filling the blank page. And most of all �� it’s not just about the craft of songwriting. It’s about how to create, think and live like a songwriter. It’s about being resilient, innovative and passionate about what you make. It’s about how artists can change the world �� and why they should. Stop relying on songwriting tricks, methods and shortcuts. It's time to embrace your inner artist, make your own rules and start creating like you've never created before.]]> 194 Ed Bell Karol 0 to-read, music 3.96
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]]> 54479 252 Jules Verne 014044906X Karol 4 3.95 1872
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name: Karol
average rating: 3.95
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rating: 4
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]]> 48484 Two months since the stars fell...

Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched around the Earth like a luminous fist, screaming to the heavens as the atmosphere burned them to ash. Two months since that moment of brief, bright surveillance by agents unknown.

Two months of silence while a world holds its breath.

Now some half-derelict space probe, sparking fitfully past Neptune’s orbit, hears a whisper from the edge of the solar system: a faint signal sweeping the cosmos like a lighthouse beam. Whatever’s out there isn’t talking to us. It’s talking to some distant star, perhaps. Or perhaps to something closer, something en route.

So who do you send to force introductions on an intelligence with motives unknown, maybe unknowable? Who do you send to meet the alien when the alien doesn’t want to meet?

You send a linguist with multiple personalities, her brain surgically partitioned into separate, sentient processing cores. You send a biologist so radically interfaced with machinery that he sees X-rays and tastes ultrasound, so compromised by grafts and splices he no longer feels his own flesh. You send a pacifist warrior in the faint hope she won’t be needed, and a fainter hope she’ll do any good if she is needed. You send a monster to command them all, an extinct hominid predator once called “vampire,�� recalled from the grave with the voodoo of recombinant genetics and the blood of sociopaths. And you send a synthesist �� an informational topologist with half his mind gone �� as an interface between here and there, a conduit through which the Dead Center might hope to understand the Bleeding Edge.

You send them all to the edge of interstellar space, praying you can trust such freaks and retrofits with the fate of a world. You fear they may be more alien than the thing they’ve been sent to find.

But you’d give anything for that to be true, if you only knew what was waiting for them…]]> 384 Peter Watts 0765312182 Karol 3 didn-t-like 4.01 2006
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name: Karol
average rating: 4.01
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]]> 15730101 The Call of Cthulhu is a harrowing tale of the weakness of the human mind when confronted by powers and intelligences from beyond our world.]]> 43 H.P. Lovecraft Karol 5 3.97 1928
author: H.P. Lovecraft
name: Karol
average rating: 3.97
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rating: 5
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]]> 754713 242 Arthur Conan Doyle 0755334434 Karol 0 to-read 4.26 1917
author: Arthur Conan Doyle
name: Karol
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]]> 3188964 The Doors of Perception is a philosophical essay, released as a book, by Aldous Huxley. First published in 1954, it details his experiences when taking mescaline.

The book takes the form of Huxley's recollection of a mescaline trip that took place over the course of an afternoon in May 1953. The book takes its title from a phrase in William Blake's 1793 poem 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell'.

Huxley recalls the insights he experienced, which range from the "purely aesthetic" to "sacramental vision". He also incorporates later reflections on the experience and its meaning for art and religion.]]> 208 Aldous Huxley Karol 1 didn-t-like 3.91 1956
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name: Karol
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1956
rating: 1
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]]> 254501 This groundbreaking book is the first volume to bring together all the major theories of consciousness studies--from those rooted in traditional Western philosophy to those coming out of neuroscience, quantum theory, and Eastern philosophy. Broadly interdisciplinary, Consciousness: AnIntroduction is divided into nine sections that examine such topics as how subjective experiences arise from objective brain processes, the basic neuroscience and neuropathology of consciousness, altered states of consciousness, mystical experiences and dreams, and the effects of drugs and meditation. It also discusses the nature of self, the possibility of artificial consciousness in robots, and the question of whether or not animals are conscious. Enhanced by numerous illustrations and profiles of important researchers, the book also includes self-assessment questions, further reading suggestions, and practical exercises that help bring the subject to life.]]> 480 Susan Blackmore 019515343X Karol 0 4.15 2003
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name: Karol
average rating: 4.15
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]]> 52950915 A Common-Sense Guide to Living Rich��.Instead of Dying Rich

Imagine if by the time you died, you did everything you were told to. You worked hard, saved your money, and looked forward to financial freedom when you retired.
��
The only thing you wasted along the way was��your life.
��
Die with Zero presents a startling new and provocative philosophy as well as practical guide on how to get the most out of your money��and out of��your life. It’s intended for those who place lifelong memorable experiences far ahead of simply making and accumulating money for one’s so-called Golden Years.
��
In short, Bill Perkins wants to rescue you from over-saving and under-living. Regardless of your age, Die with Zero will teach you Perkins�� plan for optimizing your life, stage by stage, so you’re fully engaged and enjoying what you’ve worked and saved for.
��
You’ll discover how to maximize your lifetime memorable moments with “experience bucketing,�� how to convert your earnings into priceless memories by following your “net worth curve,�� and find out how to navigate whether to invest in, or delay, a meaningful adventure based on your “spend curve�� and “personal interest rate.��
��
Using his own life experiences as well as the inspiring stories and cautionary tales of others—and drawing on eye-opening insights about time, money, and happiness from psychological science and behavioral finance —Perkins makes a timely, convincing, and contrarian case for living large.]]> 240 Bill Perkins 0358099765 Karol 0 3.84 2020
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]]> 18160995
It can be terrifying to contemplate the end of our world and stories that describe such destruction can be disturbing. At the same time however, they can leave us feeling not only entertained, but exhilarated and inspired. Maybe, they can even give us a chance to renew our love of life. Most stories found in the “The Wandering Earth�� collection take us to a sci-fi vision of Earth's end. But here, there are no Hollywood aliens, descending from the depths of space to blow up our cities. In these futures, the dangers humanity faces are much stranger and whimsical than that. The unexpected calamities that befall his richly detailed worlds are only eclipsed by humanity's epic, but always plausible, attempts to escape destruction.

In all this peril and doom, Liu Cixin always feels for humanity. His stories are full of a deep love for all of Earth's peoples. But even this love does not escape reflection and even ridicule when viewed through his unrelenting cosmic lens. No matter how dearly one loves the Earth, humanity and all its cultures, there is no avoiding the cold, hard truth that they mean absolutely nothing when viewed against the vastness of the universe. But even an infinite universe could not change the simple fact that we are worthy of love, that we need love. It is this twist that lies at the very heart of the stories in this collection.

Table of Contents

1 The Wandering Earth
2 Mountain
3 Of Ants and Dinosaurs
4 Sun of China
5 The Wages of Humanity
6 Curse 5.0
7 The Micro-Age
8 Devourer
9 Taking Care of Gods
10 With Her Eyes
11 The Longest Fall]]> 477 Liu Cixin Karol 4 4.30 2000
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]]> 18104764
While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.

Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion -- an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others.

In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret -- and an explosive historical truth -- will be lost forever.

The Da Vinci Code heralds the arrival of a new breed of lightning-paced, intelligent thriller utterly unpredictable right up to its stunning conclusion.]]> 608 Dan Brown 0552169927 Karol 5 4.09 2003
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]]> 7832371
Contributors to the book include Richard Dawkins, Charlie Brooker, Derren Brown, Ben Goldacre, Jenny Colgan, David Baddiel, Simon Singh, AC Grayling, Jey McCreight, Natalie Haynes, Brian Cox, Nick Doody, Ed Byrne, Christina Martin, Matt Kirshen, Richard Herring, Emery Emery and Simon Le Bon.]]> 307 Ariane Sherine 0061997978 Karol 0 to-read 3.53 2009
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]]> 32191710
But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in tasty chapters consumable anytime and anywhere in your busy day.]]> 223 Neil deGrasse Tyson 0393609391 Karol 5 4.07 2017
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average rating: 4.07
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rating: 5
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]]> 9277233 176 Fabien Nury 1594650020 Karol 3 3.18 2007
author: Fabien Nury
name: Karol
average rating: 3.18
book published: 2007
rating: 3
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]]> 28648839 284 Christophe Bec 1594651515 Karol 4 3.68 2016
author: Christophe Bec
name: Karol
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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]]> 396032 288 Kazuo Koike 1593075324 Karol 5 3.97 2006
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name: Karol
average rating: 3.97
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]]> 32307358 This an alternate cover for B01LY7FD0D

Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the ultramodern Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend a major announcement--the unveiling of a discovery that "will change the face of science forever." The evening's host is Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old billionaire and futurist whose dazzling high-tech inventions and audacious predictions have made him a renowned global figure. Kirsch, who was one of Langdon's first students at Harvard two decades earlier, is about to reveal an astonishing breakthrough . . . one that will answer two of the fundamental questions of human existence.

As the event begins, Langdon and several hundred guests find themselves captivated by an utterly original presentation, which Langdon realizes will be far more controversial than he ever imagined. But the meticulously orchestrated evening suddenly erupts into chaos, and Kirsch's precious discovery teeters on the brink of being lost forever. Reeling and facing an imminent threat, Langdon is forced into a desperate bid to escape Bilbao. With him is Ambra Vidal, the elegant museum director who worked with Kirsch to stage the provocative event. Together they flee to Barcelona on a perilous quest to locate a cryptic password that will unlock Kirsch's secret.

Navigating the dark corridors of hidden history and extreme religion, Langdon and Vidal must evade a tormented enemy whose all-knowing power seems to emanate from Spain's Royal Palace itself . . . and who will stop at nothing to silence Edmond Kirsch. On a trail marked by modern art and enigmatic symbols, Langdon and Vidal uncover clues that ultimately bring them face-to-face with Kirsch's shocking discovery . . . and the breathtaking truth that has long eluded us. Origin is stunningly inventive--Dan Brown's most brilliant and entertaining novel to date]]> 482 Dan Brown Karol 4 3.87 2017
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]]> 8727466 An eye-opening, myth-shattering examination of what makes us fat, from acclaimed science writer Gary Taubes.

In his New York Times best seller, Good Calories, Bad Calories, Taubes argued that our diet’s overemphasis on certain kinds of carbohydrates��not fats and not simply excess calories—has led directly to the obesity epidemic we face today. The result of thorough research, keen insight, and unassailable common sense, Good Calories, Bad Calories immediately stirred controversy and acclaim among academics, journalists, and writers alike. Michael Pollan heralded it as “a vitally important book, destined to change the way we think about food.��

Building upon this critical work in Good Calories, Bad Calories and presenting fresh evidence for his claim, Taubes now revisits the urgent question of what’s making us fat—and how we can change—in this exciting new book. Persuasive, straightforward, and practical, Why We Get Fat makes Taubes’s crucial argument newly accessible to a wider audience.

Taubes reveals the bad nutritional science of the last century, none more damaging or misguided than the “calories-in, calories-out�� model of why we get fat, and the good science that has been ignored, especially regarding insulin’s regulation of our fat tissue. He also answers the most persistent questions: Why are some people thin and others fat? What roles do exercise and genetics play in our weight? What foods should we eat, and what foods should we avoid?

Packed with essential information and concluding with an easy-to-follow diet, Why We Get Fat is an invaluable key in our understanding of an international epidemic and a guide to what each of us can do about it.]]> 272 Gary Taubes Karol 0 currently-reading 3.99 2010
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]]> 4894
Two are mice named Sniff and Scurry. And two are "Littlepeople" �� beings the size of mice who look and act a lot like people. Their names are Hem and Haw.

"Cheese" is a metaphor for what you want to have in life �� whether it's a good job, a loving relationship, money, a possession, health, or spiritual peace of mind.

And the "Maze" is where you look for what you want �� the organisation you work in or the family or community you live in.

In the story, the characters are faced with unexpected change. Eventually, one of them deals with it successfully, and writes what he has learned from his experience on the Maze walls.

When you come to see "The Handwriting on the Wall," you can discover for yourself how to deal with change, so that you can enjoy less stress and more success (however you define it) in your work and in your life.

Written for all ages, the story takes less than an hour to read, but its unique insights can last for a lifetime.]]> 98 Spencer Johnson 0091883768 Karol 5 3.88 1999
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rating: 5
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Truly amazing. Even though you think it is so simple and you "know it all already" because you read it elsewhere, it doesn't really matter. There shouldn't be any limit of such great reminders of such important things.
]]> 53935 Lady Snowblood is a woman born with a singular purpose, revenge. Revenge for the death of her father at the hands of greedy criminals. Revenge for the life of her mother, who birthed her in a prison to continue this demon's path of death. And sometimes this path is odd, sometimes sexy, often painful and always violent. By means of a world's worth of skills, Lady Snowblood will find her revenge. But who knows what lies at the end of this path.

]]> 221 Kazuo Koike 1593074581 Karol 5 3.98 2006
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name: Karol
average rating: 3.98
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]]> 396033 224 Kazuo Koike 1593074433 Karol 5 3.96 1972
author: Kazuo Koike
name: Karol
average rating: 3.96
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]]> 197773418 Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work, a groundbreaking philosophy for pursuing meaningful accomplishment while avoiding overload.

Our current definition of “productivity�� is broken. It pushes us to treat busyness as a proxy for useful effort, leading to impossibly lengthy task lists and ceaseless meetings. We’re overwhelmed by all we have to do and on the edge of burnout, left to decide between giving into soul-sapping hustle culture or rejecting ambition altogether. But are these really our only choices?

Long before the arrival of pinging inboxes and clogged schedules, history’s most creative and impactful philosophers, scientists, artists, and writers mastered the art of producing valuable work with staying power. In this timely and provocative book, Cal Newport harnesses the wisdom of these traditional knowledge workers to radically transform our modern jobs. Drawing from deep research on the habits and mindsets of a varied cast of storied thinkers—from Galileo and Isaac Newton, to Jane Austen and Georgia O’Keefe—Newport lays out the key principles of “slow productivity,�� a more sustainable alternative to the aimless overwhelm that defines our current moment. Combining cultural criticism with systematic pragmatism, Newport deconstructs the absurdities inherent in standard notions of productivity, and then provides step-by-step advice for workers to replace them with a slower, more humane alternative.

From the aggressive rethinking of workload management, to introducing seasonal variation, to shifting your performance toward long-term quality, Slow Productivity provides a roadmap for escaping overload and arriving instead at a more timeless approach to pursuing meaningful accomplishment. The world of work is due for a new revolution. Slow productivity is exactly what we need.]]> 244 Cal Newport 0593544854 Karol 0 to-read, library 3.65 2024
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]]> 53936 288 Kazuo Koike 1593073852 Karol 4 3.79 1972
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]]> 8639945 Life Without Limits is an inspiring book by an extraordinary man. Born without arms or legs, Nick Vujicic overcame his disability to live not just independently but a rich, fulfilling life, becoming a model for anyone seeking true happiness. Now an internationally successful motivational speaker, his central message is that the most important goal for anyone is to find their life’s purpose despite whatever difficulties or seemingly impossible odds stand in their way.

Nick tells the story of his physical disabilities and the emotional battle he endured trying to deal with them as a child, a teen, and a young adult. “For the longest, loneliest time, I wondered if there was anyone on earth like me, and whether there was any purpose to my life other than pain and humiliation.�� He shares how his faith in God has been his central source of strength and explains that once he found his own sense of purpose—inspiring others to make their lives and the world better—he found the confidence to build a rewarding and productive life without limits.

Nick offers practical advice for realizing a life of fulfillment and happiness by building trust in others, developing supportive relationships, and gaining strength for the journey. He encourages the reader by showing how he learned to accept what he could not control and focus instead on what he could.


“I do believe my life has no limits! I want you to feel the same way about your life, no matter what your challenges may be. As we begin our journey together, please take a moment to think about any limitations you’ve placed on your life or that you’ve allowed others to place on it. Now think about what it would be like to be free of those limitations. What would your life be if anything were possible?��
—Nick Vujicic, from Life Without Limits

]]> 272 Nick Vujicic 0307749169 Karol 0 4.13 2007
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]]> 34427675 Wyprawa niezwykła, bo Amazonka nie jest zwykłą rzeką. Prawie siedem tysięcy kilometrów przez góry i dżunglę. Nie jedno, ale dwa źródła. Ujście dwustukilometrową deltą do oceanu. Rwące bystrza. Fale, jak na oceanie. Uwielbiana równie mocno, jak nienawidzona. Ale niezmiennie fascynująca.
Przypadkowo, w trzydziestą rocznicę pierwszego przepłynięcia całej Amazonki, od źródła od ujścia, Dawid Andres i Hubert Kisiński wyruszyli w podróż z nurtem królowej rzek.... na rowerach. Ale nie zwykłych rowerach. Na rowerach amazońskich.
Nieprzypadkowo, opowieść o przeżyciach braci, poznawaniu rzeki i ludzi, a przede wszystkim samych siebie, snuje Piotr Chmieliński �� pierwszy w świecie człowiek, który przepłynął kajakiem Amazonkę. Wracając po trzydziestu latach na jej brązowe wody, wspólnie z Dawidem i Hubertem zmierza się z fenomenem Amazonki i ulega magicznemu wpływowi, który urzeka, a jednemu z braci ratuje życie.
Podróż rowerami po Amazonce została nagrodzona Kolosem 2015 w kategorii Wyczyn Roku.]]> 336 Piotr Chmieliński 8326824054 Karol 4 3.85
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]]> 32714163 Treatise on Musical Objects is regarded as Pierre Schaeffer’s most important work on music and its relationship with technology. Schaeffer expands his earlier research in musique concrète to suggest a methodology of working with sounds based on his experiences in radio broadcasting and the recording studio. Drawing on acoustics, physics, and physiology, but also on philosophy and the relationship between subject and object, Schaeffer’s essay summarizes his theoretical and practical work in music composition. Translators Christine North and John Dack present an important book in the history of ideas in Europe that will resonate far beyond electroacoustic music.]]> 614 Pierre Schaeffer 0520294300 Karol 0 to-read, 2024, music 4.38 1966
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]]> 3080372 320 Theresa Sauer 0979554640 Karol 0 to-read, 2024, music 4.62 2008
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"There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot. Sounds occur whether intended or not; the psychological turning in direction of those not intended seems at first to be a giving up of everything that belongs to humanity. But one must see that humanity and nature, not separate, are in this world together, that nothing was lost when everything was given away."]]> 276 John Cage 0819560286 Karol 0 to-read, 2024, 2025, music 4.22 1961
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]]> 18321708 280 Dieter Daniels 3940064416 Karol 0 to-read, 2025, music 4.40 2013
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]]> 34536488 Ray Dalio, one of the world’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he’s developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business—and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals.

In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in history and grown into the fifth most important private company in the United States, according to Fortune magazine. Dalio himself has been named to Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Along the way, Dalio discovered a set of unique principles that have led to Bridgewater’s exceptionally effective culture, which he describes as “an idea meritocracy that strives to achieve meaningful work and meaningful relationships through radical transparency.�� It is these principles, and not anything special about Dalio—who grew up an ordinary kid in a middle-class Long Island neighborhood—that he believes are the reason behind his success.

In Principles, Dalio shares what he’s learned over the course of his remarkable career. He argues that life, management, economics, and investing can all be systemized into rules and understood like machines. The book’s hundreds of practical lessons, which are built around his cornerstones of “radical truth�� and “radical transparency,�� include Dalio laying out the most effective ways for individuals and organizations to make decisions, approach challenges, and build strong teams. He also describes the innovative tools the firm uses to bring an idea meritocracy to life, such as creating “baseball cards�� for all employees that distill their strengths and weaknesses, and employing computerized decision-making systems to make believability-weighted decisions. While the book brims with novel ideas for organizations and institutions, Principles also offers a clear, straightforward approach to decision-making that Dalio believes anyone can apply, no matter what they’re seeking to achieve.

Here is a rare opportunity to gain proven advice unlike anything you’ll find in the conventional business press.]]> 16 Ray Dalio 1508243247 Karol 4 It may seem like Utopia, but I am certain that this can be achieved in an organization and in personal life. Very wise and extremely useful book. ]]> 4.09 2017
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Perhaps it wasn't the right book at this point in my life, as I do not own a company, nor I am a manager. Therefore, the 2nd half was dragging slowly as this didn't feel very applicable to my file. Nevertheless, it's a very, very wise book that should be a guide for anyone with a company, or anyone managing a larger group of people and having some good influence to initiate such changes.
It may seem like Utopia, but I am certain that this can be achieved in an organization and in personal life. Very wise and extremely useful book.
]]> 42046112 Memory makes reality.

That's what NYC cop Barry Sutton is learning, as he investigates the devastating phenomenon the media has dubbed False Memory Syndrome—a mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived.

That's what neuroscientist Helena Smith believes. It's why she's dedicated her life to creating a technology that will let us preserve our most precious memories. If she succeeds, anyone will be able to re-experience a first kiss, the birth of a child, the final moment with a dying parent.

As Barry searches for the truth, he comes face to face with an opponent more terrifying than any disease—a force that attacks not just our minds, but the very fabric of the past. And as its effects begin to unmake the world as we know it, only he and Helena, working together, will stand a chance at defeating it.

But how can they make a stand when reality itself is shifting and crumbling all around them?

At once a relentless pageturner and an intricate science-fiction puzzlebox about time, identity, and memory, Recursion is a thriller as only Blake Crouch could imagine it—and his most ambitious, mind-boggling, irresistible work to date.]]> 326 Blake Crouch 1524759783 Karol 0 sci-fi, to-read 4.15 2019
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]]> 59486200 608 Karl Bartos 1913172643 Karol 5 favorites 4.26
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]]> 53141537
In Grokking Machine Learning you will

Supervised algorithms for classifying and splitting data
Methods for cleaning and simplifying data
Machine learning packages and tools
Neural networks and ensemble methods for complex datasets

Grokking Machine Learning teaches you how to apply ML to your projects using only standard Python code and high school-level math. No specialist knowledge is required to tackle the hands-on exercises using Python and readily available machine learning tools. Packed with easy-to-follow Python-based exercises and mini-projects, this book sets you on the path to becoming a machine learning expert.

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

About the technology
Discover powerful machine learning techniques you can understand and apply using only high school math! Put simply, machine learning is a set of techniques for data analysis based on algorithms that deliver better results as you give them more data. ML powers many cutting-edge technologies, such as recommendation systems, facial recognition software, smart speakers, and even self-driving cars. This unique book introduces the core concepts of machine learning, using relatable examples, engaging exercises, and crisp illustrations.

About the book
Grokking Machine Learning presents machine learning algorithms and techniques in a way that anyone can understand. This book skips the confused academic jargon and offers clear explanations that require only basic algebra. As you go, you’ll build interesting projects with Python, including models for spam detection and image recognition. You’ll also pick up practical skills for cleaning and preparing data.

What's inside

Supervised algorithms for classifying and splitting data
Methods for cleaning and simplifying data
Machine learning packages and tools
Neural networks and ensemble methods for complex datasets

About the reader
For readers who know basic Python. No machine learning knowledge necessary.

About the author
Luis G. Serrano is a research scientist in quantum artificial intelligence. Previously, he was a Machine Learning Engineer at Google and Lead Artificial Intelligence Educator at Apple.

Table of Contents
1 What is machine learning? It is common sense, except done by a computer
2 Types of machine learning
3 Drawing a line close to our Linear regression
4 Optimizing the training Underfitting, overfitting, testing, and regularization
5 Using lines to split our The perceptron algorithm
6 A continuous approach to splitting Logistic classifiers
7 How do you measure classification models? Accuracy and its friends
8 Using probability to its The naive Bayes model
9 Splitting data by asking Decision trees
10 Combining building blocks to gain more Neural networks
11 Finding boundaries with Support vector machines and the kernel method
12 Combining models to maximize Ensemble learning
13 Putting it all in A real-life example of data engineering and machine learning]]> 512 Luis G. Serrano 1617295914 Karol 0 to-read, programming 4.47
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]]> 31842429 El día en que ETA anuncia el abandono de las armas, Bittori se dirige al cementerio para contarle a la tumba de su marido el Txato, asesinado por los terroristas, que ha decidido volver a la casa donde vivieron. ¿Podrá convivir con quienes la acosaron antes y después del atentado que trastocó su vida y la de su familia? ¿Podrá saber quién fue el encapuchado que un día lluvioso mató a su marido, cuando volvía de su empresa de transportes? Por más que llegue a escondidas, la presencia de Bittori alterará la falsa tranquilidad del pueblo, sobre todo de su vecina Miren, amiga íntima en otro tiempo, y madre de Joxe Mari, un terrorista encarcelado y sospechoso de los peores temores de Bittori. ¿Qué pasó entre esas dos mujeres? ¿Qué ha envenenado la vida de sus hijos y sus maridos tan unidos en el pasado? Con sus desgarros disimulados y sus convicciones inquebrantables, con sus heridas y sus valentías, la historia incandescente de sus vidas antes y después del cráter que fue la muerte del Txato, nos habla de la imposibilidad de olvidar y de la necesidad de perdón en una comunidad rota por el fanatismo político.

]]> 889 Fernando Aramburu 8490663270 Karol 0 to-read, 2025, españa 4.42 2016
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]]> 14572
World-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and author Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to make positive use of the very situations that usually pressure and antagonize us. For him a ringing telephone can be a signal to call us back to our true selves. Dirty dishes, red lights, and traffic jams are spiritual friends on the path to “mindfulness”—the process of keeping our consciousness alive to our present experience and reality. The most profound satisfactions, the deepest feelings of joy and completeness lie as close at hand as our next aware breath and the smile we can form right now.

Lucidly and beautifully written, Peace Is Every Step contains commentaries and meditations, personal anecdotes and stories from Nhat Hanh’s experiences as a peace activist, teacher, and community leader. It begins where the reader already is—in the kitchen, office, driving a car, walking a part—and shows how deep meditative presence is available now. Nhat Hanh provides exercises to increase our awareness of our own body and mind through conscious breathing, which can bring immediate joy and peace. Nhat Hanh also shows how to be aware of relationships with others and of the world around us, its beauty and also its pollution and injustices. The deceptively simple practices of Peace Is Every Step encourage the reader to work for peace in the world as he or she continues to work on sustaining inner peace by turning the “mindless�� into the mindFUL.]]> 134 Thich Nhat Hanh 0553351397 Karol 5 useful-guides-to-come-back-to 4.32 1992
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]]> 21099790 96 Helen Casabona 1457424835 Karol 0 to-read 4.00 1986
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]]> 61645670 LA BIOGRAFÍA DE UN PAÍS EN TRANSICIÓN
UNO DE LOS MEJORES LIBROS DE 2022 SEGÚN BABELIA



«Del Molino no hace más que usar a su modo libérrimo ese género híbrido, casi infinitamente versátil y omnívoro que llamamos novela».
Javier Cercas, El País



«Un tal González está escrito con la ironía de un espectador lúcido y la astucia de un narrador que recrea con buen estilo escenas que le permiten sustanciar su hipótesis sobre González. [...] El libro convence».
Jordi Amat, Babelia

«Quizá empecemos a apreciar ser hijos de la transición más que nietos de la guerra civil».

Han pasado ya cuarenta años del primer triunfo del Partido Socialista Obrero Español en unas elecciones generales (octubre de 1982) y de la llegada al poder de un joven abogado sevillano, Felipe González, que en 2022 ha cumplido ochenta años.

Un tal González narra un momento crucial de la historia de España, la transición, siguiendo el hilo biográfico de su gran protagonista. La figura de Felipe González vertebra el relato, pero el foco está en una España que pasa en menos de una generación de la misa y el partido único a la democracia avanzada y a la completa integración en Europa. Esta es una historia documentada con testimonios de primera mano,crónicas, hemeroteca y el pulso de un narrador que ha contado como nadie la España de hoy.



«Poca ficción y firme literatura».

Antonio Lucas, El Mundo

«Un libro estupendo. [...] El resultado, insisto, es sobresaliente, literariamente muy alto y, en mi opinión, históricamente convincente».

Juan Marqués, The Objective

«Un libro valiente, que va a contracorriente. [...] Sergio del Molino lo ha no solo ha escrito un gran libro, sino que además es entretenidísimo, emocionante, fresco, profundo; de excelente literatura. [...] Un tal González trascenderá la efeméride. Es un libro importante».

José Antonio Montano, The Objective

«Del Molino mira donde nadie mira y por eso ve lo que nadie ve. Y lo cuenta con trazo de escritor grande».

Iñaki Gabilondo

«Un escritor agudo y versátil con una capacidad literaria todoterreno».

Raúl Conde, El Mundo

«Una crónica que literalmente se devora».

José María Múgica, �մdz���ó��ܱ���

«¿Es una crónica, una novela, un intento de ensayo, una reflexión muy personal? Es unas gotas de cada y es un retrato delicioso de un tipo al que creemos conocer quienes tenemos una edad y al que, al cerrar el libro de Sergio del Molino, sabemos que no conocemos ni por asomo. [...] Si la buena literatura es matiz, sugerencia y pase torero, Del Molino hace un ejercicio redondo».

Violeta Santiago, El Diario Montañés

«Un estupendo e inclasificable libro [...]]> 378 Sergio del Molino 8420463183 Karol 0 3.88 2022
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