Vladyslav's bookshelf: read en-US Sun, 11 May 2025 16:28:23 -0700 60 Vladyslav's bookshelf: read 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Manual: A Philosopher's Guide to Life]]> 34946912 Life's Missing Instruction ManualEpictetus (c. 50-135 CE) was brought as a slave to Rome, where he became a great teacher, deeply influencing the future emperor Marcus Aurelius among many others. His philosophy, Stoicism, was practical, not theoretical--aimed at relieving human suffering here and now.And Epictetus knew suffering. Besides being a former slave, he was lame in one leg and walked with a crutch. After a decade of teaching in Rome, he was banished by Emperor Domitian; undaunted, he established a school in Greece. The Manual is a collection of Epictetus' essential teachings and pithy sayings, compiled by his closet student. It is the most accessible and actionable guide to Stoic philosophy, as relevant today as it was in the Roman Empire.This new edition is rendered in contemporary English, with a foreword, by Sam Torode (based on a translation by Thomas Wentworth Higginson). A companion volume, The An Emperor's Guide to Mastery by Marcus Aurelius, is also available from Ancient Renewal. A revised and further simplified edition of this book is now available, The 21st Century Edition (ASIN B09HP7C1M6). Read the sample pages of each translation to see which you prefer. ]]> 70 Epictetus Vladyslav 0 philosophy 4.38 125 The Manual: A Philosopher's Guide to Life
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]]> <![CDATA[Honungsf?llan : historien om Swedbank, Ryssland och v?rldens st?rsta penningtv?ttskandal]]> 213353008
Journalisterna Lars Berge och Axel Gordh Humlesj? har ?gnat mer ?n fyra ?r ?t att granska vad som p?gick bakom kulisserna n?r oligarkmiljarderna snurrade genom Swedbanks konton, h?ndelser som de ansvariga gjort allt i sin makt f?r att f?rs?ka d?lja. Snart v?xer misstanken att Swedbank ¨C den svenskaste av alla banker ¨C systematiskt utnyttjats av FSB och blivit en bricka i Vladimir Putins krigf?ring mot v?st.

Honungsf?llan ¨C Historien om Swedbank, Ryssland och v?rldens st?rsta penningtv?ttskandal ?r en ber?ttelse om svindlande aff?rer, spioneri och rysk imperialism. Men framf?r allt en ber?ttelse om den moraliska stormakten Sverige och en folkr?relsebanks brutala uppvaknande till en ny och farlig v?rld, d?r naivitet och penninghunger fick f?r?dande konsekvenser.]]> 460 Lars Berge 9100185019 Vladyslav 5 Fantastiskt bra bok! 3.91 Honungsf?llan : historien om Swedbank, Ryssland och v?rldens st?rsta penningtv?ttskandal
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Fantastiskt bra bok!
]]> <![CDATA[A Philosophy of Software Design]]> 39996759 190 John Ousterhout 1732102201 Vladyslav 0 it, to-read 4.18 2018 A Philosophy of Software Design
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]]> <![CDATA[The Arab-Israeli Wars: War and Peace in the Middle East]]> 80121 558 Chaim Herzog 1400079632 Vladyslav 0 politic, currently-reading 4.04 1982 The Arab-Israeli Wars: War and Peace in the Middle East
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]]> <![CDATA[G?r det b?ttre sj?lv om du kan : st?tta ditt barn till h?llbar och framg?ng]]> 106874619 Swedish / Svenska 1 Johan Fallby 9198641808 Vladyslav 3 own-paper-copy, psychology 3.00 G?r det b?ttre sj?lv om du kan : st?tta ditt barn till h?llbar och framg?ng
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]]> <![CDATA[Fuskbygget : S? kn?ckte bostadsmarknaden Sverige och v?rlden]]> 221446625 224 Andreas Cervenka 9100803901 Vladyslav 4 sv, economy, politic 3.87 2024 Fuskbygget : S? kn?ckte bostadsmarknaden Sverige och v?rlden
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]]> <![CDATA[Critical Thinking: Statistical Reasoning and Intuitive Judgment]]> 36906228 0 Varda Liberman 0231547404 Vladyslav 0 to-read, psychology 3.80 Critical Thinking: Statistical Reasoning and Intuitive Judgment
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]]> <![CDATA[Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die]]> 69242 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The instant classic about why some ideas thrive, why others die, and how to improve your idea's chances--essential reading in the "fake news" era.

Mark Twain once observed, "A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on." His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus news stories circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas--entrepreneurs, teachers, politicians, and journalists--struggle to make them "stick."

In Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and explain ways to make ideas stickier, such as applying the human scale principle, using the Velcro Theory of Memory, and creating curiosity gaps. Along the way, we discover that sticky messages of all kinds--from the infamous "kidney theft ring" hoax to a coach's lessons on sportsmanship to a vision for a new product at Sony--draw their power from the same six traits.

Made to Stick will transform the way you communicate. It's a fast-paced tour of success stories (and failures): the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who drank a glass of bacteria to prove a point about stomach ulcers; the charities who make use of the Mother Teresa Effect; the elementary-school teacher whose simulation actually prevented racial prejudice.

Provocative, eye-opening, and often surprisingly funny, Made to Stick shows us the vital principles of winning ideas--and tells us how we can apply these rules to making our own messages stick.]]> 291 Chip Heath 1400064287 Vladyslav 0 currently-reading 3.98 2006 Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
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]]> <![CDATA[Outliers: The Story of Success]]> 3228917 Learn what sets high achievers apart ¡ª from Bill Gates to the Beatles ¡ª in this #1 bestseller from "a singular talent" (New York Times Book Review).

In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"¡ªthe best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different?

His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band.

Brilliant and entertaining, Outliers is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.]]> 309 Malcolm Gladwell 0316017922 Vladyslav 4 4.19 2008 Outliers: The Story of Success
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]]> <![CDATA[Continuous Integration: Improving Software Quality and Reducing Risk (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))]]> 6393245
For any software developer who has spent days in ¡°integration hell,¡± cobbling together myriad software components, Continuous Improving Software Quality and Reducing Risk illustrates how to transform integration from a necessary evil into an everyday part of the development process. The key, as the authors show, is to integrate regularly and often using continuous integration (CI) practices and techniques.

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The authors first examine the concept of CI and its practices from the ground up and then move on to explore other effective processes performed by CI systems, such as database integration, testing, inspection, deployment, and feedback. Through more than forty CI-related practices using application examples in different languages, readers learn that CI leads to more rapid software development, produces deployable software at every step in the development lifecycle, and reduces the time between defect introduction and detection, saving time and lowering costs. With successful implementation of CI, developers reduce risks and repetitive manual processes, and teams receive better project visibility.

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The book covers

How to make integration a ¡°non-event¡± on your software development projects How to reduce the amount of repetitive processes you perform when building your software Practices and techniques for using CI effectively with your teams Reducing the risks of late defect discovery, low-quality software, lack of visibility, and lack of deployable software Assessments of different CI servers and related tools on the market]]> 390 Paul Duvall 0321630149 Vladyslav 0 to-read 3.94 2007 Continuous Integration: Improving Software Quality and Reducing Risk (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))
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]]> <![CDATA[Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents]]> 51152447 The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.

¡°As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power¡ªwhich groups have it and which do not.¡±

In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings.

Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people¡¯s lives and behavior and the nation¡¯s fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. Using riveting stories about people¡ªincluding Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball¡¯s Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, and many others¡ªshe shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their out-cast of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires that there be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity.]]> 544 Isabel Wilkerson 0593230256 Vladyslav 0 to-read 4.52 2020 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
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]]> <![CDATA[21 Lessons for the 21st Century]]> 38820046 In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innovative thinkers on the planet turns to the present to make sense of today's most pressing issues.

How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal with the epidemic of fake news? Are nations and religions still relevant? What should we teach our children?

Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a probing and visionary investigation into today's most urgent issues as we move into the uncharted territory of the future. As technology advances faster than our understanding of it, hacking becomes a tactic of war, and the world feels more polarized than ever, Harari addresses the challenge of navigating life in the face of constant and disorienting change and raises the important questions we need to ask ourselves in order to survive.

In twenty-one accessible chapters that are both provocative and profound, Harari builds on the ideas explored in his previous books, untangling political, technological, social, and existential issues and offering advice on how to prepare for a very different future from the world we now live in: How can we retain freedom of choice when Big Data is watching us? What will the future workforce look like, and how should we ready ourselves for it? How should we deal with the threat of terrorism? Why is liberal democracy in crisis?

Harari's unique ability to make sense of where we have come from and where we are going has captured the imaginations of millions of readers. Here he invites us to consider values, meaning, and personal engagement in a world full of noise and uncertainty. When we are deluged with irrelevant information, clarity is power. Presenting complex contemporary challenges clearly and accessibly, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is essential reading.]]> 372 Yuval Noah Harari 0525512179 Vladyslav 3 own-paper-copy, politic 4.15 2018 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
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]]> <![CDATA[An Introduction to Confucianism (Introduction to Religion)]]> 498848 372 Xinzhong Yao 0521643120 Vladyslav 0 to-read 3.60 2000 An Introduction to Confucianism (Introduction to Religion)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World]]> 118287 The Body in Pain is a profoundly original study that has already stirred excitement in a wide range of intellectual circles. The book is an analysis of physical suffering and its relation to the numerous vocabularies and cultural forces--literary, political, philosophical, medical, religious--that confront it. Elaine Scarry bases her study on a wide range of sources: literature and art, medical case histories, documents on torture compiled by Amnesty International, legal transcripts of personal injury trials, and military and strategic writings by such figures as Clausewitz, Churchill, Liddell Hart, and Kissinger, She weaves these into her discussion with an eloquence, humanity, and insight that recall the writings of Hannah Arendt and Jean-Paul Sartre. Scarry begins with the fact of pain's inexpressibility. Not only is physical pain enormously difficult to describe in words--confronted with it, Virginia Woolf once noted, "language runs dry"--it also actively destroys language, reducing sufferers in the most extreme instances to an inarticulate state of cries and moans. Scarry analyzes the political ramifications of deliberately inflicted pain, specifically in the cases of torture and warfare, and shows how to be fictive. From these actions of "unmaking" Scarry turns finally to the actions of "making"--the examples of artistic and cultural creation that work against pain and the debased uses that are made of it. Challenging and inventive, The Body in Pain is landmark work that promises to spark widespread debate.]]> 400 Elaine Scarry 0195049969 Vladyslav 0 to-read, psychology 4.14 1985 The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World
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]]> <![CDATA[The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion]]> 11324722 An alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780307377906 can be found here.

Why can¡¯t our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding.
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His starting point is moral intuition¡ªthe nearly instantaneous perceptions we all have about other people and the things they do. These intuitions feel like self-evident truths, making us righteously certain that those who see things differently are wrong. Haidt shows us how these intuitions differ across cultures, including the cultures of the political left and right. He blends his own research findings with those of anthropologists, historians, and other psychologists to draw a map of the moral domain. He then examines the origins of morality, overturning the view that evolution made us fundamentally selfish creatures. But rather than arguing that we are innately altruistic, he makes a more subtle claim¡ªthat we are fundamentally groupish. It is our groupishness, he explains, that leads to our greatest joys, our religious divisions, and our political affiliations. In a stunning final chapter on ideology and civility, Haidt shows what each side is right about, and why we need the insights of liberals, conservatives, and libertarians to flourish as a nation.]]> 419 Jonathan Haidt Vladyslav 0 to-read 4.18 2012 The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
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]]> <![CDATA[The Holocaust: The Jewish Tragedy]]> 48837 960 Martin Gilbert 0006371949 Vladyslav 0 to-read 4.34 1978 The Holocaust: The Jewish Tragedy
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]]> <![CDATA[The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia]]> 16248578 In The Real North Korea, Lankov substitutes cold, clear analysis for the overheated rhetoric surrounding this opaque police state. After providing an accessible history of the nation, he turns his focus to what North Korea is, what its leadership thinks, and how its people cope with living in such an oppressive and poor place. He argues that North Korea is not irrational, and nothing shows this better than its continuing survival against all odds. A living political fossil, it clings to existence in the face of limited resources and a zombie economy, manipulating great powers despite its weakness. Its leaders are not ideological zealots or madmen, but perhaps the best practitioners of Machiavellian politics that can be found in the modern world. Even though they preside over a failed state, they have successfully used diplomacy-including nuclear threats-to extract support from other nations. But while the people in charge have been ruthless and successful in holding on to power, Lankov goes on to argue that this cannot continue forever, since the old system is slowly falling apart. In the long run, with or without reform, the regime is unsustainable. Lankov contends that reforms, if attempted, will trigger a dramatic implosion of the regime. They will not prolong its existence.
Based on vast expertise, this book reveals how average North Koreans live, how their leaders rule, and how both survive.]]> 304 Andrei Lankov 0199964297 Vladyslav 0 to-read, economy 4.10 2013 The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia
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]]> <![CDATA[Kamikaze: Japan's Suicide Gods]]> 522508 296 Albert Axell 058277232X Vladyslav 0 to-read 3.22 2002 Kamikaze: Japan's Suicide Gods
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]]> The Road to Serfdom 299215 The Road to Serfdom has inspired and infuriated politicians, scholars, and general readers for half a century. Originally published in England in the spring of 1944¡ªwhen Eleanor Roosevelt supported the efforts of Stalin, and Albert Einstein subscribed lock, stock, and barrel to the socialist program¡ªThe Road to Serfdom was seen as heretical for its passionate warning against the dangers of state control over the means of production. For F. A. Hayek, the collectivist idea of empowering government with increasing economic control would inevitably lead not to a utopia but to the horrors of nazi Germany and fascist Italy.

First published by the University of Chicago Press on September 18, 1944, The Road to Serfdom garnered immediate attention from the public, politicians, and scholars alike. The first printing of 2,000 copies was exhausted instantly, and within six months more than 30,000 were sold. In April of 1945, Reader's Digest published a condensed version of the book, and soon thereafter the Book-of-the-Month Club distributed this condensation to more than 600,000 readers. A perennial best-seller, the book has sold over a quarter of a million copies in the United States, not including the British edition or the nearly twenty translations into such languages as German, French, Dutch, Swedish, and Japanese, and not to mention the many underground editions produced in Eastern Europe before the fall of the iron curtain.

After thirty-two printings in the United States, The Road to Serfdom has established itself alongside the works of Alexis de Tocqueville, John Stuart Mill, and George Orwell for its timeless meditation on the relation between individual liberty and government authority. This fiftieth anniversary edition, with a new introduction by Milton Friedman, commemorates the enduring influence of The Road to Serfdom on the ever-changing political and social climates of the twentieth century, from the rise of socialism after World War II to the Reagan and Thatcher "revolutions" in the 1980s and the transitions in Eastern Europe from communism to capitalism in the 1990s.

F. A. Hayek (1899-1992), recipient of the Medal of Freedom in 1991 and co-winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1974, was a pioneer in monetary theory and the principal proponent of libertarianism in the twentieth century.

On the first American edition of The Road to Serfdom:
"One of the most important books of our generation. . . . It restates for our time the issue between liberty and authority with the power and rigor of reasoning with which John Stuart Mill stated the issue for his own generation in his great essay On Liberty. . . . It is an arresting call to all well-intentioned planners and socialists, to all those who are sincere democrats and liberals at heart to stop, look and listen."¡ªHenry Hazlitt, New York Times Book Review, September 1944

"In the negative part of Professor Hayek's thesis there is a great deal of truth. It cannot be said too often¡ªat any rate, it is not being said nearly often enough¡ªthat collectivism is not inherently democratic, but, on the contrary, gives to a tyrannical minority such powers as the Spanish Inquisitors never dreamt of."¡ªGeorge Orwell, Collected Essays]]> 274 Friedrich A. Hayek 0226320618 Vladyslav 0 to-read, economy 4.14 1944 The Road to Serfdom
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World]]> 35820369 The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth¡¯s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today they remain one of our planet¡¯s great mysteries. Now The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs reveals their extraordinary, 200-million-year-long story as never before.

In this captivating narrative (enlivened with more than seventy original illustrations and photographs), Steve Brusatte, a young American paleontologist who has emerged as one of the foremost stars of the field¡ªnaming fifteen new species and leading groundbreaking scientific studies and fieldwork¡ªmasterfully tells the complete, surprising, and new history of the dinosaurs, drawing on cutting-edge science to dramatically bring to life their lost world and illuminate their enigmatic origins, spectacular flourishing, astonishing diversity, cataclysmic extinction, and startling living legacy. Captivating and revelatory, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs is a book for the ages.

Brusatte traces the evolution of dinosaurs from their inauspicious start as small shadow dwellers¡ªthemselves the beneficiaries of a mass extinction caused by volcanic eruptions at the beginning of the Triassic period¡ªinto the dominant array of species every wide-eyed child memorizes today, T. rex, Triceratops, Brontosaurus, and more. This gifted scientist and writer re-creates the dinosaurs¡¯ peak during the Jurassic and Cretaceous, when thousands of species thrived, and winged and feathered dinosaurs, the prehistoric ancestors of modern birds, emerged. The story continues to the end of the Cretaceous period, when a giant asteroid or comet struck the planet and nearly every dinosaur species (but not all) died out, in the most extraordinary extinction event in earth¡¯s history, one full of lessons for today as we confront a ¡°sixth extinction.¡±

Brusatte also recalls compelling stories from his globe-trotting expeditions during one of the most exciting eras in dinosaur research¡ªwhich he calls ¡°a new golden age of discovery¡±¡ªand offers thrilling accounts of some of the remarkable findings he and his colleagues have made, including primitive human-sized tyrannosaurs; monstrous carnivores even larger than T. rex; and paradigm-shifting feathered raptors from China.

An electrifying scientific history that unearths the dinosaurs¡¯ epic saga, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs will be a definitive and treasured account for decades to come.

Includes 75 images, world maps of the prehistoric earth, and a dinosaur family tree.]]> 404 Steve Brusatte 0062490427 Vladyslav 0 to-read, biology 4.24 2018 The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
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]]> <![CDATA[War Without Fronts: The USA in Vietnam]]> 8418946 Shortly before 8 a.m. on 16 March 1968, C-Company, First Battalion, Twentieth Infantry, Eleventh Brigade, Americal Division, on a search-and-destroy mission in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, entered the small hamlet of My Lai. By noon every living being the troops could find was dead--about 500 women, children and old men had been systematically murdered.

To this day, the My Lai massacre has remained the most shocking episode of the Vietnam War. Yet it is now becoming clear that this infamous incident was not an exception or aberration. Based on extensive research and unprecedented access to U.S. Army archives, War Without Fronts reveals the true extent of war crimes committed by American troops in Vietnam. In a series of case studies, Greiner looks at the killing work of U.S. Army death squads from 1967 to 1971.

Rather than pointing the finger at the ¡°grunts¡± fighting a dirty war on the ground, Greiner argues that the responsibility for these atrocities extends all the way up to the White House and the Pentagon. The escalation of violence on the ground can be attributed to several factors: a U.S. political leadership afraid for the United States to lose its credibility and unable, against better advice, to stop the war; a military that devised a strategy of attrition based on ¡°body counts¡± as the only way to defeat an enemy skilled in unconventional warfare; officers who were badly trained, lacking in motivation and interested only in furthering their careers; soldiers who realized they were utterly disposable and sought to empower themselves through random killing. The result was the torture, rape, maiming, and murder of countless Vietnamese civilians.]]> 528 Bernd Greiner 0300168047 Vladyslav 0 to-read, politic 3.78 2007 War Without Fronts: The USA in Vietnam
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]]> <![CDATA[Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions]]> 25666050 A fascinating exploration of how insights from computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind

All our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set of problems. What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What balance of new activities and familiar favorites is the most fulfilling? These may seem like uniquely human quandaries, but they are not: computers, too, face the same constraints, so computer scientists have been grappling with their version of such issues for decades. And the solutions they've found have much to teach us.

In a dazzlingly interdisciplinary work, acclaimed author Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths show how the algorithms used by computers can also untangle very human questions. They explain how to have better hunches and when to leave things to chance, how to deal with overwhelming choices and how best to connect with others. From finding a spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing one's inbox to understanding the workings of memory, Algorithms to Live By transforms the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living.]]> 368 Brian Christian 1627790365 Vladyslav 0 to-read, big-data 4.12 2016 Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
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]]> <![CDATA[Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy]]> 28186015 But as mathematician and data scientist Cathy O'Neil reveals, the mathematical models being used today are unregulated and uncontestable, even when they're wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination--propping up the lucky, punishing the downtrodden, and undermining our democracy in the process.]]> 259 Cathy O'Neil 0553418815 Vladyslav 0 to-read, big-data 3.86 2016 Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
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]]> <![CDATA[The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America]]> 36217163 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of On Tyranny comes a stunning new chronicle of the rise of authoritarianism from Russia to Europe and America.

"A brilliant analysis of our time."--Karl Ove Knausgaard, The New Yorker

With the end of the Cold War, the victory of liberal democracy seemed final. Observers declared the end of history, confident in a peaceful, globalized future. This faith was misplaced. Authoritarianism returned to Russia, as Putin found fascist ideas that could be used to justify rule by the wealthy. In the 2010s, it has spread from east to west, aided by Russian warfare in Ukraine and cyberwar in Europe and the United States.

Russia found allies among nationalists, oligarchs, and radicals everywhere, and its drive to dissolve Western institutions, states, and values found resonance within the West itself. The rise of populism, the British vote against the EU, and the election of Donald Trump were all Russian goals, but their achievement reveals the vulnerability of Western societies.

In this forceful and unsparing work of contemporary history, based on vast research as well as personal reporting, Snyder goes beyond the headlines to expose the true nature of the threat to democracy and law. To understand the challenge is to see, and perhaps renew, the fundamental political virtues offered by tradition and demanded by the future. By revealing the stark choices before us--between equality or oligarchy, individuality or totality, truth and falsehood--Snyder restores our understanding of the basis of our way of life, offering a way forward in a time of terrible uncertainty.]]> 359 Timothy Snyder 0525574468 Vladyslav 0 to-read, politic 4.33 2018 The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
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]]> <![CDATA[Mindset: The New Psychology of Success]]> 40745 A newer edition of this book can be found here.

After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset ¡ª those who believe that abilities are fixed ¡ª are less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset ¡ª those who believe that abilities can be developed. Mindset reveals how great parents, teachers, managers, and athletes can put this idea to use to foster outstanding accomplishment.

In this edition, Dweck offers new insights into her now famous and broadly embraced concept. She introduces a phenomenon she calls false growth mindset and guides people toward adopting a deeper, truer growth mindset. She also expands the mindset concept beyond the individual, applying it to the cultures of groups and organizations. With the right mindset, you can motivate those you lead, teach, and love ¡ª to transform their lives and your own.]]> 276 Carol S. Dweck Vladyslav 2 psychology, own-paper-copy 4.09 2006 Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
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]]> <![CDATA[The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain]]> 627206 Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain was first published in 1979, it hit the New York Times bestseller list within two weeks and stayed there for more than a year. In 1989, when Dr. Betty Edwards revised the book, it went straight to the Times list again. Now Dr. Edwards celebrates the twentieth anniversary of her classic book with a second revised edition.Over the last decade, Dr. Edwards has refined her material through teaching hundreds of workshops and seminars. Truly The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, this edition includes:


the very latest developments in brain research
new material on using drawing techniques in the corporate world and in education
instruction on self-expression through drawing
an updated section on using color
detailed information on using the five basic skills of drawing for problem solving]]> 291 Betty Edwards 0874774241 Vladyslav 0 to-read 3.86 1979 The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
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]]> <![CDATA[Grit: Why passion and resilience are the secrets to success]]> 30079433
MacArthur Genius Award-winning psychologist Angela Duckworth shares fascinating new revelations about who succeeds in life and why. Based on her cutting-edge research, Duckworth shows how many people achieve remarkable things not just by relying on innate natural talent, but by practising what she calls grit. She then offers a Grit Formula to help anyone to become more gritty, focusing on six key factors: hope, effort, precision, passion, ritual and prioritisation. She reveals:

- Why people who test high for talent often fail to achieve their potential, and why people who do not test high for talent often "overachieve" what others expect them to do
- How grit can be learned, whatever your IQ or circumstances
- Why stubbornness is a key characteristic of gritty people
- When to be stubborn and when giving up is the grittiest thing you can do
- How gritty people found their passion, and you can find yours
- How gritty experts practise, and how you can do the same in your own life
- What the people who care about you can do to boost your grit when you need it most
- How grit is cultivated in the highest-performing sports teams, companies and schools

Leaping past clich¨¦s such as 'success is all about hard work', Grit offers a fresh and motivating way to climb to heights far beyond what natural talent would predict.]]> 440 Angela Duckworth 1785040200 Vladyslav 3 psychology, own-paper-copy 4.05 2016 Grit: Why passion and resilience are the secrets to success
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]]> <![CDATA[The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do and How to Change]]> 44075903
We can always change. In The Power of Habit, award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg translates cutting-edge behavioural science into practical self-improvement action, distilling advanced neuroscience into fascinating narratives of transformation.

Why can some people and companies change overnight, and some stay stuck in their old ruts? The answer lies deep in the human brain, and The Power of Habits reveals the secret pressure points that can change a life. From Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps to Martin Luther King Jr., from the CEO of Starbucks to the locker rooms of the NFL, Duhigg explores the incredible results of keystone habits, and how they can make all the difference between billions and millions, failure and success ¨C or even life and death.

The Power of Habit makes an exhilarating case: the key to almost any door in life is instilling the right habit. From exercise to weight loss, childrearing to productivity, market disruption to social revolution, and above all success, the right habits can change everything.

Habits aren't destiny. They¡¯re science, one which can transform our businesses, our communities, and our lives.]]> 371 Charles Duhigg Vladyslav 4 psychology, own-paper-copy 4.00 2012 The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do and How to Change
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]]> <![CDATA[Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas]]> 13748038 Addiction by Design takes readers into the intriguing world of machine gambling, an increasingly popular and absorbing form of play that blurs the line between human and machine, compulsion and control, risk and reward.

Drawing on fifteen years of field research in Las Vegas, anthropologist Natasha Dow Schull shows how the mechanical rhythm of electronic gambling pulls players into a trancelike state they call the "machine zone," in which daily worries, social demands, and even bodily awareness fade away. Once in the zone, gambling addicts play not to win but simply to keep playing, for as long as possible--even at the cost of physical and economic exhaustion. In continuous machine play, gamblers seek to lose themselves while the gambling industry seeks profit. Schull describes the strategic calculations behind game algorithms and machine ergonomics, casino architecture and "ambience management," player tracking and cash access systems--all designed to meet the market's desire for maximum "time on device." Her account moves from casino floors into gamblers' everyday lives, from gambling industry conventions and Gamblers Anonymous meetings to regulatory debates over whether addiction to gambling machines stems from the consumer, the product, or the interplay between the two.

Addiction by Design is a compelling inquiry into the intensifying traffic between people and machines of chance, offering clues to some of the broader anxieties and predicaments of contemporary life.]]> 456 Natasha Dow Sch¨¹ll 0691127557 Vladyslav 0 to-read, psychology 4.16 2012 Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas
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]]> <![CDATA[Influence, New and Expanded: The Psychology of Persuasion]]> 55338951 The foundational and wildly popular go-to resource for influence and persuasion¡ªa renowned international bestseller, with over 5 million copies sold¡ªnow revised adding: new research, new insights, new examples, and online applications.

In the new edition of this highly acclaimed bestseller, Robert Cialdini¡ªNew York Times bestselling author of Pre-Suasion and the seminal expert in the fields of influence and persuasion¡ªexplains the psychology of why people say yes and how to apply these insights ethically in business and everyday settings. Using memorable stories and relatable examples, Cialdini makes this crucially important subject surprisingly easy. With Cialdini as a guide, you don¡¯t have to be a scientist to learn how to use this science.


You¡¯ll learn Cialdini¡¯s Universal Principles of Influence, including new research and new uses so you can become an even more skilled persuader¡ªand just as importantly, you¡¯ll learn how to defend yourself against unethical influence attempts. You may think you know these principles, but without understanding their intricacies, you may be ceding their power to someone else.


Cialdini¡¯s Principles of Persuasion:



Reciprocation
Commitment and Consistency
Social Proof?
Liking?
Authority
Scarcity
Unity, the newest principle for this edition
Understanding and applying the principles ethically is cost-free and deceptively easy. Backed by Dr. Cialdini¡¯s 35 years of evidence-based, peer-reviewed scientific research¡ªincluding a three-year field study on what leads people to change¡ªInfluence is a comprehensive guide to using these principles to move others in your direction.
]]> 592 Robert B. Cialdini 0062937650 Vladyslav 5 4.34 1984 Influence, New and Expanded: The Psychology of Persuasion
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book published: 1984
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]]> <![CDATA[The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data]]> 50495041 Statistics has played a leading role in our scientific understanding of the world for centuries, yet we are all familiar with the way statistical claims can be sensationalised, particularly in the media. In the age of big data, as data science becomes established as a discipline, a basic grasp of statistical literacy is more important than ever.

In How to Tell the Truth with Statistics, David Spiegelhalter guides the reader through the essential principles we need in order to derive knowledge from data. Drawing on real world problems to introduce conceptual issues, he shows us how statistics can help us determine the luckiest passenger on the Titanic, whether serial killer Harold Shipman could have been caught earlier, and if screening for ovarian cancer is beneficial.

How many trees are there on the planet? Do busier hospitals have higher survival rates? Why do old men have big ears? Spiegelhalter reveals the answers to these and many other questions - questions that can only be addressed using statistical science.

]]> 424 David Spiegelhalter Vladyslav 5 math 4.19 2019 The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data
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]]> <![CDATA[Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World]]> 48889983 Bullshit isn't what it used to be. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a world of fake news and bad data.

It's increasingly difficult to know what's true. Misinformation, disinformation, and fake news abound. Our media environment has become hyperpartisan. Science is conducted by press release. Startup culture elevates bullshit to high art. We are fairly well equipped to spot the sort of old-school bullshit that is based in fancy rhetoric and weasel words, but most of us don't feel qualified to challenge the avalanche of new-school bullshit presented in the language of math, science, or statistics. In Calling Bullshit, Professors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West give us a set of powerful tools to cut through the most intimidating data.

You don't need a lot of technical expertise to call out problems with data. Are the numbers or results too good or too dramatic to be true? Is the claim comparing like with like? Is it confirming your personal bias? Drawing on a deep well of expertise in statistics and computational biology, Bergstrom and West exuberantly unpack examples of selection bias and muddled data visualization, distinguish between correlation and causation, and examine the susceptibility of science to modern bullshit.

We have always needed people who call bullshit when necessary, whether within a circle of friends, a community of scholars, or the citizenry of a nation. Now that bullshit has evolved, we need to relearn the art of skepticism.]]> 336 Carl T. Bergstrom 0525509186 Vladyslav 0 to-read 4.09 2020 Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
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]]> <![CDATA[Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters]]> 4591 344 Matt Ridley 0060894083 Vladyslav 5 biology, own-paper-copy 4.05 1999 Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
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]]> The Death of Consensus 61316933
To find out, journalist Phil Tinline takes us back to two past eras when the ruling consensus broke down, and the future filled with ominous possibilities ¨C until, finally, a new settlement was born. How did the Great Depression¡¯s spectres of fascism, bombing and mass unemployment force politicians to think the unthinkable, and pave the way to post-war Britain? How was Thatcher¡¯s road to victory made possible by a decade of nightmares: of hyperinflation, military coups and communist dictatorship? And why, since the Crash in 2008, have new political threats and divisions forced us to change course once again?

Tinline brings to life those times, past and present, when the great compromise holding democracy together has come apart; when the political class has been forced to make a choice of nightmares. This lively, original account of panic and chaos reveals how apparent catastrophes can clear the path to a new era. The Death of Consensus will make you see British democracy differently.]]> 472 Phil Tinline 1787386902 Vladyslav 0 to-read, economy 3.97 2022 The Death of Consensus
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]]> Thinking, Fast and Slow 14062004 Thinking, Fast and Slow, Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities¡ªand also the faults and biases¡ªof fast thinking, and reveals the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and behavior. The impact of loss aversion and overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the challenges of properly framing risks at work and at home, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning the next vacation¡ªeach of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems work together to shape our judgments and decisions.

Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think, Kahneman reveals where we can and cannot trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking. He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and our personal lives¡ªand how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble. Thinking, Fast and Slow will transform the way you think about thinking.]]> 499 Daniel Kahneman 0141033576 Vladyslav 5 favorites, own-paper-copy 4.19 2011 Thinking, Fast and Slow
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]]> Thinking In Systems: A Primer 3828902 Thinking in Systems, is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institute¡¯s Diana Wright, this essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world, showing readers how to develop the systems-thinking skills that thought leaders across the globe consider critical for 21st-century life.

Some of the biggest problems facing the world¡ªwar, hunger, poverty, and environmental degradation¡ªare essentially system failures. They cannot be solved by fixing one piece in isolation from the others, because even seemingly minor details have enormous power to undermine the best efforts of too-narrow thinking.

While readers will learn the conceptual tools and methods of systems thinking, the heart of the book is grander than methodology. Donella Meadows was known as much for nurturing positive outcomes as she was for delving into the science behind global dilemmas. She reminds readers to pay attention to what is important, not just what is quantifiable, to stay humble, and to stay a learner.

In a world growing ever more complicated, crowded, and interdependent, Thinking in Systems helps readers avoid confusion and helplessness, the first step toward finding proactive and effective solutions.]]> 218 Donella H. Meadows 1603580557 Vladyslav 5 favorites, own-paper-copy
The book stands out as some sort of meta-book not as one describing complex system reveal ifs-and-but with expert¡¯s scrutiny but taking step back, providing framework to view bigger picture, to see systems of systems, to traverse through different levels of abstraction and still keeping relevant context.. true sign of mastery.

Everything in this book makes sense: academically structured but comprehensible, advanced examples from different disciplines and topics to make point..

I wish I would read it earlier. I wish I will re-read it later.]]> 4.17 2008 Thinking In Systems: A Primer
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This is one of those books that connects the dots in your mind revealing unthinkable patterns with ease leading to pure intellectual joy.

The book stands out as some sort of meta-book not as one describing complex system reveal ifs-and-but with expert¡¯s scrutiny but taking step back, providing framework to view bigger picture, to see systems of systems, to traverse through different levels of abstraction and still keeping relevant context.. true sign of mastery.

Everything in this book makes sense: academically structured but comprehensible, advanced examples from different disciplines and topics to make point..

I wish I would read it earlier. I wish I will re-read it later.
]]> <![CDATA[Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet]]> 281818
In the 1960's, when computers where regarded as mere giant calculators, J.C.R. Licklider at MIT saw them as the ultimate communications devices. With Defense Department funds, he and a band of visionary computer whizzes began work on a nationwide, interlocking network of computers. Taking readers behind the scenes, Where Wizards Stay Up Late captures the hard work, genius, and happy accidents of their daring, stunningly successful venture.]]> 304 Katie Hafner 0684832674 Vladyslav 0 favorites, own-paper-copy 3.92 1996 Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet
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]]> <![CDATA[Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind]]> 31555 Phantoms in the Brain, Dr. Ramachandran recounts how his work with patients who have bizarre neurological disorders has shed new light on the deep architecture of the brain, and what these findings tell us about who we are, how we construct our body image, why we laugh or become depressed, why we may believe in God, how we make decisions, deceive ourselves and dream, perhaps even why we're so clever at philosophy, music and art. Some of his most notable cases:


A woman paralyzed on the left side of her body who believes she is lifting a tray of drinks with both hands offers a unique opportunity to test Freud's theory of denial.
A man who insists he is talking with God challenges us to ask: Could we be "wired" for religious experience?
A woman who hallucinates cartoon characters illustrates how, in a sense, we are all hallucinating, all the time.
Dr. Ramachandran's inspired medical detective work pushes the boundaries of medicine's last great frontier -- the human mind -- yielding new and provocative insights into the "big questions" about consciousness and the self.]]> 352 V.S. Ramachandran 0688172172 Vladyslav 0 to-read, psychology 4.26 1998 Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
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]]> <![CDATA[An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations]]> 25698 The Wealth of Nations articulates the concepts indispensable to an understanding of contemporary society; and Robert Reich's Introduction both clarifies Smith's analyses and illuminates his overall relevance to the world in which we live. As Reich writes, "Smith's mind ranged over issues as fresh and topical today as they were in the late eighteenth century--jobs, wages, politics, government, trade, education, business, and ethics."



Introduction by Robert Reich - Commentary by R. H. Campbell and A. S. Skinner - Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide]]> 1076 Adam Smith 0226763749 Vladyslav 0 to-read, economy 3.87 1776 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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]]> Chaos: Making a New Science 64582 Chaos introduces a whole new readership to chaos theory, one of the most significant waves of scientific knowledge in our time. From Edward Lorenz¡¯s discovery of the Butterfly Effect, to Mitchell Feigenbaum¡¯s calculation of a universal constant, to Benoit Mandelbrot¡¯s concept of fractals, which created a new geometry of nature, Gleick¡¯s engaging narrative focuses on the key figures whose genius converged to chart an innovative direction for science. In Chaos, Gleick makes the story of chaos theory not only fascinating but also accessible to beginners, and opens our eyes to a surprising new view of the universe.]]> 352 James Gleick 0140092501 Vladyslav 0 to-read 4.04 1987 Chaos: Making a New Science
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]]> <![CDATA[Trust: The Social Virtue and the Creation of Prosperity]]> 57980 Challenging orthodoxies of both the left and right, Fukuyama examines a wide range of national cultures in order to divine the underlying principles that foster social and economic prosperity. Insisting that we cannot divorce economic life from cultural life, he contends that in an era when social capital may be as important as physical capital, only those societies with a high degree of social trust will be able to create the flexible, large-scale business organizations that are needed to compete in the new global economy.
A brilliant study of the interconnectedness of economic life with cultural life, Trust is also an essential antidote to the increasing drift of American culture into extreme forms of individualism, which, if unchecked, will have dire consequences for the nation's economic health.]]> 480 Francis Fukuyama 0684825252 Vladyslav 0 3.97 1995 Trust: The Social Virtue and the Creation of Prosperity
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]]> <![CDATA[Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ]]> 56780376
Featuring a new foreword from the author

A 25th anniversary edition of the number one, multi-million copy international bestseller that taught us how emotional intelligence is more important than IQ - 'a revolutionary, paradigm-shattering idea' (Harvard Business Review)

Featuring a new introduction from the author

Does IQ define our destiny? In his groundbreaking bestseller, Daniel Goleman argues that our view of human intelligence is far too narrow. It is not our IQ, but our emotional intelligence that plays a major role in thought, decision-making and individual success. Self-awareness, impulse control, persistence, motivation, empathy and social deftness- all are qualities that mark people who excel, whose relationships flourish, who can navigate difficult conversations, who become stars in the workplace.
With new insights into the brain architecture underlying emotion and rationality, Goleman shows precisely how emotional intelligence can be nurtured and strengthened in all of us.]]> 275 Daniel Goleman 1526633620 Vladyslav 4 own-paper-copy, psychology 3.96 1995 Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
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book published: 1995
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]]> <![CDATA[Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction]]> 39999461 From a renowned behavioral neuroscientist and recovered drug addict, an authoritative and accessible guide to understanding drug addiction: clearly explained brain science and vivid personal stories reveal how addiction happens, show why specific drugs--from opioids to alcohol to coke and more--are so hard to kick, and illuminate the path to recovery for addicts, loved ones, caregivers, and crafters of public policy.

Addiction is epidemic and catastrophic. With more than one in every five people over the age of fourteen addicted, drug abuse has been called the most formidable health problem worldwide. If we are not victims ourselves, we all know someone struggling with the merciless compulsion to alter their experience by changing how their brain functions.

Drawing on years of research--as well as personal experience as a recovered addict--researcher and professor Judy Grisel has reached a fundamental conclusion: for the addict, there will never be enough drugs. The brain's capacity to learn and adapt is seemingly infinite, allowing it to counteract any regular disruption, including that caused by drugs. What begins as a normal state punctuated by periods of being high transforms over time into a state of desperate craving that is only temporarily subdued by a fix, explaining why addicts are unable to live either with or without their drug. One by one, Grisel shows how different drugs act on the brain, the kind of experiential effects they generate, and the specific reasons why each is so hard to kick.

Grisel's insights lead to a better understanding of the brain's critical contributions to addictive behavior, and will help inform a more rational, coherent, and compassionate response to the epidemic in our homes and communities.]]> 243 Judith Grisel 0385542844 Vladyslav 5 psychology, own-paper-copy 4.11 2019 Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction
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]]> <![CDATA[Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress]]> 35696171
Is the world really falling apart? Is the ideal of progress obsolete? In this elegant assessment of the human condition in the third millennium, cognitive scientist and public intellectual Steven Pinker urges us to step back from the gory headlines and prophecies of doom, which play to our psychological biases. Instead, follow the data: In seventy-five jaw-dropping graphs, Pinker shows that life, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness are on the rise, not just in the West, but worldwide. This progress is not the result of some cosmic force. It is a gift of the Enlightenment: the conviction that reason and science can enhance human flourishing.

Far from being a na?ve hope, the Enlightenment, we now know, has worked. But more than ever, it needs a vigorous defense. The Enlightenment project swims against currents of human nature¨Ctribalism, authoritarianism, demonization, magical thinking¨Cwhich demagogues are all too willing to exploit. Many commentators, committed to political, religious, or romantic ideologies, fight a rearguard action against it. The result is a corrosive fatalism and a willingness to wreck the precious institutions of liberal democracy and global cooperation.

With intellectual depth and literary flair, Enlightenment Now makes the case for reason, science, and humanism: the ideals we need to confront our problems and continue our progress.]]> 576 Steven Pinker 0525427570 Vladyslav 0 to-read, economy 4.18 2018 Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
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]]> <![CDATA[Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple: 10 Strategies for Managing Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Panic, and Worry]]> 39986520
Get lasting relief from anger, panic, stress, and other mood-related conditions by applying the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy to your daily life.

From writing down your goals to addressing negative thought patterns, this accessible, easy-to-understand cognitive behavioral therapy book gives you everything you need to let the healing begin in one convenient CBT workbook. Learn to grow as a person, overcome challenges, and boost your overall health and well-being.

Explore cognitive behavior therapy

10 Soothing strategies¨DDiscover proven CBT principles, like setting goals, maintaining mindfulness, and more. Positive self-evaluations¨DTrack your progress and reflect on what you¡¯ve learned along the way.Practice opportunities¨DUse this workbook in tandem with clinical cognitive behavioral therapy or post-therapy.

Progress toward healing with a simplified approach to cognitive behavior therapy.]]> 231 Seth J. Gillihan 1939754860 Vladyslav 0 to-read, psychology 4.12 2018 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple: 10 Strategies for Managing Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Panic, and Worry
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]]> <![CDATA[The Origins of You: How Childhood Shapes Later Life]]> 51579752 After tracking the lives of thousands of people from birth to midlife, four of the world's preeminent psychologists reveal what they have learned about how humans develop.

Does temperament in childhood predict adult personality? What role do parents play in shaping how a child matures? Is day care bad--or good--for children? Does adolescent delinquency forecast a life of crime? Do genes influence success in life? Is health in adulthood shaped by childhood experiences? In search of answers to these and similar questions, four leading psychologists have spent their careers studying thousands of people, observing them as they've grown up and grown older. The result is unprecedented insight into what makes each of us who we are.

In The Origins of You, Jay Belsky, Avshalom Caspi, Terrie Moffitt, and Richie Poulton share what they have learned about childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, about genes and parenting, and about vulnerability, resilience, and success. The evidence shows that human development is not subject to ironclad laws but instead is a matter of possibilities and probabilities--multiple forces that together determine the direction a life will take. A child's early years do predict who they will become later in life, but they do so imperfectly. For example, genes and troubled families both play a role in violent male behavior, and, though health and heredity sometimes go hand in hand, childhood adversity and severe bullying in adolescence can affect even physical well-being in midlife.

Painstaking and revelatory, the discoveries in The Origins of You promise to help schools, parents, and all people foster well-being and ameliorate or prevent developmental problems.]]> 400 Jay Belsky 0674983459 Vladyslav 0 to-read, psychology 3.54 2020 The Origins of You: How Childhood Shapes Later Life
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]]> <![CDATA[A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow]]> 40223272
As climate change quickly approaches a series of turning points that guarantee disastrous outcomes, a solution is hiding in plain sight. Several countries have already replaced fossil fuels with low-carbon energy sources, and done so rapidly, in one to two decades. By following their methods, we could decarbonize the global economy by midcentury, replacing fossil fuels even while world energy use continues to rise. But so far we have lacked the courage to really try.

In this clear-sighted and compelling book, Joshua Goldstein and Staffan Qvist explain how clean energy quickly replaced fossil fuels in such places as Sweden, France, South Korea, and Ontario. Their people enjoyed prosperity and growing energy use in harmony with the natural environment. They didn't do this through personal sacrifice, nor through 100 percent renewables, but by using them in combination with an energy source the Swedes call k?¡èkraft, hundreds of times safer and cleaner than coal.

Clearly written and beautifully illustrated, yet footnoted with extensive technical references, Goldstein and Qvist's book will provide a new touchstone in discussions of climate change. It could spark a shift in world energy policy that, in the words of Steven Pinker's foreword, literally saves the world.]]> 288 Joshua S. Goldstein 1541724100 Vladyslav 0 to-read, economy 4.14 A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow
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]]> <![CDATA[China's Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption]]> 49105000 Since market opening, corruption in China has evolved toward access money. Using a range of data sources, the author explains the evolution of Chinese corruption, how it differs from the West and other developing countries, and how Xi's anti-corruption campaign could affect growth and governance.
In this formidable yet accessible book, Ang challenges one-dimensional measures of corruption. By unbundling the problem and adopting a comparative-historical lens, she reveals that the rise of capitalism was not accompanied by the eradication of corruption, but rather by its evolution from thuggery and theft to access money.
In doing so, she changes the way we think about corruption and capitalism, not only in China but around the world.]]> 266 Yuen Yuen Ang 1108478603 Vladyslav 0 to-read, economy 4.20 2021 China's Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption
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average rating: 4.20
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]]> <![CDATA[Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach]]> 714344 284 Gerald M. Weinberg 0932633021 Vladyslav 3 it 4.07 1986 Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach
author: Gerald M. Weinberg
name: Vladyslav
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1986
rating: 3
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]]> Elasticsearch Server 22164230 428 Rafa? Ku? 1783980532 Vladyslav 3 storage, own-paper-copy 3.40 2013 Elasticsearch Server
author: Rafa? Ku?
name: Vladyslav
average rating: 3.40
book published: 2013
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark]]> 17349
Casting a wide net through history and culture, Sagan examines and authoritatively debunks such celebrated fallacies of the past as witchcraft, faith healing, demons, and UFOs. And yet, disturbingly, in today's so-called information age, pseudoscience is burgeoning with stories of alien abduction, channeling past lives, and communal hallucinations commanding growing attention and respect. As Sagan demonstrates with lucid eloquence, the siren song of unreason is not just a cultural wrong turn but a dangerous plunge into darkness that threatens our most basic freedoms.]]> 459 Carl Sagan 0345409469 Vladyslav 0 to-read 4.28 1995 The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World]]> 28256439 The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben shares his deep love of woods and forests and explains the amazing processes of life, death, and regeneration he has observed in the woodland and the amazing scientific processes behind the wonders of which we are blissfully unaware. Much like human families, tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, and support them as they grow, sharing nutrients with those who are sick or struggling and creating an ecosystem that mitigates the impact of extremes of heat and cold for the whole group. As a result of such interactions, trees in a family or community are protected and can live to be very old. In contrast, solitary trees, like street kids, have a tough time of it and in most cases die much earlier than those in a group.

Drawing on groundbreaking new discoveries, Wohlleben presents the science behind the secret and previously unknown life of trees and their communication abilities; he describes how these discoveries have informed his own practices in the forest around him. As he says, a happy forest is a healthy forest, and he believes that eco-friendly practices not only are economically sustainable but also benefit the health of our planet and the mental and physical health of all who live on Earth.]]> 272 Peter Wohlleben 1771642483 Vladyslav 0 to-read, biology 4.06 2015 The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
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]]> <![CDATA[How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life]]> 125819
When can we trust what we believe¡ªthat "teams and players have winning streaks," that "flattery works," or that "the more people who agree, the more likely they are to be right"¡ªand when are such beliefs suspect? Thomas Gilovich offers a guide to the fallacy of the obvious in everyday life. Illustrating his points with examples, and supporting them with the latest research findings, he documents the cognitive, social, and motivational processes that distort our thoughts, beliefs, judgments and decisions. In a rapidly changing world, the biases and stereotypes that help us process an overload of complex information inevitably distort what we would like to believe is reality. Awareness of our propensity to make these systematic errors, Gilovich argues, is the first step to more effective analysis and action.]]> 216 Thomas Gilovich 0029117062 Vladyslav 4 psychology 3.95 1991 How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
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name: Vladyslav
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1991
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Psychology of Investing (Pearson Series in Finance)]]> 16269570 -A psychological bias is described and illustrated with everyday behavior
-The effect of the bias on investment decisions is explained
-Academic studies are used to show why investors need to remedy the problem
Growing with the subject Current and fresh information. Because data on investor psychology is rapidly increasing, the fifth edition contains many new additions to keep students up-to-date.
The new Chapter 12: Psychology in the Mortgage Crisis describes the psychology involved in the mortgage industry and ensuing financial crisis.
New sections and sub-sections include ¡°Buying Back Stock Previously Sold¡±, ¡°Who Is Overconfident,¡± "Nature or Nurture?¡±, "Preferred Risk Habitat," "Market Impacts," "Language," and ¡°Reference Point Adaptation.¡±]]> 160 John R. Nofsinger 0132994895 Vladyslav 5 economy 3.78 2001 The Psychology of Investing (Pearson Series in Finance)
author: John R. Nofsinger
name: Vladyslav
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2001
rating: 5
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]]> Blood, Sweat, and Pixels 34376766 Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, Jason Schreier takes readers on a fascinating odyssey behind the scenes of video game development, where the creator may be a team of 600 overworked underdogs or a solitary geek genius. Exploring the artistic challenges, technical impossibilities, marketplace demands, and Donkey Kong-sized monkey wrenches thrown into the works by corporate, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels reveals how bringing any game to completion is more than Sisyphean¡ªit's nothing short of miraculous.

Taking some of the most popular, bestselling recent games, Schreier immerses readers in the hellfire of the development process, whether it's RPG studio Bioware's challenge to beat an impossible schedule and overcome countless technical nightmares to build Dragon Inquisition; indie developer Eric Barone's single-handed efforts to grow country-life RPG Stardew Valley from one man's vision into a multi-million-dollar franchise; or Bungie spinning out from their corporate overlords at Microsoft to create Destiny, a brand new universe that they hoped would become as iconic as Star Wars and Lord of the Rings¡ªeven as it nearly ripped their studio apart.

Documenting the round-the-clock crunches, buggy-eyed burnout, and last-minute saves, Blood, Sweat, and Pixels is a journey through development hell¡ªand ultimately a tribute to the dedicated diehards and unsung heroes who scale mountains of obstacles in their quests to create the best games imaginable.]]> 353 Jason Schreier 0062651242 Vladyslav 0 to-read, it 4.21 2017 Blood, Sweat, and Pixels
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]]> <![CDATA[The Role of the Father in Child Development]]> 1214838 475 Michael E. Lamb 0471231614 Vladyslav 0 to-read, psychology 4.53 1976 The Role of the Father in Child Development
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]]> The E-myth Revisited 81948 Small business coaching. 269 Michael E. Gerber 0887307280 Vladyslav 0 to-read, biz 4.06 1985 The E-myth Revisited
author: Michael E. Gerber
name: Vladyslav
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1985
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]]> <![CDATA[Quantum Computation and Quantum Information (Cambridge Series on Information and the Natural Sciences)]]> 153910 700 Michael A. Nielsen 0521635039 Vladyslav 0 to-read, cs 4.34 2000 Quantum Computation and Quantum Information (Cambridge Series on Information and the Natural Sciences)
author: Michael A. Nielsen
name: Vladyslav
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2000
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]]> The Way to Go 13553772 628 Ivo Balbaert 1469769166 Vladyslav 3 pl, own-paper-copy 3.54 2012 The Way to Go
author: Ivo Balbaert
name: Vladyslav
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2012
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron]]> 113576 All the President's Men gave readers the full story, with all the drama and nuance and exclusive reporting. And thirty years later, if you're going to read only one book on Watergate, that's still the one. Today, Enron is the biggest business story of our time, and Fortune senior writers Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind are the new Woodward and Bernstein.

Remarkably, it was just two years ago that Enron was thought to epitomize a great New Economy company, with its skyrocketing profits and share price. But that was before Fortune published an article by McLean that asked a seemingly innocent question: How exactly does Enron make money? From that point on, Enron's house of cards began to crumble. Now, McLean and Elkind have investigated much deeper, to offer the definitive book about the Enron scandal and the fascinating people behind it.

Meticulously researched and character driven, Smartest Guys in the Room takes the reader deep into Enron's past¡ªand behind the closed doors of private meetings. Drawing on a wide range of unique sources, the book follows Enron's rise from obscurity to the top of the business world to its disastrous demise. It reveals as never before major characters such as Ken Lay, Jeff Skilling, and Andy Fastow, as well as lesser known players like Cliff Baxter and Rebecca Mark. Smartest Guys in the Room is a story of greed, arrogance, and deceit¡ªa microcosm of all that is wrong with American business today. Above all, it's a fascinating human drama that will prove to be the authoritative account of the Enron scandal.]]> 440 Bethany McLean 1591840538 Vladyslav 0 to-read, biz 4.20 2003 The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
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average rating: 4.20
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]]> <![CDATA[Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything]]> 43261127
When it comes to change,?tiny is mighty. Start with two pushups a day, not a two-hour workout; or five deep breaths each morning rather than an hour of meditation. In?Tiny Habits, B.J. Fogg brings his?experience coaching more than 40,000 people to help you lose weight, de-stress, sleep better, or achieve any goal of your choice.? You just need Fogg¡¯s behavior formula: make it easy, make it fit your life, and make it rewarding. Whenever you get in your car, take one yoga breath. Smile.? Whenever you get in bed, turn off your phone. Give yourself a high five.?

Change can be easy¡ªonce it starts, it grows.? Let B.J. Fogg show you exactly how.]]> 320 B.J. Fogg 0358003326 Vladyslav 0 to-read, psychology 4.13 2019 Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything
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]]> Programming in Lua 1332383 328 Roberto Ierusalimschy 8590379825 Vladyslav 0 to-read, pl 3.95 2001 Programming in Lua
author: Roberto Ierusalimschy
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]]> <![CDATA[Graph Algorithms: Practical Examples in Apache Spark & Neo4j]]> 42832585
This practical book walks you through hands-on examples of how to use graph algorithms in Apache Spark and Neo4j--two of the most common choices for graph analytics. Also included: sample code and tips for over 20 practical graph algorithms that cover optimal pathfinding, importance through centrality, and community detection.


Learn how graph analytics vary from conventional statistical analysis
Understand how classic graph algorithms work, and how they are applied
Get guidance on which algorithms to use for different types of questions
Explore algorithm examples with working code and sample datasets from Spark and Neo4j
See how connected feature extraction can increase machine learning accuracy and precision
Walk through creating an ML workflow for link prediction combining Neo4j and Spark]]> 247 Mark Needham Vladyslav 0 to-read, storage 4.10 Graph Algorithms: Practical Examples in Apache Spark & Neo4j
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]]> <![CDATA[Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body]]> 34272471 Two New York Times-bestselling authors unveil new research showing what meditation can really do for the brain.

In the last twenty years, meditation and mindfulness have gone from being kind of cool to becoming an omnipresent Band-Aid for fixing everything from your weight to your relationship to your achievement level. Unveiling here the kind of cutting-edge research that has made them giants in their fields, Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson show us the truth about what meditation can really do for us, as well as exactly how to get the most out of it.

Sweeping away common misconceptions and neuromythology to open readers' eyes to the ways data has been distorted to sell mind-training methods, the authors demonstrate that beyond the pleasant states mental exercises can produce, the real payoffs are the lasting personality traits that can result. But short daily doses will not get us to the highest level of lasting positive change--even if we continue for years--without specific additions. More than sheer hours, we need smart practice, including crucial ingredients such as targeted feedback from a master teacher and a more spacious, less attached view of the self, all of which are missing in widespread versions of mind training. The authors also reveal the latest data from Davidson's own lab that point to a new methodology for developing a broader array of mind-training methods with larger implications for how we can derive the greatest benefits from the practice.

Exciting, compelling, and grounded in new research, this is one of those rare books that has the power to change us at the deepest level.]]> 336 Daniel Goleman 0399184384 Vladyslav 0 to-read, psychology 3.87 2017 Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
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]]> The Brain: The Story of You 25776132 224 David Eagleman 1101870532 Vladyslav 0 to-read, psychology 4.25 2015 The Brain: The Story of You
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wealthy Barber: The Common Sense Guide to Successful Financial Planning]]> 2674 --Money Book Club, Book-of-the-Month Club

Even if you consider yourself a financial "basket case," Chilton explains how you can easily put an effective financial plan into action.

In this third edition of one of the biggest-selling financial-planning books ever, David Chilton simplifies the complex puzzles of personal finance and helps you achieve financial independence. With the help of his fictional barber, Roy, and a large dose of humor, Chilton shows you how to take control of your financial future--slowly, steadily, and with sure success. Chilton's plan (detailed in an entertaining story) is no get-rich-quick scheme, but it does make financial independence possible on nothing more than an average salary.

This third edition has been updated with assistance from the Arthur Andersen Corporation.]]> 197 David Chilton 0968394736 Vladyslav 0 to-read, economy 4.03 The Wealthy Barber: The Common Sense Guide to Successful Financial Planning
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]]> <![CDATA[The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity]]> 615570 The Artist¡¯s Way is the seminal book on the subject of creativity. An international bestseller, millions of readers have found it to be an invaluable guide to living the artist¡¯s life. Still as vital today¡ªor perhaps even more so¡ªthan it was when it was first published one decade ago, it is a powerfully provocative and inspiring work. In a new introduction to the book, Julia Cameron reflects upon the impact of The Artist¡¯s Way and describes the work she has done during the last decade and the new insights into the creative process that she has gained. Updated and expanded, this anniversary edition reframes The Artist¡¯s Way for a new century.]]> 237 Julia Cameron 1585421464 Vladyslav 0 to-read 3.93 2002 The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
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]]> <![CDATA[Social Theory and Social Structure]]> 693088 Social Theory and Social Structure was a landmark publication in sociology by Robert K. Merton. It has been translated into close to 20 languages and is one of the most frequently cited texts in social sciences. It was first published in 1949, although revised editions of 1957 and 1968 are often cited. In 1998 the International Sociological Association listed this work as the third most important sociological book of the 20th century.

The book introduced many important concepts in sociology, like: manifest and latent functions and dysfunctions, obliteration by incorporation, reference groups, self-fulfilling prophecy, middle-range theory and others.]]> 702 Robert K. Merton 0029211301 Vladyslav 0 to-read, psychology 4.23 1949 Social Theory and Social Structure
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wisest One in the Room: How You Can Benefit from Social Psychology's Most Powerful Insights]]> 25205421
When faced with a challenge, we often turn to those we trust for words of wisdom. Friends, relatives, and someone with the best advice about how to boost sales, the most useful insights into raising children, or the sharpest take on an ongoing conflict. In The Wisest One in the Room , renowned social psychologists Thomas Gilovich and Lee Ross Why? What do these people know? What are the foundations of their wisdom? And, as professors and researchers who specialize in the study of human behavior, they What general principles of human psychology are they drawing on to reach these conclusions?

They begin by noting that wisdom, unlike intelligence, demands some insight into people¡ªtheir hopes, fears, passions, and drives. It¡¯s true for the executive running a Fortune 500 company, the candidate seeking public office, the artist trying to create work that will speak to the ages, or the single parent trying to get a child through the tumultuous adolescent years. To be wise, they maintain, one must be psych-wise.

Gilovich and Ross show that to answer any kind of behavioral question, it is essential to understand the details¡ªespecially the hidden and subtle details¡ªof the situational forces acting upon us. Understanding these forces is the key to becoming wiser in the way we understand the people and events we encounter, and wiser in the way we deal with the challenges that are sure to come our way¡ªperhaps even the key to becoming ¡°the wisest in the room.¡±]]> 320 Thomas Gilovich 1451677545 Vladyslav 0 to-read, psychology 3.81 2015 The Wisest One in the Room: How You Can Benefit from Social Psychology's Most Powerful Insights
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]]> <![CDATA[The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People]]> 40695844 ----------

What are the habits of successful people? The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has captivated readers for 25 years. It has transformed the lives of Presidents and CEOs, educators, parents, and students ¡ª in short, millions of people of all ages and occupations have benefited from Dr. Covey's 7 Habits book. And, it can transform you.

Infographics Edition: Stephen Covey¡¯s cherished classic commemorates the timeless wisdom and power of the 7 Habits book, and does it in a highly readable and understandable, infographics format.


This 7 Habits book guides you through each habit step-by-step:

? Habit 1: Be Proactive

? Habit 2: Begin With The End In Mind

? Habit 3: Put First Things First

? Habit 4: Think Win-Win

? Habit 5: Seek First To Understand Then Be Understood

? Habit 6: Synergize

? Habit 7: Sharpen The Saw


Dr. Covey's 7 Habits book is one of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written. Now you can enjoy and learn critical lessons about the habits of successful people that will enrich your life's experience. And, it's in an inforgraphics format that makes it easy for you to learn and apply Dr. Covey's habits of successful people.]]> 393 Stephen R. Covey 1633533107 Vladyslav 4 psychology, favorites 4.30 1989 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
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average rating: 4.30
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]]> <![CDATA[Monolith to Microservices: Evolutionary Patterns to Transform Your Monolith]]> 44144499 Building Microservices, this new book details a proven method for transitioning an existing monolithic system to a microservice architecture.

With many illustrative examples, insightful migration patterns, and a bevy of practical advice to transition your monolith enterprise into a microservice operation, this practical guide covers multiple scenarios and strategies for a successful migration, from initial planning all the way through application and database decomposition. You'll learn several tried and tested patterns and techniques that you can use as you migrate your existing architecture.

*Ideal for organizations looking to transition to microservices, rather than rebuild
*Helps companies determine whether to migrate, when to migrate, and where to begin
*Addresses communication, integration, and the migration of legacy systems
*Discusses multiple migration patterns and where they apply
*Provides database migration examples, along with synchronization strategies
*Explores application decomposition, including several architectural refactoring patterns
*Delves into details of database decomposition, including the impact of breaking referential and transactional integrity, new failure modes, and more]]> 255 Sam Newman 1492047848 Vladyslav 0 to-read, it 4.27 Monolith to Microservices: Evolutionary Patterns to Transform Your Monolith
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]]> <![CDATA[Database Internals: A deep-dive into how distributed data systems work]]> 44647144
Throughout the book, you¡¯ll explore relevant material gleaned from numerous books, papers, blog posts, and the source code of several open source databases. These resources are listed at the end of parts one and two. You¡¯ll discover that the most significant distinctions among many modern databases reside in subsystems that determine how storage is organized and how data is distributed.

This book examines:

Storage engines: Explore storage classification and taxonomy, and dive into B-Tree-based and immutable log structured storage engines, with differences and use-cases for each
Distributed systems: Learn step-by-step how nodes and processes connect and build complex communication patterns, from UDP to reliable consensus protocols
Database clusters: Discover how to achieve consistent models for replicated data]]> 376 Alex Petrov 1492040347 Vladyslav 0 to-read, storage 4.26 Database Internals: A deep-dive into how distributed data systems work
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]]> Man's Search for Meaning 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 Vladyslav 4 psychology 4.38 1946 Man's Search for Meaning
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book published: 1946
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed]]> 37570546 From a psychotherapist, and national advice columnist comes a thought-provoking new book that takes us behind the scenes of a therapist's world -- where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she).

One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes her world to come crashing down. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose office she suddenly lands. With his balding head, cardigan, and khakis, he seems to have come straight from Therapist Central Casting. Yet he will turn out to be anything but.

As Gottlieb explores the inner chambers of her patients' lives -- a self-absorbed Hollywood producer, a young newlywed diagnosed with a terminal illness, a senior citizen threatening to end her life on her birthday if nothing gets better, and a twenty-something who can't stop hooking up with the wrong guys -- she finds that the questions they are struggling with are the very ones she is now bringing to Wendell.

With startling wisdom and humor, Gottlieb invites us into her world as both clinician and patient, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire, meaning and mortality, guilt and redemption, terror and courage, hope and change.

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is revolutionary in its candor, offering a deeply personal yet universal tour of our hearts and minds and providing the rarest of gifts: a boldly revealing portrait of what it means to be human, and a disarmingly funny and illuminating account of our own mysterious lives and our power to transform them.]]> 415 Lori Gottlieb 1328662055 Vladyslav 0 to-read, psychology 4.36 2019 Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality]]> 22435 The fabric of the cosmos 569 Brian Greene 0965900584 Vladyslav 0 to-read, non-fiction 4.12 2004 The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
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]]> <![CDATA[Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction]]> 23995360 ?
In Superforecasting, Tetlock and coauthor Dan Gardner offer a masterwork on prediction, drawing on decades of research and the results of a massive, government-funded forecasting tournament. The Good Judgment Project involves tens of thousands of ordinary people¡ªincluding a Brooklyn filmmaker, a retired pipe installer, and a former ballroom dancer¡ªwho set out to forecast global events. Some of the volunteers have turned out to be astonishingly good. They¡¯ve beaten other benchmarks, competitors, and prediction markets. They¡¯ve even beaten the collective judgment of intelligence analysts with access to classified information. They are "superforecasters."
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In this groundbreaking and accessible book, Tetlock and Gardner show us how we can learn from this elite group. Weaving together stories of forecasting successes (the raid on Osama bin Laden¡¯s compound) and failures (the Bay of Pigs) and interviews with a range of high-level decision makers, from David Petraeus to Robert Rubin, they show that good forecasting doesn¡¯t require powerful computers or arcane methods. It involves gathering evidence from a variety of sources, thinking probabilistically, working in teams, keeping score, and being willing to admit error and change course. Superforecasting offers the first demonstrably effective way to improve our ability to predict the future¡ªwhether in business, finance, politics, international affairs, or daily life¡ªand is destined to become a modern classic.]]> 352 Philip E. Tetlock 0804136696 Vladyslav 0 to-read, big-data 4.06 2015 Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction
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]]> <![CDATA[Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell]]> 42118073
Bill Campbell played an instrumental role in the growth of several prominent companies, such as Google, Apple, and Intuit, fostering deep relationships with Silicon Valley visionaries, including Steve Jobs, Larry Page, and Eric Schmidt. In addition, this business genius mentored dozens of other important leaders on both coasts, from entrepreneurs to venture capitalists to educators to football players, leaving behind a legacy of growing companies, successful people, respect, friendship, and love after his death in 2016.

Leaders at Google for over a decade, Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle experienced firsthand how the man fondly known as Coach Bill built trusting relationships, fostered personal growth¡ªeven in those at the pinnacle of their careers¡ªinspired courage, and identified and resolved simmering tensions that inevitably arise in fast-moving environments. To honor their mentor and inspire and teach future generations, they have codified his wisdom in this essential guide.

Based on interviews with over eighty people who knew and loved Bill Campbell, Trillion Dollar Coach explains the Coach¡¯s principles and illustrates them with stories from the many great people and companies with which he worked. The result is a blueprint for forward-thinking business leaders and managers that will help them create higher performing and faster moving cultures, teams, and companies.]]> 240 Eric Schmidt 0062839268 Vladyslav 0 to-read, biz 3.94 2019 Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell
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]]> <![CDATA[The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You]]> 815716 ÓÐÁ¦¹«Ë¾¡¢Õþ¸®»úév¡¢¹úÁ¬¡¢Â½¾üÊ¿¹ÙѧУ¡¢Ò»Á÷¥¢¥¹¥ê©`¥È¤Ë¤âÖ¸µ¼?½²Ñݤ¹¤ë¡¸ÊÀ½çÒ»¤Î¥á¥ó¥¿©`¡¹¤Ë¤è¤ë¥ê©`¥À©`¥·¥Ã¥×Âۤξö¶¨°æ!
Èˤò¶¯¤«¤·¡¢Ê¤¤Á¾A¤±¤ë¤¿¤á¤Î¡¸21¤Î‘éÂÔ˼¿¼¡¹¤¬Éí¤Ë¤Ä¤¯±¾¡£±Õ±Õ> 160 John C. Maxwell 0785274316 Vladyslav 0 to-read, biz 4.15 1998 The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You
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]]> <![CDATA[Developing the Leader Within You]]> 183554 224 John C. Maxwell 0785281126 Vladyslav 0 to-read, biz 4.22 2005 Developing the Leader Within You
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]]> UNIX: A History and a Memoir 53011383 183 Brian W. Kernighan 1695978552 Vladyslav 0 to-read, it 4.38 2019 UNIX: A History and a Memoir
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]]> <![CDATA[Radical Simplicity: How simplicity transformed a loss-making mega brand into a world-class performer]]> 52861114 The key to rising to the top of your company lies in a simple message and philosophy.

The ultimate inspirational story for ambitious innovators, market-disruptors, and global business entrepreneurs.

Celebrating DHL¡¯s fiftieth anniversary as a world-leading delivery company, global CEO Ken Allen tells the unique story of his journey to the top of the industry. In this business memoir, he shares the strategies and skills he has developed throughout his career, drawing on both his core values and extensive experience.

This book is an inimitable guide to succeeding in any business, focusing on strategy and practical advice while revealing the simple lessons you need to learn to excel in life and work. It is an accessible read for entrepreneurs and managers at any stage of their career, packed with motivational material and no-nonsense tips.

This simple and honest book is a must-have for anyone looking to reach the top of their field.

]]> 217 Ken Allen Vladyslav 2 biz 3.66 Radical Simplicity: How simplicity transformed a loss-making mega brand into a world-class performer
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]]> The Great Gatsby 4671 The only edition of the beloved classic that is authorized by Fitzgerald¡¯s family and from his lifelong publisher.

This edition is the enduring original text, updated with the author¡¯s own revisions, a foreword by his granddaughter, and with a new introduction by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward.

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald¡¯s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published by Scribner in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.]]> 180 F. Scott Fitzgerald 0743273567 Vladyslav 0 to-read, fiction 3.93 1925 The Great Gatsby
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]]> Death of a Salesman 12898 'For a salesman, there is no rock bottom to life. He don't put a bolt to a nut, he don't tell you the law or give you medicine. He's a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine.'

Willy Loman has been a salesman for 34 years. At 60, he is cast aside, his usefulness now exhausted. With no future to dream about he must face the crushing disappointments of his past. He takes one final brave action, but is he heroic at last?, or a self-deluding fool?]]> 144 Arthur Miller 0435233076 Vladyslav 0 to-read, fiction 3.57 1949 Death of a Salesman
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]]> Lord of the Flies 7624 182 William Golding 0140283331 Vladyslav 0 to-read, fiction 3.70 1954 Lord of the Flies
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]]> <![CDATA[Failure to Launch: Why Your Twentysomething Hasn't Grown Up...and What to Do About It]]> 45152373
In Dr. Mark McConville's decades of experience as a family clinical psychologist, perhaps no problem has been more fraught than that of young adults who fail to successfully transition from adolescence into adulthood. These kids--technically adults--just can't get it They can't hold a job, they struggle to develop meaningful relationships, and they often end up back in their parents' spare bedroom or on the couch. In fact, studies show that 1 in 4 Americans aged 25 to 34 neither work nor attend school, and it's a problem that spans all socioeconomic and geographic boundaries.

McConville investigates the root causes of this Why are modern kids "failing to launch" in ever-increasing numbers? The key, McConville has found, is that they are struggling with three critical skills that are necessary to make the transition from childhood to adulthood--finding a sense of purpose, developing administrative responsibility, and cultivating interdependence. In Failure to Launch , McConville breaks these down into achievable, accessible goals and offers a practical guide for the whole family, to help parents instill those skills in their young adults--and to get their kids into the real world, ready to start their lives.]]> 320 Mark McConville 0525542183 Vladyslav 0 to-read, being-a-dad 4.16 2020 Failure to Launch: Why Your Twentysomething Hasn't Grown Up...and What to Do About It
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]]> ANSI Common Lisp 41801 ANSI Common Lisp combines an introduction to Lisp programming, and a convenient, up-to-date reference manual for ANSI Common Lisp. Beginners will find that its careful explanations and interesting examples make Lisp programming easy to learn. Professional programmers will appreciate its thorough, practical approach.

FEATURES:

? An up-to-date reference manual for ANSI Common Lisp.

? An in-depth look at object-oriented programming. Explains the Common Lisp Object System (CLOS), and also shows how to write your own object-oriented language.

? Over 20 substantial examples, including programs for ray-tracing, text generation, pattern-matching, logical inference, generating HTML, sorting and searching, file I/O, compression, and date arithmetic.

? Special attention to critical concepts, including prefix syntax, code vs. data, recursion, functional programming, types, implicit pointers, dynamic allocation, closures, macros, class precedence, and generic functions vs. message-passing.

? A complete guide to optimization.

? The clearest and most thorough explanation of macros in any introductory book.

? Examples that illustrate Lisp programming styles, including rapid prototyping, bottom-up programming, object-oriented programming, and embedded languages.

? An appendix on debugging, with examples of common errors.
]]> 444 Paul Graham 0133708756 Vladyslav 0 to-read, fp 4.11 1996 ANSI Common Lisp
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]]> Practical Common Lisp 570933
If you're interested in Lisp as it relates to Python or Perl, and want to learn through doing rather than watching, Practical Common Lisp is an excellent entry point. ¡ª Chris McAvoy, Chicago Python Users Group

Lisp is often thought of as an academic language, but it need not be. This is the first book that introduces Lisp as a language for the real world.
Practical Common Lisp presents a thorough introduction to Common Lisp, providing you with an overall understanding of the language features and how they work. Over a third of the book is devoted to practical examples such as the core of a spam filter and a web application for browsing MP3s and streaming them via the Shoutcast protocol to any standard MP3 client software (e.g., iTunes, XMMS, or WinAmp). In other "practical" chapters, author Peter Seibel demonstrates how to build a simple but flexible in-memory database, how to parse binary files, and how to build a unit test framework in 26 lines of code.]]> 500 Peter Seibel 1590592395 Vladyslav 0 to-read, fp 4.16 2005 Practical Common Lisp
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]]> Sam Walton: Made In America 10631 "Here is an extraordinary success story about a man whose empire was built not with smoke and mirrors, but with good old-fashioned elbow grease."]]> 346 Sam Walton 0553562835 Vladyslav 3 biz, own-paper-copy 4.11 Sam Walton: Made In America
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]]> <![CDATA[The Death and Life of Great American Cities]]> 30833 The Death and Life of Great American Cities has, since its first publication in 1961, become the standard against which all endeavors in that field are measured. In prose of outstanding immediacy, Jane Jacobs writes about what makes streets safe or unsafe; about what constitutes a neighborhood, and what function it serves within the larger organism of the city; about why some neighborhoods remain impoverished while others regenerate themselves. She writes about the salutary role of funeral parlors and tenement windows, the dangers of too much development money and too little diversity. Compassionate, bracingly indignant, and always keenly detailed, Jane Jacobs's monumental work provides an essential framework for assessing the vitality of all cities.]]> 472 Jane Jacobs 0375508732 Vladyslav 0 to-read 4.29 1961 The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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]]> The Image of the City 647351 The classic work on the evaluation of city form.

What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion -- imageability -- and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuilding of cities. The wide scope of this study leads to an original and vital method for the evaluation of city form. The architect, the planner, and certainly the city dweller will all want to read this book.]]> 208 Kevin Lynch 0262620014 Vladyslav 0 to-read 4.06 1960 The Image of the City
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]]> <![CDATA[Computation and Human Experience]]> 2655505 389 Philip E. Agre 0521386039 Vladyslav 0 to-read, ai 4.14 1997 Computation and Human Experience
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]]> Elements of Clojure 31159768
Polanyi calls this "tacit knowledge", a thing which we only understand as part of something else. When we speak, we do not focus on making sounds, we focus on our words. We understand the muscular act of speech, but would struggle to explain it.

To write software, we must learn where to draw boundaries. Good software is built through effective indirection. We seem to have decided that this skill can only be learned through practice; it cannot be taught, except by example. Our decisions may improve with time, but not our ability to explain them.

It's true that the study of these questions cannot yield a closed-form solution for judging software design. We can make our software simple, but we cannot do the same to its problem domain, its users, or the physical world. Our tacit knowledge of this environment will always inform our designs.

This doesn't mean that we can simply ignore our design process. Polanyi tells us that tacit knowledge only suffices until we fail, and the software industry is awash with failure. Our designs may never be provably correct, but we can give voice to the intuition that shaped them. Our process may always be visceral, but it doesn't have to be inarticulate.

And so this book does not offer knowledge, it offers clarity. It is aimed at readers who know Clojure, but struggle to articulate the rationale of their designs to themselves and others. Readers who use other languages, but have a passing familiarity with Clojure, may also find this book useful.]]> 120 Zachary Tellman Vladyslav 5 clojure 4.22 Elements of Clojure
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]]> <![CDATA[§´§Ñ§Û§ß§Ñ§ñ §à§á§à§â§Ñ: §±§â§Ú§Ó§ñ§Ù§Ñ§ß§ß§à§ã§ä§î §Ó §Ø§Ú§Ù§ß§Ú §â§Ö§Ò§Ö§ß§Ü§Ñ]]> 25408438 288 Lyudmila Petranovskaya 5170848617 Vladyslav 5 being-a-dad
§´§Ö§â§á§Ö§ß§Ú§ñ, §ã§Ú§Ý §Ò§í §Ú §á§à§ß§Ú§Þ§Ñ§ß§Ú§ñ §Õ§Ñ §Ò§í §á§à§ã§Ý§Ö§Õ§à§Ó§Ñ§ä§Ö§Ý§î§ß§à §á§â§Ú§Þ§Ö§ß§Ú§ä§î §Ó §ã§Ó§à§ð §Ø§Ú§Ù§ß§î.]]> 4.65 2014 §´§Ñ§Û§ß§Ñ§ñ §à§á§à§â§Ñ: §±§â§Ú§Ó§ñ§Ù§Ñ§ß§ß§à§ã§ä§î §Ó §Ø§Ú§Ù§ß§Ú §â§Ö§Ò§Ö§ß§Ü§Ñ
author: Lyudmila Petranovskaya
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]]> <![CDATA[The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design]]> 414630 544 Brenda Laurel 0201517973 Vladyslav 0 to-read, it 3.85 1990 The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design
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]]> Permanent Record 51801330
In 2013, twenty-nine-year-old Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with the American intelligence establishment and revealed that the United States government was secretly pursuing the means to collect every single phone call, text message, and email. The result would be an unprecedented system of mass surveillance with the ability to pry into the private lives of every person on earth. Six years later, Snowden reveals for the very first time how he helped to build this system and why he was moved to expose it.

Spanning the bucolic Beltway suburbs of his childhood and the clandestine CIA and NSA postings of his adulthood, Permanent Record is the extraordinary account of a bright young man who grew up online - a man who became a spy, a whistleblower, and, in exile, the Internet's conscience. Written with wit, grace, passion, and an unflinching candor, Permanent Record is a crucial memoir of our digital age and destined to be a classic.]]> 339 Edward Snowden 152903566X Vladyslav 4 non-fiction 4.36 2019 Permanent Record
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average rating: 4.36
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Blowing Up Russia: The Secret Plot to Bring Back KGB Terror]]> 204192 322 Alexander Litvinenko 1594032017 Vladyslav 0 to-read, politic 3.78 2002 Blowing Up Russia: The Secret Plot to Bring Back KGB Terror
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]]> <![CDATA[Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love]]> 35249663 §¡§Ó§ä§à§â §Õ§Ö§Ý§Ú§ä§ã§ñ §ã§à§Ò§ã§ä§Ó§Ö§ß§ß§í§Þ §à§á§í§ä§à§Þ §Ú §ä§Ö§ç§ß§Ú§Ü§Ñ§Þ§Ú, §Ú§ã§á§à§Ý§î§Ù§å§Ö§Þ§í§Þ§Ú §Ó §â§Ñ§Ò§à§ä§Ö §ã §ã§Ñ§Þ§í§Þ§Ú §Ú§Ù§Ó§Ö§ã§ä§ß§í§Þ§Ú §Ü§à§Þ§á§Ñ§ß§Ú§ñ§Þ§Ú §Ó §à§Ò§Ý§Ñ§ã§ä§Ú §Ó§í§ã§à§Ü§Ú§ç §ä§Ö§ç§ß§à§Ý§à§Ô§Ú§Û. §£§í §å§Ù§ß§Ñ§Ö§ä§Ö, §Ü§Ñ§Ü §Ó§Ö§Õ§å§ë§Ú§Ö §Þ§Ú§â§à§Ó§í§Ö §Ü§à§â§á§à§â§Ñ§è§Ú§Ú §ã§à§Ù§Õ§Ñ§ð§ä §ã§Ó§à§Ú §Ý§å§é§ê§Ú§Ö §á§â§à§Õ§å§Ü§ä§í §Ú §Ü§Ñ§Ü§Ú§Þ §à§Ò§â§Ñ§Ù§à§Þ §Þ§à§Ø§ß§à §Ú§ã§á§à§Ý§î§Ù§à§Ó§Ñ§ä§î §Ú§ç §à§á§í§ä.
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§ª§Ù§Õ§Ñ§ß§Ú§Ö §ã§ä§Ñ§ß§Ö§ä §á§à§Ý§Ö§Ù§ß§í§Þ §Õ§Ý§ñ §Ü§à§Þ§Ñ§ß§Õ §â§Ñ§Ù§â§Ñ§Ò§à§ä§é§Ú§Ü§à§Ó, §Ù§Ñ§ß§Ú§Þ§Ñ§ð§ë§Ú§ç§ã§ñ §Ù§Ñ§á§å§ã§Ü§à§Þ §ß§à§Ó§í§ç §á§â§à§Ö§Ü§ä§à§Ó. §®§Ö§ä§à§Õ§í, §á§â§Ö§Õ§ã§ä§Ñ§Ó§Ý§Ö§ß§ß§í§Ö §Ó §Ü§ß§Ú§Ô§Ö, §á§à§Ù§Ó§à§Ý§ñ§ä §Ó§Ñ§Þ §ã§à§Ù§Õ§Ñ§Ó§Ñ§ä§î §Ñ§Ò§ã§à§Ý§ð§ä§ß§à §ß§à§Ó§í§Ö §á§â§à§Õ§å§Ü§ä§í-§ç§Ú§ä§í §Ú§Ý§Ú §ã§à§Ó§Ö§â§ê§Ö§ß§ã§ä§Ó§à§Ó§Ñ§ä§î §å§Ø§Ö §ã§å§ë§Ö§ã§ä§Ó§å§ð§ë§Ú§Ö §ä§à§Ó§Ñ§â§í.]]> 349 Marty Cagan 1119387507 Vladyslav 0 to-read, it 4.22 2008 Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
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]]> <![CDATA[Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe]]> 40796176
Though many of us were scared away from this essential, engrossing subject in high school and college, Steven Strogatz¡¯s brilliantly creative, down?to?earth history shows that calculus is not about complexity; it¡¯s about simplicity. It harnesses an unreal number¡ªinfinity¡ªto tackle real?world problems, breaking them down into easier ones and then reassembling the answers into solutions that feel miraculous.

Infinite Powers recounts how calculus tantalized and thrilled its inventors, starting with its first glimmers in ancient Greec
e and bringing us right up to the discovery of gravitational waves (a phenomenon predicted by calculus). Strogatz reveals how this form of math rose to the challenges of each age: how to determine the area of a circle with only sand and a stick; how to explain why Mars goes ¡°backwards¡± sometimes; how to make electricity with magnets; how to ensure your rocket doesn¡¯t miss the moon; how to turn the tide in the fight against AIDS.

As Strogatz proves, calculus is truly the language of the universe. By unveiling the principles of that language, Infinite Powers makes us marvel at the world anew.]]> 360 Steven H. Strogatz 1328879984 Vladyslav 0 to-read, math 4.27 2019 Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
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]]> The God Delusion 30165919 The God Delusion caused a sensation when it was published in 2006. Within weeks it became the most hotly debated topic, with Dawkins himself branded as either saint or sinner for presenting his hard-hitting, impassioned rebuttal of religion of all types.

His argument could hardly be more topical. While Europe is becoming increasingly secularized, the rise of religious fundamentalism, whether in the Middle East or Middle America, is dramatically and dangerously dividing opinion around the world. In America, and elsewhere, a vigorous dispute between 'intelligent design' and Darwinism is seriously undermining and restricting the teaching of science. In many countries religious dogma from medieval times still serves to abuse basic human rights such as women's and gay rights. And all from a belief in a God whose existence lacks evidence of any kind.

Dawkins attacks God in all his forms. He eviscerates the major arguments for religion and demonstrates the supreme improbability of a supreme being. He shows how religion fuels war, foments bigotry and abuses children.

The God Delusion is a brilliantly argued, fascinating polemic that will be required reading for anyone interested in this most emotional and important subject.]]> 471 Richard Dawkins 1784161926 Vladyslav 0 philosophy 4.14 2006 The God Delusion
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]]> <![CDATA[The Power of Events: An Introduction to Complex Event Processing in Distributed Enterprise Systems]]> 1132142 376 David Luckham 0201727897 Vladyslav 3 cs, own-paper-copy 3.43 2002 The Power of Events: An Introduction to Complex Event Processing in Distributed Enterprise Systems
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