Techneo's bookshelf: read en-US Thu, 23 Jan 2025 23:38:04 -0800 60 Techneo's bookshelf: read 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[What You Are Looking For Is in the Library]]> 91274427 For fans of The Midnight Library and Before the Coffee Gets Cold, this charming Japanese novel shows how the perfect book recommendation can change a reader's life.

What are you looking for?

This is the famous question routinely asked by Tokyo’s most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi. Like most librarians, Komachi has read every book lining her shelves—but she also has the unique ability to read the souls of her library guests. For anyone who walks through her door, Komachi can sense exactly what they’re looking for in life and provide just the book recommendation they never knew they needed to help them find it.

Each visitor comes to her library from a different juncture in their careers and dreams, from the restless sales attendant who feels stuck at her job to the struggling working mother who longs to be a magazineeditor. The conversation that they have with Sayuri Komachi—and the surprise book she lends each of them—will have life-altering consequences.

With heartwarming charm and wisdom, What You Are Looking For Is in the Library is a paean to the magic of libraries, friendship and community, perfect for anyone who has ever found themselves at an impasse in their life and in need of a little inspiration.]]> 304 Michiko Aoyama 1335005625 Techneo 0 to-read 4.07 2020 What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
author: Michiko Aoyama
name: Techneo
average rating: 4.07
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]]> <![CDATA[The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: American English Edition]]> 60136823
However, the evening post brought Roger one last fatal scrap of information, but before he could finish reading the letter, he was stabbed to death. Luckily one of Roger’s friends and the newest resident to retire to this normally quiet village takes over—none other than Monsieur Hercule Poirot . . .]]> 267 Agatha Christie Techneo 5 pulp
The twists and turns, along with Poirot's portrayal as the all-knowing detective who’s always one step ahead, make you almost root for him to fail. That tension is maintained right up until the final chapter.

The diverse cast of characters, including the side characters and their intriguing backstories, further captured our interest.

It’s no surprise this is often considered one of Christie’s best works.]]> 4.33 1926 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: American English Edition
author: Agatha Christie
name: Techneo
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1926
rating: 5
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This book was part of our reading list during the COVID days, and it was a bit challenging to get through at times. However, we had a lot of fun reading it and debating "who did it."

The twists and turns, along with Poirot's portrayal as the all-knowing detective who’s always one step ahead, make you almost root for him to fail. That tension is maintained right up until the final chapter.

The diverse cast of characters, including the side characters and their intriguing backstories, further captured our interest.

It’s no surprise this is often considered one of Christie’s best works.
]]> In Ascension 81360004
Her discovery leads Leigh to the Mojave desert and an ambitious new space agency. Drawn deeper into the agency's work, she learns that the Atlantic trench is only one of several related phenomena from across the world, each piece linking up to suggest a pattern beyond human understanding. Leigh knows that to continue working with the agency will mean leaving behind her declining mother and her younger sister, and faces an impossible choice: to remain with her family, or to embark on a journey across the breadth of the cosmos.

Exploring the natural world with the wonder and reverence we usually reserve for the stars, In Ascension is a compassionate, deeply inquisitive epic that reaches outward to confront the greatest questions of existence, looks inward to illuminate the smallest details of the human heart, and shows how - no matter how far away we might be and how much we have lost hope - we will always attempt to return to the people and places we call home.]]> 512 Martin MacInnes Techneo 0 currently-reading 3.83 2023 In Ascension
author: Martin MacInnes
name: Techneo
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Five People You Meet in Heaven]]> 58503000
On his eighty-third birthday, Eddie's time on earth comes to an end. When a cart falls from the fairground, he rushes to save a little girl's life and tragically dies in the attempt. When Eddie awakens, he learns that the afterlife is not a destination, but a place where your existence is explained to you by five people - some of whom you knew, others who were ostensibly strangers.

One by one, from childhood to soldier to old age, five individuals revisit their connections to Eddie on earth, illuminating the mysteries of his 'meaningless' life and revealing the haunting secret behind the eternal question: 'Why was I here?']]> 240 Mitch Albom 0748112634 Techneo 4 life 4.11 2003 The Five People You Meet in Heaven
author: Mitch Albom
name: Techneo
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> The Devil's Alternative 825473 432 Frederick Forsyth 0553264907 Techneo 0 currently-reading, pulp 4.05 1979 The Devil's Alternative
author: Frederick Forsyth
name: Techneo
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1979
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine]]> 34200289
Eleanor leads a simple life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal deal for lunch, and buys the same two bottles of vodka to drink every weekend.

Eleanor Oliphant is happy. Nothing is missing from her carefully timetabled life. Except, sometimes, everything.

One simple act of kindness is about to shatter the walls Eleanor has built around herself. Now, she must learn to navigate the world that everyone else seems to take for granted—while searching for the courage to face the dark corners she’s avoided all her life.

Change can be good. Change can be bad. But surely any change is better than� fine?]]> 383 Gail Honeyman 0008172137 Techneo 3 life
It give hope to a people with traumatic past that they too can have a normal life if and when the society helps.

World thru the disturbed eyes of Eleanor and how heals is really well written.]]> 4.47 2017 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
author: Gail Honeyman
name: Techneo
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2017
rating: 3
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Not for me.

It give hope to a people with traumatic past that they too can have a normal life if and when the society helps.

World thru the disturbed eyes of Eleanor and how heals is really well written.
]]> <![CDATA[The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)]]> 60556912
Every day I clean the Winchesters� beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor.

I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew’s handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it’s hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina’s life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband.

I only try on one of Nina’s pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it’s like. But she soon finds out� and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it’s far too late.

But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don’t know who I really am.

They don’t know what I’m capable of�

An unbelievably twisty read that will have you glued to the pages late into the night. Anyone who loves The Woman in the Window, The Wife Between Us and The Girl on the Train won’t be able to put this down!]]> 329 Freida McFadden 1803144378 Techneo 4 pulp 4.31 2022 The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
author: Freida McFadden
name: Techneo
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/13
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]]> <![CDATA[The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)]]> 62848145 As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors. But I can't risk losing this job � not if I want to keep my darkest secret safe . . .

It's hard to find an employer who doesn't ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen. I can work here for a while, stay quiet until I get what I want. It's almost perfect. But I still haven't met Mrs Garrick, or seen inside the guest bedroom. I'm sure I hear her crying. I notice spots of blood around the neck of her white nightgowns when I'm doing laundry. And one day I can't help but knock on the door. When it gently swings open, what I see inside changes everything...

That's when I make a promise. After all, I've done this before. I can protect Mrs. Garrick while keeping my own secrets locked up safe. Douglas Garrick has done wrong. He is going to pay. It's simply a question of how far I'm willing to go...]]> 318 Freida McFadden 1837901317 Techneo 4 to-read 4.21 2023 The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)
author: Freida McFadden
name: Techneo
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> Franz Kafka 58907506 344 Muir Willa 9353764599 Techneo 0 currently-reading, life 4.16 Franz Kafka
author: Muir Willa
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]]> <![CDATA[Yezhavathu Kaadhal (Tamil Edition)]]> 61713752 268 Balakumaran Techneo 5 life 4.43 Yezhavathu Kaadhal (Tamil Edition)
author: Balakumaran
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average rating: 4.43
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உறவில் ஈடுபடும் அனைவருக்கும் இந்தப் புத்தகம் ஒர� வழிகாட்ட�. 90% கதாபாத்திரங்கள� பிராமணர்கள� ஆதலால் கத� அவர்களின� வாழ்க்கையைச் சுற்றியே உள்ளது. உரையாடல்களும� சித்தாந்தங்களும் அவர்களைச� சுற்றியே உள்ள�. ஆணாதிக்கத்தை நியாயப்படுத்துவதும� ஆல்ப� ஆண� கருத்தும� இந்தக் காலகட்டத்திற்க� ஏற்கத்தக்கவை அல்ல. நீங்கள� எதைச� செய்தாலும், அத� தோல்வியுற்றாலும், அதைச� சரியாகப் பெறும் வர� அதைத� திரும்பத� திரும்பச� செய்யுங்கள� என்ற� ஆசிரியர் பல கதாபாத்திரங்கள� மற்றும� காட்சிகள� மூலம� கூறுகிறார்.
]]> <![CDATA[God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything]]> 43369 307 Christopher Hitchens 0446579807 Techneo 0 to-read 3.94 2007 God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
author: Christopher Hitchens
name: Techneo
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2007
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]]> Rage 66370 131 Richard Bachman 0451076451 Techneo 0 to-read 3.73 1977 Rage
author: Richard Bachman
name: Techneo
average rating: 3.73
book published: 1977
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]]> <![CDATA[Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings]]> 53130 753 Marquis de Sade 0802132189 Techneo 0 to-read 3.71 1791 Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings
author: Marquis de Sade
name: Techneo
average rating: 3.71
book published: 1791
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]]> <![CDATA[The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2)]]> 50362362 A fiendish classic murder mystery, from one of Japan’s greatest crime writers.

In 1940s Japan, the wealthy head of the Inugami Clan dies, and his family eagerly await the reading of the will. But no sooner are its strange details revealed than a series of bizarre, gruesome murders begins. Detective Kindaichi must unravel the clan's terrible secrets of forbidden liaisons, monstrous cruelty, and hidden identities to find the murderer, and lift the curse wreaking its bloody revenge on the Inugamis.

The Inugami Curse is a fiendish, intricately plotted classic mystery from a giant of Japanese crime writing, starring the legendary detective Kosuke Kindaichi.]]> 321 Seishi Yokomizo 1782275029 Techneo 0 to-read 3.87 1950 The Inugami Curse (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi, #2)
author: Seishi Yokomizo
name: Techneo
average rating: 3.87
book published: 1950
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]]> <![CDATA[உயிர� மெய்: uyir mei - living together story (Tamil Edition)]]> 39326120 211 அராத்த� araathu Techneo 0 to-read 3.60 உயிர் மெய்: uyir mei - living together story (Tamil Edition)
author: அராத்த� araathu
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average rating: 3.60
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]]> <![CDATA[உயிர்மெய� - 2: The Sexist Hangover Love Story (Tamil Edition)]]> 39488852 240 அராத்த� araathu Techneo 4 3.42 உயிர்மெய் - 2: The Sexist Hangover Love Story (Tamil Edition)
author: அராத்த� araathu
name: Techneo
average rating: 3.42
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rating: 4
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]]> Newcomer (Detective Kaga, #2) 33602102
From the international bestseller Keigo Higashino, author of The Devotion of Suspect X, comes one of his finest works of crime fiction yet.]]> 352 Keigo Higashino 1250067863 Techneo 0 to-read 4.01 2009 Newcomer (Detective Kaga, #2)
author: Keigo Higashino
name: Techneo
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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]]> Malice (Detective Kaga, #1) 20613611
Acclaimed bestselling novelist Kunihiko Hidaka is found brutally murdered in his home on the night before he's planning to leave Japan and relocate to Vancouver. His body is found in his office, in a locked room, within his locked house, by his wife and his best friend, both of whom have rock solid alibis. Or so it seems.

Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga recognizes Hidaka's best friend from years ago when they were both teachers. Kaga joined the police force while Nonoguchi became a writer, though with not nearly the success of his friend Hidaka. When Kaga suspects something is a little bit off with Nonoguchi's statement, he investigates further, searching Nonoguchi's apartment. There he finds evidence that shows that the two writers' relationship was very different than the two claimed...

In a brilliantly realized tale of cat and mouse, the detective and the writer battle over the truth of the past and how events that led to the murder really unfolded. Which one of the two writers was ultimately guilty of malice?]]> 288 Keigo Higashino 1250035600 Techneo 3 pulp 4.02 1996 Malice (Detective Kaga, #1)
author: Keigo Higashino
name: Techneo
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1996
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness]]> 43306206
The Courage to Be Disliked shows you how to unlock the power within yourself to become your best and truest self, change your future and find lasting happiness. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of 19th-century psychology alongside Freud and Jung, the authors explain how we are all free to determine our own future free of the shackles of past experiences, doubts and the expectations of others. It’s a philosophy that’s profoundly liberating, allowing us to develop the courage to change, and to ignore the limitations that we and those around us can place on ourselves.

The result is a book that is both highly accessible and profound in its importance. Millions have already read and benefited from its wisdom. Now that The Courage to Be Disliked has been published for the first time in English, so can you.]]> 288 Ichiro Kishimi Techneo 0 currently-reading, life 3.89 2013 The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
author: Ichiro Kishimi
name: Techneo
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> ஸீரோ டிகிரி [Zero Degree] 44091554 371 Charu Nivedita Techneo 4 3.73 1998 ஸீரோ டிகிரி [Zero Degree]
author: Charu Nivedita
name: Techneo
average rating: 3.73
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[A Concise History of Mathematics]]> 326139 Beginning with the ancient Near East, the author traces the ideas and techniques developed in Egypt, Babylonia, China, and Arabia, looking into such manuscripts as the Egyptian Papyrus Rhind, the Ten Classics of China, and the Siddhantas of India. He considers Greek and Roman developments from their beginnings in Ionian rationalism to the fall of Constantinople; covers medieval European ideas and Renaissance trends; analyzes 17th- and 18th-century contributions; and offers an illuminating exposition of 19th century concepts. Every important figure in mathematical history is dealt with � Euclid, Archimedes, Diophantus, Omar Khayyam, Boethius, Fermat, Pascal, Newton, Leibniz, Fourier, Gauss, Riemann, Cantor, and many others.
For this latest edition, Dr. Struik has both revised and updated the existing text, and also added a new chapter on the mathematics of the first half of the 20th century. Concise coverage is given to set theory, the influence of relativity and quantum theory, tensor calculus, the Lebesgue integral, the calculus of variations, and other important ideas and concepts. The book concludes with the beginnings of the computer era and the seminal work of von Neumann, Turing, Wiener, and others.
"The author's ability as a first-class historian as well as an able mathematician has enabled him to produce a work which is unquestionably one of the best." � Nature Magazine.]]> 256 Dirk Jan Struik 0486602559 Techneo 0 to-read 3.48 1948 A Concise History of Mathematics
author: Dirk Jan Struik
name: Techneo
average rating: 3.48
book published: 1948
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA["Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character]]> 35167685 A New York Times bestseller—the outrageous exploits of one of this century's greatest scientific minds and a legendary American original.


Richard Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. Here he recounts in his inimitable voice his experience trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and Bohr and ideas on gambling with Nick the Greek; cracking the uncrackable safes guarding the most deeply held nuclear secrets; accompanying a ballet on his bongo drums; painting a naked female toreador. In short, here is Feynman's life in all its eccentric—a combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, and raging chutzpah.]]> 400 Richard P. Feynman 0393355624 Techneo 0 life 4.26 1985 "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
author: Richard P. Feynman
name: Techneo
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1985
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Art of Taking Second Chances (The Dallas Connection Book 1)]]> 195077280 "Amazing debut novel by a conscientious and smart writer." - Reader Review, ŷ

"The characters were perfect, the story was perfect. Tara and Sameer are everything I needed." - Reader Review, Amazon

"Varsha navigates the complexities of love and desire hindered by timing, familial expectations & prejudices, with panache. This is a debut that will keep you thinking long and hard ." - Riya Iyer, author of & Then They Met


Steamy romance. High Drama. A lot of heart.

“I wanted him, but we were not in the same league. Not by a long shot. The social differences between us were too real, too palpable.�

Talented and headstrong, Tara has worked hard to become what she is today, a successful art appraiser and an aspiring artist. When her latest job brings her to Dallas, the last thing she expects is running into Sameer Rehani. He is the spoilt, rich, and irresistibly gorgeous man who broke her heart years ago in India. This time she is determined to keep her distance. But it’s getting increasingly difficult to deny the heat that arises within her every time she sees him. Desire is rebellious, after all.


“A year before, if someone had joked that I’d be enamored with a simple, small-town girl who wore no makeup and whose English accent left much to be desired, I would’ve wagered my dad’s shiny new car.�

A bona fide rake during his college days in Baroda, Sameer has now sobered up to head a successful financial firm in Dallas. He is one step away from achieving everything he’s wanted for over a decade, when in walks Tara Kadam, his first and only love. And she still has the power to make his heart skip a beat. Sameer has a lot to make up for but he knows he needs to put everything on the line for a second chance at happiness.

This debut novel by Varsha Chitnis presents South Asian characters in a refreshing new light.]]> 318 Varsha Chitnis Techneo 0 currently-reading, pulp 3.91 The Art of Taking Second Chances (The Dallas Connection Book 1)
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]]> Everything I Never Told You 56083336 210 Ajay K Pandey Techneo 3
The backdrop of a story offers readers a tour around Delhi. By incorporating diverse elements of Delhi, authors has painted a detailed, vibrant image in the minds of the reader.

The story touches on the fringes of religious differences and the existence of one god.

overall a good read]]> 4.09 2020 Everything I Never Told You
author: Ajay K Pandey
name: Techneo
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2020
rating: 3
read at: 2023/09/20
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An emotional tug of war between father and son set in the background of cross religion relationship.

The backdrop of a story offers readers a tour around Delhi. By incorporating diverse elements of Delhi, authors has painted a detailed, vibrant image in the minds of the reader.

The story touches on the fringes of religious differences and the existence of one god.

overall a good read
]]> Flowers for Algernon 18373 Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, the powerful, classic story about a man who receives an operation that turns him into a genius...and introduces him to heartache.

Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence � a procedure that has already been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon.

As the treatment takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment appears to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance, until Algernon suddenly deteriorates. Will the same happen to Charlie?]]> 311 Daniel Keyes 015603008X Techneo 0 to-read 4.19 1966 Flowers for Algernon
author: Daniel Keyes
name: Techneo
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1966
rating: 0
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]]> Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 64663845
Kim Jiyoung is a sister made to share a room while her brother gets one of his own.

Kim Jiyoung is a female preyed upon by male teachers at school. Kim Jiyoung is a daughter whose father blames her when she is harassed late at night.

Kim Jiyoung is a good student who doesn’t get put forward for internships. Kim Jiyoung is a model employee but gets overlooked for promotion. Kim Jiyoung is a wife who gives up her career and independence for a life of domesticity.

Kim Jiyoung has started acting strangely.

Kim Jiyoung is depressed.

Kim Jiyoung is mad.

Kim Jiyoung is her own woman.

Kim Jiyoung is every woman.

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is the South Korean sensation that has got the whole world talking. The life story of one young woman born at the end of the twentieth century raises questions about endemic misogyny and institutional oppression that are relevant to us all.

Riveting, original and uncompromising, this is the most important book to have emerged from South Korea since Han Kang’s The Vegetarian.

]]> 126 Cho Nam-Joo Techneo 4 life 4.10 2016 Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
author: Cho Nam-Joo
name: Techneo
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rudest Book Ever: Insanely Practical Ideas To Free Your Mind From All Bullshit]]> 49057616 Shwetabh Gangwar is a professional problem-solver—and he’s ace at it. For the past five years, people from all over the world have contacted him with their troubles and he’s worked these out for them.

In the process, he has picked up on a simple pattern: people need a set of principles and perspectives to protect them from all the unnecessary bullshit they go through. Codes to live by, essentially.

But be warned: Gangwar has no desire to spare your feelings. What you will find in this straight-forward, straight-talking, no-craps-given guide, is:

How to deal with rejections of all kinds

How to change your perceptions of people so you don’t end up screwed

Why a society that sees people as ‘good and bad� is dumb

How the search for happiness screws us over

How seeking approval and acceptance kills our individuality

The truth about social media influencers

Why we should be taught ‘how to think�, instead of ‘what to think�

Laying out clear principles, YouTube megastar Gangwar shows you how to deal with the shit that has happened to you, is happening to you and will happen to you.

A refreshing, easy-to-read, and relatable guide, The Rudest Book Ever will make you rethink everything you’ve been taught.

]]> 224 Shwetabh Gangwar 9388754433 Techneo 0 to-read, life 3.89 2019 The Rudest Book Ever: Insanely Practical Ideas To Free Your Mind From All Bullshit
author: Shwetabh Gangwar
name: Techneo
average rating: 3.89
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]]> The Book Thief 29453740 HERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE

1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier.

Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.

SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION - THIS NOVEL IS NARRATED BY DEATH]]> 499 Markus Zusak Techneo 5 4.51 2005 The Book Thief
author: Markus Zusak
name: Techneo
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2005
rating: 5
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]]> The God of Small Things 34935033 369 Arundhati Roy 9351184404 Techneo 4 4.30 1997 The God of Small Things
author: Arundhati Roy
name: Techneo
average rating: 4.30
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]]> <![CDATA[Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction]]> 36959766 Canada's productivity expert returns with a totally fresh angle on how to do more with less.

Throughout his experiments and research, Chris Bailey came across many little-known insights into how we focus (a key element of productivity), including the surprising idea that focus isn't so much a state of heightened awareness (as we'd assume), but a balance between two frames of mind. The most recent neuroscientific research on attention reveals that our brain has two powerful modes that can be unlocked when we use our attention well: a focused mode (hyperfocus), which is the foundation for being highly productive, and a creative mode (scatterfocus), which enables us to connect ideas in novel ways. Hyperfocus helps readers unlock both, so they can concentrate more deeply, think more clearly, and work and live more deliberately. Diving deep into the science and theories about how and why we bring our attention to bear on life's big goals and everyday tasks, Chris Bailey takes his unique approach to productivity to the next level in Hyperfocus, while retaining the approachable voice and perspective that made him a fast favourite.]]> 256 Chris Bailey 0735273685 Techneo 0 currently-reading, life 3.86 2018 Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction
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]]> <![CDATA[Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)]]> 25563522 Winner of the 30th anniversary Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Novel.

Adrian Tchaikovksy's critically acclaimed, stand-alone novel Children of Time, is the epic story of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet.

Who will inherit this new Earth? The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age � a world terraformed and prepared for human life.

But all is not right in this new Eden. In the long years since the planet was abandoned, the work of its architects has borne disastrous fruit. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New masters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare.

Now two civilizations are on a collision course, both testing the boundaries of what they will do to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth?

"Children of Time is a joy from start to finish. Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human." - Patrick Ness, author of A Monster Calls.]]> 609 Adrian Tchaikovsky Techneo 0 currently-reading 4.37 2015 Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
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]]> The Midnight Library 52578297
When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change.

The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren't always what she imagined they'd be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger.

Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?]]> 288 Matt Haig 0525559477 Techneo 0 regrets 3.96 2020 The Midnight Library
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]]> And the Mountains Echoed 16115612 404 Khaled Hosseini 159463176X Techneo 0 to-read 4.06 2012 And the Mountains Echoed
author: Khaled Hosseini
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]]> The Rust Programming Language 25008661
Known by the Rust community as "The Book," The Rust Programming Language includes concept chapters, where you’ll learn about a particular aspect of Rust, and project chapters, where you’ll apply what you’ve learned so far to build small programs.

The Book opens with a quick hands-on project to introduce the basics then explores key concepts in depth, such as ownership, the type system, error handling, and fearless concurrency. Next come detailed explanations of Rust-oriented perspectives on topics like pattern matching, iterators, and smart pointers, with concrete examples and exercises--taking you from theory to practice.

The Rust Programming Language will show you how to:

Grasp important concepts unique to Rust like ownership, borrowing, and lifetimes
Use Cargo, Rust’s built-in package manager, to build and maintain your code, including downloading and building dependencies
Effectively use Rust’s zero-cost abstractions and employ your own

You’ll learn to develop reliable code that’s speed and memory efficient, while avoiding the infamous and arcane programming pitfalls common at the systems level. When you need to dive down into lower-level control, this guide will show you how without taking on the customary risk of crashes or security holes and without requiring you to learn the fine points of a fickle toolchain.

You’ll also learn how to create command line programs, build single- and multithreaded web servers, and much more.

The Rust Programming Language fully embraces Rust’s potential to empower its users. This friendly and approachable guide will help you build not only your knowledge of Rust but also your ability to program with confidence in a wider variety of domains.]]> 347 Steve Klabnik Techneo 0 4.50 The Rust Programming Language
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]]> The Girl In The Red Lipstick 58993793
Arun sees a story in her, and in digging deeper, is amazed to discover her strength of character. Even though Lalita is a young survivor of human trafficking, she has unmatched determination.

A single encounter with her makes Arun take decisions that he had never even thought of. He is willing to risk everything for her, his own life too.
But the more he tries to help her, the deeper he drowns in the swamp.
Will two broken people be able to heal each other? Will society ever accept a girl from the forbidden alleys of the city?

The Girl in the Red Lipstick is a charming story of friendship, life and finding love where we least expect to.]]> 199 Ajay K. Pandey Techneo 4 4.23 The Girl In The Red Lipstick
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]]> <![CDATA[How Linux Works: What Every Superuser Should Know]]> 514432 368 Brian Ward 1593270356 Techneo 5 currently-reading, linux 4.17 2004 How Linux Works: What Every Superuser Should Know
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]]> <![CDATA[A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)]]> 18693655 A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating but inescapable field. Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand how it feels to struggle with math. She flunked her way through high school math and science courses, before enlisting in the army immediately after graduation. When she saw how her lack of mathematical and technical savvy severely limited her options—both to rise in the military and to explore other careers—she returned to school with a newfound determination to re-tool her brain to master the very subjects that had given her so much trouble throughout her entire life.

In A Mind for Numbers, Dr. Oakley lets us in on the secrets to effectively learning math and science—secrets that even dedicated and successful students wish they’d known earlier. Contrary to popular belief, math requires creative, as well as analytical, thinking. Most people think that there’s only one way to do a problem, when in actuality, there are often a number of different solutions—you just need the creativity to see them. For example, there are more than three hundred different known proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem. In short, studying a problem in a laser-focused way until you reach a solution is not an effective way to learn math. Rather, it involves taking the time to step away from a problem and allow the more relaxed and creative part of the brain to take over. A Mind for Numbers shows us that we all have what it takes to excel in math, and learning it is not as painful as some might think!]]> 336 Barbara Oakley 039916524X Techneo 0 currently-reading, life 4.17 2014 A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)
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]]> The Midnight Library 51955934 304 Matt Haig Techneo 5 life, regrets 4.21 2020 The Midnight Library
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]]> The Silent Patient 41601079 Only I can make her speak.

I love him so totally, completely, sometimes it threatens to overwhelm me.
Sometimes I think-
No. I won't write about that.

ALICIA
Alicia Berenson writes a diary as a release, an outlet - and to prove to her beloved husband that everything is fine. She can't bear the thought of worrying Gabriel, or causing him pain.

Until, late one evening, Alicia shoots Gabriel five times and then never speaks another word.

THEO
Forensic psychotherapist Theo Faber is convinced he can successfully treat Alicia, where all others have failed. Obsessed with investigating her crime, his discoveries suggest Alicia's silence goes far deeper than he first thought.

And if she speaks, would he want to hear the truth?

]]> 362 Alex Michaelides Techneo 4 4.17 2019 The Silent Patient
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]]> The Art of Thinking Clearly 16248196
Have you ever:
� Invested time in something that, with hindsight, just wasn't worth it?
� Overpayed in an Ebay auction?
� Continued doing something you knew was bad for you?
� Sold stocks too late, or too early?
� Taken credit for success, but blamed failure on external circumstances?
� Backed the wrong horse?

These are examples of cognitive biases, simple errors we all make in our day-to-day thinking. But by knowing what they are and how to spot them, we can avoid them and make better choices-whether dealing with a personal problem or a business negotiation; trying to save money or make money; working out what we do or don't want in life: and how best to get it.

Simple, clear and always surprising, this indispensable book will change the way you think and transform your decision-making-work, at home, every day. It reveals, in 99 short chapters, the most common errors of judgment, and how to avoid them.]]> 384 Rolf Dobelli 0062219685 Techneo 0 currently-reading 3.83 2011 The Art of Thinking Clearly
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]]> <![CDATA[Lights Out: Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric]]> 50086786 How could General Electric—perhaps America’s most iconic corporation—suffer such a swift and sudden fall from grace?

This is the definitive history of General Electric’s epic decline, as told by the two Wall Street Journal reporters who covered its fall.

Since its founding in 1892, GE has been more than just a corporation. For generations, it was job security, a solidly safe investment, and an elite business education for top managers.

GE electrified America, powering everything from lightbulbs to turbines, and became fully integrated into the American societal mindset as few companies ever had. And after two decades of leadership under legendary CEO Jack Welch, GE entered the twenty-first century as America’s most valuable corporation. Yet, fewer than two decades later, the GE of old was gone.

​Lights Out examines how Welch’s handpicked successor, Jeff Immelt, tried to fix flaws in Welch’s profit machine, while stumbling headlong into mistakes of his own. In the end, GE’s traditional win-at-all-costs driven culture seemed to lose its direction, which ultimately caused the company’s decline on both a personal and organizational scale. ​Lights Out details how one of America’s all-time great companies has been reduced to a cautionary tale for our times.]]> 368 Thomas Gryta 0358250412 Techneo 0 to-read 3.84 2020 Lights Out: Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric
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]]> Do Epic Shit 59795331 312 Ankur Warikoo 9391165486 Techneo 4 Can use any day. Just open a random page and reflect. ]]> 3.67 2021 Do Epic Shit
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Not a read it and shut it kind of book.
Can use any day. Just open a random page and reflect.
]]> From Volga to Ganga 3061336 From Volga to Ganga is a collection of stories by great scholar and Writer Rahul Sankrityayan. Rahul Sankrityayan was a true vagabond who traveled to far lands like Russia, Korea, Japan, China and many others. He mastered the languages of these lands and was an authority on cultural studies.

First published in 1942, this book was considered the greatest Hindi Book of modern Indian Literature. It was translated into many languages including English, Tamil, Telugu, Russian, Chinese and many more. This book is now also considered a Classic in History of Indian Literature.]]> 253 Rahul Sankrityayan 8177693093 Techneo 0 currently-reading 4.21 1942 From Volga to Ganga
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]]> Gone Girl 19288043 What have we done to each other?

These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they weren't made by him. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone.

So what did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?]]> 415 Gillian Flynn 0307588378 Techneo 0 to-read 4.22 2012 Gone Girl
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]]> <![CDATA[The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo]]> 32620332
Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.

Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the �80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story nears its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.]]> 389 Taylor Jenkins Reid 1501139231 Techneo 0 to-read 4.39 2017 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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]]> The 4-Hour Workweek 368593
Join Tim Ferriss as he teaches you:
- How to outsource your life to overseas virtual assistants for $5 per hour and do whatever you want?
- How blue-chip escape artists travel the world without quitting their jobs?
- How to eliminate 50% of your work in 48 hours using the principles of a forgotten Italian economist?
- How to trade a long-haul career for short work bursts and freuent "mini-retirements"?
- What the crucial difference is between absolute and relative income?
- How to train your boss to value performance over presence, or kill your job (or company) if it's beyond repair?
- What automated cash-flow "muses" are and how to create one in 2 to 4 weeks?
- How to cultivate selective ignorance-and create time-with a low-information diet?
- What the management secrets of Remote Control CEOs are?
- How to get free housing worldwide and airfare at 50-80% off?
- How to fill the void and create a meaningful life after removing work and the office]]> 308 Timothy Ferriss 0307353133 Techneo 0 to-read 3.93 2007 The 4-Hour Workweek
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]]> <![CDATA[Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything]]> 1202
These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much heralded scholar who studies the stuff and riddles of everyday life -- from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing -- and whose conclusions regularly turn the conventional wisdom on its head. He usually begins with a mountain of data and a simple, unasked question. Some of these questions concern life-and-death issues; others have an admittedly freakish quality. Thus the new field of study contained in this book: freakonomics.

Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and co-author Stephen J. Dubner show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives -- how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing. In Freakonomics, they set out to explore the hidden side of ... well, everything. The inner workings of a crack gang. The truth about real-estate agents. The myths of campaign finance. The telltale marks of a cheating schoolteacher. The secrets of the Ku Klux Klan.

What unites all these stories is a belief that the modern world, despite a surfeit of obfuscation, complication, and downright deceit, is not impenetrable, is not unknowable, and -- if the right questions are asked -- is even more intriguing than we think. All it takes is a new way of looking. Steven Levitt, through devilishly clever and clear-eyed thinking, shows how to see through all the clutter.

Freakonomics establishes this unconventional premise: If morality represents how we would like the world to work, then economics represents how it actually does work. It is true that readers of this book will be armed with enough riddles and stories to last a thousand cocktail parties. But Freakonomics can provide more than that. It will literally redefine the way we view the modern world.
(front flap)]]> 268 Steven D. Levitt 0061234001 Techneo 0 to-read 4.01 2005 Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
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]]> <![CDATA[Madras on my Mind: A City in Stories]]> 35398711 224 Chitra Viraraghavan 9351775720 Techneo 0 to-read 3.36 Madras on my Mind: A City in Stories
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives]]> 6772529
The “hidden brain� is Shankar Vedantam’s shorthand for a host of brain functions, emotional responses, and cognitive processes that happen outside our conscious awareness but have a decisive effect on how we behave. The hidden brain has its finger on the scale when we make all our most complex and important decisions: It decides whom we fall in love with, whether we should convict someone of murder, and which way to run when someone yells “Fire!� It explains why we can become riveted by the story of a single puppy adrift on the ocean but are quickly bored by a story of genocide. The hidden brain can also be deliberately manipulated to convince people to vote against their own interests, or even become suicide terrorists. But the most disturbing thing is that it does all this without our knowing.

Shankar Vedantam, author of The Washington Post’s popular “Department of Human Behavior� column, takes us on a tour of this phenomenon and explores its consequences. Using original reporting that combines the latest scientific research with compulsively readable narratives that take readers from the American campaign trail to terrorist indoctrination camps, from the World Trade Center on 9/11 to, yes, a puppy adrift on the Pacific Ocean, Vedantam illuminates the dark recesses of our minds while making an original argument about how we can compensate for our blind spots and what happens when we don’t.]]> 270 Shankar Vedantam 0385525214 Techneo 0 to-read 3.97 2009 The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives
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]]> Sleepers 292740 Sleeper (colloq.): 1. out-of-town hit man who spends the night after a local contract is completed. 2. A juvenile sentenced to serve any period longer than nine months in a state-managed facility.

This is the story of four young boys. Four lifelong friends.

Intelligent, fun-loving, wise beyond their years, they are inseparable. Their potential is unlimited, but they are content to live within the closed world of New York City's Hell's Kitchen. And to play as many pranks as they can on the denizens of the street. They never get caught. And they know they never will.

Until one disastrous summer afternoon.

On that day, what begins as a harmless scheme goes horribly wrong. And the four find themselves facing a year's imprisonment in the Wilkinson Home for Boys. The oldest of them is fifteen, the youngest twelve. What happens to them over the course of that year -- brutal beatings, unimaginable humiliation -- will change their lives forever.

Years later, one becomes a lawyer. One a reporter. And two have grown up to be murderers, professional hit men. For all of them, the pain and fear of Wilkinson still rages within. Only one thing can erase it.

Revenge.

To exact it, they will twist the legal system. Commandeer the courtroom for their agenda. Use the wiles they observed on the streets, the violence they learned at Wilkinson.

If they get caught this time, they only have one thing left to lose: their lives.

SLEEPERS is the extraordinary true story of four men who take the law into their own hands. It is a searing portrait of a system gone awry and of the people -- some innocent, some not so innocent -- who must suffer the consequences. At the heart of SLEEPERS is a sensational murder trial that ultimately gives devastating, yet exhilarating, proof of street justice and truly defines the meaning of loyalty and love between friends. Told with great humor and compassion, even at its most harrowing, SLEEPERS is an unforgettable reading experience.]]> 402 Lorenzo Carcaterra 2266071289 Techneo 0 to-read 4.25 1995 Sleepers
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]]> <![CDATA[Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)]]> 12959233 Carla von Ulrich, born of German and English parents, finds her life engulfed by the Nazi tide until she commits a deed of great courage and heartbreak. . . . American brothers Woody and Chuck Dewar, each with a secret, take separate paths to momentous events, one in Washington, the other in the bloody jungles of the Pacific. . . . English student Lloyd Williams discovers in the crucible of the Spanish Civil War that he must fight Communism just as hard as Fascism. . . . Daisy Peshkov, a driven American social climber, cares only for popularity and the fast set, until the war transforms her life, not just once but twice, while her cousin Volodya carves out a position in Soviet intelligence that will affect not only this war—but the war to come.

These characters and many others find their lives inextricably entangled as their experiences illuminate the cataclysms that marked the century. From the drawing rooms of the rich to the blood and smoke of battle, their lives intertwine, propelling the reader into dramas of ever-increasing complexity.

]]> 940 Ken Follett 0525952926 Techneo 0 to-read 4.36 2012 Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul]]> 219780
Not everyone appreciated the sisters� attempts to elevate the industry. Rival Levee madams hatched numerous schemes to ruin the Everleighs, including an attempt to frame them for the death of department store heir Marshall Field, Jr. But the sisters� most daunting foes were the Progressive Era reformers, who sent the entire country into a frenzy with lurid tales of “white slavery-the allegedly rampant practice of kidnapping young girls and forcing them into brothels. This furor shaped America’s sexual culture and had repercussions all the way to the White House, including the formation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

With a cast of characters that includes Jack Johnson, John Barrymore, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., William Howard Taft, “Hinky Dink� Kenna, and Al Capone, Sin in the Second City is Karen Abbott’s colorful, nuanced portrait of the iconic Everleigh sisters, their world-famous Club, and the perennial clash between our nation’s hedonistic impulses and Puritanical roots. Culminating in a dramatic last stand between brothel keepers and crusading reformers, Sin in the Second City offers a vivid snapshot of America’s journey from Victorian-era propriety to twentieth-century modernity.]]> 356 Karen Abbott 1400065305 Techneo 0 to-read 3.62 2007 Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
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]]> <![CDATA[What The Heck Do I Do With My Life]]> 59993750 208 Ravi Venkatesan 9355202903 Techneo 0 currently-reading 4.51 What The Heck Do I Do With My Life
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]]> <![CDATA[Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life]]> 44595007
What would be possible if you followed through on your best intentions? What could you accomplish if you could stay focused and overcome distractions? What if you had the power to become "indistractable"?

International best-selling author, former Stanford lecturer, and behavioral design expert, Nir Eyal, wrote Silicon Valley's handbook for making technology habit-forming. Five years after publishing Hooked, Eyal reveals distraction's Achilles' heel in his groundbreaking new book.

In Indistractable, Eyal reveals the hidden psychology driving us to distraction. He describes why solving the problem is not as simple as swearing off our devices: Abstinence is impractical and often makes us want more.

Eyal lays bare the secret of finally doing what you say you will do with a four-step, research-backed model. Indistractable reveals the key to getting the best out of technology, without letting it get the best of us.

Inside, Eyal overturns conventional wisdom and reveals:


Why distraction at work is a symptom of a dysfunctional company culture - and how to fix it
What really drives human behavior and why "time management is pain management"
Why your relationships (and your sex life) depend on you becoming indistractable
How to raise indistractable children in an increasingly distracting world
Empowering and optimistic, Indistractable provides practical, novel techniques to control your time and attention - helping you live the life you really want.]]> 290 Nir Eyal 194883653X Techneo 0 currently-reading 3.71 2019 Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
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]]> Half of a Yellow Sun 18749 A masterly, haunting new novel from a writer heralded by The Washington Post Book World as “the 21st-century daughter of Chinua Achebe,� Half of a Yellow Sun re-creates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra’s impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria in the 1960s, and the chilling violence that followed.

With astonishing empathy and the effortless grace of a natural storyteller, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie weaves together the lives of three characters swept up in the turbulence of the decade. Thirteen-year-old Ugwu is employed as a houseboy for a university professor full of revolutionary zeal. Olanna is the professor’s beautiful mistress, who has abandoned her life of privilege in Lagos for a dusty university town and the charisma of her new lover. And Richard is a shy young Englishman in thrall to Olanna’s twin sister, an enigmatic figure who refuses to belong to anyone. As Nigerian troops advance and the three must run for their lives, their ideals are severely tested, as are their loyalties to one another.

Epic, ambitious, and triumphantly realized, Half of a Yellow Sun is a remarkable novel about moral responsibility, about the end of colonialism, about ethnic allegiances, about class and race—and the ways in which love can complicate them all. Adichie brilliantly evokes the promise and the devastating disappointments that marked this time and place, bringing us one of the most powerful, dramatic, and intensely emotional pictures of modern Africa that we have ever had.]]> 435 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 1400044162 Techneo 0 to-read 4.34 2006 Half of a Yellow Sun
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]]> The Alchemist 865 197 Paulo Coelho 0061122416 Techneo 0 3.85 1988 The Alchemist
author: Paulo Coelho
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]]> <![CDATA[3 and a Half Murders: An Inspector Saralkar Mystery]]> 36047947 a man hanging from the ceiling fan.
A suicide note cum murder confession.
And a name . . . Shaunak Sodhi.
When the case comes their way, Senior Inspector Saralkar has just been diagnosed with hypertension and PSI Motkar is busy with rehearsals of an amateur play.
What appears at first to be a commonplace crime by a debt-ridden, cuckolded husband, who has killed his unfaithful wife and then hung himself, soon begins to unfold as a baffling mystery. As clues point to a seven-year-old unsolved murder in Bangalore and other leads emerge closer home, Saralkar and Motkar find themselves investigating shady secrets, bitter grudges, fishy land deals, carnal desires, the dead woman Anushka Doshi’s sinister obsession with past life regression and her husband’s links to a suspicious, small-time god-man, Rangdev Baba.And then, suddenly, the murderer resurfaces and yet another life is in grave danger . . .
Can Saralkar and Motkar get to the bottom of an unimaginably shocking motive and stop the malevolent killer from committing the fourth murder . . .?]]> 290 Salil Desai Techneo 0 4.07 2017 3 and a Half Murders: An Inspector Saralkar Mystery
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]]> Lord of the Flies 7624 182 William Golding 0140283331 Techneo 4 currently-reading 3.70 1954 Lord of the Flies
author: William Golding
name: Techneo
average rating: 3.70
book published: 1954
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Broken (In the Best Possible Way)]]> 54305363 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy and Let’s Pretend This Never Happened comes a deeply relatable book filled with humor and honesty about depression and anxiety.

As Jenny Lawson’s hundreds of thousands of fans know, she suffers from depression. In Broken, Jenny brings readers along on her mental and physical health journey, offering heartbreaking and hilarious anecdotes along the way.

With people experiencing anxiety and depression now more than ever, Jenny humanizes what we all face in an all-too-real way, reassuring us that we’re not alone and making us laugh while doing it. From the business ideas that she wants to pitch to Shark Tank to the reason why Jenny can never go back to the post office, Broken leaves nothing to the imagination in the most satisfying way. And of course, Jenny’s long-suffering husband Victor―the Ricky to Jenny’s Lucille Ball―is present throughout.

A treat for Jenny Lawson’s already existing fans, and destined to convert new ones, Broken is a beacon of hope and a wellspring of laughter when we all need it most.]]> 285 Jenny Lawson 1250077036 Techneo 0 to-read 4.01 2021 Broken (In the Best Possible Way)
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]]> Intangled From Within 54238988 44 Jagadeesh V G Techneo 0 to-read 5.00 Intangled From Within
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]]> <![CDATA[Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage]]> 41022133 ANew York Times#1 Bestseller
A New York Times and Washington Post notable book, and one of theFinancial Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch,Slate,Mother Jones, The Daily Beast, and BookPage's best books of the year

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimageis the long-awaited new novel—a book that sold more than a million copies the first week it went on sale in Japan—from the award-winning, internationally best-selling author Haruki Murakami.

Here he gives us the remarkable story of Tsukuru Tazaki, a young man haunted by a great loss; of dreams and nightmares that have unintended consequences for the world around us; and of a journey into the past that is necessary to mend the present. It is a story of love, friendship, and heartbreak for the ages.]]> 308 Haruki Murakami 0385352115 Techneo 0 to-read 3.93 2013 Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
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]]> <![CDATA[What I Talk About When I Talk About Running]]> 2195464
Equal parts training log, travelogue, and reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers his four-month preparation for the 2005 New York City Marathon and takes us to places ranging from Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien gardens, where he once shared the course with an Olympian, to the Charles River in Boston among young women who outpace him. Through this marvelous lens of sport emerges a panorama of memories and insights: the eureka moment when he decided to become a writer, his greatest triumphs and disappointments, his passion for vintage LPs, and the experience, after fifty, of seeing his race times improve and then fall back.

By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is rich and revelatory, both for fans of this masterful yet guardedly private writer and for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in running.]]> 188 Haruki Murakami Techneo 0 to-read 3.87 2007 What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
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]]> Don't Wake Up 34914658
The man who stands over her isn't a doctor.

The offer he makes her is utterly unspeakable.

But when Alex re-awakens, she's unharmed - and no one believes her horrifying story. Ostracised by her colleagues, her family and her partner, she begins to wonder if she really is losing her mind.

And then she meets the next victim.

So compulsive you can't stop reading.

So chilling you won't stop talking about it.

A pitch-black and devastatingly original psychological thriller.]]> 368 Liz Lawler Techneo 4 4.09 2017 Don't Wake Up
author: Liz Lawler
name: Techneo
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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]]> 400 Days 59060924 352 Chetan Bhagat 1542094089 Techneo 4 3.74 2021 400 Days
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rating: 4
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]]> The God Delusion 14743
With rigor and wit, Dawkins examines God in all his forms, from the sex-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament, to the more benign (but still illogical) Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment thinkers. 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, buttressing his points with historical and contemporary evidence.

The God Delusion makes a compelling case that belief in God is not just wrong, but potentially deadly. It also offers exhilarating insight into the advantages of atheism to the individual and society, not the least of which is a clearer, truer appreciation of the universe's wonders than any faith could ever muster.]]> 374 Richard Dawkins 0618680004 Techneo 0 to-read 3.89 2006 The God Delusion
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]]> <![CDATA[Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind]]> 23692271 512 Yuval Noah Harari Techneo 0 currently-reading 4.33 2011 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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]]> Real-World Machine Learning 23514876 Summary

Real-World Machine Learning is a practical guide designed to teach working developers the art of ML project execution. Without overdosing you on academic theory and complex mathematics, it introduces the day-to-day practice of machine learning, preparing you to successfully build and deploy powerful ML systems.

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

About the Technology

Machine learning systems help you find valuable insights and patterns in data, which you'd never recognize with traditional methods. In the real world, ML techniques give you a way to identify trends, forecast behavior, and make fact-based recommendations. It's a hot and growing field, and up-to-speed ML developers are in demand.

About the Book

Real-World Machine Learning will teach you the concepts and techniques you need to be a successful machine learning practitioner without overdosing you on abstract theory and complex mathematics. By working through immediately relevant examples in Python, you'll build skills in data acquisition and modeling, classification, and regression. You'll also explore the most important tasks like model validation, optimization, scalability, and real-time streaming. When you're done, you'll be ready to successfully build, deploy, and maintain your own powerful ML systems.

What's Inside




Predicting future behavior
Performance evaluation and optimization
Analyzing sentiment and making recommendations
About the Reader

No prior machine learning experience assumed. Readers should know Python.

About the Authors

Henrik Brink, Joseph Richards and Mark Fetherolf are experienced data scientists engaged in the daily practice of machine learning.

Table of Contents



THE MACHINE-LEARNING WORKFLOWWhat is machine learning?
Real-world data
Modeling and prediction
Model evaluation and optimization
Basic feature engineeringPRACTICAL APPLICATIONExample: NYC taxi data
Advanced feature engineering
Advanced NLP example: movie review sentiment
Scaling machine-learning workflows
Example: digital display advertising]]> 264 Henrik Brink 1617291927 Techneo 0 currently-reading 4.13 2016 Real-World Machine Learning
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]]> Thinking, Fast and Slow 11468377 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—and also the faults and biases—of 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—each 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—and 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 0374275637 Techneo 0 currently-reading 4.17 2011 Thinking, Fast and Slow
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]]> The Strange Library 23128304
The story of a lonely boy, a mysterious girl, and a tormented sheep man plotting their escape from a nightmarish library, the book is like nothing else Murakami has written. Designed by Chip Kidd and fully illustrated in full color throughout, this small format, 96-page volume is a treat for book lovers of all ages.]]> 96 Haruki Murakami 0385354304 Techneo 3
The good thing is nothing is predictable. ]]> 3.58 2005 The Strange Library
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A simple horror fiction.

The good thing is nothing is predictable.
]]> One Arranged Murder 55024736
‘Ever since you found Prerna, I lost my best friend� is what I told Saurabh. Hi, this is Keshav, and Saurabh, my best friend, flatmate, colleague and business partner, won’t talk to me. Because I made fun of him and his fiancée. Saurabh and Prerna will be getting married soon. It is an arranged marriage. However, there is more cheesy romance between them than any love-marriage couple. On Karva Chauth, she fasted for him. She didn’t eat all day. In the evening, she called him and waited on the terrace for the moon and for Saurabh to break her fast. Excited, Saurabh ran up the steps of her three-storey house. But when he reached�

Welcome to One Arranged Murder, an unputdownable thriller from India’s highest-selling author. A story about love, friendship, family and crime, it will keep you entertained and hooked right till the end.]]> 303 Chetan Bhagat 1542094143 Techneo 3 3.63 2020 One Arranged Murder
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average rating: 3.63
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Emotional Intelligence - Idliyaga Irungal (Tamil)]]> 33224522 113 Soma. Valliappan Techneo 5 4.22 2006 Emotional Intelligence - Idliyaga Irungal (Tamil)
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average rating: 4.22
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]]> The Alchemist 18144590 The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations.

Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined. Santiago's journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, most importantly, following our dreams.]]> 182 Paulo Coelho 0062315005 Techneo 4
Need to take a lot of time to assimilate the content of each chapter. The story intertwined with the universal language reveals helps in remembering the teachings from time to time.

Was expecting the heroics of a shepherd kind of story by got a much better one.

I was able to associate a lot of events and their outcomes with how I had handled my life experiences in the past. Also gave a revelation on what I could have done in other situations.

I don't want to call it a coincidence, but I was faced with a life decision when I was halfway thru the book and some events in the book helped me to get more clarity on the path to chose.

Lots of lessons to learn from the sheep, the King, the innkeeper, the crystal merchant, the Caravan Driver, the Englishman, the emerald, the two stones, the desert, the dunes, the hawks, and also the Alchemist. ]]> 4.01 1988 The Alchemist
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it took 10 to 11 sittings to complete this book.

Need to take a lot of time to assimilate the content of each chapter. The story intertwined with the universal language reveals helps in remembering the teachings from time to time.

Was expecting the heroics of a shepherd kind of story by got a much better one.

I was able to associate a lot of events and their outcomes with how I had handled my life experiences in the past. Also gave a revelation on what I could have done in other situations.

I don't want to call it a coincidence, but I was faced with a life decision when I was halfway thru the book and some events in the book helped me to get more clarity on the path to chose.

Lots of lessons to learn from the sheep, the King, the innkeeper, the crystal merchant, the Caravan Driver, the Englishman, the emerald, the two stones, the desert, the dunes, the hawks, and also the Alchemist.
]]> A Thousand Splendid Suns 128029
With the passing of time comes Taliban rule over Afghanistan, the streets of Kabul loud with the sound of gunfire and bombs, life a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear, the women's endurance tested beyond their worst imaginings. Yet love can move people to act in unexpected ways, lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism. In the end it is love that triumphs over death and destruction.

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a portrait of a wounded country and a story of family and friendship, of an unforgiving time, an unlikely bond, and an indestructible love.]]> 372 Khaled Hosseini 1594489505 Techneo 4 4.44 2007 A Thousand Splendid Suns
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]]> <![CDATA[பிரிவோம் சந்திப்போம� / Pirivom Sandhippom (Tamil Edition)]]> 46015529 556 Sujatha Techneo 5 4.27 2009 பிரிவோம் சந்திப்போம் / Pirivom Sandhippom (Tamil Edition)
author: Sujatha
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average rating: 4.27
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living]]> 31200948 A beautifully packaged, gifty daily devotional of Stoic wisdom, from the author of The Obstacle is the Way.

Modern readers praise Stoic philosophy for its unique blend of practicality and wisdom. But it's admittedly hard for the average reader to decipher the Dover Thrift edition of Marcus Aurelius' work. The antiquated, needlessly formal language of most modern translations is stripped down in this book, revealing powerful aphorisms that cut straight to the heart of our day-to-day challenges.

Presented in a page-per-day format, this daily resource of Stoic inspiration combines new translations of Seneca, Epictetus, Zeno by Stephen Hanselman with calls to further reflection--and action--by Ryan Holiday. Arranged topically following the same three movements (Perception, Action, Will) that Holiday used inThe Obstacle is the Way, this guide features twelve principles for overcoming obstacles and achieving greater satisfaction.

Aimed at the high-octane, action-oriented, doers of our wired world, this book is intended to open to them a new daily ritual and a new orientation that will bring balanced action, insight, effectiveness, and serenity.]]> 397 Ryan Holiday 0735211744 Techneo 0 currently-reading 4.56 2016 The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
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]]> மீண்டும் ஜீனோ / Meendum Jeeno 50739531 272 Sujatha Techneo 5 4.57 1987 மீண்டும் ஜீனோ / Meendum Jeeno
author: Sujatha
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average rating: 4.57
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[என� இனிய இயந்திரா / En Eniya Eyainthira]]> 51340044 224 Sujatha Techneo 5 4.50 1980 என் இனிய இயந்திரா / En Eniya Eyainthira
author: Sujatha
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average rating: 4.50
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]]> Creativity & Problem Solving 39926801
The crucial element separating an exceptional career from a lackluster one is the ability to devise innovative solutions to work challenges. With research showing the direct relationship between ideas and profitability, creative thinking skills are vital to professional advancement. As one of the world’s premiere success experts, Brian Tracy knows that creativity can be developed with practice and a few helpful tools.]]> 122 Brian Tracy Techneo 0 currently-reading 4.39 2014 Creativity & Problem Solving
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average rating: 4.39
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]]> The Kite Runner 77203 371 Khaled Hosseini 159463193X Techneo 4 4.34 2003 The Kite Runner
author: Khaled Hosseini
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]]> The Girl in Room 105 41722535 Hi, I’m Keshav, and my life is screwed. I hate my job and my girlfriend left me. Ah, the beautiful Zara. Zara is from Kashmir. She is a Muslim. And did I tell you my family is a bit, well, traditional? Anyway, leave that.

Zara and I broke up four years ago. She moved on in life. I didn’t. I drank every night to forget her. I called, messaged, and stalked her on social media. She just ignored me.

However, that night, on the eve of her birthday, Zara messaged me. She called me over, like old times, to her hostel room 105. I shouldn’t have gone, but I did� and my life changed forever.

This is not a love story. It is an unlove story.

From the author of Five Point Someone and 2 States, comes a fast-paced, funny and unputdownable thriller about obsessive love and finding purpose in life against the backdrop of contemporary India.

]]> 314 Chetan Bhagat Techneo 3 Another who done it novel

The initial set-up to the crime was good. But the sequence that unfolds later is less interesting. The political views of the author has less impact on the story and sometimes stands out not fitting anywhere. ]]> 3.72 2018 The Girl in Room 105
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Another who done it novel

The initial set-up to the crime was good. But the sequence that unfolds later is less interesting. The political views of the author has less impact on the story and sometimes stands out not fitting anywhere.
]]> <![CDATA[The Medici Effect: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation]]> 255132
Frans Johansson’s The Medici Effect shows how breakthrough ideas most often occur when we bring concepts from one field into a new, unfamiliar territory, and offers examples how we can turn the ideas we discover into path-breaking innovations.]]> 207 Frans Johansson 1422102823 Techneo 0 currently-reading 3.91 2004 The Medici Effect: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation
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]]> Lateral Thinking 829616 THE classic work about improving creativity from world-renowned writer and philosopher Edward de Bono.

In schools we are taught to meet problems head-on: what Edward de Bono calls 'vertical thinking'. This works well in simple situations - but we are at a loss when this approach fails. What then?

Lateral thinking is all about freeing up your imagination. Through a series of special techniques, in groups or working alone, Edward de Bono shows how to stimulate the mind in new and exciting ways.

Soon you will be looking at problems from a variety of angles and offering up solutions that are as ingenious as they are effective. You will become much more productive and a formidable thinker in your own right.]]> 272 Edward de Bono 0140137793 Techneo 0 currently-reading 3.81 Lateral Thinking
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]]> <![CDATA[Between Black and White (McMurtrie and Drake Legal Thrillers, #2)]]> 26209426
Retired law professor Tom McMurtrie, Bo’s former teacher and friend, is a year removed from returning to the courtroom. Now McMurtrie and his headstrong partner, Rick Drake, must defend Bo on charges of capital murder while hunting for Andy Walton’s true killer. In a courtroom clash that will put their reputations and lives at stake, can McMurtrie and Drake release Bo from a lifetime of despair? Or will justice remain hidden somewhere between black and white?]]> 397 Robert Bailey 1503953076 Techneo 0 to-read 4.23 2016 Between Black and White (McMurtrie and Drake Legal Thrillers, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques]]> 517518 Rethink the Way You Think

In hindsight, every great idea seems obvious. But how can you be the person who comes up with those ideas?
In this revised and expanded edition of his groundbreaking Thinkertoys, creativity expert Michael Michalko reveals life-changing tools that will help you think like a genius. From the linear to the intuitive, this comprehensive handbook details ingenious creative-thinking techniques for approaching problems in unconventional ways. Through fun and thought-provoking exercises, you’ll learn how to create original ideas that will improve your personal life and your business life. Michalko’s techniques show you how to look at the same information as everyone else and see something different.

With hundreds of hints, tricks, tips, tales, and puzzles, Thinkertoys will open your mind to a world of innovative solutions to everyday and not-so-everyday problems.]]> 416 Michael Michalko 1580087736 Techneo 0 currently-reading 3.98 1991 Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques
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]]> Cari Mora 42118856 The Silence of the Lambs comes a story of evil, greed, and the consequences of dark obsession.

Twenty-five million dollars in cartel gold lies hidden beneath a mansion on the Miami Beach waterfront. Ruthless men have tracked it for years. Leading the pack is Hans-Peter Schneider. Driven by unspeakable appetites, he makes a living fleshing out the violent fantasies of other, richer men.

Cari Mora, caretaker of the house, has escaped from the violence in her native country. She stays in Miami on a wobbly Temporary Protected Status, subject to the iron whim of ICE. She works at many jobs to survive. Beautiful, marked by war, Cari catches the eye of Hans-Peter as he closes in on the treasure. But Cari Mora has surprising skills, and her will to survive has been tested before.

Monsters lurk in the crevices between male desire and female survival. No other writer in the last century has conjured those monsters with more terrifying brilliance than Thomas Harris. Cari Mora, his sixth novel, is the long-awaited return of an American master.]]> 308 Thomas Harris 1538750147 Techneo 0 to-read 2.71 2019 Cari Mora
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]]> <![CDATA[The Professor (McMurtrie and Drake, #1)]]> 26031530 Law professor Thomas Jackson McMurtrie literally wrote the book on evidence in the state of Alabama. But when a power-hungry colleague uses a recent run-in between McMurtrie and headstrong student Rick Drake to end his career, he is left unsure what to do next.

Meanwhile, a devastating trucking accident in Henshaw, Alabama, leaves a young family dead. Drake, now a fledgling lawyer, takes the case against the freight carrier and soon begins to uncover the truth behind the tragedy that is buried in a tangled web of arson, bribery, and greed. On the eve of the trial and with his case unraveling in the midst of a dangerous cover-up that threatens to silence his star witnesses, Drake realizes that only his estranged mentor, Professor McMurtrie, can help him now.

With everything to lose and only justice to gain, will McMurtrie and Drake overcome bad blood to defeat a ruthless adversary? Can the Professor turn back the clock and recover all that he’s lost?

Revised edition: This edition of The Professor includes editorial revisions.

]]> 429 Robert Bailey 1503945537 Techneo 5 4.42 2014 The Professor (McMurtrie and Drake, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Scion of Ikshvaku (Ram Chandra, #1)]]> 25491388
3400 BCE. INDIA

Ayodhya is weakened by divisions. A terrible war has taken its toll. The damage runs deep. The demon King of Lanka, Raavan, does not impose his rule on the defeated. He, instead, imposes his trade. Money is sucked out of the empire. The Sapt Sindhu people descend into poverty, despondency and corruption. They cry for a leader to lead them out of the morass. Little do they appreciate that the leader is among them. One whom they know. A tortured and ostracised prince. A prince they tried to break. A prince called Ram.

He loves his country, even when his countrymen torment him. He stands alone for the law. His band of brothers, his Sita, and he, against the darkness of chaos.

Will Ram rise above the taint that others heap on him? Will his love for Sita sustain him through his struggle? Will he defeat the demon Lord Raavan who destroyed his childhood? Will he fulfil the destiny of the Vishnu?

Begin an epic journey with Amish’s latest: the Ram Chandra Series.]]> 374 Amish Tripathi Techneo 2 4.03 2015 Scion of Ikshvaku (Ram Chandra, #1)
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average rating: 4.03
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Recommend it to anyone who has never read Ramayanam. Otherwise nothing new.
]]> <![CDATA[Reliving Sujatha: His Best Stories in English]]> 34385115

Sujatha was a prolific writer of popular fiction in Tamil whose writing career spanned almost 50 years. Translated for the first time, into English, this selection has been carefully chosen, for an audience of readers who are interested in stories about India. The tales by Sujatha, in this collection are replete with shocking twists, characters, and life situations with whom the reader is bound to feel an emotional connect.]]> 165 Sujatha Techneo 5 4.23 Reliving Sujatha: His Best Stories in English
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]]> <![CDATA[Yayati: A Classic Tale of Lust (Library of South Asian Literature)]]> 20490689 266 Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar Techneo 5 3.76 1963 Yayati: A Classic Tale of Lust (Library of South Asian Literature)
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]]> Behind Closed Doors 26050845 The Girl on the Train and The Ice Twins

Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace.

He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You might not want to like them, but you do. Though, you’d like to get to know Grace better.

But it’s difficult, because you realise Jack and Grace are never apart.

Some might call this true love. Others might ask why Grace never answers the phone. Or how she can never meet for coffee, even though she doesn’t work. How she can cook such elaborate meals but remain so slim. And why there are bars on one of the bedroom windows.

Sometimes, the perfect marriage is the perfect lie.]]> 351 B.A. Paris 1848454120 Techneo 4 3.96 2016 Behind Closed Doors
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]]> <![CDATA[The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk: Life Lessons from Here and There]]> 19399437 Over the years, Sudha Murty has come across some fascinating people whose lives make for interesting stories and have astonishing lessons to reveal. Take Vishnu, who achieves every material success but never knows happiness; or Venkat, who talks so much that he has no time to listen. In other stories, a young girl goes on a train journey that changes her life forever; an impoverished village woman provides bathing water to hundreds of people in a drought-stricken area; a do-gooder ghost decides to teach a disconsolate young man Sanskrit; and in the title story, a woman in a flooded village in Odisha teaches the author a life lesson she will never forget.
From the bestselling author of Wise and Otherwise and The Old Man and His God, this is another heart-warming collection of real-life stories that will delight readers of all ages.]]> 223 Sudha Murty Techneo 0 4.05 2012 The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk: Life Lessons from Here and There
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]]> The Unlikely Spy 93797 "In wartime," Winston Churchill wrote, "truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies."

For Britain's counterintelligence operations, this meant finding the unlikeliest agent imaginable-a history professor named Alfred Vicary, handpicked by Churchill himself to expose a highly dangerous, but unknown, traitor.

The Nazis, however, have also chosen an unlikely agent: Catherine Blake, a beautiful widow of a war hero, a hospital volunteer - and a Nazi spy under direct orders from Hitler to uncover the Allied plans for D-Day...]]> 752 Daniel Silva 0451209303 Techneo 0 to-read 4.22 1996 The Unlikely Spy
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]]> Deja Karma 26225380
Jay Singh is the best defence lawyer in New Delhi that money can buy. But Jay Singh is a closet alcoholic; he has a dark and ominous past. His mother has been accused and convicted of killing his father..something he doesn't accept even after twenty years.

Flamboyant, wicket, lethal, Jay Singh never loses a case, though his methods might not always be within the law. If the law is after you - guilty or not - there is only one man who can save you. If Jay Singh takes your case, witnesses for the prosecution disappear or turn hostile, evidence evaporates, technology and science fail to provide any cogent support. What's more - Jay Singh can even provide you with an ironclad alibi.

And then he gets a case that can completely destroy him.

If he loses the high-profile he can kiss his career goodbye ; if he wins the case he better keep his obituary ready.]]> 289 Vish Dhamija Techneo 4 3.74 2015 Deja Karma
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]]> <![CDATA[Those Pricey Thakur Girls (Those Pricey Thakur Girls, #1)]]> 17340720 Those Pricey Thakur Girls is rom-com specialist Anuja Chauhan writing at her sparkling best.]]> 400 Anuja Chauhan 9350296020 Techneo 3 3.65 2013 Those Pricey Thakur Girls (Those Pricey Thakur Girls, #1)
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]]> Right Fit Wrong Shoe 7286942 248 Varsha Dixit 8129115239 Techneo 4 3.41 Right Fit Wrong Shoe
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]]> Wrong Means Right End 16049361 320 Varsha Dixit 8129120461 Techneo 3 3.74 Wrong Means Right End
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]]> You Are Trending In My Dreams 25946715
Four college students, who couldn’t be more different from each other, move into a flat in Mumbai. While Varun is sloppy but lovable, Ahana is gutsy and reckless; Malvika is the group’s selfie queen and Garima is the most reserved in the group.

Yet, all four get along like a house on fire. Although each of them is battling personal demons, their commitment to the bond of friendship they have built over time holds them together. Things, however, take a turbulent turn when one of the four finds herself caught in a mess. Will they stick together or fall apart?

'You’re Trending in My Dreams' is a true story that will reaffirm your faith in the magic of love and friendship.]]> 216 Sudeep Nagarkar 8184006713 Techneo 0 3.48 2015 You Are Trending In My Dreams
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]]> One Night at the Call Center 105578 Press 2 for broken hearts.
Press 3 if your life has totally crashed. . . .

Six friends work nights at a call center in India, providing technical support for a major U.S. appliance corporation. Skilled in patience–and accent management–they help American consumers keep their lives running. Yet behind the headsets, everybody’s heart is on the line.

Shyam (Sam to his callers) has lost his self-confidence after being dumped by the girl who just so happens to be sitting next to him. Priyanka’s domineering mother has arranged for her daughter’s upscale marriage to an Indian man in Seattle. Esha longs to be a model but discovers it’s a horizontal romp to the runway. Lost, dissatisfied Vroom has high ideals, but compromises them by talking on the phone to idiots each night. Traditional Radhika has just found out that her husband is sleeping with his secretary. And Military Uncle (nobody knows his real name) sits alone working the online chat.

They all try to make it through their shifts–and maintain their sanity–under the eagle eye of a boss whose ego rivals his incompetence. But tonight is no ordinary night. Tonight is Thanksgiving in Appliances are going haywire, and the phones are ringing off their hooks. Then one call, from one very special caller, changes everything.

Chetan Bhagat’s delicious romantic comedy takes us inside the world of the international call center, where cultural cross-wires come together with perfect pathos, hilarity, and spice.]]> 320 Chetan Bhagat 0345498321 Techneo 0 2.49 2005 One Night at the Call Center
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]]> <![CDATA[No Orchids for Miss Blandish (Blandish's Orchids and Dave Fenner #1)]]> 521118
When Dave Fenner was hired to solve the Blandish kidnapping, he knew the odds of finding the girl were against him - the cops were still looking for her three months after the ransom had been paid. And the kidnappers, Riley and his gang, had disappeared in to thin air. But what none of them knew was that Riley himself had been wiped out by a rival gang - and the heiress was now in the hands of Ma Grisson and her son Slim, a vicious killer who couldn't stay away from women...especially his beautiful new captive. By the time Fenner began to close in on them, some terrible things had happened to Miss Blandish...]]> 189 James Hadley Chase 0709062672 Techneo 4 3.77 1939 No Orchids for Miss Blandish (Blandish's Orchids and Dave Fenner #1)
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]]> Think Like a Freak 17331349
Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis, they take us inside their thought process and teach us all to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally—to think, that is, like a Freak.

Levitt and Dubner offer a blueprint for an entirely new way to solve problems, whether your interest lies in minor lifehacks or major global reforms. As always, no topic is off-limits. They range from business to philanthropy to sports to politics, all with the goal of retraining your brain. Along the way, you’ll learn the secrets of a Japanese hot-dog-eating champion, the reason an Australian doctor swallowed a batch of dangerous bacteria, and why Nigerian e-mail scammers make a point of saying they’re from Nigeria.

Some of the steps toward thinking like a

First, put away your moral compass—because it’s hard to see a problem clearly if you’ve already decided what to do about it. Learn to say “I don’t know”—for until you can admit what you don’t yet know, it’s virtually impossible to learn what you need to. Think like a child—because you’ll come up with better ideas and ask better questions. Take a master class in incentives—because for better or worse, incentives rule our world. Learn to persuade people who don’t want to be persuaded—because being right is rarely enough to carry the day. Learn to appreciate the upside of quitting—because you can’t solve tomorrow’s problem if you aren’t willing to abandon today’s dud.Levitt and Dubner plainly see the world like no one else. Now you can too. Never before have such iconoclastic thinkers been so revealing—and so much fun to read.]]> 0 Steven D. Levitt 0062218360 Techneo 4 3.83 2014 Think Like a Freak
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A must read for out of the box thinkers
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