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Average rating: 4.36 · 465 ratings · 46 reviews · 2 distinct works · Similar authors

	Eloquent Ruby 4.54 of 5 stars 4.54 avg rating — 262 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Design Patterns in Ruby 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 204 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Russ Olsen rated a book 3 of 5 stars Radioactivity: A Very Short Introduction by Claudio Tuniz	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Russ Olsen rated a book 1 of 5 stars The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity by Alan Cooper	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Cooper wants to blame the socially inept engineers. I want to blame Cooper...
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Russ Olsen rated a book 4 of 5 stars Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Frank Close	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Russ Olsen rated a book 3 of 5 stars Archie Americana Series: Best of the Fifties, Vol. 1 by Paul Castiglia	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Revisiting the relentlessly sexist humor of my youth.
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Russ Olsen rated a book 3 of 5 stars Models. Behaving. Badly.: Why Confusing Illusion with Reality Can Lead to Disaster, on Wall Street and in Life by Emanuel Derman	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Russ Olsen rated a book 5 of 5 stars Curious George and the Rocket by H.A. Rey	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Russ Olsen rated a book 4 of 5 stars Curious George Visits the Zoo by H.A. Rey	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Russ Olsen rated a book 4 of 5 stars Curious George Flies a Kite by H.A. Rey	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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