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Cutting for Stone
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The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins
" A surprising number of scientists feel that Richard Dawkins does the public understanding of science real harm through his belligerent attacks on religion, which turn off a good half of his potential audience, but no one can doubt that he has a talen... "
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Specifying Systems by Leslie Lamport
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A Discipline of Programming by Edward W. Dijkstra
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Distributed Computing by David Peleg
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Notes on Graphic Design and Visual Communication by Gregg Berryman
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very nice concise summary of the fundamental concepts associated with graphic design, great to read this before hairy details about photoshop, css or other aspects of design production
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The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman
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A great synthesis of business knowledge, defines all of the terms and concepts related to business in a way that I feel will let me plug in new knowledge to areas I know less about. And the reassuring thing is that for those areas that I feel I *hav...more
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
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nice bite size stories, each one independent from the others, perfect for a bedtime read
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Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
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Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
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Over the top description of everything, but it makes the book a lot of fun to read, reminded me of reading the princess bride as he described in vivid detail so many different super human endurance runners.
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JavaScript by Douglas Crockford
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best book on javascript if you already know how to program. glaven.
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