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Technology Book Summaries

Learn CSS in One Day and Learn It Well (Includes HTML5)

by Jamie Chan • 2015

Zero CSS to real web pages in one day: hands-on project that teaches layout and style.

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🌐 Web Development 🖥️ Frontend Engineering 🛠️ Learn By Doing 🎨 Web Design Basics 📐 Page Layout

Learn CSS in One Day and Learn It Well (Includes HTML5)

Zero CSS to real web pages in one day: hands-on project that teaches layout and style.

by Jamie Chan 2015 148 pages

4.06

142 ratings

🌐 Web Development 🖥️ Frontend Engineering 🛠️ Learn By Doing 🎨 Web Design Basics 📐 Page Layout

The Anarchist In The Library

by Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2004

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

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🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons 🌐 Network Society 💻 Digital Counterculture

The Anarchist In The Library

The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.

by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004 272 pages

3.50

175 ratings

🛡️ Digital Rights ⚖️ Copyright Politics 🏛️ Cultural Commons 🌐 Network Society 💻 Digital Counterculture

I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom

by Jason Pargin • 2024

A driver, a stranger, a locked box, and an internet that thinks it's a bomb.

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17k+

🖥️ Internet Satire 📱 Viral Paranoia 🚗 Odd Couple Road Trip 🤷 Reluctant Everyman 😂 Absurdist Humor

I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom

A driver, a stranger, a locked box, and an internet that thinks it's a bomb.

by Jason Pargin 2024 400 pages

3.93

17k+ ratings

🖥️ Internet Satire 📱 Viral Paranoia 🚗 Odd Couple Road Trip 🤷 Reluctant Everyman 😂 Absurdist Humor

Blockchain Technology Explained

by Alan T. Norman • 2017

Blockchain in plain English: how it works, why it rewires trust, and what comes after Bitcoin.

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500+

🧱 Blockchain Basics 💰 Cryptocurrencies 📒 Distributed Ledgers 📜 Smart Contracts 🌐 Decentralized Systems

Blockchain Technology Explained

Blockchain in plain English: how it works, why it rewires trust, and what comes after Bitcoin.

by Alan T. Norman 2017 128 pages

4.02

500+ ratings

🧱 Blockchain Basics 💰 Cryptocurrencies 📒 Distributed Ledgers 📜 Smart Contracts 🌐 Decentralized Systems

Master Getting Things Done the David Allen Way with Evernote

by Dominic Wolff • 2013

Seven days to a working GTD setup in Evernote: the notebooks, tags, and review rhythm.

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⚡ Personal Productivity ✅ Task Management 💻 Digital Organization 📝 Note-Taking Systems 🧠 Knowledge Management

Master Getting Things Done the David Allen Way with Evernote

Seven days to a working GTD setup in Evernote: the notebooks, tags, and review rhythm.

by Dominic Wolff 2013 72 pages

3.43

229 ratings

⚡ Personal Productivity ✅ Task Management 💻 Digital Organization 📝 Note-Taking Systems 🧠 Knowledge Management

Building Wireless Sensor Networks

by Robert Faludi • 2010

Turn Arduino and XBee radios into a self-healing sensor mesh: from two nodes to thousands.

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📶 Wireless Networking 💻 Embedded Systems 📡 Sensor Networks 🔧 Iot Prototyping 🕸️ Mesh Networking

Building Wireless Sensor Networks

Turn Arduino and XBee radios into a self-healing sensor mesh: from two nodes to thousands.

by Robert Faludi 2010 318 pages

3.82

192 ratings

📶 Wireless Networking 💻 Embedded Systems 📡 Sensor Networks 🔧 Iot Prototyping 🕸️ Mesh Networking

What's the Use?

by Ian Stewart • 2021

Kidney matches, secure websites, movie animation: the invisible math that built the modern world.

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175

📐 Applied Mathematics 📊 Mathematical Modeling 🔍 Hidden Mathematics 🔢 Number Theory 🔗 Topology

What's the Use?

Kidney matches, secure websites, movie animation: the invisible math that built the modern world.

by Ian Stewart 2021 336 pages

3.54

175 ratings

📐 Applied Mathematics 📊 Mathematical Modeling 🔍 Hidden Mathematics 🔢 Number Theory 🔗 Topology

The Right Chemistry

by Joe Schwarcz • 2012

Why soap cleans, what killed Napoleon, and 106 other chemical mysteries of daily life.

3.84

🔬 Everyday Science 🍎 Food Chemistry 📚 Scientific Literacy 🕵️ Pseudoscience Debunking 📜 History Of Science

The Right Chemistry

Why soap cleans, what killed Napoleon, and 106 other chemical mysteries of daily life.

by Joe Schwarcz 2012 304 pages

3.84

79 ratings

🔬 Everyday Science 🍎 Food Chemistry 📚 Scientific Literacy 🕵️ Pseudoscience Debunking 📜 History Of Science

The Inner History of Devices

by Sherry Turkle • 2008

Your devices are confidants, not just tools. What they reveal about the self you're becoming.

3.83

🧠 Technology And Self 📱 Digital Intimacy 🎭 Online Identity 🎰 Digital Addiction 🔍 Digital Ethnography

The Inner History of Devices

Your devices are confidants, not just tools. What they reveal about the self you're becoming.

by Sherry Turkle 2008 208 pages

3.83

81 ratings

🧠 Technology And Self 📱 Digital Intimacy 🎭 Online Identity 🎰 Digital Addiction 🔍 Digital Ethnography

Adobe Photoshop CS6 Classroom in a Book

by Adobe Creative Team • 2012

Slideshows, zoomable images, and navigation menus: all built inside Photoshop, no code required.

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🖥️ Web Design 📷 Digital Imaging 🎨 Web Graphics 💻 Software Training 📘 Official Courseware

Adobe Photoshop CS6 Classroom in a Book

Slideshows, zoomable images, and navigation menus: all built inside Photoshop, no code required.

by Adobe Creative Team 2012 400 pages

4.16

316 ratings

🖥️ Web Design 📷 Digital Imaging 🎨 Web Graphics 💻 Software Training 📘 Official Courseware

10x Marketing Formula

by Garrett Moon • 2018

Ditch incremental gains. The startup method for creating content so distinct it has no competition.

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110

🧱 Content Marketing 🏁 Startup Marketing 🎯 Content Strategy 📈 Growth Hacking ⚙️ Lean Methodology

10x Marketing Formula

Ditch incremental gains. The startup method for creating content so distinct it has no competition.

by Garrett Moon 2018 350 pages

4.07

110 ratings

🧱 Content Marketing 🏁 Startup Marketing 🎯 Content Strategy 📈 Growth Hacking ⚙️ Lean Methodology

What Should We Be Worried About? Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night

by John Brockman • 2014

Cognitive traps. Fragile networks. Captured watchdogs. The real fears of a hundred scientists.

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🧨 Existential Risk 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Risk Perception 🕸️ Complex Systems 🏛️ Institutional Failure

What Should We Be Worried About? Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night

Cognitive traps. Fragile networks. Captured watchdogs. The real fears of a hundred scientists.

by John Brockman 2014 478 pages

3.45

1k+ ratings

🧨 Existential Risk 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Risk Perception 🕸️ Complex Systems 🏛️ Institutional Failure

Soft Skills

by John Sonmez • 2014

Your code works. Your career doesn't. The missing manual for everything tech didn't teach you.

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2k+

💻 Software Careers 📢 Personal Branding 📚 Self-Directed Learning ⏰ Time Management 💰 Personal Finance

Soft Skills

Your code works. Your career doesn't. The missing manual for everything tech didn't teach you.

by John Sonmez 2014 470 pages

3.84

2k+ ratings

💻 Software Careers 📢 Personal Branding 📚 Self-Directed Learning ⏰ Time Management 💰 Personal Finance

Barbarians Led by Bill Gates

by Jennifer Edstrom • 1998

The browser war wasn't won by vision: it was won by weaponizing Windows against Netscape.

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🖥️ Software Business 🏢 Corporate History 📈 Market Dominance 🌐 Browser Wars 🎯 Growth By Acquisition

Barbarians Led by Bill Gates

The browser war wasn't won by vision: it was won by weaponizing Windows against Netscape.

by Jennifer Edstrom 1998 256 pages

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163 ratings

🖥️ Software Business 🏢 Corporate History 📈 Market Dominance 🌐 Browser Wars 🎯 Growth By Acquisition

Hacking Life

by Joseph M. Reagle Jr. • 2019

Life hacking promised control. A critic traces what the optimization movement cannot measure.

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🖥️ Digital Culture 🔍 Self-Help Critique ⚙️ Optimization Culture 📊 Quantified Self 🧘 Digital Minimalism

Hacking Life

Life hacking promised control. A critic traces what the optimization movement cannot measure.

by Joseph M. Reagle Jr. 2019 204 pages

3.62

97 ratings

🖥️ Digital Culture 🔍 Self-Help Critique ⚙️ Optimization Culture 📊 Quantified Self 🧘 Digital Minimalism

The End of College

by Kevin Carey • 2015

The university was built on a flawed compromise. The internet is now building its replacement.

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🎓 Higher Ed Crisis 💥 Disruptive Innovation 🤖 Personalized Learning 💻 Online Learning 📜 Credential Reform

The End of College

The university was built on a flawed compromise. The internet is now building its replacement.

by Kevin Carey 2015 288 pages

3.77

447 ratings

🎓 Higher Ed Crisis 💥 Disruptive Innovation 🤖 Personalized Learning 💻 Online Learning 📜 Credential Reform

The AI Workshop

by Milo Foster • 2025

AI without code: a plain-English guide to the tools and ideas that put it to work.

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🛠️ No-Code Tools 📖 Ai Literacy 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration 💼 Ai For Business ⚖️ Ai Ethics

The AI Workshop

AI without code: a plain-English guide to the tools and ideas that put it to work.

by Milo Foster 2025 172 pages

4.07

191 ratings

🛠️ No-Code Tools 📖 Ai Literacy 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration 💼 Ai For Business ⚖️ Ai Ethics

Photography Q&A

by Zack Arias • 2013

The gear won't teach you to see. Candid answers to questions working photographers actually ask.

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📷 Photography Fundamentals 👁️ Artistic Vision 💼 Creative Entrepreneurship 💡 Lighting Technique 🤝 Client Relationships

Photography Q&A

The gear won't teach you to see. Candid answers to questions working photographers actually ask.

by Zack Arias 2013 299 pages

4.28

493 ratings

📷 Photography Fundamentals 👁️ Artistic Vision 💼 Creative Entrepreneurship 💡 Lighting Technique 🤝 Client Relationships

The Missing Cryptoqueen

by Jamie Bartlett • 2022

A fake cryptocurrency, a hidden Bitcoin fortune, and the woman who vanished onto the Mediterranean.

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1k+

🪙 Cryptocurrency Scams 💸 Financial Fraud 🔺 Multi-Level Marketing 🃏 Ponzi Schemes 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Missing Cryptoqueen

A fake cryptocurrency, a hidden Bitcoin fortune, and the woman who vanished onto the Mediterranean.

by Jamie Bartlett 2022 320 pages

4.20

1k+ ratings

🪙 Cryptocurrency Scams 💸 Financial Fraud 🔺 Multi-Level Marketing 🃏 Ponzi Schemes 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming

by Peter Norvig • 1991

Build the AI that taught a generation: pattern matchers, logic grammars, solvers, all in Lisp.

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🖥️ Lisp Programming 🤖 Symbolic Ai 📋 Case Studies 🔍 Pattern Matching 🧭 Search Algorithms

Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming

Build the AI that taught a generation: pattern matchers, logic grammars, solvers, all in Lisp.

by Peter Norvig 1991 976 pages

4.33

500+ ratings

🖥️ Lisp Programming 🤖 Symbolic Ai 📋 Case Studies 🔍 Pattern Matching 🧭 Search Algorithms

Broad Band

by Claire L. Evans • 2018

Women created the first program, the first compiler, and the early web. Then they were erased.

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👩‍💻 Women In Computing 🖥️ Computing History 🌐 Internet History 📜 Hidden Histories ⚡ Cyberfeminism

Broad Band

Women created the first program, the first compiler, and the early web. Then they were erased.

by Claire L. Evans 2018 288 pages

3.93

2k+ ratings

👩‍💻 Women In Computing 🖥️ Computing History 🌐 Internet History 📜 Hidden Histories ⚡ Cyberfeminism

Elon Musk

by Influential Individuals • 2017

How a self-taught coder built SpaceX and Tesla by ignoring convention and working relentlessly.

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🏗️ Founder Journeys 💼 Startup Playbooks 🧠 First Principles Thinking 💻 Valley Startups 🔭 Visionary Leadership

Elon Musk

How a self-taught coder built SpaceX and Tesla by ignoring convention and working relentlessly.

by Influential Individuals 2017 87 pages

4.12

394 ratings

🏗️ Founder Journeys 💼 Startup Playbooks 🧠 First Principles Thinking 💻 Valley Startups 🔭 Visionary Leadership

Game Development Patterns and Best Practices

by John P. Doran • 2017

Design patterns that ship games: when to use each and how they prevent late-stage collapse.

3.90

🎮 Game Development 🧩 Design Patterns 🧹 Clean Code 🏗️ Software Architecture ⚡ Performance Optimization

Game Development Patterns and Best Practices

Design patterns that ship games: when to use each and how they prevent late-stage collapse.

by John P. Doran 2017 361 pages

3.90

20 ratings

🎮 Game Development 🧩 Design Patterns 🧹 Clean Code 🏗️ Software Architecture ⚡ Performance Optimization

The Perfect Swarm

by Len Fisher • 2009

Swarm logic explains why markets crash, crowds surge, and groups can beat experts.

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🐝 Swarm Intelligence ⚙️ Complexity Science 🦋 Emergence 💸 Behavioral Economics 🕸️ Network Theory

The Perfect Swarm

Swarm logic explains why markets crash, crowds surge, and groups can beat experts.

by Len Fisher 2009 288 pages

3.50

327 ratings

🐝 Swarm Intelligence ⚙️ Complexity Science 🦋 Emergence 💸 Behavioral Economics 🕸️ Network Theory

Click Millionaires

by Scott Fox • 2012

Turn your expertise into an online income stream that runs itself, no technical background required.

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500+

💻 Internet Business 🏖️ Lifestyle Business ✨ Lifestyle Design 📱 Digital Publishing 🎯 Niche Marketing

Click Millionaires

Turn your expertise into an online income stream that runs itself, no technical background required.

by Scott Fox 2012 288 pages

3.60

500+ ratings

💻 Internet Business 🏖️ Lifestyle Business ✨ Lifestyle Design 📱 Digital Publishing 🎯 Niche Marketing

A Little Bit of Everything For Dummies

by John Wiley & Sons • 2011

Seventeen Dummies lessons: fix your computer, play rock guitar, train your puppy, and navigate love.

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3k+

🧰 Life Skills Compendium 🐣 Beginner's Guides 🏠 Adulting Basics 📚 Self-Help Guides 😂 Humorous Instruction

A Little Bit of Everything For Dummies

Seventeen Dummies lessons: fix your computer, play rock guitar, train your puppy, and navigate love.

by John Wiley & Sons 2011 362 pages

3.31

3k+ ratings

🧰 Life Skills Compendium 🐣 Beginner's Guides 🏠 Adulting Basics 📚 Self-Help Guides 😂 Humorous Instruction

Tide of War

by David R Petriello • 2018

Rain sank a fleet, mud trapped knights, fog saved an army. Weather is warfare's quietest general.

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🌦️ Weather And Warfare 🌫️ Battlefield Conditions 📊 Historical Climatology 🗺️ Military Geography 🌍 Environmental History

Tide of War

Rain sank a fleet, mud trapped knights, fog saved an army. Weather is warfare's quietest general.

by David R Petriello 2018 209 pages

3.39

23 ratings

🌦️ Weather And Warfare 🌫️ Battlefield Conditions 📊 Historical Climatology 🗺️ Military Geography 🌍 Environmental History

Neutrino

by Frank Close • 2010

The Sun's neutrinos went missing for thirty years. The culprit was stranger than a broken star.

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🔬 Particle Physics ☀️ Solar Physics ⚛️ Experimental Physics 📜 Physics History 🌟 Stellar Processes

Neutrino

The Sun's neutrinos went missing for thirty years. The culprit was stranger than a broken star.

by Frank Close 2010 176 pages

4.08

500+ ratings

🔬 Particle Physics ☀️ Solar Physics ⚛️ Experimental Physics 📜 Physics History 🌟 Stellar Processes

HOW TO MAKE MONEY ONLINE

by Mike Omar • 2013

Build ten micro-sites that each pay $500 monthly on autopilot, using a calculated keyword formula.

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🔍 Search Engine Optimization 🤝 Affiliate Marketing 🔑 Keyword Research ✍️ Content Marketing 📢 Google Adsense

HOW TO MAKE MONEY ONLINE

Build ten micro-sites that each pay $500 monthly on autopilot, using a calculated keyword formula.

by Mike Omar 2013 100 pages

3.48

177 ratings

🔍 Search Engine Optimization 🤝 Affiliate Marketing 🔑 Keyword Research ✍️ Content Marketing 📢 Google Adsense

Arduino For Dummies

by John Nussey • 2013

Make electronics that sense, move, and react, starting with a single blinking LED.

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🧠 Microcontrollers 🔌 Physical Computing 🔧 Maker Movement 💡 Beginner Electronics 🎮 Interactive Projects

Arduino For Dummies

Make electronics that sense, move, and react, starting with a single blinking LED.

by John Nussey 2013 438 pages

3.94

162 ratings

🧠 Microcontrollers 🔌 Physical Computing 🔧 Maker Movement 💡 Beginner Electronics 🎮 Interactive Projects

Mother of Invention

by Katrine Marçal • 2020

From the wheeled suitcase to AI, one question decides what succeeds: does it threaten masculinity?

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2k+

💰 Feminist Economics ⚙️ History Of Technology 💡 Gender And Innovation 🕵️‍♀️ Hidden Women In History 🤲 Care Work

Mother of Invention

From the wheeled suitcase to AI, one question decides what succeeds: does it threaten masculinity?

by Katrine Marçal 2020 304 pages

3.90

2k+ ratings

💰 Feminist Economics ⚙️ History Of Technology 💡 Gender And Innovation 🕵️‍♀️ Hidden Women In History 🤲 Care Work

The Basics of Digital Forensics

by John Sammons • 2011

From crime scene to courtroom: the core tools and techniques for extracting digital evidence.

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🧑‍🔬 Digital Forensics 🚨 Incident Response 💾 Data Recovery 📱 Mobile Forensics 🌐 Network Forensics

The Basics of Digital Forensics

From crime scene to courtroom: the core tools and techniques for extracting digital evidence.

by John Sammons 2011 208 pages

3.95

118 ratings

🧑‍🔬 Digital Forensics 🚨 Incident Response 💾 Data Recovery 📱 Mobile Forensics 🌐 Network Forensics

Exploring Arduino

by Jeremy Blum • 2013

From a blinking LED to a web-connected robot: master Arduino's full range through hands-on projects.

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💻 Embedded Programming 🔌 Physical Computing ⚡ Electronics Projects 🔧 Open Source Hardware 🛠️ Maker Movement

Exploring Arduino

From a blinking LED to a web-connected robot: master Arduino's full range through hands-on projects.

by Jeremy Blum 2013 384 pages

4.28

281 ratings

💻 Embedded Programming 🔌 Physical Computing ⚡ Electronics Projects 🔧 Open Source Hardware 🛠️ Maker Movement

Arbitrage

by Chris Green • 2012

Clearance aisle to Amazon: the system that turns $5 finds into $35 sales, no inventory required.

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206

🏪 Retail Arbitrage 📦 Amazon Selling 💰 Side Hustles 🏷️ Pricing Strategy 🔄 Reselling

Arbitrage

Clearance aisle to Amazon: the system that turns $5 finds into $35 sales, no inventory required.

by Chris Green 2012 262 pages

3.68

206 ratings

🏪 Retail Arbitrage 📦 Amazon Selling 💰 Side Hustles 🏷️ Pricing Strategy 🔄 Reselling

Top of Mind (PB)

by John Hall • 2017

Help first, sell later: how to use content to become the first person your audience thinks of.

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305

📄 Content Marketing 🧠 Thought Leadership 🤝 Trust Building 📢 Audience Engagement 🛒 Buyer Journey

Top of Mind (PB)

Help first, sell later: how to use content to become the first person your audience thinks of.

by John Hall 2017 209 pages

3.77

305 ratings

📄 Content Marketing 🧠 Thought Leadership 🤝 Trust Building 📢 Audience Engagement 🛒 Buyer Journey

Python Cookbook

by David Beazley • 2002

Python recipes that make the standard library do the heavy lifting, from strings to metaclasses.

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1k+

🐍 Python Programming 📋 Code Recipes 📚 Standard Library 🏗️ Object Oriented Programming ✨ Pythonic Style

Python Cookbook

Python recipes that make the standard library do the heavy lifting, from strings to metaclasses.

by David Beazley 2002 807 pages

4.18

1k+ ratings

🐍 Python Programming 📋 Code Recipes 📚 Standard Library 🏗️ Object Oriented Programming ✨ Pythonic Style

AI for Marketing and Product Innovation

by A.K. Pradeep • 2018

Algorithmic customer segments your surveys will never find, priced to exactly what each will pay.

3.33

📱 Digital Marketing 💡 Product Innovation 📊 Predictive Analytics 🧠 Ai Strategy 📉 Marketing Analytics

AI for Marketing and Product Innovation

Algorithmic customer segments your surveys will never find, priced to exactly what each will pay.

by A.K. Pradeep 2018 272 pages

3.33

57 ratings

📱 Digital Marketing 💡 Product Innovation 📊 Predictive Analytics 🧠 Ai Strategy 📉 Marketing Analytics

Boeing Versus Airbus

by John Newhouse • 2007

Two radically different bets on the future of flight: the superjumbo vs. the long-range midsize.

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478

✈️ Aerospace Industry 🏭 Industrial Competition 💰 Subsidy Wars 🧩 Product Strategy 🏢 Corporate Culture

Boeing Versus Airbus

Two radically different bets on the future of flight: the superjumbo vs. the long-range midsize.

by John Newhouse 2007 272 pages

3.61

478 ratings

✈️ Aerospace Industry 🏭 Industrial Competition 💰 Subsidy Wars 🧩 Product Strategy 🏢 Corporate Culture

Well-Designed

by Jon Kolko • 2014

The best products win on emotion, not features. How to design with empathy instead of assumptions.

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500+

📐 Product Design 🧩 User Experience 📋 Product Management 💡 Design Thinking 🧠 Behavioral Design

Well-Designed

The best products win on emotion, not features. How to design with empathy instead of assumptions.

by Jon Kolko 2014 234 pages

3.89

500+ ratings

📐 Product Design 🧩 User Experience 📋 Product Management 💡 Design Thinking 🧠 Behavioral Design

Data Mining Techniques

by Michael J.A. Berry • 1997

How to pull business answers from transaction data using six core data mining techniques.

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📊 Data-Driven Marketing 📈 Customer Analytics ⛏️ Data Mining 🔮 Predictive Modeling 📋 Business Intelligence

Data Mining Techniques

How to pull business answers from transaction data using six core data mining techniques.

by Michael J.A. Berry 1997 464 pages

4.06

233 ratings

📊 Data-Driven Marketing 📈 Customer Analytics ⛏️ Data Mining 🔮 Predictive Modeling 📋 Business Intelligence

The Devil's Playbook

by Lauren Etter • 2021

How a Silicon Valley startup copied Big Tobacco's strategies, hooking a generation on nicotine.

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500+

🏢 Corporate Malfeasance 🚑 Public Health Crises 🚬 Tobacco Industry 💥 Disruption Gone Wrong 🧠 Addiction Science

The Devil's Playbook

How a Silicon Valley startup copied Big Tobacco's strategies, hooking a generation on nicotine.

by Lauren Etter 2021 495 pages

4.14

500+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Malfeasance 🚑 Public Health Crises 🚬 Tobacco Industry 💥 Disruption Gone Wrong 🧠 Addiction Science

The Information Diet

by Clay A. Johnson • 2011

Information overload is a myth. Affirmation outsells truth, and your attention is the product.

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2k+

📚 Information Literacy 👁️ Attention Economy 🌿 Digital Wellness 📰 Media Literacy 🌐 Media Ecology

The Information Diet

Information overload is a myth. Affirmation outsells truth, and your attention is the product.

by Clay A. Johnson 2011 150 pages

3.50

2k+ ratings

📚 Information Literacy 👁️ Attention Economy 🌿 Digital Wellness 📰 Media Literacy 🌐 Media Ecology

From Side Hustle to Main Hustle to Millionaire

by Ryan Scribner • 2023

Turn a side hustle into a million-dollar business through frugal living, cheap tests, and 100 fans.

3.45

💼 Side Hustles 🚀 Startup Playbooks 💸 Passive Income ❤️ Monetizing Passion 🛠️ Bootstrapping

From Side Hustle to Main Hustle to Millionaire

Turn a side hustle into a million-dollar business through frugal living, cheap tests, and 100 fans.

by Ryan Scribner 2023 220 pages

3.45

49 ratings

💼 Side Hustles 🚀 Startup Playbooks 💸 Passive Income ❤️ Monetizing Passion 🛠️ Bootstrapping

Cryptocurrency Investing For Dummies (For Dummies

by Kiana Danial • 2019

From blockchain basics to tax time: a beginner's guide to buying, selling, and holding crypto.

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328

🪙 Cryptocurrency Investing 🔗 Blockchain Basics 📈 Crypto Trading Strategy 🔐 Digital Asset Security 🗂️ Altcoins And Tokens

Cryptocurrency Investing For Dummies (For Dummies

From blockchain basics to tax time: a beginner's guide to buying, selling, and holding crypto.

by Kiana Danial 2019 352 pages

3.51

328 ratings

🪙 Cryptocurrency Investing 🔗 Blockchain Basics 📈 Crypto Trading Strategy 🔐 Digital Asset Security 🗂️ Altcoins And Tokens

Undercover User Experience Design

by Cennydd Bowles • 2010

No budget, no mandate? A tactical guide for smuggling user experience into resistant organizations.

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500+

🗣️ Ux Advocacy 🔄 Organizational Change 💡 Design Thinking 🧪 Usability Testing 📉 Lean Ux

Undercover User Experience Design

No budget, no mandate? A tactical guide for smuggling user experience into resistant organizations.

by Cennydd Bowles 2010 183 pages

4.02

500+ ratings

🗣️ Ux Advocacy 🔄 Organizational Change 💡 Design Thinking 🧪 Usability Testing 📉 Lean Ux

Smart People Should Build Things

by Andrew Yang • 2014

Elite recruiting funnels top grads into finance and law, not startups. The cost, and the fix.

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🧑‍💼 Human Capital 🌱 Startup Ecosystems 🔗 Talent Pipelines 😬 Risk Aversion 🤝 Social Entrepreneurship

Smart People Should Build Things

Elite recruiting funnels top grads into finance and law, not startups. The cost, and the fix.

by Andrew Yang 2014 272 pages

3.79

1k+ ratings

🧑‍💼 Human Capital 🌱 Startup Ecosystems 🔗 Talent Pipelines 😬 Risk Aversion 🤝 Social Entrepreneurship

UFOs for the 21st Century Mind

by Richard M. Dolan • 2014

Government lies, crash retrievals, and hidden science: why the UFO truth is about to break.

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437

🛸 Modern Ufology 🤫 Ufo Cover-Ups 👽 Ancient Astronauts 👾 Ufo Abductions 🧘 Contactee Movement

UFOs for the 21st Century Mind

Government lies, crash retrievals, and hidden science: why the UFO truth is about to break.

by Richard M. Dolan 2014 506 pages

4.26

437 ratings

🛸 Modern Ufology 🤫 Ufo Cover-Ups 👽 Ancient Astronauts 👾 Ufo Abductions 🧘 Contactee Movement

Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King

by Anupreeta Das • 2024

From monopolist to saint: Bill Gates's image was manufactured. His hidden empire was not.

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441

💻 Big Tech 💰 Billionaire Critique ⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🔎 Investigative Biography 🏢 Corporate Power

Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King

From monopolist to saint: Bill Gates's image was manufactured. His hidden empire was not.

by Anupreeta Das 2024 330 pages

3.01

441 ratings

💻 Big Tech 💰 Billionaire Critique ⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🔎 Investigative Biography 🏢 Corporate Power

How to Solve a Crime

by Professor Angela Gallop • 2022

DNA gets headlines, but fiber and pollen close cases: a life in forensic science.

3.59

277

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