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C Programming Language by Ritchie Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsClassic, bestselling introduction that teaches the language and illustrates useful algorithms, data structures and programming techniques... -
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsStructure and Interpretation of Computer Programs has had a dramatic impact on computer science curricula over the past decade. This long-awaited revision contains changes throughout the text... -
R for Data Science: Import, Tidy, Transform, Visualize, and Model Data by Hadley Wickham, Garrett Grolemund
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLearn how to use R to turn raw data into insight, knowledge, and understanding. This book introduces you to R, RStudio, and the tidyverse, a collection of R packages designed to work together to make data science fast, fluent, and fun. Suitable for readers with no previous programming experience, R for Data Science is designed to get you doing data science as quickly as possible... -
The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you by Rob Fitzpatrick
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Mom Test is a quick, practical guide that will save you time, money, and heartbreak. They say you shouldn't ask your mom whether your business is a good idea, because she loves you and will lie to you. This is technically true, but it misses the point. You shouldn't ask anyone if your business is a good idea. It's a bad question and everyone will lie to you at least a little... -
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction by Christopher W. Alexander, Sara Ishikawa
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAt the core of A Pattern Language is the philosophy that in designing their environments people always rely on certain ‘languages,’ which, like the languages we speak, allow them to articulate and communicate an infinite variety of designs within a formal system which gives them coherence.This book provides a language of this kind... -
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship by Robert C. Martin
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsEven bad code can function. But if code isn't clean, it can bring a development organization to its knees. Every year, countless hours and significant resources are lost because of poorly written code. But it doesn't have to be that way. Noted software expert Robert C. Martin presents a revolutionary paradigm with Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship... -
The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master by Andy Hunt, Dave Thomas
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsStraight from the programming trenches, The Pragmatic Programmer cuts through the increasing specialization and technicalities of modern software development to examine the core process--taking a requirement and producing working, maintainable code that delights its users...Categorized as:
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Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces by Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau, Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA book about modern operating systems. Topics are broken down into three major conceptual pieces: Virtualization, Concurrency, and Persistence. Includes all major components of modern systems including scheduling, virtual memory management, disk subsystems and I/O, file systems, and even a short introduction to distributed systems... -
The Law of Success: In Sixteen Lessons by Napoleon Hill
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOriginally published in 1928, this is the book that began Napoleon Hill's self-help odyssey. Hill queried dozens of people about the keys to their prosperity and organized his findings into 16 principles. Each principle marks a chapter of this book, forming a methodology for employing untapped 'mind-power' that leads to success... -
High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn this legendary business book and Silicon Valley staple, the former chairman and CEO of Intel shares his perspective on how to build and run a company. A practical handbook for navigating real-life business scenarios and a powerful management manifesto with the ability to revolutionize the way we work... -
No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention by Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA New York Times Bestseller and Shortlisted for the 2020 Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings reveals for the first time the unorthodox culture behind one of the world's most innovative, imaginative, and successful companies There's never before been a company like Netflix... -
The DevOps Handbook, Second Edition: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, & Security in Technology Organizations by Gene Kim, Jez Humble
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis award-winning and bestselling business handbook for digital transformation is now fully updated and expanded with the latest research and new case studies!Over the last five years, The DevOps Handbook has been the definitive guide for taking the successes laid out in the bestselling The Phoenix Project and applying them in any organization... -
Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making by Tony Fadell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFor readers of Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull (65k copies sold), The Lean Startup by Eric Ries (260k) and Zero to One by Peter Thiel (460k)... -
The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-3 Boxed Set by Donald Ervin Knuth
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKnuth's classic work has been widely acclaimed as one of the most influential works in the field of computer science. For the first time, these books are available as a boxed, three-volume set. The handsome slipcase makes this set an ideal gift for the recent computer science graduate or professional programmer... -
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Security Analysis: The Classic 1940 Edition by Benjamin Graham, David L. Dodd
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratings"Graham's ideas inspired the investment community for nearly a century."-- Smart Money"Graham's method of investing is as relevant today as it was when he first espoused it during the Roaring Twenties."--Investor's Business DailyBenjamin Graham's revolutionary theories have influenced and inspired investors for nearly 70 years... -
The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change by Camille Fournier
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsManaging people is difficult wherever you work, but the tech industry as a whole is pretty bad at it. Tech companies in general lack the experience, tools, texts, and frameworks to do it well. And the handful of books that share tips and tricks of engineering management don t explain how to supervise employees in the face of growth and change... -
The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms by Donald Ervin Knuth
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe bible of all fundamental algorithms and the work that taught many of today's software developers most of what they know about computer programming. -Byte, September 1995 I can't begin to tell you how many pleasurable hours of study and recreation they have afforded me! I have pored over them in cars, restaurants, at work, at home.. -
Subtle Is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein by Abraham Pais, Roger Penrose
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSince the death of Albert Einstein in 1955 there have been many books and articles written about the man and a number of attempts to "explain" relativity. In this new major work Abraham Pais, himself an eminent physicist who worked alongside Einstein in the post-war years, traces the development of Einstein's entire oeuvre... -
The Little Schemer by Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe notion that “thinking about computing is one of the most exciting things the human mind can do” sets both The Little Schemer (formerly known as The Little LISPer) and its new companion volume, The Seasoned Schemer, apart from other books on LISP. The authors' enthusiasm for their subject is compelling as they present abstract concepts in a humorous and easy-to-grasp fashion... -
Python Crash Course: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming by Eric Matthes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe best-selling Python book in the world, with over 1 million copies sold! A fast-paced, no-nonsense, updated guide to programming in Python... -
One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The Market by Peter Lynch, John Rothchild
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsPeter Lynch's acclaimed New York Times bestseller, with more than one million copies sold, is now a handy, useful Running Press Miniature Edition™! Readers will learn what stocks to avoid, how to decipher Wall Street jargon, how to design a perfect portfolio, and countless other ways to succeed in business and finance... -
Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe basic premise of Inspired is that the best tech companies create products in a manner very different from how most companies create products. The goal of the book is to share the techniques of the best companies. This book is aimed primarily at Product Managers working on technology-powered products... -
How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between by Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to space exploration—by the world’s leading expert on megaprojects “This book is important, timely, instructive, and entertaining. What more could you ask for?”—Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize–winning author of Thinking, Fast and Slow “Over-budget and over-schedule is an inevitability... -
Code Complete by Steve McConnell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWidely considered one of the best practical guides to programming, Steve McConnell's original CODE COMPLETE has been helping developers write better software for more than a decade. Now this classic book has been fully updated and revised with leading-edge practices--and hundreds of new code samples--illustrating the art and science of software construction... -
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Market Wizards: Interviews With Top Traders by Jack D. Schwager
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhat separates the world's top traders from the vast majority of unsuccessful investors? Jack Schwager sets out to answer tis question in his interviews with superstar money-makers including Bruce Kovner, Richard Dennis, Paul Tudor Jones, Michel Steinhardt, Ed Seykota, Marty Schwartz, Tom Baldwin, and more in "Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders," now in paperback and ebook... -
Computer Systems: A Programmers Perspective [with Introduction to RISC Assembly Language Programming] by Randal E. Bryant, David R. O'Hallaron
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor Computer Organization and Architecture and Computer Systems courses in CS and EE and ECE departments. Developed out of an introductory course at Carnegie Mellon University, this text explains the important and enduring concepts underlying all computer systems, and shows the concrete ways that these ideas affect the correctness, performance, and utility of application programs... -
Resilient Management by Lara Hogan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFinding your bearings as a manager can feel overwhelming—but you don’t have to fake it to make it, and you don’t have to go it alone. Lara Hogan shares her recipe for supporting and leading a tech team—from developing your mentoring and coaching skills, to getting comfortable with having difficult conversations, to boosting trust among teammates—while staying grounded along the way... -
The Staff Engineer's Path: A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change by Tanya Reilly
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor years, companies have rewarded their most effective engineers with management positions. But treating management as the default path for an engineer with leadership ability doesn't serve the industry well--or the engineer. The staff engineer's path allows engineers to contribute at a high level as role models, driving big projects, determining technical strategy, and raising everyone's skills... -
The Good Life Handbook: Epictetus' Stoic Classic Enchiridion by Chuck Chakrapani
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Good Life Handbook is a rendering of Epictetus' Enchiridion in plain English.It is a concise summary of the teachings of Epictetus, as transcribed and later summarized by his student Flavius Arrian. The Handbook is a guide to the good life... -
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter by Richard P. Feynman
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFamous the world over for the creative brilliance of his insights into the physical world, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman also possessed an extraordinary talent for explaining difficult concepts to the nonscientist. QED--the edited version of four lectures on quantum electrodynamics that Feynman gave to the general public at UCLA as part of the Alix G...
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