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Computer Systems

by Randal E. Bryant • 2002

Hardware and OS abstractions beneath your code: caching, concurrency, and the full systems stack.

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🏛️ Computer Architecture ⚙️ Systems Programming 🖥️ Operating Systems 🔢 Data Representation 🏎️ Performance Tuning

Computer Systems

Hardware and OS abstractions beneath your code: caching, concurrency, and the full systems stack.

by Randal E. Bryant 2002 978 pages

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1k+ ratings

🏛️ Computer Architecture ⚙️ Systems Programming 🖥️ Operating Systems 🔢 Data Representation 🏎️ Performance Tuning

Parenting Teens With Love And Logic

by Foster W. Cline • 1992

Empathy plus consequences: how to stop rescuing your teen and start raising a responsible adult.

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🧑‍🧒 Parenting Teenagers 🧠 Teen Development 💬 Parent-Teen Communication ❤️ Empathic Discipline 🦅 Raising Independent Teens

Parenting Teens With Love And Logic

Empathy plus consequences: how to stop rescuing your teen and start raising a responsible adult.

by Foster W. Cline 1992 320 pages

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🧑‍🧒 Parenting Teenagers 🧠 Teen Development 💬 Parent-Teen Communication ❤️ Empathic Discipline 🦅 Raising Independent Teens

Catechism of the Catholic Church

by Catholic Church • 1992

The book the Catholic Church wrote to explain itself: every doctrine, every sacrament, every prayer.

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🏛️ Catholic Theology 📚 Systematic Theology 📖 Catechisms 💧 Sacramental Theology ⚖️ Moral Theology

Catechism of the Catholic Church

The book the Catholic Church wrote to explain itself: every doctrine, every sacrament, every prayer.

by Catholic Church 1992 846 pages

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🏛️ Catholic Theology 📚 Systematic Theology 📖 Catechisms 💧 Sacramental Theology ⚖️ Moral Theology

Never Be Lied to Again

by David J. Lieberman • 1998

The tells that expose a liar, and the questions that make the truth unavoidable.

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🔍 Lie Detection 🎭 Deception Psychology 🧍 Body Language 🪞 Self-Deception 👁️ Reading People

Never Be Lied to Again

The tells that expose a liar, and the questions that make the truth unavoidable.

by David J. Lieberman 1998 224 pages

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🔍 Lie Detection 🎭 Deception Psychology 🧍 Body Language 🪞 Self-Deception 👁️ Reading People

Build a Large Language Model

by Sebastian Raschka • 2025

Skip expensive pretraining. Build a working LLM from GPT-2 and teach it to follow instructions.

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🧠 Large Language Models 🗣️ Natural Language Processing 🏗️ Transformer Architectures 🔄 Self-Supervised Learning 🎯 Model Fine-Tuning

Build a Large Language Model

Skip expensive pretraining. Build a working LLM from GPT-2 and teach it to follow instructions.

by Sebastian Raschka 2025 400 pages

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356 ratings

🧠 Large Language Models 🗣️ Natural Language Processing 🏗️ Transformer Architectures 🔄 Self-Supervised Learning 🎯 Model Fine-Tuning

The Body Clock in Traditional Chinese Medicine

by Lothar Ursinus • 2020

Your organs have a schedule: learn the two-hour windows that rule energy, mood, and healing.

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🏮 Traditional Chinese Medicine 🕰️ Circadian Rhythms 📍 Meridian Theory 💗 Emotional Anatomy 🪷 Five Elements Theory

The Body Clock in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Your organs have a schedule: learn the two-hour windows that rule energy, mood, and healing.

by Lothar Ursinus 2020 144 pages

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144 ratings

🏮 Traditional Chinese Medicine 🕰️ Circadian Rhythms 📍 Meridian Theory 💗 Emotional Anatomy 🪷 Five Elements Theory

The Complete Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Beginners

by Dorothy Calimeris • 2017

Two weeks, no chef required: a meal plan that tames chronic inflammation and gets you cooking.

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🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 📆 Meal Planning 👨‍🍳 Beginner Cooking 🛡️ Immune Health 🔥 Chronic Inflammation

The Complete Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Beginners

Two weeks, no chef required: a meal plan that tames chronic inflammation and gets you cooking.

by Dorothy Calimeris 2017 266 pages

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🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 📆 Meal Planning 👨‍🍳 Beginner Cooking 🛡️ Immune Health 🔥 Chronic Inflammation

Persuasive Business Proposals

by Tom Sant • 1992

Most proposals lead with credentials; the ones that win lead with the client's problem.

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📝 Proposal Writing 🤝 B2b Sales ✍️ Persuasive Writing 🎯 Consultative Selling 📄 Business Writing Style

Persuasive Business Proposals

Most proposals lead with credentials; the ones that win lead with the client's problem.

by Tom Sant 1992 288 pages

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📝 Proposal Writing 🤝 B2b Sales ✍️ Persuasive Writing 🎯 Consultative Selling 📄 Business Writing Style

How to Think Like a Lawyer--and Why

by Kim Wehle • 2022

The lawyer's toolkit for untangling problems, now for your family, health, and ballot-box choices.

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🧑‍⚖️ Legal Reasoning ⚖️ Law For Non-Lawyers 📊 Decision Analysis 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💭 Practical Reasoning

How to Think Like a Lawyer--and Why

The lawyer's toolkit for untangling problems, now for your family, health, and ballot-box choices.

by Kim Wehle 2022 208 pages

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310 ratings

🧑‍⚖️ Legal Reasoning ⚖️ Law For Non-Lawyers 📊 Decision Analysis 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💭 Practical Reasoning

Functional JavaScript

by Michael Fogus • 2013

Replace loops, mutable state, and nested callbacks with a functional style that composes cleanly.

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🧑‍💻 Functional Programming 📜 Javascript 🔒 Immutability 🔗 Function Composition 🔁 Recursion

Functional JavaScript

Replace loops, mutable state, and nested callbacks with a functional style that composes cleanly.

by Michael Fogus 2013 258 pages

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🧑‍💻 Functional Programming 📜 Javascript 🔒 Immutability 🔗 Function Composition 🔁 Recursion

Feng Shui Modern

by Cliff Tan • 2022

Feng shui without the woo: ancient spatial logic that makes any room feel like home.

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🏠 Feng Shui 🧠 Spatial Psychology 🧹 Decluttering ☯️ Taoist Principles 🛋️ Home Styling

Feng Shui Modern

Feng shui without the woo: ancient spatial logic that makes any room feel like home.

by Cliff Tan 2022 192 pages

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🏠 Feng Shui 🧠 Spatial Psychology 🧹 Decluttering ☯️ Taoist Principles 🛋️ Home Styling

How to use graphic design to sell things, explain things, make things look better, make people laugh, make people cry, and (every once in a while) change the world

by Michael Bierut • 2015

Great logos aren't born from blank slates but from ugly constraints and stubborn clients.

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✏️ Graphic Design 🏷️ Brand Identity 🤝 Client Relationships 🔄 Design Process ⛓️ Creative Constraints

How to use graphic design to sell things, explain things, make things look better, make people laugh, make people cry, and (every once in a while) change the world

Great logos aren't born from blank slates but from ugly constraints and stubborn clients.

by Michael Bierut 2015 320 pages

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✏️ Graphic Design 🏷️ Brand Identity 🤝 Client Relationships 🔄 Design Process ⛓️ Creative Constraints

HBR Guide to Thinking Strategically

by Harvard Business Review • 2010

Most managers spend their careers answering questions. Strategic thinkers learn which ones to ask.

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🧠 Strategic Thinking ⚙️ Strategy Execution ⚖️ Trade-Off Management 🧭 Decision Frameworks 🔗 Team Alignment

HBR Guide to Thinking Strategically

Most managers spend their careers answering questions. Strategic thinkers learn which ones to ask.

by Harvard Business Review 2010 272 pages

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🧠 Strategic Thinking ⚙️ Strategy Execution ⚖️ Trade-Off Management 🧭 Decision Frameworks 🔗 Team Alignment

Reiki for Life

by Penelope Quest • 2002

All three Reiki levels, one complete guide. Symbols, hand positions, daily practice.

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🖐️ Energy Healing 🇯🇵 Usui Reiki 🌎 Western Reiki 🌿 Holistic Health 💚 Self-Healing

Reiki for Life

All three Reiki levels, one complete guide. Symbols, hand positions, daily practice.

by Penelope Quest 2002 320 pages

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🖐️ Energy Healing 🇯🇵 Usui Reiki 🌎 Western Reiki 🌿 Holistic Health 💚 Self-Healing

Resilient Management

by Lara Hogan • 2019

Six psychological needs shape every reaction your team has. Switch roles to meet them.

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👥 People Management 🧠 Workplace Motivation 🗣️ Feedback Skills 🎯 Coaching Skills ⚡ Energy Management

Resilient Management

Six psychological needs shape every reaction your team has. Switch roles to meet them.

by Lara Hogan 2019 105 pages

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👥 People Management 🧠 Workplace Motivation 🗣️ Feedback Skills 🎯 Coaching Skills ⚡ Energy Management

Trading the Trends

by Fred McAllen • 2011

How to read market trends so you profit whether stocks rise, fall, or drift sideways.

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🧮 Technical Analysis 🏃 Trend Following 🔄 Market Cycles 🛡️ Risk Management 📊 Stock Market Trading

Trading the Trends

How to read market trends so you profit whether stocks rise, fall, or drift sideways.

by Fred McAllen 2011 321 pages

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🧮 Technical Analysis 🏃 Trend Following 🔄 Market Cycles 🛡️ Risk Management 📊 Stock Market Trading

Finance for Non-Financial Managers

by Gene Siciliano • 2003

Your budget, your P&L, your cash position: finally explained for the manager who never took finance.

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🧠 Financial Literacy 💼 Managerial Finance 📊 Financial Statements 💸 Cash Flow Management 🗺️ Business Planning

Finance for Non-Financial Managers

Your budget, your P&L, your cash position: finally explained for the manager who never took finance.

by Gene Siciliano 2003 220 pages

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🧠 Financial Literacy 💼 Managerial Finance 📊 Financial Statements 💸 Cash Flow Management 🗺️ Business Planning

Closing the Reading Gap

by Alex Quigley • 2020

Phonics gets them started; disciplinary literacy sustains it. A whole-school plan to close the gap.

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📚 Disciplinary Literacy 🔬 Science Of Reading 🔤 Phonics Instruction 🧠 Reading Comprehension 💖 Reading Culture

Closing the Reading Gap

Phonics gets them started; disciplinary literacy sustains it. A whole-school plan to close the gap.

by Alex Quigley 2020 248 pages

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📚 Disciplinary Literacy 🔬 Science Of Reading 🔤 Phonics Instruction 🧠 Reading Comprehension 💖 Reading Culture

The Everything Guide to Investing in Your 20s & 30s

by Joe Duarte • 2014

The money you invest in your twenties works harder than anything you earn later; here's how.

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📚 Investing Basics 🧑‍🎓 Young Investors 📅 Long-Term Investing 🧩 Asset Allocation 🏖 Retirement Planning

The Everything Guide to Investing in Your 20s & 30s

The money you invest in your twenties works harder than anything you earn later; here's how.

by Joe Duarte 2014 304 pages

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📚 Investing Basics 🧑‍🎓 Young Investors 📅 Long-Term Investing 🧩 Asset Allocation 🏖 Retirement Planning

Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her

by Malaclypse the Younger • 1965

A religion disguised as a joke, and the joke is that it works.

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🃏 Parody Religion 🤹 Absurdist Satire ✌️ Counterculture Mindset 🌀 Chaos Magic 🎲 Sacred Play

Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her

A religion disguised as a joke, and the joke is that it works.

by Malaclypse the Younger 1965

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🃏 Parody Religion 🤹 Absurdist Satire ✌️ Counterculture Mindset 🌀 Chaos Magic 🎲 Sacred Play

Fermat's Enigma

by Simon Singh • 1998

150 years, countless geniuses, one unproven hunch about primes, and a million dollars waiting.

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🔢 Prime Numbers 📜 History Of Mathematics ❓ Unsolved Problems 🏔️ Mathematical Quests 🔐 Cryptography

Fermat's Enigma

150 years, countless geniuses, one unproven hunch about primes, and a million dollars waiting.

by Simon Singh 1998 315 pages

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🔢 Prime Numbers 📜 History Of Mathematics ❓ Unsolved Problems 🏔️ Mathematical Quests 🔐 Cryptography

Body Language For Dummies

by Elizabeth Kuhnke • 2007

A playbook for reading the silent signals that decide who gets hired, believed, and liked.

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🧍 Body Language 💬 Interpersonal Communication 👂 Active Listening 🤝 Rapport Building 🎯 Persuasion Techniques

Body Language For Dummies

A playbook for reading the silent signals that decide who gets hired, believed, and liked.

by Elizabeth Kuhnke 2007 309 pages

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🧍 Body Language 💬 Interpersonal Communication 👂 Active Listening 🤝 Rapport Building 🎯 Persuasion Techniques

EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) Crash Course with Online Practice Test, 2nd Edition

by Christopher Coughlin • 2012

EMT certification accelerated: the clinical priorities and test logic that earn the passing score.

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🏥 Emergency Medicine 🚑 Prehospital Care 📝 Ems Certification Exam 🩺 Patient Assessment 📡 Clinical Protocols

EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) Crash Course with Online Practice Test, 2nd Edition

EMT certification accelerated: the clinical priorities and test logic that earn the passing score.

by Christopher Coughlin 2012 403 pages

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315 ratings

🏥 Emergency Medicine 🚑 Prehospital Care 📝 Ems Certification Exam 🩺 Patient Assessment 📡 Clinical Protocols

Penetration Testing

by Georgia Weidman • 2014

Adopt an attacker's mindset and execute a full penetration test from recon to reporting, hands-on.

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🔐 Penetration Testing 🌐 Network Security 🐧 Kali Linux 💣 Exploit Development 🎭 Social Engineering

Penetration Testing

Adopt an attacker's mindset and execute a full penetration test from recon to reporting, hands-on.

by Georgia Weidman 2014 528 pages

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🔐 Penetration Testing 🌐 Network Security 🐧 Kali Linux 💣 Exploit Development 🎭 Social Engineering

An Introduction to General Systems Thinking

by Gerald M. Weinberg • 1975

Stability is not a property of a system but a contract it negotiates with its environment.

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🧩 Systems Theory 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🤖 Cybernetics 💻 Computational Thinking 👁️ Observer Bias

An Introduction to General Systems Thinking

Stability is not a property of a system but a contract it negotiates with its environment.

by Gerald M. Weinberg 1975 320 pages

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🧩 Systems Theory 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🤖 Cybernetics 💻 Computational Thinking 👁️ Observer Bias

The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing

by The Writer's Digest • 1992

The craft reference that walks you from three-act structure through revision to the agent's desk.

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📝 Fiction Writing 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Character Development 🌍 Worldbuilding 🔍 Mystery Writing

The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing

The craft reference that walks you from three-act structure through revision to the agent's desk.

by The Writer's Digest 1992 528 pages

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📝 Fiction Writing 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Character Development 🌍 Worldbuilding 🔍 Mystery Writing

The Words You Should Know to Sound Smart

by Robert W. Bly • 2009

1,200 words that sharpen your speech and upgrade how others perceive your intelligence.

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📚 Vocabulary Building 🎭 Impression Management 🗣️ Articulate Speech 📈 Career Advancement 👔 Executive Presence

The Words You Should Know to Sound Smart

1,200 words that sharpen your speech and upgrade how others perceive your intelligence.

by Robert W. Bly 2009 256 pages

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📚 Vocabulary Building 🎭 Impression Management 🗣️ Articulate Speech 📈 Career Advancement 👔 Executive Presence

Critical Thinking

by Sharon Kaye • 2009

Spot bad arguments, build sound ones: a beginner's course in the logic most people skip.

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🧠 Critical Thinking 🗣️ Argumentation 🔍 Informal Fallacies 🧩 Practical Reasoning 🌱 New To Philosophy

Critical Thinking

Spot bad arguments, build sound ones: a beginner's course in the logic most people skip.

by Sharon Kaye 2009 192 pages

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110 ratings

🧠 Critical Thinking 🗣️ Argumentation 🔍 Informal Fallacies 🧩 Practical Reasoning 🌱 New To Philosophy

NPR's Podcast Start Up Guide

by Glen Weldon • 2021

Start a podcast with what you own. The rest is storytelling craft, and NPR wrote the manual.

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🎙️ Podcasting 🎧 Audio Storytelling 🏠 Home Recording 🎤 Interview Techniques 📈 Audience Building

NPR's Podcast Start Up Guide

Start a podcast with what you own. The rest is storytelling craft, and NPR wrote the manual.

by Glen Weldon 2021 298 pages

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213 ratings

🎙️ Podcasting 🎧 Audio Storytelling 🏠 Home Recording 🎤 Interview Techniques 📈 Audience Building

Software Engineering at Google

by Titus Winters • 2020

Google's testing playbook: 80/20, test behaviors not methods, write tests that never rot.

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🧪 Software Testing 🏗️ Engineering Culture 🤖 Automated Testing 🎯 Behavior-Driven Testing 📋 Code Quality

Software Engineering at Google

Google's testing playbook: 80/20, test behaviors not methods, write tests that never rot.

by Titus Winters 2020 602 pages

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🧪 Software Testing 🏗️ Engineering Culture 🤖 Automated Testing 🎯 Behavior-Driven Testing 📋 Code Quality

Writing the Memoir

by Judith Barrington • 1996

The memoirist's craft: picking your thread, finding your voice, and shaping the truth into story.

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🖋️ Memoir Writing 📝 Creative Nonfiction 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🎤 Finding Your Voice 💎 Truth In Memoir

Writing the Memoir

The memoirist's craft: picking your thread, finding your voice, and shaping the truth into story.

by Judith Barrington 1996 166 pages

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🖋️ Memoir Writing 📝 Creative Nonfiction 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🎤 Finding Your Voice 💎 Truth In Memoir

ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life

by Judith Kolberg • 2002

Standard organizing advice wasn't written for the ADD brain. Here are the strategies that were.

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🧠 Adult Adhd 🏠 Home Organization ⏰ Time Management ⚙️ Executive Function 🔧 Productivity Systems

ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life

Standard organizing advice wasn't written for the ADD brain. Here are the strategies that were.

by Judith Kolberg 2002 260 pages

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🧠 Adult Adhd 🏠 Home Organization ⏰ Time Management ⚙️ Executive Function 🔧 Productivity Systems

The Books of Enoch

by Joseph B. Lumpkin

Angel rebellion, forbidden knowledge, and a mortal who sat on a throne next to God.

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📜 Biblical Pseudepigrapha 🌪️ Apocalyptic Literature 🕎 Second Temple Judaism 👼 Angelology ☀️ Sacred Cosmology

The Books of Enoch

Angel rebellion, forbidden knowledge, and a mortal who sat on a throne next to God.

by Joseph B. Lumpkin 366 pages

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📜 Biblical Pseudepigrapha 🌪️ Apocalyptic Literature 🕎 Second Temple Judaism 👼 Angelology ☀️ Sacred Cosmology

How to Make Money Trading with Candelstick Charts [Dec 01, 2011] Sadekar, Balkrishna M.

by Balkrishna M Sadekar • 2011

Markets run on fear and greed. Candlestick charts reveal both, and signal the turn.

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🕯️ Candlestick Charting 📊 Technical Analysis 🧠 Market Psychology 🎯 Trading Discipline 👤 Retail Trading

How to Make Money Trading with Candelstick Charts [Dec 01, 2011] Sadekar, Balkrishna M.

Markets run on fear and greed. Candlestick charts reveal both, and signal the turn.

by Balkrishna M Sadekar 2011 204 pages

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500+ ratings

🕯️ Candlestick Charting 📊 Technical Analysis 🧠 Market Psychology 🎯 Trading Discipline 👤 Retail Trading

The Body Image Workbook

by Thomas F. Cash • 2008

Unlearn negative body image by targeting the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that sustain it.

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🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🪞 Cognitive Distortions 🪜 Exposure Therapy 🧘 Mindfulness Exercises ❤️ Body Acceptance

The Body Image Workbook

Unlearn negative body image by targeting the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that sustain it.

by Thomas F. Cash 2008 232 pages

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260 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 🪞 Cognitive Distortions 🪜 Exposure Therapy 🧘 Mindfulness Exercises ❤️ Body Acceptance

SEO Like I'm 5

by Matthew Capala • 2014

SEO demystified: the beginner's road map to getting found through content, relationships, and speed.

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🔍 Search Engine Optimization 📝 Content Marketing 🔑 Keyword Research 🔗 Link Building 📱 Social Media Marketing

SEO Like I'm 5

SEO demystified: the beginner's road map to getting found through content, relationships, and speed.

by Matthew Capala 2014 194 pages

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103 ratings

🔍 Search Engine Optimization 📝 Content Marketing 🔑 Keyword Research 🔗 Link Building 📱 Social Media Marketing

101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions

by Ron Fry • 1991

An interview is a sale with you as the product. 101 answers that close the deal.

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📋 Interview Preparation 🧠 Behavioral Interviews 🎤 Self-Presentation ♟️ Interview Strategy 💪 Confidence Building

101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions

An interview is a sale with you as the product. 101 answers that close the deal.

by Ron Fry 1991 182 pages

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500+ ratings

📋 Interview Preparation 🧠 Behavioral Interviews 🎤 Self-Presentation ♟️ Interview Strategy 💪 Confidence Building

Just Your Type

by Paul D. Tieger • 2000

Stop fighting your partner's personality: the type code that turns friction into connection.

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🎭 Personality Types 🗣️ Couples Communication 🔄 Introvert Extravert ❤️ Relationship Harmony 🧩 Jungian Typology

Just Your Type

Stop fighting your partner's personality: the type code that turns friction into connection.

by Paul D. Tieger 2000

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356 ratings

🎭 Personality Types 🗣️ Couples Communication 🔄 Introvert Extravert ❤️ Relationship Harmony 🧩 Jungian Typology

Java Performance

by Scott Oaks • 2014

Fast Java has no magic switch: profiler first, then GC, JIT, threads, and memory.

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🖥️ Jvm Performance ⚙️ Java Internals 🗑️ Garbage Collection 🧠 Memory Management 🧵 Concurrency Optimization

Java Performance

Fast Java has no magic switch: profiler first, then GC, JIT, threads, and memory.

by Scott Oaks 2014 423 pages

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319 ratings

🖥️ Jvm Performance ⚙️ Java Internals 🗑️ Garbage Collection 🧠 Memory Management 🧵 Concurrency Optimization

Essentials of Supply Chain Management

by Michael H. Hugos • 2002

Five levers control every supply chain. Tuning their balance beats optimizing any single one.

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🏭 Supply Chain Management ⚙️ Operations Management 🚚 Logistics Planning 📦 Inventory Optimization 📊 Performance Metrics

Essentials of Supply Chain Management

Five levers control every supply chain. Tuning their balance beats optimizing any single one.

by Michael H. Hugos 2002 355 pages

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280 ratings

🏭 Supply Chain Management ⚙️ Operations Management 🚚 Logistics Planning 📦 Inventory Optimization 📊 Performance Metrics

Value Stream Mapping

by Karen Martin • 2013

Your hierarchy hides delays. One map reveals them, and a strict method makes the fixes permanent.

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⚙️ Lean Methodology 🗺️ Value Stream Mapping 🔄 Organizational Change 📈 Process Improvement 🔁 Continuous Improvement

Value Stream Mapping

Your hierarchy hides delays. One map reveals them, and a strict method makes the fixes permanent.

by Karen Martin 2013 274 pages

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500+ ratings

⚙️ Lean Methodology 🗺️ Value Stream Mapping 🔄 Organizational Change 📈 Process Improvement 🔁 Continuous Improvement

Online Business Startup

by Robin Waite • 2015

Launch your online business lean and fast: the complete roadmap from naming to analytics.

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🌐 Online Business 📘 Startup Playbooks 📋 Business Planning 🎨 Brand Identity 🔍 SEO Basics

Online Business Startup

Launch your online business lean and fast: the complete roadmap from naming to analytics.

by Robin Waite 2015 260 pages

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177 ratings

🌐 Online Business 📘 Startup Playbooks 📋 Business Planning 🎨 Brand Identity 🔍 SEO Basics

How Not to Write a Novel

by Howard Mittelmark • 2008

The craft guide in reverse: two hundred fatal errors and their fixes.

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📝 Fiction Writing 📚 Writing Reference ⚠️ Common Writing Mistakes 😂 Humorous How-To 🎭 Satirical Nonfiction

How Not to Write a Novel

The craft guide in reverse: two hundred fatal errors and their fixes.

by Howard Mittelmark 2008 255 pages

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4k+ ratings

📝 Fiction Writing 📚 Writing Reference ⚠️ Common Writing Mistakes 😂 Humorous How-To 🎭 Satirical Nonfiction

The Clash of the Cultures

by John C. Bogle • 2012

Your fund manager trades constantly. The index fund pioneer showed why that helps them, not you.

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📊 Index Investing 💼 Mutual Funds 🧠 Investment Philosophy 🎰 Market Speculation 🏛️ Corporate Governance

The Clash of the Cultures

Your fund manager trades constantly. The index fund pioneer showed why that helps them, not you.

by John C. Bogle 2012 384 pages

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500+ ratings

📊 Index Investing 💼 Mutual Funds 🧠 Investment Philosophy 🎰 Market Speculation 🏛️ Corporate Governance

The Architect's Studio Companion

by Edward Allen • 1995

Code-compliant shortcuts for sizing structures, HVAC, and egress before the math begins.

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🏛️ Building Codes 🏗️ Structural Systems ✏️ Architectural Design 📐 Preliminary Design ☀️ Daylighting

The Architect's Studio Companion

Code-compliant shortcuts for sizing structures, HVAC, and egress before the math begins.

by Edward Allen 1995 480 pages

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131 ratings

🏛️ Building Codes 🏗️ Structural Systems ✏️ Architectural Design 📐 Preliminary Design ☀️ Daylighting

Making Comics

by Scott McCloud • 2006

Comics are a storytelling engine powered by choices you make before the ink dries.

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🛠️ Comics Craft 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🧠 Comics Theory 🎭 Character Design 🌍 Worldbuilding

Making Comics

Comics are a storytelling engine powered by choices you make before the ink dries.

by Scott McCloud 2006 264 pages

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9k+ ratings

🛠️ Comics Craft 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🧠 Comics Theory 🎭 Character Design 🌍 Worldbuilding

Writing to Be Understood

by Anne H. Janzer • 2018

Turn the cognitive science of attention, curiosity, and memory into writing that actually gets read.

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📝 Nonfiction Writing 🧠 Reader Psychology 📖 Plain Language 🎯 Expert Blind Spots 🔍 Explanation Craft

Writing to Be Understood

Turn the cognitive science of attention, curiosity, and memory into writing that actually gets read.

by Anne H. Janzer 2018 148 pages

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275 ratings

📝 Nonfiction Writing 🧠 Reader Psychology 📖 Plain Language 🎯 Expert Blind Spots 🔍 Explanation Craft

The Everything Parent's Guide To Raising Girls

by Erika V. Shearin Karres • 2007

What to say when she asks about sex, and the other conversations that shape a confident daughter.

3.35

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