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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

The Truth About Managing People...and Nothing but the Truth

by Stephen P. Robbins • 2002

Happy workers aren't productive; productive workers get happy. Much else you learned is backwards.

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🧪 Evidence-Based Management 🔍 Hiring Practices 🔁 Employee Retention ⚙️ Employee Motivation 🧠 Workplace Psychology

The Truth About Managing People...and Nothing but the Truth

Happy workers aren't productive; productive workers get happy. Much else you learned is backwards.

by Stephen P. Robbins 2002 211 pages

3.82

500+ ratings

🧪 Evidence-Based Management 🔍 Hiring Practices 🔁 Employee Retention ⚙️ Employee Motivation 🧠 Workplace Psychology

Guerilla Marketing in 30 Days

by Jay Conrad Levinson • 2005

Thirty days to a marketing engine that runs on creativity and consistency, not a big budget.

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📋 Guerrilla Marketing 🪴 Small Business Marketing 💸 Low-Budget Marketing 🎨 Creative Marketing 📬 Direct Marketing

Guerilla Marketing in 30 Days

Thirty days to a marketing engine that runs on creativity and consistency, not a big budget.

by Jay Conrad Levinson 2005

3.61

189 ratings

📋 Guerrilla Marketing 🪴 Small Business Marketing 💸 Low-Budget Marketing 🎨 Creative Marketing 📬 Direct Marketing

Blood and Guts

by Dorian Yates • 1993

The Mr. Olympia method: one set to failure, then eat, sleep, and track everything.

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🏋️ Bodybuilding 🥩 Sports Nutrition 📘 Training Manuals ⚡ High Intensity Training ⏫ Progressive Overload

Blood and Guts

The Mr. Olympia method: one set to failure, then eat, sleep, and track everything.

by Dorian Yates 1993 133 pages

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73 ratings

🏋️ Bodybuilding 🥩 Sports Nutrition 📘 Training Manuals ⚡ High Intensity Training ⏫ Progressive Overload

Smart and Gets Things Done

by Spolsky • 2007

Why great engineers are worth ten times the average, and the interview tactics that reveal them.

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🖥️ Tech Hiring 🛠️ Engineering Management 🎙️ Interviewing Techniques 🎯 Recruiting Strategies 🧱 Team Building

Smart and Gets Things Done

Why great engineers are worth ten times the average, and the interview tactics that reveal them.

by Spolsky 2007 200 pages

4.00

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Tech Hiring 🛠️ Engineering Management 🎙️ Interviewing Techniques 🎯 Recruiting Strategies 🧱 Team Building

1001 Things Every College Student Needs to Know

by Harry H. Harrison Jr. • 2008

1001 things that keep students enrolled, employed, and sane: starting with the first semester.

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🎓 College Success 📝 Study Skills ⏰ Time Management 🏫 Campus Life 💰 Financial Literacy

1001 Things Every College Student Needs to Know

1001 things that keep students enrolled, employed, and sane: starting with the first semester.

by Harry H. Harrison Jr. 2008 304 pages

3.50

331 ratings

🎓 College Success 📝 Study Skills ⏰ Time Management 🏫 Campus Life 💰 Financial Literacy

Economical Writing

by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey • 1999

An economist's 35 rules for sharp, persuasive writing: no talent required.

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📝 Writing Craft 🔍 Clarity ✂️ Conciseness 🎓 Academic Writing 🔄 Revision

Economical Writing

An economist's 35 rules for sharp, persuasive writing: no talent required.

by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey 1999 176 pages

4.16

500+ ratings

📝 Writing Craft 🔍 Clarity ✂️ Conciseness 🎓 Academic Writing 🔄 Revision

ORDER FLOW

by Trader Dale • 2021

Footprint charts show what standard candles hide: filled institutional orders. How to trade them.

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📈 Futures Trading 📉 Technical Analysis 🧾 Order Flow Trading 📊 Volume Price Analysis 🎯 Trading Strategies

ORDER FLOW

Footprint charts show what standard candles hide: filled institutional orders. How to trade them.

by Trader Dale 2021 193 pages

4.17

86 ratings

📈 Futures Trading 📉 Technical Analysis 🧾 Order Flow Trading 📊 Volume Price Analysis 🎯 Trading Strategies

The Art of Agile Development

by James Shore • 2007

Weekly deployments and single-digit bug counts: the whole XP practice set that gets you there.

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500+

⚙️ Extreme Programming 🔄 Agile Development 🏭 Lean Software ✨ Software Craftsmanship 🤝 Team Practices

The Art of Agile Development

Weekly deployments and single-digit bug counts: the whole XP practice set that gets you there.

by James Shore 2007 438 pages

3.98

500+ ratings

⚙️ Extreme Programming 🔄 Agile Development 🏭 Lean Software ✨ Software Craftsmanship 🤝 Team Practices

Krav Maga

by David Kahn • 2004

Size, strength irrelevant: Israeli combat method built on instinct, targeting, and weekly training.

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🛡️ Self Defense Training 🥋 Martial Arts Instruction 🪖 Military Combatives 🧠 Mental Toughness 👀 Situational Awareness

Krav Maga

Size, strength irrelevant: Israeli combat method built on instinct, targeting, and weekly training.

by David Kahn 2004 192 pages

3.82

244 ratings

🛡️ Self Defense Training 🥋 Martial Arts Instruction 🪖 Military Combatives 🧠 Mental Toughness 👀 Situational Awareness

Asset Allocation

by Roger C. Gibson • 1989

One decision drives nearly all your investment returns, and it is not which stocks you pick.

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🧱 Portfolio Theory 📊 Asset Allocation 🧠 Behavioral Finance ⏳ Long-Term Investing 🛡️ Risk Management

Asset Allocation

One decision drives nearly all your investment returns, and it is not which stocks you pick.

by Roger C. Gibson 1989 317 pages

4.07

241 ratings

🧱 Portfolio Theory 📊 Asset Allocation 🧠 Behavioral Finance ⏳ Long-Term Investing 🛡️ Risk Management

CMOS VLSI Design

by Neil H.E. Weste • 2011

From silicon atoms to clock trees: the complete playbook for designing chips that actually work.

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💻 Vlsi Design ⚡ Integrated Circuits 🔢 Digital Logic 🏭 Semiconductor Fabrication 🔋 Power-Aware Design

CMOS VLSI Design

From silicon atoms to clock trees: the complete playbook for designing chips that actually work.

by Neil H.E. Weste 2011 967 pages

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142 ratings

💻 Vlsi Design ⚡ Integrated Circuits 🔢 Digital Logic 🏭 Semiconductor Fabrication 🔋 Power-Aware Design

Seriously Funny

by Terry Pratchett • 2016

Discworld is fantasy. Its real subject: the foolish, tender business of being human.

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🎭 British Humor 💬 Wit And Wisdom 🧠 Human Nature 💀 Mortality 🎯 British Satire

Seriously Funny

Discworld is fantasy. Its real subject: the foolish, tender business of being human.

by Terry Pratchett 2016 128 pages

4.28

483 ratings

🎭 British Humor 💬 Wit And Wisdom 🧠 Human Nature 💀 Mortality 🎯 British Satire

Microsoft Azure Essentials - Fundamentals of Azure

by Michael S. Collier • 2015

Azure has hundreds of services. Your first deployment needs exactly five. Here's how they fit.

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☁️ Cloud Computing 🔷 Microsoft Azure 🌐 Public Cloud 🏗️ Cloud Architecture 💻 Microsoft Ecosystem

Microsoft Azure Essentials - Fundamentals of Azure

Azure has hundreds of services. Your first deployment needs exactly five. Here's how they fit.

by Michael S. Collier 2015 246 pages

3.78

146 ratings

☁️ Cloud Computing 🔷 Microsoft Azure 🌐 Public Cloud 🏗️ Cloud Architecture 💻 Microsoft Ecosystem

Presentations in Action

by Jerry Weissman • 2011

Eighty lessons from master presenters: why you, not your slides, should own the room.

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🎤 Presentation Skills 💼 Business Communication 📖 Story Structure 👁️ Visual Storytelling 👥 Audience Engagement

Presentations in Action

Eighty lessons from master presenters: why you, not your slides, should own the room.

by Jerry Weissman 2011 188 pages

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171 ratings

🎤 Presentation Skills 💼 Business Communication 📖 Story Structure 👁️ Visual Storytelling 👥 Audience Engagement

Effective Communication

by D.K. Publishing • 2015

Speak, write, listen, negotiate: the communication skills that define effective management.

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🗣️ Workplace Communication 📋 Management Skills 👂 Active Listening 🤝 Conflict Resolution 🎤 Public Speaking

Effective Communication

Speak, write, listen, negotiate: the communication skills that define effective management.

by D.K. Publishing 2015 96 pages

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32 ratings

🗣️ Workplace Communication 📋 Management Skills 👂 Active Listening 🤝 Conflict Resolution 🎤 Public Speaking

The Writer's Guide to Beginnings

by Paula Munier • 2016

Agents stop reading on page one. The craft decisions that make them turn to page two.

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🛠️ Fiction Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 🎣 Opening Hooks 🎬 Scene Craft 👁️ Point Of View

The Writer's Guide to Beginnings

Agents stop reading on page one. The craft decisions that make them turn to page two.

by Paula Munier 2016 256 pages

4.31

190 ratings

🛠️ Fiction Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 🎣 Opening Hooks 🎬 Scene Craft 👁️ Point Of View

Effective Unit Testing

by Lasse Koskela • 2012

A slow test suite kills productivity. The craft rules for fast, trustworthy unit tests.

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🧪 Unit Testing ☕️ Java Development 🧩 Testable Design 👃 Test Smells 🧰 Test Doubles

Effective Unit Testing

A slow test suite kills productivity. The craft rules for fast, trustworthy unit tests.

by Lasse Koskela 2012 248 pages

3.80

118 ratings

🧪 Unit Testing ☕️ Java Development 🧩 Testable Design 👃 Test Smells 🧰 Test Doubles

Teaching in the Online Classroom

by Doug Lemov • 2020

The screen is not a wall. Techniques for making online students feel seen, heard, and accountable.

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💻 Online Teaching 🏫 Classroom Management 🙋 Student Engagement ✅ Formative Assessment 🔄 Hybrid Learning

Teaching in the Online Classroom

The screen is not a wall. Techniques for making online students feel seen, heard, and accountable.

by Doug Lemov 2020 186 pages

3.89

254 ratings

💻 Online Teaching 🏫 Classroom Management 🙋 Student Engagement ✅ Formative Assessment 🔄 Hybrid Learning

Creating Characters

by Dwight V. Swain • 1990

Characters are built, not found. The nuts-and-bolts system for creating people readers believe in.

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🖋️ Fiction Craft 🎭 Character Development 🧠 Writing Psychology 📚 Classic Writing Guides ⚙️ Story Mechanics

Creating Characters

Characters are built, not found. The nuts-and-bolts system for creating people readers believe in.

by Dwight V. Swain 1990 208 pages

3.92

240 ratings

🖋️ Fiction Craft 🎭 Character Development 🧠 Writing Psychology 📚 Classic Writing Guides ⚙️ Story Mechanics

Predictive Analytics For Dummies

by Anasse Bari • 2013

A guide to building models that forecast, classify, and find hidden patterns, without a math degree.

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📊 Data Science 🔮 Predictive Modeling 🐥 Beginner Guides 🧹 Data Preparation 🧩 Clustering

Predictive Analytics For Dummies

A guide to building models that forecast, classify, and find hidden patterns, without a math degree.

by Anasse Bari 2013 360 pages

3.74

111 ratings

📊 Data Science 🔮 Predictive Modeling 🐥 Beginner Guides 🧹 Data Preparation 🧩 Clustering

Herbal Medicine Natural Remedies

by Anne Kennedy • 2017

150 kitchen-ready recipes that swap pills for plants: the beginner's roadmap to a home apothecary.

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🌿 Herbal Medicine 🌱 Medicinal Plants 📖 Herbal Recipes 🍳 Kitchen Medicine 🧪 Home Apothecary

Herbal Medicine Natural Remedies

150 kitchen-ready recipes that swap pills for plants: the beginner's roadmap to a home apothecary.

by Anne Kennedy 2017 240 pages

4.25

278 ratings

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🌱 Medicinal Plants 📖 Herbal Recipes 🍳 Kitchen Medicine 🧪 Home Apothecary

Machine Learning Simplified

by Andrew Wolf • 2022

Supervised learning, gently: pipeline, optimization, and the real reasons your model overfits.

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🎯 Supervised Learning 📚 Machine Learning Fundamentals 📊 Statistical Learning ✅ Model Evaluation 🧹 Data Preprocessing

Machine Learning Simplified

Supervised learning, gently: pipeline, optimization, and the real reasons your model overfits.

by Andrew Wolf 2022 109 pages

4.87

193 ratings

🎯 Supervised Learning 📚 Machine Learning Fundamentals 📊 Statistical Learning ✅ Model Evaluation 🧹 Data Preprocessing

Sex, Drugs & Economics

by Diane Coyle • 2002

It is not about money. Economics reveals why people break rules, seek thrills, and hit snooze.

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Sex, Drugs & Economics

It is not about money. Economics reveals why people break rules, seek thrills, and hit snooze.

by Diane Coyle 2002 280 pages

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131 ratings

The 250 Job Interview Questions You'll Most Likely Be Asked

by Peter Veruki • 1999

250 questions hiring managers ask, with scripts for the ones that rattle you.

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🎤 Job Interviews 📋 Behavioral Interviewing 💰 Salary Negotiation 👔 Professional Etiquette 🚪 Career Changers

The 250 Job Interview Questions You'll Most Likely Be Asked

250 questions hiring managers ask, with scripts for the ones that rattle you.

by Peter Veruki 1999 192 pages

3.40

154 ratings

🎤 Job Interviews 📋 Behavioral Interviewing 💰 Salary Negotiation 👔 Professional Etiquette 🚪 Career Changers

Fermentation for Beginners

by Drakes Press • 2013

Better digestion starts on your countertop. The complete fermentation guide, from kraut to kombucha.

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🫙 Fermented Foods 🧂 Food Preservation 🦠 Probiotic Cooking 🌾 Traditional Foodways 🏡 Homemade Pantry

Fermentation for Beginners

Better digestion starts on your countertop. The complete fermentation guide, from kraut to kombucha.

by Drakes Press 2013 144 pages

3.88

341 ratings

🫙 Fermented Foods 🧂 Food Preservation 🦠 Probiotic Cooking 🌾 Traditional Foodways 🏡 Homemade Pantry

The Wall Street Journal Complete Money and Investing Guidebook

by Dave Kansas • 2005

Stocks, bonds, funds, real estate: what they are, how they work, and how to fit them together.

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💰 Personal Investing 🧩 Asset Allocation 📈 Stock Market Basics 📜 Bond Investing 🏖️ Retirement Planning

The Wall Street Journal Complete Money and Investing Guidebook

Stocks, bonds, funds, real estate: what they are, how they work, and how to fit them together.

by Dave Kansas 2005 224 pages

3.78

423 ratings

💰 Personal Investing 🧩 Asset Allocation 📈 Stock Market Basics 📜 Bond Investing 🏖️ Retirement Planning

Organizing Your Day

by Marsha Sims • 2009

The few tasks that matter: how to find them, protect them, and make them inevitable.

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⏳ Time Management 🎯 Prioritization 🔄 Habit Building 🐢 Procrastination 🤝 Delegation

Organizing Your Day

The few tasks that matter: how to find them, protect them, and make them inevitable.

by Marsha Sims 2009 272 pages

3.73

198 ratings

⏳ Time Management 🎯 Prioritization 🔄 Habit Building 🐢 Procrastination 🤝 Delegation

How to Prepare Bible Messages

by James Braga • 1969

The single-sentence method for building sermons that hold together from opening to final appeal.

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🎙️ Homiletics 📝 Sermon Preparation 📖 Expository Preaching 🔍 Biblical Exegesis ⛪ Practical Theology

How to Prepare Bible Messages

The single-sentence method for building sermons that hold together from opening to final appeal.

by James Braga 1969 320 pages

3.95

103 ratings

🎙️ Homiletics 📝 Sermon Preparation 📖 Expository Preaching 🔍 Biblical Exegesis ⛪ Practical Theology

Fundamental Analysis for Investors

by Raghu Palat • 2010

What a stock is really worth, and how to find it in the numbers everyone else ignores.

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🔍 Fundamental Analysis 📊 Financial Statement Analysis 🏢 Equity Research 💎 Intrinsic Value 📈 Investing Fundamentals

Fundamental Analysis for Investors

What a stock is really worth, and how to find it in the numbers everyone else ignores.

by Raghu Palat 2010 191 pages

3.45

166 ratings

🔍 Fundamental Analysis 📊 Financial Statement Analysis 🏢 Equity Research 💎 Intrinsic Value 📈 Investing Fundamentals

Etsy-preneurship

by Jason Malinak • 2012

From first sale to tax season: the Etsy seller's complete business manual, no MBA required.

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🧶 Handmade Business 🛒 Etsy Selling 💼 Side Hustle Guides 💰 Pricing Strategies 📊 Small Business Finance

Etsy-preneurship

From first sale to tax season: the Etsy seller's complete business manual, no MBA required.

by Jason Malinak 2012 206 pages

3.80

311 ratings

🧶 Handmade Business 🛒 Etsy Selling 💼 Side Hustle Guides 💰 Pricing Strategies 📊 Small Business Finance

Home Learning Year by Year, Revised and Updated

by Rebecca Rupp • 2000

Year-by-year homeschool planning that follows the child, using standards as a compass, not a cage.

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1k+

📚 Homeschool Curriculum 🌱 Alternative Education 🧒 Child-Led Learning 🎨 Play-Based Learning 🌿 Natural Learning

Home Learning Year by Year, Revised and Updated

Year-by-year homeschool planning that follows the child, using standards as a compass, not a cage.

by Rebecca Rupp 2000 576 pages

3.97

1k+ ratings

📚 Homeschool Curriculum 🌱 Alternative Education 🧒 Child-Led Learning 🎨 Play-Based Learning 🌿 Natural Learning

Python for Informatics

by Charles Severance • 2002

Learn Python by probing data: scrape the web, query databases, and make the file system obey.

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🐍 Python Programming 📘 Introductory Programming ℹ️ Informatics 🔄 Data Manipulation 🕸️ Web Scraping

Python for Informatics

Learn Python by probing data: scrape the web, query databases, and make the file system obey.

by Charles Severance 2002 244 pages

3.99

500+ ratings

🐍 Python Programming 📘 Introductory Programming ℹ️ Informatics 🔄 Data Manipulation 🕸️ Web Scraping

Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery

by Eric N. Franklin • 1996

Your posture is a mental picture. Change the picture, and alignment follows without force.

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💃 Dance Technique 🎓 Dance Pedagogy 🦴 Movement Anatomy 🧍 Postural Alignment 🧠 Mental Imagery

Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery

Your posture is a mental picture. Change the picture, and alignment follows without force.

by Eric N. Franklin 1996 448 pages

4.28

109 ratings

💃 Dance Technique 🎓 Dance Pedagogy 🦴 Movement Anatomy 🧍 Postural Alignment 🧠 Mental Imagery

The Psychology of Language

by Trevor A. Harley • 1995

Language errors are not failures; they are data that expose the cognitive architecture of the mind.

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🧠 Psycholinguistics 👶 Language Acquisition 🧬 Neurolinguistics 🗣️ Bilingualism 📖 Reading Processes

The Psychology of Language

Language errors are not failures; they are data that expose the cognitive architecture of the mind.

by Trevor A. Harley 1995 624 pages

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131 ratings

🧠 Psycholinguistics 👶 Language Acquisition 🧬 Neurolinguistics 🗣️ Bilingualism 📖 Reading Processes

Modern CTO

by Joel Beasley • 2018

Great developers fail as CTOs until they learn leading, shipping, and hard calls.

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💻 Tech Leadership 🔧 Engineering Management 🧭 Developer To Manager 🚀 Mvp Development 🔄 Iterative Development

Modern CTO

Great developers fail as CTOs until they learn leading, shipping, and hard calls.

by Joel Beasley 2018 146 pages

3.42

267 ratings

💻 Tech Leadership 🔧 Engineering Management 🧭 Developer To Manager 🚀 Mvp Development 🔄 Iterative Development

Agile Testing

by Lisa Crispin • 2008

Shift quality left: a practical guide to weaving testing into every day of agile development.

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1k+

🔄 Agile Development 🧪 Software Testing 🤖 Test Automation 🔗 Continuous Integration 🔍 Exploratory Testing

Agile Testing

Shift quality left: a practical guide to weaving testing into every day of agile development.

by Lisa Crispin 2008 533 pages

3.82

1k+ ratings

🔄 Agile Development 🧪 Software Testing 🤖 Test Automation 🔗 Continuous Integration 🔍 Exploratory Testing

Social Psychology

by Robert A. Baron • 1977

The science of why you bond, why you judge, and how to actually become happier.

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🧷 Attachment Theory 😊 Positive Psychology 🔬 Happiness Research 🫂 Loneliness 🤝 Social Connection

Social Psychology

The science of why you bond, why you judge, and how to actually become happier.

by Robert A. Baron 1977 678 pages

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500+ ratings

🧷 Attachment Theory 😊 Positive Psychology 🔬 Happiness Research 🫂 Loneliness 🤝 Social Connection

The Pocket Guide to Mischief

by Bart King • 2008

From classroom pranks to culinary capers: the handbook for causing precise, harmless chaos.

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🃏 Practical Jokes 🎬 Pop Culture Trivia 💬 Wordplay And Puns 😂 Teen Humor 💩 Gross-Out Humor

The Pocket Guide to Mischief

From classroom pranks to culinary capers: the handbook for causing precise, harmless chaos.

by Bart King 2008 272 pages

3.92

106 ratings

🃏 Practical Jokes 🎬 Pop Culture Trivia 💬 Wordplay And Puns 😂 Teen Humor 💩 Gross-Out Humor

Book Lust

by Nancy Pearl • 2003

What to read next, organized not by genre but by how you feel right now.

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3k+

🧭 Book Discovery 🎭 Mood-Based Reading 🧠 Bibliotherapy 📚 Book Lists 🔍 Hidden Gems

Book Lust

What to read next, organized not by genre but by how you feel right now.

by Nancy Pearl 2003 287 pages

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3k+ ratings

🧭 Book Discovery 🎭 Mood-Based Reading 🧠 Bibliotherapy 📚 Book Lists 🔍 Hidden Gems

Get Scalable

by Ryan Deiss • 2023

Your company can't survive your vacation. The blueprint that changes that.

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🏭 Business Systems 📋 Process Documentation 🔒 Founder Bottlenecks 🎯 Team Accountability 🤝 Delegation

Get Scalable

Your company can't survive your vacation. The blueprint that changes that.

by Ryan Deiss 2023 212 pages

4.32

130 ratings

🏭 Business Systems 📋 Process Documentation 🔒 Founder Bottlenecks 🎯 Team Accountability 🤝 Delegation

Beginnings, Middles & Ends

by Nancy Kress • 1992

Three pages to lose an editor: a framework for beginnings, middles, and endings that deliver.

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2k+

📖 Fiction Craft 🏗 Story Structure 📈 Plot Development 🎭 Character Arcs 🪝 Opening Hooks

Beginnings, Middles & Ends

Three pages to lose an editor: a framework for beginnings, middles, and endings that deliver.

by Nancy Kress 1992 149 pages

4.00

2k+ ratings

📖 Fiction Craft 🏗 Story Structure 📈 Plot Development 🎭 Character Arcs 🪝 Opening Hooks

Zen Soup

by Laurence G. Boldt • 1997

Sages East and West distill twelve principles for living with presence, courage, and creativity.

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🪷 Zen Teachings 🌅 Practical Spirituality 📜 Eastern Philosophy 🦉 Wisdom Literature ⏳ Present Moment Awareness

Zen Soup

Sages East and West distill twelve principles for living with presence, courage, and creativity.

by Laurence G. Boldt 1997 190 pages

3.95

106 ratings

🪷 Zen Teachings 🌅 Practical Spirituality 📜 Eastern Philosophy 🦉 Wisdom Literature ⏳ Present Moment Awareness

Life Skills

by Chicago Tribune • 2012

Fix a leak, fold a fitted sheet, handle a fender-bender: the life guide you never got.

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🧭 Adulting Guide 🔧 Home Maintenance 🍽️ Social Etiquette 🆘 Emergency Preparedness 🏕️ Outdoor Skills

Life Skills

Fix a leak, fold a fitted sheet, handle a fender-bender: the life guide you never got.

by Chicago Tribune 2012 100 pages

2.79

134 ratings

🧭 Adulting Guide 🔧 Home Maintenance 🍽️ Social Etiquette 🆘 Emergency Preparedness 🏕️ Outdoor Skills

Reiki For Dummies

by Nina L. Paul • 2005

Channel healing energy through your hands: the practical method now welcomed by modern medicine.

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🖐️ Energy Healing 🏥 Complementary Medicine 🙌 Self-Healing Techniques 🌿 Holistic Wellness 🧘 Spiritual Practice

Reiki For Dummies

Channel healing energy through your hands: the practical method now welcomed by modern medicine.

by Nina L. Paul 2005 340 pages

3.90

185 ratings

🖐️ Energy Healing 🏥 Complementary Medicine 🙌 Self-Healing Techniques 🌿 Holistic Wellness 🧘 Spiritual Practice

MBA In A Day

by Steven Stralser • 2004

Strategy, finance, marketing, leadership: the MBA syllabus, minus the tuition and the two-year wait.

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📚 Mba Crash Course 🧩 Strategic Frameworks 💰 Financial Literacy 📣 Marketing Principles 🏢 Organizational Leadership

MBA In A Day

Strategy, finance, marketing, leadership: the MBA syllabus, minus the tuition and the two-year wait.

by Steven Stralser 2004 320 pages

3.56

266 ratings

📚 Mba Crash Course 🧩 Strategic Frameworks 💰 Financial Literacy 📣 Marketing Principles 🏢 Organizational Leadership

Managing Risk and Information Security

by Malcolm Harkins • 2012

Security's job isn't to block. It's to make the business safe enough to take risks.

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🛡️ Information Security ⚖️ Risk Management 🏢 Security Culture 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👔 CISO Leadership

Managing Risk and Information Security

Security's job isn't to block. It's to make the business safe enough to take risks.

by Malcolm Harkins 2012 152 pages

3.51

109 ratings

🛡️ Information Security ⚖️ Risk Management 🏢 Security Culture 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👔 CISO Leadership

Existentialism

by Robert C. Solomon • 1974

No fixed human nature, only your choices. Each one invents you and implicates everyone else.

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📜 Existentialism 🧠 Continental Philosophy 🕊️ Radical Freedom ✨ Self-Creation 🎭 Authenticity

Existentialism

No fixed human nature, only your choices. Each one invents you and implicates everyone else.

by Robert C. Solomon 1974 363 pages

4.07

384 ratings

📜 Existentialism 🧠 Continental Philosophy 🕊️ Radical Freedom ✨ Self-Creation 🎭 Authenticity

Writings of Abraham Lincoln

by Abraham Lincoln • 1953

The man who saved the Union, in his own words: the speeches and letters behind the legend.

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🏛️ Presidential Biography ⚔️ Civil War History ⛓️ Antislavery Thought ⚖️ Moral Leadership 📜 Primary Sources

Writings of Abraham Lincoln

The man who saved the Union, in his own words: the speeches and letters behind the legend.

by Abraham Lincoln 1953

4.13

313 ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography ⚔️ Civil War History ⛓️ Antislavery Thought ⚖️ Moral Leadership 📜 Primary Sources

The Green Budget Guide

by Nancy Birtwhistle • 2024

101 household swaps that shrink your bills and your waste, using what you already own.

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🌿 Eco-Friendly Living 🧼 Homemade Cleaning 🥕 Food Waste Reduction 💰 Thrifty Living 🔨 Household DIY

The Green Budget Guide

101 household swaps that shrink your bills and your waste, using what you already own.

by Nancy Birtwhistle 2024 336 pages

4.23

274 ratings

🌿 Eco-Friendly Living 🧼 Homemade Cleaning 🥕 Food Waste Reduction 💰 Thrifty Living 🔨 Household DIY

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