Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds - Clean Edition David Goggins
For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare - poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight you...
The Canterville Ghost Oscar Wilde
The Canterville Ghost is a popular 1887 novella by Oscar Wilde, widely adapted for the screen and stage.
“The Canterville Ghost” is a parody featuring a dramatic spirit named Sir Simon and the United States minister (ambassador) to the Court of St. J...
The Case Against the Fed Murray Newton Rothbard
"By far the most secret and least accountable operation of the federal government is not, as one might expect, the CIA, DIA, or some other super-secret intelligence agency. They are accountable: a Congressional committee supervises these operations,...
The Catcher in the Rye J. D. Salinger
J. D. Salinger wrote one of the most famous books ever written, The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger wrote many stories and, in 1941, after several rejections, Salinger finally cracked The New Yorker, with a story, "Slight Rebellion Off Madison," that w...
Causal Inference Miquel A. Hernan , James M. Robins
Causal inference is a complex scientific task that relies on combining evidence from multiple sources, and on the application of a variety of methodological approaches. Causal Inference: What If is an introduction to causal inference when data are c...
Centuries of Childhood Philippe Ariès
In this pioneering and important book, Philippe Aries surveys children and their place in family life from the Middle Ages to the end of the eighteenth century. The first section of the book explores the gradual change from the medieval attitude to ...
Chaos Monkeys Antonio Garcia Martinez
Liar's Poker meets The Social Network in an irreverent exposé of life inside the tech bubble, from industry provocateur Antonio García Martínez, a former Twitter advisor, Facebook product manager and startup founder/CEO.The reality is,...
Characteristics of Games George Skaff Elias and Richard Garfield and K. Robert Gutschera
Understanding games―whether computer games, card games, board games, or sports―by analyzing certain common traits. Characteristics of Games offers a new way to understand games: by focusing on certain traits―including number of players, rules, degre...
Cheat: A Man's Guide to Infidelity Bill Burr , Joe Derosa , Robert Kelly
MONOGAMY HAS MET ITS MATCH When it comes to scoring on the side, this book is your best friend. Comedians Bill Burr, Joe DeRosa, and Robert Kelly have experienced the rich pleasures and unspeakable risks of romantic infidelity, and survived to tell ...
City of Glass Paul Auster
New York Trilogy [1]:
From Paul Auster, author of the forthcoming 4 3 2 1: A novel – his debut work of fiction, the first volume in his acclaimed “New York Trilogy” series of novels
Nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Mystery of the Year, City o...
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship Robert C. Martin
Even 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 soft...
The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility Stewart Brand
Using the designing and building of the Clock of the Long Now as a framework, this is a book about the practical use of long time perspective: how to get it, how to use it, how to keep it in and out of sight. Here are the central questions it inspir...
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff , Jonathan Haidt
A timely investigation into the campus assault on free speech and what it means for students, education, and our democracyIn September of 2015, Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff wrote a cover story for the Atlantic called "The Coddling of the America...
Code Complete, 2nd Edition Steve Mcconnell
Widely 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 leadin...
The Code of Trust Robin Dreeke
Robin Dreeke is a 28-year veteran of federal service, including the United States Naval Academy, United States Marine Corps. He served most recently as a senior agent in the FBI, with 20 years of experience. He was, until recently, the head of the Co...
Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software Charles Petzold
What do flashlights, the British invasion, black cats, and seesaws have to do with computers? In CODE, they show us the ingenious ways we manipulate language and invent new means of communicating with each other. And through CODE, we see how this in...
Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming Peter Seibel
Peter Seibel interviews 15 of the most interesting computer programmers alive today in Coders at Work , offering a companion volume to Apress’s highly acclaimed best-seller Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston. As the words “at work” suggest, Pete...
Codex Seraphinianus: 40th Anniversary Edition Luigi Serafini
Published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of its original publication, this special edition of the beloved, best-selling cult classic features a new design, new cover illustration, and 15 never-before-seen drawings.
Featuring a handsome new p...
The Cold Start Problem Andrew Chen
A venture capitalist draws on expertise developed at the premier venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, and as an executive at Uber to address how tech's most successful products have solved the dreaded "cold start problem"—by leveraging network...
Concepts of Modern Mathematics Ian Stewart
Some years ago, "new math" took the country's classrooms by storm. Based on the abstract, general style of mathematical exposition favored by research mathematicians, its goal was to teach students not just to manipulate numbers and formulas, but to...
Concise Guide to Macroeconomics, Second Edition, A David A. Moss
In this revised and updated edition of A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics , David A. Moss draws on his years of teaching at Harvard Business School to explain important macro concepts using clear and engaging language. This guidebook covers the essent...
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Excerpt: ...he was very well acquainted; and that after the marriage she had vowed him an implacable hatred, as well as all the Genevese. "Although La Popliniere has a friendship for you, do not," said he, "depend upon his protection: he is still in...
Connectography Parag Khanna
From the visionary bestselling author of The Second World and How to Run the World comes a bracing and authoritative guide to a future shaped less by national borders than by global supply chains, a world in which the most connected powers—and ...
Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue Ryan Holiday
**An NPR Book Concierge Best Book of 2018!
A stunning story about how power works in the modern age--the book the New York Times called "one helluva page-turner" and The Sunday Times of London celebrated as "riveting...an astonishing modern media c...
