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PIHKAL: A Chemical Love Story
Shulgin
Anthology containing: PIHKAL Book IPIHKAL Book II
The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
Gad Saad
"Read this book, strengthen your resolve, and help us all return to reason." — JORDAN PETERSON There's a war against truth... and if we don't win it, intellectual freedom will be a casualty. The West’s commitment to freedom, reason, and true liber...
The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work
W. Daniel Hillis
Most people are baffled by how computers work and assume that they will never understand them. What they don't realize -- and what Daniel Hillis's short book brilliantly demonstrates -- is that computers' seemingly complex operations can be broken do...
The People vs Tech: How the Internet Is Killing Democracy (And How We Save It)
Jamie Bartlett
**Winner of the 2019 Transmission Prize****Longlisted for the 2019 Orwell Prize for Political Writing**‘A superb book by one of the world’s leading experts on the digital revolution’ David Patrikarakos, Literary Review‘This book could not have come a...
A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn
Since its original landmark publication in 1980, A People's History of the United States has been chronicling American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version of history taught in schools–with its emphasis on great men in high p...
The Phantom Pattern Problem: The Mirage of Big Data
Gary Smith and Jay Cordes
Pattern-recognition prowess served our ancestors well, but today we are confronted by a deluge of data that is far more abstract, complicated, and difficult to interpret. The number of possible patterns that can be identified relative to the number ...
Phil Gordon's Little Green Book: Lessons and Teachings in No Limit Texas Hold'em
Phil Gordon
Phil Gordon plays poker with the best players in the world. He has won -- and lost -- in tournaments and cash games around the globe, all the while studying the game and learning from every hand dealt. As the resident expert and cohost of Celebrity ...
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From a to B and Back Again
Andy Warhol
A loosely formed autobiography by Andy Warhol, told with his trademark blend of irony and detachmentIn The Philosophy of Andy Warhol—which, with the subtitle "(From A to B and Back Again)," is less a memoir than a collection of riffs and reflections...
A Philosophy of Software Design
John Ousterhout
This book addresses the topic of software design: how to decompose complex software systems into modules (such as classes and methods) that can be implemented relatively independently. The book first introduces the fundamental problem in software des...
Pimp: The Story of My Life
Iceberg Slim
“[In Pimp ], Iceberg Slim breaks down some of the coldest, capitalist concepts I’ve ever heard in my life.” —Dave Chappelle, from his Netflix special *The Bird Revelation* An immersive experience unlike anything before it, Pimp is the classic hustl...
The Plague
Albert Camus
“Its relevance lashes you across the face.” —Stephen Metcalf, The Los Angeles Times • “A redemptive book, one that wills the reader to believe, even in a time of despair.” —Roger Lowenstein, The Washington Post A haunting tale of human resilience an...
Planning Algorithms
Steven M. LaValle
Planning algorithms are impacting technical disciplines and industries around the world, including robotics, computer-aided design, manufacturing, computer graphics, aerospace applications, drug design, and protein folding. This coherent and comprehe...
The Portable MBA
Kenneth M. Eades , Timothy M. Laseter , Ian Skurnik , Peter L. Rodriguez , Lynn A. Isabella , Paul J. Simko
A totally revised new edition of the bestselling guide to business school basics The bestselling book that invented the "MBA in a book" category, The Portable MBA Fifth Edition is a reliable and information-packed guide to the business school curricu...
The Power: WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
Naomi Alderman
WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION'Electrifying' Margaret Atwood'A big, page-turning, thought-provoking thriller' Guardian----------------------------------All over the world women are discovering they have the power.With a flick of the fingers ...
Powerful
Patty McCord
When it comes to recruiting, motivating, and creating great teams, Patty McCord says most companies have it all wrong. McCord helped create the unique and high-performing culture at Netflix, where she was chief talent officer. In her new book, Powerf...
Practical Common Lisp
Peter Seibel
...it has a fresh view on the language and the examples in the later chapters are usable in your day-to-day work as a programmer. — Frank Buss, Lisp Programmer and Slashdot Contributor If you're interested in Lisp as it relates to Python or Perl, a...
Practical Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for Developers
Jonathan Weber
Whether you’re a marketer with development skills or a full-on web developer/analyst, Practical Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager for Developers shows you how to implement Google Analytics using Google Tag Manager to jumpstart your web analytic...
The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
Andrew Hunt and David Thomas
What others in the trenches say about The Pragmatic Programmer... “The cool thing about this book is that it’s great for keeping the programming process fresh. The book helps you to continue to grow and clearly comes from people who have been there....
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the lande...
A Primer OfLibertarian Education
Joel Spring
A PRIMER OF LIBERTARIAN EDUCATION
Pro Git
Scott Chacon , Ben Straub
Pro Git (Second Edition) is your fully-updated guide to Git and its usage in the modern world. Git has come a long way since it was first developed by Linus Torvalds for Linux kernel development. It has taken the open source world by storm since its...
Pro Git
Scott Chacon , Ben Straub
Pro Git (Second Edition) is your fully-updated guide to Git and its usage in the modern world. Git has come a long way since it was first developed by Linus Torvalds for Linux kernel development. It has taken the open source world by storm since its...
Probability Theory: The Logic of Science
E. T. Jaynes
The standard rules of probability can be interpreted as uniquely valid principles in logic.
The Product Manager Interview: 164 Actual Questions and Answers
Lewis C. Lin
NEW EDITION AVAILABLE. * This is the OLDER 3rd edition. The NEWER 4th edition is available: amzn.to/2X56Q8O *BEWARE OF COUNTERFEIT BOOKS. Readers have reported that Amazon's 3rd-party sellers are selling counterfeit versions; the counterfeit pages h...
Productive Thinking
Max Wertheimer
Max Wertheimer (1880-1943), a pioneer of 20th-century psychology, had a major influence on the development of cognitive psychology, especially the psychology of perception and of productive thinking. His work "Productive Thinking" (1945), written in...
Programming for the Puzzled
Srini Devadas
Learning programming with one of “the coolest applications around“: algorithmic puzzles ranging from scheduling selfie time to verifying the six degrees of separation hypothesis.
Programming in Haskell
Graham Hutton
Haskell is one of the leading languages for teaching functional programming, enabling students to write simpler and cleaner code, and to learn how to structure and reason about programs. This introduction is ideal for beginners: it requires no previ...
Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes
Jacques Ellul
From one of the greatest French philosophers of the 20th century, comes a seminal study and critique of propaganda. Taking not only a psychological approach, but a sociological approach as well, Ellul’s book outlines the taxonomy for propaganda, and ...
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel
Doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people. Money―investing, personal finance, and business decisions―is typically taught as a math-based field, ...
Puppyhood: How to Raise the Perfect Dog
Cesar Millan
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **From the bestselling author and star of National Geographic Channel's *Dog Whisperer*, the only resource you’ll need for raising a happy, healthy dog. **For the millions of people every year who consider bringing a puppy into thei...
Python for Finance: Analyze Big Financial Data
Yves Hilpisch
The financial industry has adopted Python at a tremendous rate recently, with some of the largest investment banks and hedge funds using it to build core trading and risk management systems. This hands-on guide helps both developers and quantitative...