Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby
- Holy crap this is the coolest language book I've ever seen. No seriously, you have to flip through the chapters - there's regular comic strips and other crazy non-sense.
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Perfectly Reasonable Deviations From The Beaten Track: The Letters Of Richard P. Feynman
- Holy crap a new Feynman book! Published by his daughter.
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on Wed 05/11/05
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Dracula Blogged
- Bram Stroker's Dracula blogged based on dates in the book. This will run for the next six months. Subscribed.
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on Mon 05/09/05
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The Naked Ape : A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal
- This book is excellent. B&N and Borders keep telling me it's out of print.
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on Thu 12/02/04
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Practical Common Lisp
- Looks like a lot of real-world stuff in here and is also very recent.
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on Tue 11/30/04
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How to Kill a Mockingbird - The Book Report
- I forgot about the burning shark!
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on Mon 11/29/04
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Neal Stephenson's System of the World concludes the Baroque Trilogy
- Doctorow with a short review of the Baroque Cycle.
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on Mon 11/22/04
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1984
- Orwell's masterpiece in all the beauty of text/plain. Note: this isn't public domain in the US but is in AU.
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on Mon 11/08/04
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The Underground History of American Education
- Entire book online. Looks like evidence of some huge educational conspiracy.
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on Wed 09/08/04
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Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours
- Free book on picking up Emacs.
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on Tue 09/07/04
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Hacking Mac OS X Panther
- Sample chapters from book I need to buy.
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on Wed 08/11/04
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Mac OS X Panther for Unix Geeks [safari.oreailly.com]
- "..this book is your guide to figuring out the BSD Unix system and Panther-specific components that you may find challenging."
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on Tue 08/10/04
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How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python
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on Mon 07/26/04
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