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CCNA 200-301 Official Cert Guide, Volume 1

by Wendell Odom • 2019

Not just the answers: the CLI habit, subnetting speed, and network reasoning the CCNA requires.

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🌐 Network Engineering 📜 Cisco Certification 🔀 Routing And Switching 📡 Network Fundamentals 📍 Ip Addressing

CCNA 200-301 Official Cert Guide, Volume 1

Not just the answers: the CLI habit, subnetting speed, and network reasoning the CCNA requires.

by Wendell Odom 2019 848 pages

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161 ratings

🌐 Network Engineering 📜 Cisco Certification 🔀 Routing And Switching 📡 Network Fundamentals 📍 Ip Addressing

The Third Revolution

by Elizabeth C. Economy • 2018

Deng opened China. Xi reversed it: the party now decides what gets built, read, and believed.

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🏛️ Chinese Politics ⚡ Authoritarian Governance 🐉 Xi Jinping Era 🏭 State Capitalism 🌐 Internet Censorship

The Third Revolution

Deng opened China. Xi reversed it: the party now decides what gets built, read, and believed.

by Elizabeth C. Economy 2018 359 pages

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🏛️ Chinese Politics ⚡ Authoritarian Governance 🐉 Xi Jinping Era 🏭 State Capitalism 🌐 Internet Censorship

Keeping Up with the Quants

by Thomas H. Davenport • 2013

You hired the quants. Now learn the questions that turn their numbers into decisions.

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🏢 Data-Driven Management 📊 Business Analytics 🧮 Quantitative Thinking 📖 Data Storytelling 📋 Evidence-Based Management

Keeping Up with the Quants

You hired the quants. Now learn the questions that turn their numbers into decisions.

by Thomas H. Davenport 2013 229 pages

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🏢 Data-Driven Management 📊 Business Analytics 🧮 Quantitative Thinking 📖 Data Storytelling 📋 Evidence-Based Management

Agile Project Management with Scrum

by Ken Schwaber • 2004

Stop fighting uncertainty. Ship working software every 30 days with a framework built for change.

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🏃 Agile Project Management 🔄 Iterative Development 📈 Continuous Improvement ⏱️ Timeboxing 🤝 Self-Organizing Teams

Agile Project Management with Scrum

Stop fighting uncertainty. Ship working software every 30 days with a framework built for change.

by Ken Schwaber 2004 188 pages

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🏃 Agile Project Management 🔄 Iterative Development 📈 Continuous Improvement ⏱️ Timeboxing 🤝 Self-Organizing Teams

WTF?

by Tim O'Reilly • 2017

The economy is now an algorithm, and nobody wrote human well-being into its code.

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🏗️ Platform Economy 🤖 Algorithmic Management 💼 Future Of Work 🌱 New Economics 🧠 Collective Intelligence

WTF?

The economy is now an algorithm, and nobody wrote human well-being into its code.

by Tim O'Reilly 2017 448 pages

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🏗️ Platform Economy 🤖 Algorithmic Management 💼 Future Of Work 🌱 New Economics 🧠 Collective Intelligence

Programming Elixir

by Dave Thomas • 2013

Master a language where the equals sign matches instead of assigns, and processes outnumber objects.

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🧑‍💻 Functional Programming ⚡ Concurrent Programming 🎭 Actor Model 🧊 Immutable Data 🎯 Pattern Matching

Programming Elixir

Master a language where the equals sign matches instead of assigns, and processes outnumber objects.

by Dave Thomas 2013 287 pages

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🧑‍💻 Functional Programming ⚡ Concurrent Programming 🎭 Actor Model 🧊 Immutable Data 🎯 Pattern Matching

Made in the USA

by Vaclav Smil • 2013

How the country that made a third of the planet's goods stopped making almost everything.

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🏛️ Economic History 🏭 American Industry ⚡ Energy Economics 📉 Deindustrialization 🔗 Supply Chains

Made in the USA

How the country that made a third of the planet's goods stopped making almost everything.

by Vaclav Smil 2013 263 pages

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🏛️ Economic History 🏭 American Industry ⚡ Energy Economics 📉 Deindustrialization 🔗 Supply Chains

About Time

by Adam Frank • 2011

Time is a human invention, rebuilt every era. Our cosmology just catches up.

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🔬 History Of Science ⏳ Philosophy Of Time 🧠 Time Perception 🌌 Cosmology And Culture 🕰️ Sociology Of Time

About Time

Time is a human invention, rebuilt every era. Our cosmology just catches up.

by Adam Frank 2011 432 pages

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484 ratings

🔬 History Of Science ⏳ Philosophy Of Time 🧠 Time Perception 🌌 Cosmology And Culture 🕰️ Sociology Of Time

Planta Sapiens

by Paco Calvo • 2022

A brainless intelligence: how plants learn, decide, and plan their futures.

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🌱 Plant Cognition ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 💬 Plant Communication 🕸️ Distributed Intelligence 🎯 Ecological Psychology

Planta Sapiens

A brainless intelligence: how plants learn, decide, and plan their futures.

by Paco Calvo 2022 304 pages

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🌱 Plant Cognition ⚖️ Environmental Ethics 💬 Plant Communication 🕸️ Distributed Intelligence 🎯 Ecological Psychology

Structural Analysis

by Russell C. Hibbeler • 1982

Trusses, beams, and frames: how to find every force and deflection inside them before they're built.

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🏗️ Structural Analysis 🏛️ Civil Engineering 💻 Matrix Methods 📐 Displacement Methods 🔗 Indeterminate Structures

Structural Analysis

Trusses, beams, and frames: how to find every force and deflection inside them before they're built.

by Russell C. Hibbeler 1982 640 pages

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🏗️ Structural Analysis 🏛️ Civil Engineering 💻 Matrix Methods 📐 Displacement Methods 🔗 Indeterminate Structures

The Science and Technology of Growing Young

by Sergey Young • 2021

Aging is treatable: the science that could let you live to 200, and what to do today.

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🔬 Longevity Science ⏳ Aging As A Disease 🚀 Radical Life Extension 🧬 Genetic Medicine 🩹 Regenerative Medicine

The Science and Technology of Growing Young

Aging is treatable: the science that could let you live to 200, and what to do today.

by Sergey Young 2021 272 pages

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🔬 Longevity Science ⏳ Aging As A Disease 🚀 Radical Life Extension 🧬 Genetic Medicine 🩹 Regenerative Medicine

The End of Animal Farming

by Jacy Reese Anthis • 2018

Ending factory farming depends less on your diet than on what happens in labs and boardrooms.

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🧪 Food Technology 🐄 Animal Agriculture 💡 Effective Altruism 🔵 Moral Circle Expansion 🐾 Animal Consciousness

The End of Animal Farming

Ending factory farming depends less on your diet than on what happens in labs and boardrooms.

by Jacy Reese Anthis 2018 232 pages

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🧪 Food Technology 🐄 Animal Agriculture 💡 Effective Altruism 🔵 Moral Circle Expansion 🐾 Animal Consciousness

The Hacker Crackdown

by Bruce Sterling • 1992

One AT&T crash, one Secret Service raid, and the accidental birth of digital civil liberties

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💻 Hacker Culture 🌐 Digital Subcultures ☎️ Telephone History 🕵️ Cybercrime History 🗣️ Digital Free Speech

The Hacker Crackdown

One AT&T crash, one Secret Service raid, and the accidental birth of digital civil liberties

by Bruce Sterling 1992 336 pages

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💻 Hacker Culture 🌐 Digital Subcultures ☎️ Telephone History 🕵️ Cybercrime History 🗣️ Digital Free Speech

Dirty Electricity

by Samuel Milham • 2010

Cancer and diabetes followed the power lines, not the processed food.

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🧲 Electromagnetic Health 🌿 Environmental Health ⚡ Bioelectromagnetics 📊 Cancer Epidemiology 🏭 Occupational Disease

Dirty Electricity

Cancer and diabetes followed the power lines, not the processed food.

by Samuel Milham 2010 128 pages

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🧲 Electromagnetic Health 🌿 Environmental Health ⚡ Bioelectromagnetics 📊 Cancer Epidemiology 🏭 Occupational Disease

Loved

by Martina Lauchengco • 2022

Product marketing isn't a support function. Four strategic roles make it the growth engine.

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📦 Product Marketing 🚀 Tech Startups 🗺️ Go-To-Market Strategy 🎯 Product Positioning 💬 Messaging Frameworks

Loved

Product marketing isn't a support function. Four strategic roles make it the growth engine.

by Martina Lauchengco 2022 276 pages

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500+ ratings

📦 Product Marketing 🚀 Tech Startups 🗺️ Go-To-Market Strategy 🎯 Product Positioning 💬 Messaging Frameworks

The Lost City of the Monkey God

by Douglas Preston • 2017

Cartels, vipers, disease. A filmmaker searched for a lost city. A laser found it first.

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🗺️ Lost City Legends ⛏️ Archaeological Adventure 🌴 Jungle Expeditions 🛰️ Aerial Archaeology 🏛️ Pre-Columbian Civilizations

The Lost City of the Monkey God

Cartels, vipers, disease. A filmmaker searched for a lost city. A laser found it first.

by Douglas Preston 2017 326 pages

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🗺️ Lost City Legends ⛏️ Archaeological Adventure 🌴 Jungle Expeditions 🛰️ Aerial Archaeology 🏛️ Pre-Columbian Civilizations

Kids These Days

by Malcolm Harris • 2017

Childhood became a competition for human capital. Millennials are what that competition produces.

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👥 Generational Economics 💼 Human Capital Theory 💸 Student Debt Crisis 🔧 Precarious Labor 🏛️ Neoliberal Critique

Kids These Days

Childhood became a competition for human capital. Millennials are what that competition produces.

by Malcolm Harris 2017 261 pages

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👥 Generational Economics 💼 Human Capital Theory 💸 Student Debt Crisis 🔧 Precarious Labor 🏛️ Neoliberal Critique

Digital Detox

by Molly Defrank • 2022

The two-week family screen reset that restores calm, creativity, and connection.

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📱 Digital Parenting ⏳ Screen Time 📵 Digital Detox 🧠 Attention Restoration 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Connection

Digital Detox

The two-week family screen reset that restores calm, creativity, and connection.

by Molly Defrank 2022 245 pages

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📱 Digital Parenting ⏳ Screen Time 📵 Digital Detox 🧠 Attention Restoration 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Connection

Graphic Design Rules

by Sean Adams • 2012

365 design rules: master typography, color, grids, and client work, one day at a time.

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🎨 Graphic Design Fundamentals 🔤 Typography 📐 Layout And Composition 🌈 Color Theory 🖨️ Print Production

Graphic Design Rules

365 design rules: master typography, color, grids, and client work, one day at a time.

by Sean Adams 2012 384 pages

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🎨 Graphic Design Fundamentals 🔤 Typography 📐 Layout And Composition 🌈 Color Theory 🖨️ Print Production

Becoming a Technical Leader

by Gerald M. Weinberg • 1986

Technical leadership isn't solving every problem. It's building a team that solves without you.

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🔧 Engineering Management 🤝 Team Empowerment 🪞 Leader Self-Awareness 🔄 Systems Thinking 💡 Innovation Culture

Becoming a Technical Leader

Technical leadership isn't solving every problem. It's building a team that solves without you.

by Gerald M. Weinberg 1986

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🔧 Engineering Management 🤝 Team Empowerment 🪞 Leader Self-Awareness 🔄 Systems Thinking 💡 Innovation Culture

The Passion Economy

by Adam Davidson • 2020

Nine rules for making your quirks pay, from an economy that no longer wants you interchangeable.

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🎯 Niche Markets 💰 Value-Based Pricing 🛠️ Creator Economy 🔷 Differentiation Strategy 📖 Business Storytelling

The Passion Economy

Nine rules for making your quirks pay, from an economy that no longer wants you interchangeable.

by Adam Davidson 2020 305 pages

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🎯 Niche Markets 💰 Value-Based Pricing 🛠️ Creator Economy 🔷 Differentiation Strategy 📖 Business Storytelling

The Trolls of Wall Street

by Nathaniel Popper • 2024

A Reddit mob, a dying mall retailer, and the short squeeze that shook Wall Street.

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🧾 Retail Trading 🎭 Financial Subcultures 🏴 Digital Counterculture 🐸 Meme Culture 🌐 Techno-Populism

The Trolls of Wall Street

A Reddit mob, a dying mall retailer, and the short squeeze that shook Wall Street.

by Nathaniel Popper 2024 352 pages

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288 ratings

🧾 Retail Trading 🎭 Financial Subcultures 🏴 Digital Counterculture 🐸 Meme Culture 🌐 Techno-Populism

The Only Bitcoin Investing Book You’ll Ever Need

by Freeman Publications • 2021

Bitcoin for the cautious beginner: how to buy, store, and hold through the chaos.

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💰 Cryptocurrency Investing 🌱 Beginner Investing ⏳ Long-Term Investing 🏦 Sound Money 🌐 Decentralization

The Only Bitcoin Investing Book You’ll Ever Need

Bitcoin for the cautious beginner: how to buy, store, and hold through the chaos.

by Freeman Publications 2021 116 pages

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💰 Cryptocurrency Investing 🌱 Beginner Investing ⏳ Long-Term Investing 🏦 Sound Money 🌐 Decentralization

UFOs and the National Security State

by Richard M. Dolan • 2009

The Pentagon denied UFOs existed while spending secret billions to reverse-engineer the wreckage.

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🛸 Ufo History 🏛️ National Security State 🙈 Ufo Cover-Up 🧬 Crash Retrievals 👽 Alien Abduction

UFOs and the National Security State

The Pentagon denied UFOs existed while spending secret billions to reverse-engineer the wreckage.

by Richard M. Dolan 2009 656 pages

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🛸 Ufo History 🏛️ National Security State 🙈 Ufo Cover-Up 🧬 Crash Retrievals 👽 Alien Abduction

Metasploit

by David Kennedy • 2011

One framework, every phase of a professional penetration test: recon, exploit, evade, automate.

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🛡️ Penetration Testing 🎭 Social Engineering 💣 Exploit Development 🔍 Vulnerability Scanning 📡 Wireless Attacks

Metasploit

One framework, every phase of a professional penetration test: recon, exploit, evade, automate.

by David Kennedy 2011 328 pages

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500+ ratings

🛡️ Penetration Testing 🎭 Social Engineering 💣 Exploit Development 🔍 Vulnerability Scanning 📡 Wireless Attacks

The Theory That Would Not Die

by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne • 2011

Statisticians said it was dead. Turing used it to crack Enigma. Computers made it unstoppable.

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🧮 Bayesian Statistics 📜 History Of Mathematics 🎲 Probability Theory ⚔️ Scientific Controversy 🔐 Codebreaking History

The Theory That Would Not Die

Statisticians said it was dead. Turing used it to crack Enigma. Computers made it unstoppable.

by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne 2011 336 pages

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🧮 Bayesian Statistics 📜 History Of Mathematics 🎲 Probability Theory ⚔️ Scientific Controversy 🔐 Codebreaking History

The Story Engine

by Kyle Gray • 2017

Stop writing all day. A content system that builds trust, attracts leads, and scales beyond you.

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🎯 Content Marketing 📖 Brand Storytelling 🧲 Inbound Marketing 🎣 Lead Generation ⚙️ Marketing Automation

The Story Engine

Stop writing all day. A content system that builds trust, attracts leads, and scales beyond you.

by Kyle Gray 2017 256 pages

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223 ratings

🎯 Content Marketing 📖 Brand Storytelling 🧲 Inbound Marketing 🎣 Lead Generation ⚙️ Marketing Automation

Mover Of Men and Mountains

by R.G. LeTourneau • 1967

A mechanic made God his business partner. The empire he built was just the earthly return.

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⛪️ Business As Ministry 💼 Christian Entrepreneurship 📖 Biblical Stewardship 🎁 Giving And Generosity ⚙️ Industrial Innovation

Mover Of Men and Mountains

A mechanic made God his business partner. The empire he built was just the earthly return.

by R.G. LeTourneau 1967 320 pages

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⛪️ Business As Ministry 💼 Christian Entrepreneurship 📖 Biblical Stewardship 🎁 Giving And Generosity ⚙️ Industrial Innovation

Liquid Surveillance

by Zygmunt Bauman • 2012

Surveillance has gone from prison tower to loyalty card: fluid, seductive, and nearly invisible.

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👁️ Surveillance Studies 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏛️ Post-Panoptic Theory 📊 Social Sorting ⚙️ Technological Determinism

Liquid Surveillance

Surveillance has gone from prison tower to loyalty card: fluid, seductive, and nearly invisible.

by Zygmunt Bauman 2012 152 pages

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490 ratings

👁️ Surveillance Studies 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏛️ Post-Panoptic Theory 📊 Social Sorting ⚙️ Technological Determinism

How to Speak Machine

by John Maeda • 2019

Loops, scale, and unfinished products: what computers know that designers must learn.

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🖥️ Computational Thinking 📱 Digital Design 🔄 Iterative Development ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 📊 Data-Driven Design

How to Speak Machine

Loops, scale, and unfinished products: what computers know that designers must learn.

by John Maeda 2019 240 pages

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500+ ratings

🖥️ Computational Thinking 📱 Digital Design 🔄 Iterative Development ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 📊 Data-Driven Design

Millionaire Traders

by Kathy Lien • 2007

Twelve traders who beat the market share the surprisingly simple principles that got them there.

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🗂️ Trader Profiles 🧠 Trading Psychology 🎯 Emotional Discipline 🛡️ Risk Management 🎲 High Probability Trading

Millionaire Traders

Twelve traders who beat the market share the surprisingly simple principles that got them there.

by Kathy Lien 2007 416 pages

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🗂️ Trader Profiles 🧠 Trading Psychology 🎯 Emotional Discipline 🛡️ Risk Management 🎲 High Probability Trading

Explosive Growth

by Cliff Lerner • 2017

Zero to 100 million users taught him growth. Losing $78 million taught him what actually matters.

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📖 Startup Memoirs 💻 Tech Entrepreneurship 📈 Growth Hacking 🔥 Viral Growth 📊 Data-Driven Decisions

Explosive Growth

Zero to 100 million users taught him growth. Losing $78 million taught him what actually matters.

by Cliff Lerner 2017 314 pages

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500+ ratings

📖 Startup Memoirs 💻 Tech Entrepreneurship 📈 Growth Hacking 🔥 Viral Growth 📊 Data-Driven Decisions

Content Strategy for Mobile

by Karen Mcgrane • 2012

One content source, every device, no separate mobile site. Here is how to build it.

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📋 Content Strategy 🔄 Responsive Design 🗺️ Information Architecture 🏛️ Content Governance ⚙️ Content Operations

Content Strategy for Mobile

One content source, every device, no separate mobile site. Here is how to build it.

by Karen Mcgrane 2012 165 pages

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468 ratings

📋 Content Strategy 🔄 Responsive Design 🗺️ Information Architecture 🏛️ Content Governance ⚙️ Content Operations

Recupera tu mente, reconquista tu vida

by Marian Rojas Estapé • 2024

A neuroscience-based plan to starve your dopamine addictions and feel alive again.

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🧠 Dopamine Detox 📱 Digital Detox 🧘 Attention Restoration 😴 Sleep Science 🔥 Neuroinflammation

Recupera tu mente, reconquista tu vida

A neuroscience-based plan to starve your dopamine addictions and feel alive again.

by Marian Rojas Estapé 2024 448 pages

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4k+ ratings

🧠 Dopamine Detox 📱 Digital Detox 🧘 Attention Restoration 😴 Sleep Science 🔥 Neuroinflammation

The New Rules of Retail

by Robin Lewis • 2010

Only three retail models will survive the next decade. Half of all brands will vanish.

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🏬 Retail Industry 🛒 Consumer Behavior 📱 Digital Transformation 🏷️ Brand Strategy 📜 Retail History

The New Rules of Retail

Only three retail models will survive the next decade. Half of all brands will vanish.

by Robin Lewis 2010 272 pages

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314 ratings

🏬 Retail Industry 🛒 Consumer Behavior 📱 Digital Transformation 🏷️ Brand Strategy 📜 Retail History

The Robots Are Coming!

by Andrés Oppenheimer • 2018

Factory workers lost their jobs to robots last decade. This decade, it's lawyers and accountants.

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🤖 Future Of Work 🏭 Technological Unemployment 📚 Lifelong Learning 💻 Education Technology 🏥 Healthcare Innovation

The Robots Are Coming!

Factory workers lost their jobs to robots last decade. This decade, it's lawyers and accountants.

by Andrés Oppenheimer 2018 416 pages

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2k+ ratings

🤖 Future Of Work 🏭 Technological Unemployment 📚 Lifelong Learning 💻 Education Technology 🏥 Healthcare Innovation

The Steve Jobs Way

by Jay Elliot • 2009

Apple insider reveals the product and talent rules that built the world's most valuable company.

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🛠️ Product Development 🎨 Design Thinking 💥 Disruptive Innovation 🏆 High Performance Teams 🔍 Product Obsession

The Steve Jobs Way

Apple insider reveals the product and talent rules that built the world's most valuable company.

by Jay Elliot 2009 256 pages

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🛠️ Product Development 🎨 Design Thinking 💥 Disruptive Innovation 🏆 High Performance Teams 🔍 Product Obsession

Rewiring Education

by John D. Couch • 2018

Schools run on factory logic. An Apple insider's playbook for redesigning them with technology.

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📚 Education Reform 💻 Edtech 🧩 Personalized Learning 🔍 Inquiry-Based Learning 👨‍💻 Coding Education

Rewiring Education

Schools run on factory logic. An Apple insider's playbook for redesigning them with technology.

by John D. Couch 2018 272 pages

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📚 Education Reform 💻 Edtech 🧩 Personalized Learning 🔍 Inquiry-Based Learning 👨‍💻 Coding Education

Learning React

by Alex Banks • 2017

React without the chaos: a sequenced path from components to hooks to the production toolchain.

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🖥️ Web Development 🧱 Component Architecture 🧮 Functional Programming 📊 State Management ✅ Testing Practices

Learning React

React without the chaos: a sequenced path from components to hooks to the production toolchain.

by Alex Banks 2017 350 pages

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500+ ratings

🖥️ Web Development 🧱 Component Architecture 🧮 Functional Programming 📊 State Management ✅ Testing Practices

Introduction To Machine Learning

by Ethem Alpaydin • 2004

The mathematical core of machine learning, taught without cutting corners: from Bayes to boosting.

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🤖 Machine Learning 📊 Statistical Learning 🏷️ Supervised Learning 🎮 Reinforcement Learning 🎲 Bayesian Inference

Introduction To Machine Learning

The mathematical core of machine learning, taught without cutting corners: from Bayes to boosting.

by Ethem Alpaydin 2004 415 pages

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🤖 Machine Learning 📊 Statistical Learning 🏷️ Supervised Learning 🎮 Reinforcement Learning 🎲 Bayesian Inference

Creative Construction

by Gary P. Pisano • 2019

Large companies fail at innovation not because of size, but because they lack an innovation system.

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🏢 Corporate Innovation 🗺️ Innovation Strategy 🌱 Innovation Culture 🔄 Dynamic Capabilities 💡 Business Model Innovation

Creative Construction

Large companies fail at innovation not because of size, but because they lack an innovation system.

by Gary P. Pisano 2019 357 pages

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128 ratings

🏢 Corporate Innovation 🗺️ Innovation Strategy 🌱 Innovation Culture 🔄 Dynamic Capabilities 💡 Business Model Innovation

Never Far from Home

by Bruce Jackson • 2023

Amsterdam Houses to Microsoft: a Black lawyer's climb through music, race, and two worlds.

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🪜 Upward Mobility 🚧 Racial Barriers 🎓 First-Gen Professionals 💻 Diversity In Tech 🎵 Music Industry

Never Far from Home

Amsterdam Houses to Microsoft: a Black lawyer's climb through music, race, and two worlds.

by Bruce Jackson 2023 272 pages

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🪜 Upward Mobility 🚧 Racial Barriers 🎓 First-Gen Professionals 💻 Diversity In Tech 🎵 Music Industry

Adrift

by Scott Galloway • 2022

Middle class collapsed, billionaires multiplied, young men stopped dating. Charts that explain why.

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💰 Income Inequality 👁️ Attention Economy 📉 Middle Class Decline 💼 Shareholder Capitalism 📱 Social Media Harms

Adrift

Middle class collapsed, billionaires multiplied, young men stopped dating. Charts that explain why.

by Scott Galloway 2022 320 pages

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2k+ ratings

💰 Income Inequality 👁️ Attention Economy 📉 Middle Class Decline 💼 Shareholder Capitalism 📱 Social Media Harms

The Power of Experiments

by Michael Luca • 2020

eBay's experiment killed $50 million in ads. Here's how to run yours.

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🧪 Experimental Methods 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📊 A/B Testing 🔍 Causal Inference 🤝 Nudge Theory

The Power of Experiments

eBay's experiment killed $50 million in ads. Here's how to run yours.

by Michael Luca 2020 211 pages

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246 ratings

🧪 Experimental Methods 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📊 A/B Testing 🔍 Causal Inference 🤝 Nudge Theory

The Truth Machine

by Michael J. Casey • 2018

Trust used to require banks and governments. A shared digital record is making them optional.

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🔗 Blockchain 🪙 Digital Currency 🏗️ Trust Infrastructure 🌐 Decentralization 📉 Institutional Decline

The Truth Machine

Trust used to require banks and governments. A shared digital record is making them optional.

by Michael J. Casey 2018 320 pages

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1k+ ratings

🔗 Blockchain 🪙 Digital Currency 🏗️ Trust Infrastructure 🌐 Decentralization 📉 Institutional Decline

Lean Vs. Agile Vs. Design Thinking

by Jeff Gothelf • 2017

Agile for engineers, Lean for product, Design Thinking for design. The power is where they meet.

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🧑‍💻 Product Management 👥 Cross-Functional Teams 🧪 Lean Startup 🔄 Agile Development 💡 Design Thinking

Lean Vs. Agile Vs. Design Thinking

Agile for engineers, Lean for product, Design Thinking for design. The power is where they meet.

by Jeff Gothelf 2017 46 pages

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500+ ratings

🧑‍💻 Product Management 👥 Cross-Functional Teams 🧪 Lean Startup 🔄 Agile Development 💡 Design Thinking

Find Your Focus Zone

by Lucy Jo Palladino • 2007

Boredom and frenzy both kill focus. Train your brain to find the sweet spot between them.

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🧠 Attention Management 📱 Digital Distraction ❤️ Emotional Regulation 🔄 Habit Formation ⚡ Adhd Management

Find Your Focus Zone

Boredom and frenzy both kill focus. Train your brain to find the sweet spot between them.

by Lucy Jo Palladino 2007 304 pages

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428 ratings

🧠 Attention Management 📱 Digital Distraction ❤️ Emotional Regulation 🔄 Habit Formation ⚡ Adhd Management

Evolutionary Ideas

by Sam Tatam • 2022

Most innovation fails. The answer: borrow the behavioral shortcuts evolution already built into us.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 💡 Innovation Strategy 🦎 Biomimicry 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🎛️ Behavioral Design

Evolutionary Ideas

Most innovation fails. The answer: borrow the behavioral shortcuts evolution already built into us.

by Sam Tatam 2022 326 pages

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159 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 💡 Innovation Strategy 🦎 Biomimicry 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🎛️ Behavioral Design

The Brain Sell

by David R. Lewis • 2013

Brain scans, store scents, data trails: the invisible science of turning you into a buyer.

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🧠 Consumer Psychology 🧬 Neuromarketing 🛒 Retail Psychology ❤️ Emotional Branding 👃 Sensory Marketing

The Brain Sell

Brain scans, store scents, data trails: the invisible science of turning you into a buyer.

by David R. Lewis 2013 306 pages

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138 ratings

🧠 Consumer Psychology 🧬 Neuromarketing 🛒 Retail Psychology ❤️ Emotional Branding 👃 Sensory Marketing

Models of My Life

by Herbert A. Simon • 1991

He taught computers to think, then used them to reveal how human minds actually work.

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Models of My Life

He taught computers to think, then used them to reveal how human minds actually work.

by Herbert A. Simon 1991 415 pages

3.77

437 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💰 Behavioral Economics 📖 Scientific Memoir 💻 History Of Computing

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