18 books like The New Hacker's Dictionary

Cover of Poison Island
Poison Island Arthur Quiller-Couch · 1907 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Information Technology, Data Processing with this book.
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Das NEINhorn Marc-Uwe Kling · 2019 · ★ 5.0 · 48p · ≈ 1h · Light Im Herzwald kommt ein kleines, schnickeldischnuckeliges Einhorn zur Welt. Aber obwohl alle ganz lilalieb zu ihm sind und es ständig mit gezuckertem Glücksklee füttern, benimmt sich das Tierchen ganz und gar nicht einhornmäßig. Es sagt einfach immer Nein, sodass seine Familie es bald nur noch NEINhorn nennt. Eines Tages bricht das NEINhorn aus seiner Zuckerwattewelt aus. Es trifft einen… Shares Humor
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The second self Sherry Turkle · 1984 · ★ 4.9 · 386p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Examines the effect of the new "computer culture" on both children and adults and theorizes that computers are responsible for the new wave of mechanical determinism and a revival of mysticism and spirituality. Shares Ordinateurs, Electronic data processing, Computers
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Deployment Guide Series IBM Redbooks · 2005 · 296p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Electronic data processing, Information Technology, Data Processing with this book.
Cover of Eats, Shoots & Leaves
Eats, Shoots & Leaves Lynne Truss · 2003 · ★ 3.9 · 209p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Anxious about the apostrophe? Confused by the comma? Stumped by the semicolon? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens. We all had the basic rules of punctuation drilled into us at school, but punctuation pedants have good reason to suspect they never sank in. ‘Its Summer!’ screams a sign that sets our teeth on… Shares Reference, Humor
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Behaviorism John B. Watson · 1924 · ★ 3.7 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Reference with this book.
Cover of Some notes on lifemanship, with a summary of recent researches in gamesmanship
Some notes on lifemanship, with a summary of recent researches in gamesmanship Stephen Potter · 1950 · 126p · ≈ 4h · Moderate *Lifemanship*, we are assured, was devised in response to a huge public demand, somewhat unexpressed. The way of life adopted by Lifemen is as hard to define as the sound of one hand clapping, but this has not deterred the founder of the Lifemanship Association, Station Road, Yeovil (Somerset, England), from formulating a course of lectures on a vital issue of our times. // With the help of… Shares Humour, Humor
Cover of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat Samin Nosrat · 2017 · ★ 4.4 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate A visionary new master class in cooking that distills decades of professional experience into just four simple elements, from the woman declared “America’s next great cooking teacher” by Alice Waters. In the tradition of The Joy of Cooking and How to Cook Everything comes Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, an ambitious new approach to cooking by a major new culinary voice. Chef and writer Samin Nosrat has… Shares Reference
Cover of The Phoenix Project
The Phoenix Project Gene Kim · 2013 · ★ 4.2 · 431p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win is the third book by Gene Kim. The business novel tells the story of an IT manager who has ninety days to rescue an over-budget and late IT initiative, code-named The Phoenix Project. Shares Information Technology, Computers
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Women are crazy, men are stupid Howard J. Morris · 2009 · ★ 4.4 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Cheaper than therapy, more fun than a break-up, at last the book that explodes ALL the myths and tells the crazy, stupid truth about love and how to get it - and keep it!Since the dawn of time, when the first smitten caveboy tried to woo the object of his affections by shoving her into the mud, men have demonstrated that when it comes to women, they are profoundly stupid. And when it comes to… Shares Humour, Humor
Cover of Carry On, Jeeves
Carry On, Jeeves P. G. Wodehouse · 1925 · ★ 4.2 · 241p · ≈ 8h · Moderate 'You don't analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour.' Stephen FryA Jeeves and Wooster collectionThese marvellous stories introduce us to Jeeves, whose first ever duty is to cure Bertie's raging hangover ('If you would drink this, sir... it is a little preparation of my own invention. It is the Worcester Sauce that gives it its colour. The raw egg makes it… Shares Humour, Humor
Philosopher's Joke
Philosopher's Joke Jerome Klapka Jérôme · 1999 · 27p · ≈ 54m · Moderate Shares Humor with this book.
Cover of Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code
Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code Eoin Colfer · 2003 · ★ 4.1 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate After Artemis uses stolen fairy technology to create a powerful microcomputer and it is snatched by a dangerous American businessman, Artemis, Juliet, Mulch, and the fairies join forces to try to retrieve it. Shares Ordinateurs, Computers
The Art of Game Design
The Art of Game Design Jesse Schell · 2008 · ★ 4.5 · 610p · ≈ 20h · Moderate Presents the fundamentals of game design from one of the world's top game designers. Exploring the unusual territory that is game design, the book demonstrates how the basic principles of psychology used in board games, card games, and athletic games also work in top-quality video games. The author gives readers 100+ sets of insightful questions to ask themselves to make their games better. These… Shares Computers, Reference
Cover of A dictionary of non-classical mythology
A dictionary of non-classical mythology Marian Edwardes · 1900 · 222p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Dictionaries with this book.
Cover of Norse mythology A to Z
Norse mythology A to Z Kathleen N. Daly · 1990 · 116p · ≈ 3h · Moderate More than 400 alphabetically listed entries identify and explain the characters, events, and important places of Norse mythology. Shares Dictionaries
Cover of The nine worlds
The nine worlds Douglas Athon Rossman · 1983 · 87p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Shares Dictionaries with this book.
Cover of The Devil's Dictionary
The Devil's Dictionary Ambrose Bierce · 1840 · ★ 4.1 · 145p · ≈ 4h · Challenging The Devil's Dictionary was begun in a weekly paper in 1881, and was continued in a desultory way at long intervals until 1906. In that year a large part of it was published in covers with the title The Cynic's Word Book, a name which the author had not the power to reject or happiness to approve. To quote the publishers of the present work: "This more reverent title had previously been forced… Shares Dictionaries, Reference, Humor

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