Dave's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 24 Sep 2014 12:47:02 -0700 60 Dave's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg The New Moosewood Cookbook 75428 247 Mollie Katzen 1580081304 Dave 0 to-read 4.30 1977 The New Moosewood Cookbook
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]]> The Little LISPer 734117 The Little LISPer unfolds some of the most beautiful concepts in mathematics, computer science, and logic.

The authors' goal is to show that recursive thinking is first of all fun, that it is powerful, and that the programming language Lisp allows one to express ideas recursively and naturally. There are hard problems along the way, but their solution brings mastery of recursive, functional, and meta-linguistic abstractions, developing skills in the underlying creative programming in Lisp. The Little LISPer is an interpreter for the language is developed using the tools of the book itself .]]> 222 Daniel P. Friedman 0023397632 Dave 0 to-read 4.27 1974 The Little LISPer
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]]> Lolita 7604 Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780141182537.

Humbert Humbert - scholar, aesthete and romantic - has fallen completely and utterly in love with Dolores Haze, his landlady's gum-snapping, silky skinned twelve-year-old daughter. Reluctantly agreeing to marry Mrs Haze just to be close to Lolita, Humbert suffers greatly in the pursuit of romance; but when Lo herself starts looking for attention elsewhere, he will carry her off on a desperate cross-country misadventure, all in the name of Love. Hilarious, flamboyant, heart-breaking and full of ingenious word play, Lolita is an immaculate, unforgettable masterpiece of obsession, delusion and lust.]]> 368 Vladimir Nabokov 0679723161 Dave 5
I'm not sure I liked it more than Pale Fire, but it's been a while since I read that. I think I'll have to go back read that again now too, and I will have to investigate Nabokov's other work.

I don't really know what to say about Lolita. Watching myself type these words and think of that novel at the same time make me feel practically mute or as though my writing capabilities are that of a four-year-old. I think you should just read Lolita if you haven't. It will provide you with a very rich, human experience, both in terms of it's allegorical power as well as in its constant virtuosic language. It's certainly a masterpiece.

I would imagine the novel would be even better if you have a grasp of French, and I'm sure it helps even more if you have a degree in French literature, or, for that matter, multiple degrees in any number of fields such as Psychiatry or Film Theory (I don't have any of these) so that you can get all of his obscure references and jokes. But if a Philistine like me can enjoy this, I'm sure you will.

]]> 3.87 1955 Lolita
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Of course it was incredible. Very strange and disturbing too. I'll have to sit with it a bit, and go back and read it again.

I'm not sure I liked it more than Pale Fire, but it's been a while since I read that. I think I'll have to go back read that again now too, and I will have to investigate Nabokov's other work.

I don't really know what to say about Lolita. Watching myself type these words and think of that novel at the same time make me feel practically mute or as though my writing capabilities are that of a four-year-old. I think you should just read Lolita if you haven't. It will provide you with a very rich, human experience, both in terms of it's allegorical power as well as in its constant virtuosic language. It's certainly a masterpiece.

I would imagine the novel would be even better if you have a grasp of French, and I'm sure it helps even more if you have a degree in French literature, or, for that matter, multiple degrees in any number of fields such as Psychiatry or Film Theory (I don't have any of these) so that you can get all of his obscure references and jokes. But if a Philistine like me can enjoy this, I'm sure you will.


]]> <![CDATA[The Cognition of Basic Musical Structures]]> 2340732 422 David Temperley 0262701057 Dave 0 to-read 4.22 2001 The Cognition of Basic Musical Structures
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]]> Elements of Computer Music 1566216 560 F. Richard Moore 0132525526 Dave 0 to-read 4.06 1990 Elements of Computer Music
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]]> <![CDATA[Practical Electronics for Inventors 2/E]]> 687619 952 Paul Scherz 0071452818 Dave 0 to-read 4.24 1998 Practical Electronics for Inventors 2/E
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]]> The Professional Chef 306220 "A serious reference for serious cooks." --Thomas Keller, Chef and owner, The French Laundry Named one of the five favorite culinary books of this decade by Food Arts magazine, The Professional Chef is the classic resource that many of America's top chefs have relied on to help learn their cooking skills. Now this comprehensive "bible for all chefs" (Paul Bocuse) has been thoroughly revised and expanded to reflect the way people cook and eat today.

The book includes essential information on nutrition, food and kitchen safety, and tools and ingredients, as well as more than 640 classic and contemporary recipes plus variations. 131 basic recipe formulas illustrate fundamental techniques and guide cooks clearly through every step, from mise en place to finished dishes.


This edition features nearly 650 all-new four-color photographs of fresh food products, step-by-step techniques, and plated dishes taken by award-winning photographer Ben Fink Explores culinary traditions of the Americas, Asia, and Europe, and includes four-color photographs of commonly used ingredients and maps of all regions Written "with extreme vigor and precision" (Eric Ripert), The Professional Chef is an unrivaled reference and source of inspiration for the serious cook.]]> 1232 0764557343 Dave 0 to-read 4.41 1974 The Professional Chef
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]]> <![CDATA[Bread: A Baker's Book of Techniques and Recipes]]> 153240 415 Jeffrey Hamelman 0471168572 Dave 0 to-read 4.38 2004 Bread: A Baker's Book of Techniques and Recipes
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]]> Joy of Cooking 75205 Joy of Cooking—the book Julia Child called “a fundamental resource for any American cook”—restores the voice of the original authors and many of the most beloved recipes from past editions and includes quick, healthy recipes for the way we cook today. Look for a new, revised edition of JOY with 600 new recipes coming in November 2019!

A St. Louis widow named Irma Rombauer took her life savings and self-published a book called The Joy of Cooking in 1931. Her daughter Marion tested recipes and made the illustrations, and they sold their mother-daughter project from Irma's apartment.

Today, nine revisions later, the Joy of Cooking—selected by The New York Public Library as one of the 150 most important and influential books of the twentieth century—has taught tens of millions of people to cook, helped feed and delight millions beyond that, answered countless kitchen and food questions, and averted many a cooking crisis.

Ethan Becker, Marion's son, led the latest version of JOY, still a family affair, into the twenty-first century with the seventy-fifth anniversary edition that draws upon the best of the past while keeping its eye on the way we cook now. It features a rediscovery of the witty, clear voices of Marion Becker and Irma Rombauer, whose first instructions to the cook were “stand facing the stove.� Recently, Ethan’s son, John Becker, and John’s wife, Megan Scott, joined the JOY team, where they oversee the brand’s website (TheJoyKitchen.com) and all social media for JOY. They spearheaded the creation of the bestselling Joy of Cooking app, available for iPhone and iPad.

JOY remains the greatest teaching cookbook ever written. Reference material gives cooks the precise information they need for success. New illustrations focus on techniques, including everything from knife skills to splitting cake layers, setting a table, and making tamales.

The 75th Anniversary edition also brings back the encyclopedic chapter Know Your Ingredients. The chapter that novices and pros alike have consulted for over thirty years has been revised, expanded, and banded, making it a book within a book. Cooking Methods shows cooks how to braise, steam, roast, sauté, and deep-fry effortlessly, while an all-new Nutrition chapter has the latest thinking on healthy eating—as well as a large dose of common sense.

This edition restores the personality of the book, reinstating popular elements such as the grab-bag Brunch, Lunch, and Supper chapter and chapters on frozen desserts, cocktails, beer and wine, canning, salting, smoking, jellies and preserves, pickles and relishes, and freezing foods. Fruit recipes bring these favorite ingredients into all courses of the meal, and there is a new grains chart. There are even recipes kids will enjoy making and eating, such as Chocolate Dipped Bananas, Dyed Easter Eggs, and the ever-popular Pizza.

In addition to hundreds of brand-new recipes, this JOY is filled with many recipes from all previous editions, retested and reinvented for today's tastes.

This is the JOY for how we live now. Knowing that most cooks are sometimes in a hurry to make a meal, the JOY now has many new dishes ready in thirty minutes or less. Slow cooker recipes have been added for the first time. This JOY shares how to save time without losing flavor by using quality convenience foods such as canned stocks and broths, beans, tomatoes, and soups, as well as a wide array of frozen ingredients. Cooking creatively with leftovers emphasizes ease and economy, and casseroles—those simple, satisfying, make-ahead, no-fuss dishes—abound. Especially important to busy households is a new section that teaches how to cook and freeze for a day and eat for a week, in an effort to eat more home-cooked meals, save money, and dine well.

As always, JOY grows with the times: The 75th Anniversary edition of JOY boasts an expanded Vegetables chapter, including instructions on how to cook vegetables in the microwave, and an expanded baking section, Irma's passion—always considered a stand-alone bible within the JOY.

This all-purpose anniversary edition of the Joy of Cooking offers endless choice for virtually every occasion, situation, and need, from a ten-minute stir-fry on a weekday night to Baby Back Ribs and Grilled Corn in the backyard, or a towering Chocolate Layer Cake with Chocolate Fudge Frosting and Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream. JOY will show you the delicious way just as it has done for countless cooks before you.

The span of culinary information is breathtaking and covers everything from boiling eggs (there are two schools of thought) to showstopping, celebratory dishes such as Beef Wellington, Roast Turkey and Bread Stuffing, and Crown Roast of Pork.

Happy Anniversary, JOY! Happy Cooking.]]> 1152 Irma S. Rombauer Dave 0 to-read 4.51 1931 Joy of Cooking
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]]> <![CDATA[Jacques PĂ©pin's Complete Techniques]]> 570018 P
From a master chef and the current co-star (with Julia Child) of the hit television series iCooking at Home/i, comes everything the home cook needs to perfect his or her kitchen skills-assisted by instructive, step-by-step photography. Learn to de-bone a chicken, poach an egg, whisk a perfect bearnaise, knead a tangy sourdough, or bake an exquisite meringue with the perfection and efficiency of a professional chef. Pepin's toothsome and time-tested recipes offer budding chefs the opportunity to put lessons into practice with extraordinary results. This comprehensive, authoritative presentation of cooking technique and practice is sure to become an indispensable part of every home cook's library.]]> 865 Jacques PĂ©pin 1579122205 Dave 0 to-read 4.48 2001 Jacques PĂ©pin's Complete Techniques
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]]> <![CDATA[Cooking at Home with The Culinary Institute of America]]> 306222
Now everyone can learn from the best, with Cooking at Home with The Culinary Institute of America. This complete-and completely approachable-illustrated guide gives home cooks an outstanding course in the essentials of cooking along with a wealth of irresistible recipes. Drawing on the CIA's extensive expertise, it shares all the basic information on equipment, ingredients, and techniques needed to become a great cook, from proper knife skills to cooking methods such as braising, grilling, saut?ing, and stewing. Readers learn the techniques step by step, with detailed instructions and extensive color photographs that clearly explain both what to do and how to do it.

Perfect for practicing skills and building a repertoire, the book's 200 stylish recipes are delicious and easy to make, from Beef Satay with Peanut Sauce to Roast Chicken with Pan Gravy, from Shrimp in Chili Sauce to Pasta Primavera with Basil Cream Sauce, French Style Peas, and more.

Generously illustrated with 250 beautiful full-color photographs of techniques and finished dishes, Cooking at Home with The Culinary Institute of America is a complete package of home-cooking lessons and recipes that home cooks can use to master the art of cooking in their own kitchens.]]> 304 Culinary Institute of America 047145043X Dave 0 to-read 3.81 2000 Cooking at Home with The Culinary Institute of America
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]]> <![CDATA[The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion: The All-Purpose Baking Cookbook]]> 74044 Joy of Cooking or Better Homes Gardens New Cookbook. Now bakers have a modern classic of their own. From leavening, mixing, proofing, and kneading, through shaping and baking, the experts at King Arthur Flour lead you through hundreds of easy and foolproof recipes from tricky yeast breads and sourdoughs, to trendy flatbreads and crackers, to family favorites such as pancakes and waffles. They also present fried doughs, quick breads, batter breads, biscuits, quiches, cobblers and crisps, cookies, cakes, brownies, pies, tarts, and pastries. For more than 200 years King Arthur Flour has been in the business of making the highest quality key ingredient in all of baking: flour. They've done decades of experimentation and research in their famous test kitchens on how the various ingredients in baked goods behave and why. The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion now brings you more than 350 recipes that will teach you which ingredients work together, as well as what doesn't, and why. It is this knowledge that will allow you to unleash your own creativity and to experiment in the kitchen. You'll get a complete overview of ingredients in chapters on flours, sweeteners, leavens, fats, and more. You'll find information on substitutions and variations, as well as troubleshooting advice from the pros at King Arthur. Recipes are enhanced with sidebars that share baking secrets and provide clear-step-by-step instructions, and each recipe is accompanied by a detailed nutritional analysis. Techniques are further explained with easy-to-follow illustrations by culinary illustrator Laura Hartman Maestro. The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion is the definitive kitchen resource. Exhaustive in scope, authoritative in style, and offering clear, practical, and encouraging instruction, it is the one book you'll turn to every time you bake. Like your set of measuring cups and favorite wooden spoon, it will become an essential kitchen tool. No kitchen in America should be without a copy.]]> 620 King Arthur Baking Company 0881505811 Dave 0 to-read 4.27 2003 The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion: The All-Purpose Baking Cookbook
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]]> The Science of Cooking 781962 244 Peter Barham 3540674667 Dave 0 to-read 3.96 2000 The Science of Cooking
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]]> <![CDATA[CookWise: The Hows & Whys of Successful Cooking, The Secrets of Cooking Revealed]]> 76875 524 Shirley O. Corriher 0688102298 Dave 0 to-read 4.06 1997 CookWise: The Hows & Whys of Successful Cooking, The Secrets of Cooking Revealed
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]]> <![CDATA[On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen]]> 101255 On Food and Cooking is a kitchen classic. Hailed by Time magazine as "a minor masterpiece" when it first appeared in 1984, On Food and Cooking is the bible to which food lovers and professional chefs worldwide turn for an understanding of where our foods come from, what exactly they're made of, and how cooking transforms them into something new and delicious. Now, for its twentieth anniversary, Harold McGee has prepared a new, fully revised and updated edition of On Food and Cooking. He has rewritten the text almost completely, expanded it by two-thirds, and commissioned more than 100 new illustrations. As compulsively readable and engaging as ever, the new On Food and Cooking provides countless eye-opening insights into food, its preparation, and its enjoyment.

On Food and Cooking pioneered the translation of technical food science into cook-friendly kitchen science and helped give birth to the inventive culinary movement known as "molecular gastronomy." Though other books have now been written about kitchen science, On Food and Cooking remains unmatched in the accuracy, clarity, and thoroughness of its explanations, and the intriguing way in which it blends science with the historical evolution of foods and cooking techniques.

Among the major themes addressed throughout this new edition are:




Traditional and modern methods of food production and their influences on food quality
The great diversity of methods by which people in different places and times have prepared the same ingredients
Tips for selecting the best ingredients and preparing them successfully
The particular substances that give foods their flavors and that give us pleasure
Our evolving knowledge of the health benefits and risks of foods
On Food and Cooking is an invaluable and monumental compendium of basic information about ingredients, cooking methods, and the pleasures of eating. It will delight and fascinate anyone who has ever cooked, savored, or wondered about food.]]> 896 Harold McGee 0684800012 Dave 0 to-read 4.46 1984 On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
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]]> Lidia's Family Table 22966
Here are more than 200 fabulous new dishes that will appeal both to Lidia’s loyal following, who have come to rely on her wonderfully detailed recipes, and to the more adventurous cook ready to experiment.

� She welcomes us to the table with tasty bites from the sea (including home-cured tuna and mackerel), seasonal salads, and vegetable surprises (Egg-Battered Zucchini Roll-Ups, Sweet Onion Gratinate).

� She reveals the secret of simple make-ahead soup bases, delicious on their own and easy to embellish for a scrumptious soup that can make a meal.

� She opens up the wonderful world of pasta, playing with different shapes, mixing and matching, and creating sauces while the pasta boils; she teaches us to make fresh egg pastas, experimenting with healthful ingredients–whole wheat, chestnut, buckwheat, and barley. And she makes us understand the subtle arts of polenta- and risotto-making as never before.

� She shares her love of vegetables, skillet-cooking some to intensify their flavor, layering some with yesterday’s bread for a lasagna-like gratin, blanketing a scallop of meat with sautéed vegetables, and finishing seasonal greens with the perfect little sauce.

� She introduces us to some lesser-known cuts of meats for main courses (shoulders, butts, and tongue) and underused, delicious fish (skate and monkfish), as well as to her family’s favorite recipes for chicken and a beautiful balsamic-glazed roast turkey.

� And she explores with us the many ways fruits and crusts (pie, strudel, cake, and toasted bread) marry and produce delectable homey desserts to end the meal.

Lidia’s warm presence is felt on every page of this book, explaining the whys and wherefores of what she is doing, and the brilliant photographs take us right into her home, showing her rolling out pasta with her grandchildren, bringing in the summer harvest, and sitting around the food-laden family table. As she makes every meal a celebration, she invites us to do the same, giving us confidence and joy in the act of cooking.]]> 448 Lidia Matticchio Bastianich 1400040353 Dave 0 to-read 4.25 2004 Lidia's Family Table
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]]> <![CDATA[Jacques PĂ©pin Fast Food My Way]]> 31565 In this companion volume to his new series on public television, Jacques shows you how to create great-tasting dishes ranging from stunning salads such as Tomato and Mozzarella Fans to Supreme of Chicken with Balsamic Vinegar and Shallot Sauce to his breathtaking Almond Cake with Berries, all special enough for company, yet easy enough for those weekday evenings when you have no time.
Fast food Jacques's way involves no compromises in taste but saves you hours in the kitchen. His Instant Beef Tenderloin Stew, for instance, not only is far faster to make than traditional versions, but tastes brighter and fresher. With concise, clear directions, Jacques shares the secrets of his kitchen. He teaches you how to season a salmon fillet perfectly and cook it in a low oven, right on the serving platter. You'll learn how to make a satisfying homemade vegetable soup in seconds, a baked potato in half the usual time, and a succulent roast that takes minutes, not hours, to prepare. He also shows you how to create elegant meals from convenience foods: a bean dip that will keep guests coming back for more, silky soups, and caramelized peaches made from canned peaches.
With Jacques Pepin Fast Food My Way at your side, the best food is always the simplest.]]> 240 Jacques PĂ©pin 0618393129 Dave 0 to-read 4.20 2004 Jacques PĂ©pin Fast Food My Way
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]]> <![CDATA[The Gourmet Cookbook: More than 1000 recipes]]> 770539 1040 Ruth Reichl 0618374086 Dave 0 to-read 4.37 2004 The Gourmet Cookbook: More than 1000 recipes
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]]> Essentials of Cooking 628419 312 James Peterson 1579652360 Dave 0 to-read 4.30 1999 Essentials of Cooking
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]]> <![CDATA[Persian Cuisine: Traditional Foods/Book 1 (English and Persian Edition)]]> 125457 236 M.R. Ghanoonparvar 0939214105 Dave 0 to-read 4.89 1982 Persian Cuisine: Traditional Foods/Book 1 (English and Persian Edition)
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]]> Economics in One Lesson 3028 Economics in One Lesson is a classic economic primer. But it is also much more, having become a fundamental influence on modern “libertarian� economics of the type espoused by Ron Paul and others.

Considered among the leading economic thinkers of the “Austrian School,â€� which includes Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich (F.A.) Hayek, and others, Henry Hazlitt (1894-1993), was a libertarian philosopher, an economist, and a journalist. He was the founding vice-president of the Foundation for Economic Education and an early editor of The Freeman magazine, an influential libertarian publication.Ěý Hazlitt wrote Economics in One Lesson, his seminal work, in 1946. Concise and instructive, it is also deceptively prescient and far-reaching in its efforts to dissemble economic fallacies that are so prevalent they have almost become a new orthodoxy.

Many current economic commentators across the political spectrum have credited Hazlitt with foreseeing the collapse of the global economy which occurred more than 50 years after the initial publication of Economics in One Lesson. Hazlitt’s focus on non-governmental solutions, strong � and strongly reasoned � anti-deficit position, and general emphasis on free markets, economic liberty of individuals, and the dangers of government intervention make Economics in One Lesson, every bit as relevant and valuable today as it has been since publication.]]> 218 Henry Hazlitt Dave 0 to-read 4.16 1946 Economics in One Lesson
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]]> <![CDATA[Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World]]> 10374 Lord Jim.

Science fiction, detective story and post-modern manifesto all rolled into one rip-roaring novel, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is the tour de force that expanded Haruki Murakami's international following. Tracking one man's descent into the Kafkaesque underworld of contemporary Tokyo, Murakami unites East and West, tragedy and farce, compassion and detachment, slang and philosophy.]]> 400 Haruki Murakami Dave 4 4.14 1985 Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
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Pretty good. A bit mystifying (like all of his stuff). The most "tidy" Murakami I've read, I think.
]]> Norwegian Wood 11297
A magnificent blending of the music, the mood, and the ethos that was the sixties with the story of one college student's romantic coming of age, Norwegian Wood brilliantly recaptures a young man's first, hopeless, and heroic love.]]> 296 Haruki Murakami 0375704027 Dave 3 4.01 1987 Norwegian Wood
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It's funny, 'cause in retrospect I don't like this book nearly as much as the rest of his novels, but it was the first Murakami I read.
]]> The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 11275
In a Tokyo suburb a young man named Toru Okada searches for his wife's missing cat. Soon he finds himself looking for his wife as well in a netherworld that lies beneath the placid surface of Tokyo. As these searches intersect, Okada encounters a bizarre group of allies and antagonists: a psychic prostitute; a malevolent yet mediagenic politician; a cheerfully morbid sixteen-year-old-girl; and an aging war veteran who has been permanently changed by the hideous things he witnessed during Japan's forgotten campaign in Manchuria.

Gripping, prophetic, suffused with comedy and menace, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is a tour de force equal in scope to the masterpieces of Mishima and Pynchon.]]> 607 Haruki Murakami 0965341984 Dave 5 4.16 1994 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
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This was my favorite Murakami book. I had a hard time stomaching the scenes in the Mongolian desert, but found the book overall an incredible experience. One of my favorite novels.
]]> Logic Pro 8: Tips and Tricks 3586602 184 Stephen Bennett 1906005060 Dave 0 to-read 3.50 2008 Logic Pro 8: Tips and Tricks
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]]> <![CDATA[From Frege to Gödel: A Source Book in Mathematical Logic, 1879-1931]]> 208290
Frege's book, translated in its entirety, begins the present volume. The emergence of two new fields, set theory and foundations of mathematics, on the borders of logic, mathematics, and philosophy, is depicted by the texts that follow. Peano and Dedekind illustrate the trend that led to "Principia Mathematica." Burali-Forti, Cantor, Russell, Richard, and Konig mark the appearance of the modern paradoxes. Hilbert, Russell, and Zermelo show various ways of overcoming these paradoxes and initiate, respectively, proof theory, the theory of types, and axiomatic set theory. Skolem generalizes Lowenheim's theorem, and heand Fraenkel amend Zermelo's axiomatization of set theory, while von Neumann offers a somewhat different system. The controversy between Hubert and Brouwer during the twenties is presented in papers of theirs and in others by Weyl, Bernays, Ackermann, and Kolmogorov. The volume concludes with papers by Herbrand and by Godel, including the latter's famous incompleteness paper.

Of the forty-five contributions here collected all but five are presented "in extenso." Those not originally written in English have been translated with exemplary care and exactness; the translators are themselves mathematical logicians as well as skilled interpreters of sometimes obscure texts. Each paper is introduced by a note that sets it in perspective, explains its importance, and points out difficulties in interpretation. Editorial comments and footnotes are interpolated where needed, and an extensive bibliography is included."]]> 680 Jean Van Heijenoort 0674324498 Dave 0 to-read 4.64 1931 From Frege to Gödel: A Source Book in Mathematical Logic, 1879-1931
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]]> A History of Mathematics 326148 736 Carl B. Boyer 0471543977 Dave 0 to-read 4.07 1968 A History of Mathematics
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]]> <![CDATA[What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods]]> 584620 meaning back into mathematics.

Written for beginners and scholars, for students and teachers, for philosophers and engineers, What is Mathematics? Second Edition is a sparkling collection of mathematical gems that offers an entertaining and accessible portrait of the mathematical world. Covering everything from natural numbers and the number system to geometrical constructions and projective geometry, from topology and calculus to matters of principle and the Continuum Hypothesis, this fascinating survey allows readers to delve into mathematics as an organic whole rather than an empty drill in problem solving. With chapters largely independent of one another and sections that lead upward from basic to more advanced discussions, readers can easily pick and choose areas of particular interest without impairing their understanding of subsequent parts.

Brought up to date with a new chapter by Ian Stewart, What is Mathematics? Second Edition offers new insights into recent mathematical developments and describes proofs of the Four-Color Theorem and Fermat's Last Theorem, problems that were still open when Courant and Robbins wrote this masterpiece, but ones that have since been solved.

Formal mathematics is like spelling and grammar - a matter of the correct application of local rules. Meaningful mathematics is like journalism - it tells an interesting story. But unlike some journalism, the story has to be true. The best mathematics is like literature - it brings a story to life before your eyes and involves you in it, intellectually and emotionally. What is Mathematics is like a fine piece of literature - it opens a window onto the world of mathematics for anyone interested to view.]]> 592 Richard Courant 0195105192 Dave 0 to-read 4.25 1941 What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mathematical Experience: A National Book Award Winner]]> 1113522 464 Philip J. Davis 0395929687 Dave 0 to-read 4.04 1980 The Mathematical Experience: A National Book Award Winner
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]]> A Mathematician's Apology 154060 153 G.H. Hardy 0521427061 Dave 0 to-read 3.93 1940 A Mathematician's Apology
author: G.H. Hardy
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]]> <![CDATA[The World of Mathematics: A Four-Volume Set (Dover Books on Mathematics)]]> 705566 2576 James Roy Newman 0486432688 Dave 0 to-read 4.19 1956 The World of Mathematics: A Four-Volume Set (Dover Books on Mathematics)
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]]> Artisan Baking 933806
First published five years ago to glowing praise and awards, Artisan Baking is “a rare combination of clear writing, meticulous recipes, and abundant expertise� ( Fine Cooking ) and the cookbook that “those who live for and on bread have been waiting for� ( The New York Times ). It was picked by the editor of Cookbook Digest as the one book she would choose if she could have only one bread-baking book in her life. Reprinted twice in hardcover, Artisan Baking is now, at last, in an affordable paperback format with a new, easier-to-handle trim size.]]> 248 Maggie Glezer 1579652913 Dave 0 to-read 4.18 2005 Artisan Baking
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bread Builders: Hearth Loaves and Masonry Ovens]]> 153245 250 Daniel Wing 1890132055 Dave 0 to-read 4.25 1990 The Bread Builders: Hearth Loaves and Masonry Ovens
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]]> <![CDATA[Nancy Silverton's Breads from the La Brea Bakery: Recipes for the Connoisseur]]> 620176 288 Nancy Silverton 0679409076 Dave 0 to-read 4.37 1996 Nancy Silverton's Breads from the La Brea Bakery: Recipes for the Connoisseur
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]]> The Taste of Bread 840138
The Taste of Bread is a thorough guide to the elements and principles behind the production of good-tasting bread, including a broad variety of bread products as flavored breads, breadsticks, croissants, brioches, and other regional baked goods. Each important aspect of the process is covered:

wheat and milling
characteristics of breadmaking flour
dough composition
oxidation in the mixing process
leavening and fermentation
effects of dough division and formation
baking and equipment
storage

The English edition provides notes and information specifically on the use of North American flours and includes recipes in both metric and US units. Enhanced with new black-and-white and color photography, The Taste of Bread will be a key resource for bakers and other culinary professionals and students who must understand the complex elements that yield quality breads.]]> 207 Raymond Calvel 0834216469 Dave 0 to-read 4.27 1990 The Taste of Bread
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]]> The Bread Bible 153142 640 Rose Levy Beranbaum 0393057941 Dave 0 to-read 4.21 2003 The Bread Bible
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread]]> 39910
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Co-founder of the legendary Brother Juniper’s Bakery, author of ten landmark bread books, and distinguished instructor at the world’s largest culinary academy, Peter Reinhart has been a leader in America’s artisanal bread movement for more than thirty years. Never one to be content with yesterday’s baking triumph, however, Peter continues to refine his recipes and techniques in his never-ending quest for extraordinary bread.
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In this updated edition of the bestselling , Peter shares bread breakthroughs arising from his study in France’s famed boulangeries and the always-enlightening time spent in the culinary college kitchen with his students. Peer over Peter’s shoulder as he learns from Paris’s most esteemed bakers, like Lionel Poilâne and Phillippe Gosselin, whose has revolutionized the art of baguette making. Then stand alongside his students in the kitchen as Peter teaches the classic twelve stages of building bread, his clear instructions accompanied by more than 100 step-by-step photographs.
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You’ll put newfound knowledge into practice with fifty master formulas for such classic breads as rustic ciabatta, hearty , old-school New York bagels, and the book’s Holy Grail—Peter’s version of the famed ,Ěý as well as three all-new formulas. En route, Peter distills hard science, advanced techniques, and food history into a remarkably accessible and engaging resource that is as rich and multitextured as the loaves you’ll turn out. In this revised edition, he adds metrics and temperature conversion charts, incorporates comprehensive baker’s percentages into the recipes, and updates methods throughout. This is original food writing at its most captivating, teaching at its most inspired and inspiring—and the rewards are some of the best breads under the sun.]]> 320 Peter Reinhart 1580082688 Dave 0 to-read 4.28 2001 The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread
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]]> <![CDATA[All About Braising: The Art of Uncomplicated Cooking]]> 400137 All About Braising is a comprehensive guide to this versatile way of cooking, written to instruct a cook at any level. Everything you need to know is here, including:

a thorough explanation of the principles of good braising with helpful advice on the best cuts of meat, the right choice of fish and vegetables, and the right pots,
125 reliable, easy-to-follow recipes for meat, poultry, seafood, and vegetables, ranging from quick-braised weeknight dishes to slow-cooked weekend braises,
planning tips to highlight the fact that braised foods taste just as good, if not even better, as leftovers,
a variety of enlightened wine suggestions for any size pocketbook with each recipe.]]> 481 Molly Stevens 0393052303 Dave 0 to-read 4.14 2004 All About Braising: The Art of Uncomplicated Cooking
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]]> An Introduction To Mechanics 231704 600 Daniel Kleppner 0070350485 Dave 0 to-read 4.20 1973 An Introduction To Mechanics
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]]> <![CDATA[Disenchanted Night: The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century]]> 350025 240 Wolfgang Schivelbusch 0520203542 Dave 0 to-read 4.19 1983 Disenchanted Night: The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century
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]]> The Art of Electronics 569775 1125 Paul Horowitz 0521370957 Dave 0 to-read 4.29 1980 The Art of Electronics
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]]> <![CDATA[Real Sound Synthesis for Interactive Applications]]> 2016427 282 Perry R. Cook 1568811683 Dave 0 to-read 3.91 2002 Real Sound Synthesis for Interactive Applications
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]]> <![CDATA[A Digital Signal Processing Primer: With Applications to Digital Audio and Computer Music]]> 649317 300 Ken Steiglitz 0805316841 Dave 0 to-read 4.00 1996 A Digital Signal Processing Primer: With Applications to Digital Audio and Computer Music
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]]> <![CDATA[The Cognitive Neuroscience of Music]]> 646501 466 Isabelle Peretz 0198525206 Dave 0 to-read 4.00 2002 The Cognitive Neuroscience of Music
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]]> Calculus 61300 1328 Ron Larson 061850298X Dave 0 to-read 3.83 1979 Calculus
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]]> <![CDATA[Multivariable Calculus With Vectors]]> 2017107 789 Hartley Rogers 0136056431 Dave 0 to-read 3.00 1998 Multivariable Calculus With Vectors
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]]> <![CDATA[Principles of Mathematical Analysis (International Series in Pure and Applied Mathematics)]]> 1416951 325 Walter Rudin 007054235X Dave 0 to-read 4.36 1964 Principles of Mathematical Analysis (International Series in Pure and Applied Mathematics)
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]]> <![CDATA[Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories]]> 61449 Love & Rockets, which along with RAW magazine defined the modern literary comics movement of the post-underground generation. This massive volume collects every "Heartbreak Soup" story from 1993 to 2002 in one 500-page deluxe hardcover edition, presenting the epic for the first time as the single novel it was always intended to be. Palomar is the mythical Central American town where the "Heartbreak Soup" stories take place. The stories weave in and out of the town's entire population, crafting an intricate tapestry of Latin American experience. Hernandez's densely plotted and deeply imagined tales are often compared with magic realist authors like Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Isabel Allende (House of the Spirits). His depictions of women and Mexican-American experience have been universally lauded as the best examples the artform has to offer. Luba, the guiding spirit of Palomar since the outset, has been hailed by The Nation, Rolling Stone, and Time magazine as one of the great characters of contemporary American fiction. Hernandez's work, in addition to the obvious magic realist comparisons, shares an affinity with other Latin American and Spanish writer/artists, like Frida Kahlo, Federico Garcia Lorca and Pablo Picasso, all of whom applied a surrealist eye to what they saw and experienced. Palomar follows the lives of its residents from Luba's arrival in the town to her exit, twenty years later. Included are such classic tales as "Sopa de Gran Pena," "Ecce Homo," "An American in Palomar," "Human Diastrophism," and "Farewell, Mi Palomar." Palomar presents one of the richest accomplishments in the history of the artform in its ideal format for the first time, making it a must-have for longtime Love & Rockets fans and new readers alike.]]> 520 Gilbert Hernández 1560975393 Dave 5 4.33 2003 Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories
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]]> Locas 144143 One of the great American novels of the last 30 years, graphic or otherwise. Created over 15 years from 1981-96 in the pages of the legendary comic Love and Rockets and collected here in a giant deluxe hardcover.

One of the most humane, graceful and imaginatively inexhaustible artists in American popular culture, Jaime Hernandez has created in Locas one of the great American novels of the last 30 years, graphic or otherwise. Created over 15 years from 1981 to 1996 in the pages of the legendary comic book series Love and Rockets, Locas tells the story of Maggie Chascarrillo, a bisexual, Mexican-American woman attempting to define herself in a community rife with class, race and gender issues.

Maggie's story begins in the early-1980s Southern California rock scene, when it was shifting from the excesses of the 1970s to the gritty basics of punk and new wave. Hardcore punk rock came to the fore, and the teenaged Maggie finds herself drawn to the anarchy, energy and diversity of the scene, which in Jaime's hands becomes a very real, habitable place populated with authentic human beings rather than stereotypes. She quickly befriends Hopey Glass, a feisty anti-authoritarian punkette who quickly becomes Maggie's on-again, off-again lover and a constant presence in her life throughout the book.

As the New York Times Book Review has described it, "These stories have all the visual smarts of film and the narrative smarts of literature....Hernandez specializes in psychological detail; we see both text and subtext immediately....What better than to open a book that shows there is more going on than we dream of in our workaday philosophies?"]]> 704 Jaime Hernández 156097611X Dave 5 4.40 2004 Locas
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]]> <![CDATA[Foundations of Differentiable Manifolds and Lie Groups]]> 1807884 Foundations of Differentiable Manifolds and Lie Groups gives a clear, detailed, and careful development of the basic facts on manifold theory and Lie Groups. It includes differentiable manifolds, tensors and differentiable forms. Lie groups and homogenous spaces, integration on manifolds, and in addition provides a proof of the de Rham theorem via sheaf cohomology theory, and develops the local theory of elliptic operators culminating in a proof of the Hodge theorem. Those interested in any of the diverse areas of mathematics requiring the notion of a differentiable manifold will find this beginning graduate-level text extremely useful.]]> 286 Frank W. Warner 0387908943 Dave 0 to-read 3.61 1983 Foundations of Differentiable Manifolds and Lie Groups
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If I ever read this, then I will already be a theoretical physicist. That seems unlikely. But I suppose it is within the realm of possibility.
]]> ANSI Common Lisp 41801 ANSI Common Lisp combines an introduction to Lisp programming, and a convenient, up-to-date reference manual for ANSI Common Lisp. Beginners will find that its careful explanations and interesting examples make Lisp programming easy to learn. Professional programmers will appreciate its thorough, practical approach.

FEATURES:

� An up-to-date reference manual for ANSI Common Lisp.

� An in-depth look at object-oriented programming. Explains the Common Lisp Object System (CLOS), and also shows how to write your own object-oriented language.

� Over 20 substantial examples, including programs for ray-tracing, text generation, pattern-matching, logical inference, generating HTML, sorting and searching, file I/O, compression, and date arithmetic.

� Special attention to critical concepts, including prefix syntax, code vs. data, recursion, functional programming, types, implicit pointers, dynamic allocation, closures, macros, class precedence, and generic functions vs. message-passing.

� A complete guide to optimization.

� The clearest and most thorough explanation of macros in any introductory book.

� Examples that illustrate Lisp programming styles, including rapid prototyping, bottom-up programming, object-oriented programming, and embedded languages.

� An appendix on debugging, with examples of common errors.
]]> 444 Paul Graham 0133708756 Dave 0 to-read 4.11 1996 ANSI Common Lisp
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]]> <![CDATA[Numerical Recipes: The Art of Scientific Computing]]> 757917 1256 William H. Press 0521880688 Dave 0 to-read 4.33 2007 Numerical Recipes: The Art of Scientific Computing
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]]> <![CDATA[The Psychology of Computer Programming]]> 1660754
Long regarded as one of the first books to pioneer a people-oriented approach to computing, The Psychology of Computer Programming endures as a penetrating analysis of the intelligence, skill, teamwork, and problem-solving power of the computer programmer.

Finding the chapters strikingly relevant to today's issues in programming, Gerald M. Weinberg adds new insights and highlights the similarities and differences between now and then. Using a conversational style that invites the reader to join him, Weinberg reunites with some of his most insightful writings on the human side of software engineering.

Topics include egoless programming, intelligence, psychological measurement, personality factors, motivation, training, social problems on large projects, problem-solving ability, programming language design, team formation, the programming environment, and much more.

Dorset House Publishing is proud to make this important text available to new generations of Weinberg fans and to encourage readers of the first edition to return to its valuable lessons.]]> 292 Gerald M. Weinberg 0932633420 Dave 0 to-read 4.09 1971 The Psychology of Computer Programming
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]]> Design, Form, and Chaos 613547 In this witty and instructive book, Paul Rand speaks about the contemporary practice of graphic design, explaining the process and passion that foster good design and indicting faddism and trendiness. Illustrating his ideas with examples of his own stunning graphic work as well as with the work of artists he admires, Rand discusses such topics the values on which aesthetic judgments are based; the part played by intuition in good design; the proper relationship between management and designers; the place of market research; how and when to use computers in the production of a design; choosing a typeface; principles of book design; and the thought processes that lead to a final design.
The centerpiece of the book consists of seven design portfolios - with diagrams and ultimate choices - that Rand used to present his logos to clients such as Next, IDEO, and IBM.]]> 224 Paul Rand 0300055536 Dave 0 to-read 4.24 1993 Design, Form, and Chaos
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]]> <![CDATA[Rastersysteme fĂĽr die visuelle Gestaltung]]> 350962 176 Josef Muller-Brockmann 3721201450 Dave 0 to-read 4.10 1996 Rastersysteme fĂĽr die visuelle Gestaltung
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]]> <![CDATA[Visualizing Data: Exploring and Explaining Data with the Processing Environment]]> 2112788
How do the 3.1 billion A, C, G and T letters of the human genome compare to those of a chimp or a mouse? What do the paths that millions of visitors take through a web site look like? With Visualizing Data , you learn how to answer complex questions like these with thoroughly interactive displays. We're not talking about cookie-cutter charts and graphs. This book teaches you how to design entire interfaces around large, complex data sets with the help of a powerful new design and prototyping tool called "Processing".

Used by many researchers and companies to convey specific data in a clear and understandable manner, the Processing beta is available free. With this tool and Visualizing Data as a guide, you'll learn basic visualization principles, how to choose the right kind of display for your purposes, and how to provide interactive features that will bring users to your site over and over. This book teaches The book does not provide ready-made "visualizations" that can be plugged into any data set. Instead, with chapters divided by types of data rather than types of display, you'll learn how each visualization conveys the unique properties of the data it represents -- why the data was collected, what's interesting about it, and what stories it can tell. Visualizing Data teaches you how to answer questions, not simply display information.]]> 382 Ben Fry 0596514557 Dave 0 to-read 3.72 2007 Visualizing Data: Exploring and Explaining Data with the Processing Environment
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]]> <![CDATA[Algorithms in C++ Part 5: Graph Algorithms]]> 931590 528 Robert Sedgewick 0201361183 Dave 0 to-read 4.39 Algorithms in C++ Part 5: Graph Algorithms
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]]> <![CDATA[Algorithms in C++, Parts 1-4: Fundamentals, Data Structure, Sorting, Searching, Third Edition]]> 425213 738 Robert Sedgewick 0201350882 Dave 0 to-read 4.11 1998 Algorithms in C++, Parts 1-4: Fundamentals, Data Structure, Sorting, Searching, Third Edition
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]]> <![CDATA[Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software]]> 85009
The authors begin by describing what patterns are and how they can help you design object-oriented software. They then go on to systematically name, explain, evaluate, and catalog recurring designs in object-oriented systems. With Design Patterns as your guide, you will learn how these important patterns fit into the software development process, and how you can leverage them to solve your own design problems most efficiently.

Each pattern describes the circumstances in which it is applicable, when it can be applied in view of other design constraints, and the consequences and trade-offs of using the pattern within a larger design. All patterns are compiled from real systems and are based on real-world examples. Each pattern also includes code that demonstrates how it may be implemented in object-oriented programming languages like C++ or Smalltalk.

]]> 416 Erich Gamma 0201633612 Dave 0 to-read 4.19 1994 Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
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]]> <![CDATA[Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs]]> 105125 The Barnes & Noble Review
Since early in the 90s, working C++ programmers have relied on Scott Meyers s Effective C++ to dramatically improve their skills. But the state-of-the-art has moved forward dramatically since Meyers last updated this book in 1997. (For instance, there s now STL. Design patterns. Even new functionality being added through TR1 and Boost.) So Meyers has done a top-to-bottom rewrite, identifying the 55 most valuable techniques you need now to be exceptionally effective with C++.


Over half of this edition s content is new. Templates broadly impact C++ development, and you ll find them everywhere. There s extensive coverage of multithreaded systems. There s an entirely new chapter on resource management. You ll find substantial new coverage of exceptions. Much is gained, but nothing s lost: You ll find the same depth of practical insight that first made Effective C++ a classic all those years ago. Bill Camarda, from the July 2005 href=" Only

]]> 297 Scott Meyers 0321334876 Dave 0 to-read 4.40 1991 Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs
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]]> <![CDATA[The Princeton Companion to Mathematics]]> 1471873
Unparalleled in its depth of coverage, The Princeton Companion to Mathematics surveys the most active and exciting branches of pure mathematics. Accessible in style, this is an indispensable resource for undergraduate and graduate students in mathematics as well as for researchers and scholars seeking to understand areas outside their specialties.

- Features nearly 200 entries, organized thematically and written by an international team of distinguished contributors
- Presents major ideas and branches of pure mathematics in a clear, accessible style
- Defines and explains important mathematical concepts, methods, theorems, and open problems
- Introduces the language of mathematics and the goals of mathematical research
- Covers number theory, algebra, analysis, geometry, logic, probability, and more
- Traces the history and development of modern mathematics
- Profiles more than ninety-five mathematicians who influenced those working today
- Explores the influence of mathematics on other disciplines
- Includes bibliographies, cross-references, and a comprehensive index

Contributors include:

Graham Allan, Noga Alon, George Andrews, Tom Archibald, Sir Michael Atiyah, David Aubin, Joan Bagaria, Keith Ball, June Barrow-Green, Alan Beardon, David D. Ben-Zvi, Vitaly Bergelson, Nicholas Bingham, Béla Bollobás, Henk Bos, Bodil Branner, Martin R. Bridson, John P. Burgess, Kevin Buzzard, Peter J. Cameron, Jean-Luc Chabert, Eugenia Cheng, Clifford C. Cocks, Alain Connes, Leo Corry, Wolfgang Coy, Tony Crilly, Serafina Cuomo, Mihalis Dafermos, Partha Dasgupta, Ingrid Daubechies, Joseph W. Dauben, John W. Dawson Jr., Francois de Gandt, Persi Diaconis, Jordan S. Ellenberg, Lawrence C. Evans, Florence Fasanelli, Anita Burdman Feferman, Solomon Feferman, Charles Fefferman, Della Fenster, José Ferreirós, David Fisher, Terry Gannon, A. Gardiner, Charles C. Gillispie, Oded Goldreich, Catherine Goldstein, Fernando Q. Gouvêa, Timothy Gowers, Andrew Granville, Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Jeremy Gray, Ben Green, Ian Grojnowski, Niccolò Guicciardini, Michael Harris, Ulf Hashagen, Nigel Higson, Andrew Hodges, F. E. A. Johnson, Mark Joshi, Kiran S. Kedlaya, Frank Kelly, Sergiu Klainerman, Jon Kleinberg, Israel Kleiner, Jacek Klinowski, Eberhard Knobloch, János Kollár, T. W. Körner, Michael Krivelevich, Peter D. Lax, Imre Leader, Jean-François Le Gall, W. B. R. Lickorish, Martin W. Liebeck, Jesper Lützen, Des MacHale, Alan L. Mackay, Shahn Majid, Lech Maligranda, David Marker, Jean Mawhin, Barry Mazur, Dusa McDuff, Colin McLarty, Bojan Mohar, Peter M. Neumann, Catherine Nolan, James Norris, Brian Osserman, Richard S. Palais, Marco Panza, Karen Hunger Parshall, Gabriel P. Paternain, Jeanne Peiffer, Carl Pomerance, Helmut Pulte, Bruce Reed, Michael C. Reed, Adrian Rice, Eleanor Robson, Igor Rodnianski, John Roe, Mark Ronan, Edward Sandifer, Tilman Sauer, Norbert Schappacher, Andrzej Schinzel, Erhard Scholz, Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze, Gordon Slade, David J. Spiegelhalter, Jacqueline Stedall, Arild Stubhaug, Madhu Sudan, Terence Tao, Jamie Tappenden, C. H. Taubes, Rüdiger Thiele, Burt Totaro, Lloyd N. Trefethen, Dirk van Dalen, Richard Weber, Dominic Welsh, Avi Wigderson, Herbert Wilf, David Wilkins, B. Yandell, Eric Zaslow, Doron Zeilberger]]> 1056 Timothy Gowers 0691118809 Dave 0 to-read 4.41 2007 The Princeton Companion to Mathematics
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]]> <![CDATA[Kick Litter: Nine-Step Program for Recovering Litter Addicts]]> 5514538 48 Perre DiCarlo 0974658278 Dave 0 to-read 4.25 2008 Kick Litter: Nine-Step Program for Recovering Litter Addicts
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]]> ABC3D 3095038
Prepare to be amazed. From the lenticular cover that changes with the angle of your hands all the way to the Z, ABC3D is as much a work of art as it is a pop-up book. Each of the 26 three-dimensional letters move and change before your eyes. C turns into D with a snap. M stands at attention. X becomes Y with a flick of the wrist. And then there's U...Boldly conceived and brilliantly executed with a striking black, red, and white palette, this is a book that readers and art lovers of all ages will treasure for years to come.

ABC3D is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.]]> 36 Marion Bataille 1596434252 Dave 0 to-read 4.34 2008 ABC3D
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]]> <![CDATA[The Indie Band Survival Guide: The Complete Manual for the Do-It-Yourself Musician]]> 2729814
The Indie Band Survival Guide (2008 edition) is a tremendous resource for musicians looking to record, distribute, market, and sell their music for less than most rock stars spend on green M&M's. Musicians and web gurus Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan cover every step of the process. With nothing but creative talent and the Web, they've gotten tens of thousands of fans for their band, in addition to being hired to write music for film, television, theater, and other media.]]> 352 Randy Chertkow 0312377681 Dave 0 to-read 3.83 2008 The Indie Band Survival Guide: The Complete Manual for the Do-It-Yourself Musician
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]]> Calculus 4426208 680 Michael Spivak 0914098918 Dave 0 to-read 4.48 1967 Calculus
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]]> <![CDATA[Harmonograph: A Visual Guide to the Mathematics of Music (Wooden Books)]]> 316286
During the nineteenth century, a remarkable scientific instrument known as a harmonograph revealed the beautiful patterns found in music. Harmonograph is an introduction to the evolution of simple harmonic theory, from the discoveries of Pythagoras to diatonic tuning and equal temperament. Beautiful drawings show the octave as triangle, the fifth as pentagram; diagrams show the principles of harmonics, overtones, and the monochord. Anthony Ashton examines the phenomenon of resonance in Chladni patterns, describes how to build a harmonograph of your own, and provides tables of world tuning systems. This inspiring book will appeal to musicians, mathematicians, designers, and artists alike.

Wooden Books was founded in 1999 by designer John Martineau near Hay-on-Wye. The aim was to produce a beautiful series of recycled books based on the classical philosophies, arts and sciences. Using the Beatrix Potter formula of text facing picture pages, and old-styles fonts, along with hand-drawn illustrations and 19th century engravings, the books are designed not to date. Small but stuffed with information. Eco friendly and educational. Big ideas in a tiny space. There are over 1,000,000 Wooden Books now in print worldwide and growing.]]> 58 Anthony Ashton 0802714099 Dave 0 to-read 3.87 1999 Harmonograph: A Visual Guide to the Mathematics of Music (Wooden Books)
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]]> <![CDATA[Li: Dynamic Form in Nature (Wooden Books)]]> 316280 64 David G. Wade 0802714102 Dave 0 to-read 3.89 2003 Li: Dynamic Form in Nature (Wooden Books)
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]]> <![CDATA[Order in Space: A Design Source Book]]> 1048732 120 Keith Critchlow 0500340331 Dave 0 to-read 4.40 1970 Order in Space: A Design Source Book
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]]> <![CDATA[Structure in Nature is a Strategy for Design]]> 2705216
Nature at all levels builds responsive and adaptive strategies that conserve material and energy resources through the use of modular components combined with least-energy structural strategies. This book—itself designed with graphic modularity and richly illustrated with examples of forms created by nature and by man, including some remarkable and surprising architectural structures developed by the author—leads the designer in this "natural" direction, beyond the familiar limitations of the right angle and the cube and into a richer world of forms based on the triangle, the hexagon, and general polyhedra, as well as saddle polyhedra spanned by minimal continuous surfaces.

The author writes that "Systems can be envisaged which consist of some minimum inventory of component types which can be alternatively combined to yield a great diversity of efficient structural form. We call these minimum inventory/maximum diversity systems.

"By such a 'system' I mean a minimized inventory of component types (a kit of parts) along with rubrics whereby the components may be combined.... The snowflake is the most graphic example in nature of the minimum inventory/maximum diversity principle. In fact, it may be considered an archetype of physicogeometric expression. All planar snow crystals are found to have star-like forms with six corners (or subsets thereof).... However, within this six-fold form, no two snowflakes have ever been known to be exactly alike....

"An integral part of the concept of minimum inventory/maximum diversity systems is the principle of conservation of resources. The formative processes in natural structure are characteristically governed by least-energy responses. Perhaps the simplest expression of this is found in the principle of closest packing, a principle which even in its most elementary form is common in both the animate and inanimate worlds."

Pearce's work follows in the tradition established by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson and Konrad Wachsmann, and reflects his earlier close working association with Charles Eames and Buckminster Fuller. With Eames, he contributed to the design of seating and other furniture systems, and he edited the preliminary text of Fuller's Synergetics, that grand summary of his thoughts, and prepared the illustrations for the published version of that book.

Many of the ideas explored in this book have already undergone "reduction to practice" in the firm Pearce founded, Synestructics, Inc. Its initial products have been kits and kites, and a ministructure large enough for kids to crawl through, the "Curved Space Labyrinth," a saddle polyhedra system made of transparent plastic. Adult-sized structures, and indeed megastructures, based on these principles can be realized as soon as entrepreneurs emerge whose vision is commensurate with that of Peter Pearce.]]> 264 Peter Pearce 0262660458 Dave 0 to-read 4.07 Structure in Nature is a Strategy for Design
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]]> <![CDATA[Yet Another Introduction to Analysis]]> 190531 300 Victor Bryant 052138835X Dave 0 to-read 3.79 1990 Yet Another Introduction to Analysis
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]]> <![CDATA[Calculus With Analytic Geometry]]> 5153795 Hardcover Calculus textbook 1 George F. Simmons 0070574197 Dave 0 to-read 5.00 1985 Calculus With Analytic Geometry
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]]> <![CDATA[Elementary Differential Geometry]]> 211191 Written primarily for students who have completed the standard first courses in calculus and linear algebra, ELEMENTARY DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY, REVISED SECOND EDITION, provides an introduction to the geometry of curves and surfaces.

The Second Edition maintained the accessibility of the first, while providing an introduction to the use of computers and expanding discussion on certain topics. Further emphasis was placed on topological properties, properties of geodesics, singularities of vector fields, and the theorems of Bonnet and Hadamard.

This revision of the Second Edition provides a thorough update of commands for the symbolic computation programs Mathematica or Maple, as well as additional computer exercises. As with the Second Edition, this material supplements the content but no computer skill is necessary to take full advantage of this comprehensive text.

� Fortieth anniversary of publication! Over 36,000 copies sold worldwide
� Accessible, practical yet rigorous approach to a complex topic—also suitable for self-study
� Extensive update of appendices on Mathematica and Maple software packages
� Thorough streamlining of second edition's numbering system
� Fuller information on solutions to odd-numbered problems
� Additional exercises and hints guide students in using the latest computer modeling tools

]]> 520 Barrett O'Neill 0120887355 Dave 0 to-read 3.93 1966 Elementary Differential Geometry
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]]> <![CDATA[The Golden Section: Nature’s Greatest Secret]]> 316282 phi, the golden mean, or the golden ratio—is one of the most elegant and beautiful rations in the universe.

Defined as a line segment divided into two unequal parts, such that the ratio of the shorter portion to the longer portion is the same as the ratio of the longer portion to the whole, it pops up throughout nature—in water, DNA, the proportions of fish and butterflies, and the number of teeth we possess—as well as in art and architecture, music, philosophy, science, and mathematics.

Beautifully illustrated, The Golden Section tells the story of this remarkable construct and its wide-ranging impact on civilization and the natural world.
]]> 64 Scott Olsen 0802715397 Dave 0 to-read 4.02 2006 The Golden Section: Nature’s Greatest Secret
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]]> <![CDATA[Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide]]> 515
Now in its second edition, author Dave Thomas has expanded the famous Pickaxe book with over 200 pages of new content, covering all the improved language features of Ruby 1.8 and standard library modules. The Pickaxe contains four major

If you enjoyed the First Edition, you'll appreciate the expanded content, including enhanced coverage of installation, packaging, documenting Ruby source code, threading and synchronization, and enhancing Ruby's capabilities using C-language extensions. Programming for the World Wide Web is easy in Ruby, with new chapters on XML/RPC, SOAP, distributed Ruby, templating systems, and other web services. There's even a new chapter on unit testing.

This is the definitive reference manual for Ruby, including a description of all the standard library modules, a complete reference to all built-in classes and modules (including more than 250 significant changes since the First Edition). Coverage of other features has grown tremendously, including details on how to harness the sophisticated capabilities of irb, so you can dynamically examine and experiment with your running code. "Ruby is a wonderfully powerful and useful language, and whenever I'm working with it this book is at my side" --Martin Fowler, Chief Scientist, ThoughtWorks]]> 829 Dave Thomas 0974514055 Dave 4 currently-reading
Um...right, about the book: I like it, seems pretty clear and goes through the language using several different strategies. Seems to function well as both a beginner's guide, in depth tutorial, and reference: a rare feat. Even the Perl "camel book" (3rd edition in particular) doesn't really nail that, although it tries.]]> 4.03 2000 Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide
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Actually I'm reading a downloaded PDF of the third edition that covers Ruby 1.9. This is my first exposure to this language; I like it. I'm happy to say goodbye to PHP (fuck that language, it is made of garbage).

Um...right, about the book: I like it, seems pretty clear and goes through the language using several different strategies. Seems to function well as both a beginner's guide, in depth tutorial, and reference: a rare feat. Even the Perl "camel book" (3rd edition in particular) doesn't really nail that, although it tries.
]]> Demo: The Collected Edition 235648 328 Brian Wood 1932051422 Dave 4 3.82 2005 Demo: The Collected Edition
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I enjoyed this. It started out in a more supernatural/"comic book hero-y" sort of vein, then transitioned into something more general, focusing on transitional moments in people's lives. A bit over-the-top at times (like most of Brian Wood's stuff, in my opinion), but fun (like most of Brian Wood's stuff, in my opinion).
]]> <![CDATA[Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid]]> 24113 777 Douglas R. Hofstadter 0465026567 Dave 0 to-read 4.29 1979 Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
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book published: 1979
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How many times have I tried to read this book? Like, three? This is the year folks. This is the year.
]]> <![CDATA[Computer Graphics Using OpenGL]]> 1055754 Updated throughout for the latest developments and technologies, this book combines the principles and major techniques in computer graphics with state-of-the-art examples. KEY TOPICS: Updates treatment of graphics hardware and algorithms. Discusses the development of video games through history. Emphasizes interactive graphics more strongly than in previous editions. Relates examples to things readers see everyday on the Internet and in computer-generated movies. Carefully presents each concept, explains the underlying mathematics, shows how to translate the math into program code, and displays the result. MARKET: A thorough, useful reference for anyone interested in computer graphics.]]> 800 F.S. Hill Jr. 0131496700 Dave 0 currently-reading 4.05 2000 Computer Graphics Using OpenGL
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average rating: 4.05
book published: 2000
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I'm actually reading this in bits and pieces, and...um, I'm reading the 2nd edition, not the 3rd. That's plenty advanced for me. Trying to get a handle on lighting in OpenGL, and also there is a fun chapter on fractals and other ways to represent infinity programmatically/graphically.
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