يوسف's bookshelf: all en-US Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:10:29 -0700 60 يوسف's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism]]> 56687103 332 Scott Horton يوسف 0 to-read 4.64 Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism
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Raising Warriors 214626398
Within these pages, you will find advice on leading by example, fostering open communication, and setting clear boundaries. You will learn to develop problem-solving skills, encourage independence, and practice gratitude. The book also emphasizes the impact of physical health on mental fortitude and the importance of unwavering support.

As challenges and setbacks arise, this book will offer age-specific strategies and insights for navigating the digital age. The lessons are timeless, the advice practical, and the potential to shape your child's life, extraordinary.

Embark on this journey and discover the power of instilling mental strength in your children. By doing so, you will equip them with the tools to navigate life's challenges, build meaningful connections, and ultimately, find their true path.]]>
332 Maher Asaad Baker 3384251059 يوسف 0 to-read 5.00 Raising Warriors
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<![CDATA[Man vs. Baby: The Chaos and Comedy of Real-Life Parenting]]> 40247957 Daily Mirror), a hilarious, insightful, and heartfelt take on parenting based on a viral blog post that Ashton Kutcher called, the best description of fatherhood I've ever read.

One Tuesday evening in 2015, while his three-month-old son Charlie briefly slept, Matt Coyne staggered to his desk, opened his laptop, and wrote a side-splittingly funny Facebook post about early fatherhood: Comparing his diaper-changing skills to that of a Formula One pit crew, birth to a Saw movie, and the sound of a baby crying at 3am to having the inside of your skill sandpapered by an angry Viking, he shared his observations with friends and family-and soon, to his surprise, the world. In the spirit of that post, which became an instant sensation, Man vs. Baby is the tale of one man's journey through the first year of parenthood, told with wit, humor, and heart.

Part memoir, part tell-it-like-it-is parenting book, this is a ferociously funny, inventively foul-mouthed, and genuinely touching account of a baby's first year, filled with relatable references to Harry Potter, McDonalds, and the villain in Die Hard. Matt covers everything you need to know, from labor (a good time to play profanity bingo) to what you might find in your baby's diaper, a catalogue that includes The Phantom, The Expressionist, and The Jeff Goldblum. Capturing both the comic helplessness of new fatherhood and his deep love and admiration for his partner Lyndsay and child, Matt's story will appeal to anyone who has a baby-or is even contemplating the idea. Whether you're looking for a reprieve from the news cycle or a reminder of what's most important in life, Man vs. Baby will have you laughing out loud-and, if you're a new mother or father, filled with relief at being truly understood.

A fresh take on the bewilderment and joy of having a baby from a rip-roaringly talented new voice, this combination memoir and advice book is sure to charm parents everywhere.]]>
1 Matt Coyne 1508263507 يوسف 5
But in addition to the honesty of the author, it's really PRACTICAL far from idealistic shit out there.

And as a cherry on the cake, it's really FUNNY despite the explicit language.]]>
4.13 2017 Man vs. Baby: The Chaos and Comedy of Real-Life Parenting
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Well it's an HONEST book, that's all I needed for. such a chaotic subject.

But in addition to the honesty of the author, it's really PRACTICAL far from idealistic shit out there.

And as a cherry on the cake, it's really FUNNY despite the explicit language.
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<![CDATA[Embedded Linux Projects Using Yocto Project Cookbook: Over 70 Hands-on Recipes for Professional Embedded Linux Developers to Optimize and Boost Their Yocto Know-How]]> 28099984 299 Álex González 1784395188 يوسف 0 to-read 4.20 2015 Embedded Linux Projects Using Yocto Project Cookbook: Over 70 Hands-on Recipes for Professional Embedded Linux Developers to Optimize and Boost Their Yocto Know-How
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<![CDATA[Heterogeneous Computing with OpenCL: Revised OpenCL 1.2 Edition]]> 20603314
Designed to work on multiple platforms and with wide industry support, OpenCL will help you more effectively program for a heterogeneous future. Written by leaders in the parallel computing and OpenCL communities, Heterogeneous Computing with OpenCL explores memory spaces, optimization techniques, graphics interoperability, extensions, and debugging and profiling. It includes detailed examples throughout, plus additional online exercises and other supporting materials that can be downloaded at

This book will appeal to software engineers, programmers, hardware engineers, and students/advanced students.

Explains principles and strategies to learn parallel programming with OpenCL, from understanding the four abstraction models to thoroughly testing and debugging complete applications. Covers image processing, web plugins, particle simulations, video editing, performance optimization, and more. Shows how OpenCL maps to an example target architecture and explains some of the tradeoffs associated with mapping to various architectures Addresses a range of fundamental programming techniques, with multiple examples and case studies that demonstrate OpenCL extensions for a variety of hardware platforms]]>
309 Benedict Gaster 0124055206 يوسف 4 3.89 2003 Heterogeneous Computing with OpenCL: Revised OpenCL 1.2 Edition
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<![CDATA[Parenting with an Accent: How Immigrants Honor Their Heritage, Navigate Setbacks, and Chart New Paths for Their Children]]> 57500807
Through her own stories and interviews with other immigrant families, award-winning journalist Masha Rumer paints a realistic and compassionate picture of what it’s like for immigrant parents raising a child in America while honoring their cultural identities. Parenting with an Accent speaks to immigrant and non-immigrant readers alike, incorporating a diverse collection of voices and experiences to provide an intimate look at the lives of many different immigrant families across the country.

With a compelling blend of empirical data, humor, and on-the-ground reportage, Rumer presents interviews with experts on various aspects of parenting as an immigrant, including the challenges of acculturation, bilingualism strategies, and childcare. She visits a children’s Amharic class at an Ethiopian church in New York, a California vegetable farm, a Persian immersion school, and more. Through these stories, she opens a window to a world of parenting unique to multicultural families. Immigrant readers will appreciate Rumer’s gentle message about the kind of ethnic and cultural ambivalence that is born of having roots planted in many different soils, while in these pages non-immigrants get a fly-on-the-wall view of the unique experiences of newcomers.

Deeply researched yet personal, Parenting with an Accent centers immigrants and their experiences in a new country—emphasizing how immigrants and their children remain an integral part of America’s story.]]>
232 Masha Rumer 0807021873 يوسف 0 currently-reading 4.25 Parenting with an Accent: How Immigrants Honor Their Heritage, Navigate Setbacks, and Chart New Paths for Their Children
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<![CDATA[Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions]]> 334755 480 Jaak Panksepp 019517805X يوسف 0 to-read 4.40 1998 Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions
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<![CDATA[Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up]]> 198332459 350 Abigail Shrier يوسف 0 to-read 3.98 2024 Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
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سيرة ذاتية وأسئلة لا مفر منها 6487818 إن الصفحات التي بين يديكم تمثل أجزاء من حياتي، نظراً لأنني إما نسيت مقاطع كاملة منها أو لأنها خاصة بي وحدي، وما يتبقى هو عرض للأحداث أكثر من سيرة ذاتية، إنه وصف للأحداث التي مرت بي خلال حياتي أسوقها هنا، على أكبر درجة من الدقة والإخلاص التي يمكن أن تكون عليها الرواية الشخصية للأحداث.

لا أعرف كيف تكتب المذكرات. فلقد أدركت عند قراءتي لمذكرات تشيرشل الشهيرة، أن الكاتب في هذا النوع من الأدب، وكما يقول تشيرشل نفسه، يربط سجله للأحداث العسكرية والسياسة "بخيوط تجربته الشخصية". ولذلك فإن المذكرات هي دوماً وجهة نظر شخصية وليست موضوعية. وإنها ليست تاريخاً، حيث إنه لا يجب أن تتم كتابة التاريخ من قبل أولئك الذين يصنعونه أو يكونون جزءاً منه، ويتألف جزء كبير من هذا الكتاب من رسائل أو أجزاء من رسائلي وخطاباتي ومقالاتي الصحفية خلال تلك الفترة.

ولقد ارتأيت أن أقتبس بعضاً منها كاملة أو أجزاء طويلة منها، لأنها كانت ردود فعلي المباشرة، وتعليقاتي السريعة والفورية على الأحداث عند تكشفها. ولذلك فإني أعد ردود فعلي تلك أصدق شاهد على تلك الأحداث. ولقد كان اقتباس الرسائل والخطابات والتعليقات وسيلة لتفادي تقويم الأشياء بعد انقضائها الذي غالباً ما يطغي على الكتابات من هذا النوع. وباختصار فإن السطور التالية هي الحقيقية كما أراها حقبة صعبة من تاريخنا.

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علي عزت بيجوفتش الرئيس الذي استطاع أن يكافح بعزم وإخلاص من أجل نهاية عادلة للصراع الذي مزق بلاده في التسعينات من القرن الماضي.. إذ لم يأل جهدًا في المطالبة بتحقيق العدالة في داخل البوسنة وخارجها، بالرغم مما واجهه من عدم اكتراث أوروبا التي مضى خمسون عامًا على وعدها بعدم السماح بتكرار معسكرات الاعتقال.
يراه فريقٌ صعبَ المراس، متشبثًا بموقفه.. فيما يراه فريقٌ آخر رجلاً سعى جاهدًا ليحيا حياة على أسمى المبادئ.
كتب خلال الثمانينيات -عندما كان أحد سجناء الرأي- قائلاً: "إنني سوف أموت عندما أفقد كل الأسباب التي تجعلني أبقى على قيد الحياة".ـ]]>
767 Alija Izetbegović 0860373673 يوسف 0 to-read 4.11 2001 سيرة ذاتية وأسئلة لا مفر منها
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<![CDATA[Restating Orientalism: A Critique of Modern Knowledge]]> 36906227 386 Wael B. Hallaq 0231547382 يوسف 0 to-read 4.17 Restating Orientalism: A Critique of Modern Knowledge
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<![CDATA[The Impossible State: Islam, Politics, and Modernity's Moral Predicament]]> 15857315
The modern state not only suffers from serious legal, political, and constitutional issues, Hallaq argues, but also, by its very nature, fashions a subject inconsistent with what it means to be, or to live as, a Muslim. By Islamic standards, the state's technologies of the self are severely lacking in moral substance, and today's Islamic state, as Hallaq shows, has done little to advance an acceptable form of genuine Shari'a governance. The Islamists' constitutional battles in Egypt and Pakistan, the Islamic legal and political failures of the Iranian Revolution, and similar disappointments underscore this fact. Nevertheless, the state remains the favored template of the Islamists and the ulama (Muslim clergymen).

Providing Muslims with a path toward realizing the good life, Hallaq turns to the rich moral resources of Islamic history. Along the way, he proves political and other "crises of Islam" are not unique to the Islamic world nor to the Muslim religion. These crises are integral to the modern condition of both East and West, and by acknowledging these parallels, Muslims can engage more productively with their Western counterparts.]]>
272 Wael B. Hallaq 0231162561 يوسف 0 to-read 4.20 2012 The Impossible State: Islam, Politics, and Modernity's Moral Predicament
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C++20 - The Complete Guide 60068959 C++20 is the next evolution in modern C++ programming, now supported by major C++ compilers. However, C++20 is huge. It will change the way we program more dramatically than C++11 did. Combining new features gives you even more power. However, not everything is self-explanatory and there are hidden traps. Therefore, it is key to understand all the concepts of C++20 and learn how to benefit best.
This book covers the motivation for and context of all new C++20 features (covering both language and library), providing many examples and unique background information for application programmers as well as for library developers. The focus is on how these features impact day-to-day programming, what effect combining features can have, and how you can benefit from them in practice.]]>
461 Nicolai M. Josuttis يوسف 0 to-read 4.50 C++20 - The Complete Guide
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<![CDATA[The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures]]> 12609 The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down is a tragedy of Shakespearean dimensions, written with the deepest of human feeling. Sherwin Nuland said of the account, "There are no villains in Fadiman's tale, just as there are no heroes. People are presented as she saw them, in their humility and their frailty—and their nobility.]]> 341 Anne Fadiman 0374525641 يوسف 0 to-read 4.20 1997 The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
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60 Byung-Chul Han 0804795096 يوسف 0 to-read 3.87 2010 The Burnout Society
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<![CDATA[السنة النبوية بين أهل الفقه وأهل الحديث]]> 6164286 205 محمد الغزالي 9771483323 يوسف 5
هذا الكتاب أنصف ما قرأت في موضوع السنّة.
هو كتاب وسط بين الغالين في كتب الصحاح والرافعين لها فوق مستوى النّقد، وبين المنكرين لها تماما والحارمين أنفسهم تلك الحكمة الغزيرة.
نعم أختلف مع المؤلف في بعض التفاصيل لكنّ منهجه في المستوى.
الكتاب يقوم على أساس ردّ الظنّ إلى القرآن بمبادئه الكبرى، وإلى التركيز على مقياس العلّة القادحة في تنقية الأسانيد الصحيحة، هذا المقياس الذي أهمله المحدّثون على حدّ قوله، وهذا قريب من منهج حسن فرحان المالكي الذي يركّز على الإلتزام بروح القرآن وتدبّره، وضرورة العودة إليه للحكم على آحاد الروايات فما تناقض بينها وبين مباديء القرآن ضرب بها عرض الحائط، هذا الإفتتان من الحفاظ سببه الهوس بالروايات والبعد عن تدبّر القرآن وإعطائه المكانة الأَوْلى.
هذا الكتاب يدلّ على ما للغزالي من سعة فكر وبُعد نظر وفهم جيّد لمقاصد الدّين وأهداف أعدائه. فالناقمون من الملاحدة أسعد الناس بوجود تلك الروايات الشاذة في كتب الصحاح، وأصحاب الفهم السطحي أكبر أداة يستعملها أولئك بتبريرهم لها، والتعصب لأصحابها.
من الإقتباسات (المنهج الذي هداني الله اليه ـ وله المنة ـ أن أعرف الرجال بالحق، ولا أعرف الحق بالرجال! وأن أنظر بتأمل الى ما قيل ولا أنظر بتهيب الى من قال!.

والوصول الى الحق يحتاج الى الذكاء يقدر ما يحتاج الى الاخلاص، ومن ثم منح الله أجرين لمن عرفه! ومنح أجرا واحدا لم اخطأه وهو حريص على بلوغه..)

أنصح به كلّ مقدّس أو ناكر لكتب الصحاح :)]]>
4.22 1989 السنة النبوية بين أهل الفقه وأهل الحديث
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هذا الكتاب أنصف ما قرأت في موضوع السنّة.
هو كتاب وسط بين الغالين في كتب الصحاح والرافعين لها فوق مستوى النّقد، وبين المنكرين لها تماما والحارمين أنفسهم تلك الحكمة الغزيرة.
نعم أختلف مع المؤلف في بعض التفاصيل لكنّ منهجه في المستوى.
الكتاب يقوم على أساس ردّ الظنّ إلى القرآن بمبادئه الكبرى، وإلى التركيز على مقياس العلّة القادحة في تنقية الأسانيد الصحيحة، هذا المقياس الذي أهمله المحدّثون على حدّ قوله، وهذا قريب من منهج حسن فرحان المالكي الذي يركّز على الإلتزام بروح القرآن وتدبّره، وضرورة العودة إليه للحكم على آحاد الروايات فما تناقض بينها وبين مباديء القرآن ضرب بها عرض الحائط، هذا الإفتتان من الحفاظ سببه الهوس بالروايات والبعد عن تدبّر القرآن وإعطائه المكانة الأَوْلى.
هذا الكتاب يدلّ على ما للغزالي من سعة فكر وبُعد نظر وفهم جيّد لمقاصد الدّين وأهداف أعدائه. فالناقمون من الملاحدة أسعد الناس بوجود تلك الروايات الشاذة في كتب الصحاح، وأصحاب الفهم السطحي أكبر أداة يستعملها أولئك بتبريرهم لها، والتعصب لأصحابها.
من الإقتباسات (المنهج الذي هداني الله اليه ـ وله المنة ـ أن أعرف الرجال بالحق، ولا أعرف الحق بالرجال! وأن أنظر بتأمل الى ما قيل ولا أنظر بتهيب الى من قال!.

والوصول الى الحق يحتاج الى الذكاء يقدر ما يحتاج الى الاخلاص، ومن ثم منح الله أجرين لمن عرفه! ومنح أجرا واحدا لم اخطأه وهو حريص على بلوغه..)

أنصح به كلّ مقدّس أو ناكر لكتب الصحاح :)
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<![CDATA[The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor]]> 209176 The Wealth and Poverty of Nations is David S. Landes's acclaimed, best-selling exploration of one of the most contentious and hotly debated questions of our time: Why do some nations achieve economic success while others remain mired in poverty? The answer, as Landes definitively illustrates, is a complex interplay of cultural mores and historical circumstance. Rich with anecdotal evidence, piercing analysis, and a truly astonishing range of erudition, The Wealth and Poverty of Nationsis a "picture of enormous sweep and brilliant insight" (Kenneth Arrow) as well as one of the most audaciously ambitious works of history in decades.

For the paperback edition, Landes has written a new epilogue, in which he takes account of Asian financial crisises and the international tension between overconfidence and reality.]]>
531 David S. Landes 0393318885 يوسف 0 to-read 3.95 1998 The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor
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<![CDATA[Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind]]> 23692271 512 Yuval Noah Harari يوسف 0 currently-reading 4.33 2011 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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<![CDATA[The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read [and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did]]]> 42348818 This book is about how we have relationships with our children, what gets in the way of a good connection and what can enhance it


The most influential relationships are between parents and children. Yet for so many families, these relationships go can wrong and it may be difficult to get back on track.

In The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad that You Did), renowned psychotherapist Philippa Perry shows how strong and loving bonds are made with your children and how such attachments give a better chance of good mental health, in childhood and beyond.

She'll help you to:
- Understand how your own upbringing may be impacting upon your parenting style
- Contain, express, accept and validate your own and your child's feelings
- Understand that all behaviour is communication
- Break negative cycles and patterns
- Accept that you will make mistakes and what to do about them

Almost every parent loves their children, but by following the refreshing, sage and sane advice and steps in this book you will also find yourselves liking one another too.

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240 Philippa Perry يوسف 0 to-read 4.10 2019 The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read [and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did]
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<![CDATA[The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work (Works)]]> 242530 288 Joseph Campbell 1577314042 يوسف 0 to-read 4.31 1990 The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work (Works)
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<![CDATA[رجل القش: الدليل المختصر للمغالطات المنطقية والإنحيازات الإدراكية]]> 41029770
كتبتُ هذا الكتاب لأنّني مؤمن بضرورة مضمونه في مجتمعاتنا العربية خصوصًا، وفي مختلف النقاشات الفكرية على وجه العموم، ذلك أنّ عالَم المُحَاجّة والجدل زلق ومخادع، وأنّ البشر كائنات معقّدة ومتذبذبة، تعتريها الكثير من العاطفة والذاتية، وهذا ما يجعل سلامة التواصل وفاعلية الاستدلال تتعلّق فوق المضمون بطبيعة أطراف النقاش وقابليّتهم للإيصال والاستقبال، لذلك قال أفلاطون في محاورة جورجياس: "في جدالٍ يدور أمام جمهور من الأطفال عن الغذاء، فإنّ الحلوانيّ كفيل بأن يهزم الطبيب، وفي جدال أمام جمهور من الكبار فإنّ سياسيًّا تَسلّح بالقدرة الخطابية وحِيَل الإقناع كفيل بأن يهزم أيّ مهندس أو عسكريّ حتى لو كان موضوع الجدال هو من تخصّص هذين الأخيرين. إنّ دغدغة عواطف الجمهور ورغباته أشد إقناعًا من أيّ احتكام إلى العقل".]]>
279 يوسف صامت بوحايك 9996697614 يوسف 0 4.08 2018 رجل القش: الدليل المختصر للمغالطات المنطقية والإنحيازات الإدراكية
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<![CDATA[Modern C++ Tutorial: C++11/14/17/20 On the Fly]]> 75502368
At the same time, instead of coding-only, the book introduces the historical background of its technical requirements (as simple as possible), which provides great help in understanding why these features came out.

In addition, the author would like to encourage readers to use modern C++ directly in their new projects and migrate their old projects to modern C++ gradually after reading the book.]]>
92 Ou Changkun يوسف 0 to-read 0.0 Modern C++ Tutorial: C++11/14/17/20 On the Fly
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<![CDATA[C++ Templates: The Complete Guide]]> 39404568
Now extensively updated for the C++11, C++14, and C++17 standards, this new edition presents state-of-the-art techniques for a wider spectrum of applications. The authors provide authoritative explanations of all new language features that either improve templates or interact with them, including variadic templates, generic lambdas, class template argument deduction, compile-time if, forwarding references, and user-defined literals. They also deeply delve into fundamental language concepts (like value categories) and fully cover all standard type traits.

The book starts with an insightful tutorial on basic concepts and relevant language features. The remainder of the book serves as a comprehensive reference, focusing first on language details and then on coding techniques, advanced applications, and sophisticated idioms. Throughout, examples clearly illustrate abstract concepts and demonstrate best practices for exploiting all that C++ templates can do.

Understand exactly how templates behave, and avoid common pitfalls
Use templates to write more efficient, flexible, and maintainable software
Master today’s most effective idioms and techniques
Reuse source code without compromising performance or safety
Benefit from utilities for generic programming in the C++ Standard Library
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1139 David Vandevoorde يوسف 0 to-read 4.53 2013 C++ Templates: The Complete Guide
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C++ 17 The Complete Guide 37554577 208 Nicolai M. Josuttis يوسف 5 4.06 C++ 17 The Complete Guide
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Mostly clear explanations with good examples and use cases, especially when having ChatGPT for any further explanations. It was certainly a good read.
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<![CDATA[The Naked Bible: The Truth about the most famous book in history.]]> 58855877 Undressing the in Hebrew, the Old Testament speaks for itself, explicitly and transparently. It tells of mysterious beings, special and powerful ones, that appeared on Earth. Aliens?Former earthlings?Superior civilizations, that have always been present on our planet?Creators, manipulators, geneticists. Aviators, warriors, despotic rulers. And scientists, possessing very advanced knowledge, special weapons and science-fiction-like technologies.Once naked, the Bible is very different from how it has always been told to it does not contain any spiritual, omnipotent and omniscient God, no eternity. No apples and no creeping, tempting, serpents. No winged angels. Not even the Red the people of the Exodus just wade through a simple reed bed.Writer and journalist Giorgio Cattaneo sits down with Italy's most renowned biblical translator for his first long interview about his life's work for the English audience. A decade long official Bible translator for the Church and lifelong researcher of ancient myths and tales, Mauro Bilglino is a unicum in his field of expertise and research. A fine connoisseur of dead languages, from ancient Greek to Hebrew and medieval Latin, he focused his attention and efforts on the accurate translating of the bible.The encounter with Mauro Biglino and his work - the journalist writes - is profoundly healthy, stimulating and inevitably it forces us to reconsider the solidity of the awareness that nourishes many of our common beliefs. And it is a testament to the courage that is needed, today more than ever, to claim the full dignity of free research.]]> 321 Giorgio Cattaneo 8894611728 يوسف 0 to-read 4.52 2021 The Naked Bible: The Truth about the most famous book in history.
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<![CDATA[Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code]]> 44936 Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Software, renowned object technology mentor Martin Fowler breaks new ground, demystifying these master practices and demonstrating how software practitioners can realize the significant benefits of this new process.]]> 431 Martin Fowler 0201485672 يوسف 0 currently-reading 4.23 1999 Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
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<![CDATA[Deep Learning, Vol. 2: From Basics to Practice]]> 38714149 0 Andrew Glassner يوسف 0 4.00 Deep Learning, Vol. 2: From Basics to Practice
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<![CDATA[The Legacy Code Programmer's Toolbox]]> 43900879 --Kate Gregory
"It is easy to forget that outside the world of software development, the word legacy has another meaning. A positive meaning, a gift of wealth from the past to the present for the future. This book will help you reclaim the word."
--Kevlin Henney
If you're like most software developers, you have to deal with legacy code. But working with legacy code is challenging! This book will teach you how to be happy, efficient and successful when working with legacy code.
Here are the skills that The Legacy Code Programmer's Toolbox will teach
- how to deal with legacy code efficiently and with a positive approach,
- 10 techniques how to understand legacy code,
- 5 ways to reduce the size of long functions,
- a technique to turn legacy code to your advantage to improve your programming skills,
- how to be in a motivated mindset,
- the power of knowledge of your codebase, how to acquire it and make every person in your team acquire it too,
- how to find the source of a bug quickly in a large and unfamiliar codebase,
- where to focus your refactoring efforts so that they make your life easier,
- and many more things to be efficient and happy when working with legacy code!]]>
210 Jonathan Boccara يوسف 3 3.56 The Legacy Code Programmer's Toolbox
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<![CDATA[Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty]]> 12158480 Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine?

Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are?

Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Otherwise, how to explain why Botswana has become one of the fastest growing countries in the world, while other African nations, such as Zimbabwe, the Congo, and Sierra Leone, are mired in poverty and violence?

Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or lack of it). Korea, to take just one of their fascinating examples, is a remarkably homogeneous nation, yet the people of North Korea are among the poorest on earth while their brothers and sisters in South Korea are among the richest. The south forged a society that created incentives, rewarded innovation, and allowed everyone to participate in economic opportunities. The economic success thus spurred was sustained because the government became accountable and responsive to citizens and the great mass of people. Sadly, the people of the north have endured decades of famine, political repression, and very different economic institutions—with no end in sight. The differences between the Koreas is due to the politics that created these completely different institutional trajectories.

Based on fifteen years of original research Acemoglu and Robinson marshall extraordinary historical evidence from the Roman Empire, the Mayan city-states, medieval Venice, the Soviet Union, Latin America, England, Europe, the United States, and Africa to build a new theory of political economy with great relevance for the big questions of today, including:

- China has built an authoritarian growth machine. Will it continue to grow at such high speed andoverwhelm the West?
- Are America’s best days behind it? Are we moving from a virtuous circle in which efforts by elites to aggrandize power are resisted to a vicious one that enriches and empowers a small minority?
- What is the most effective way to help move billions of people from the rut of poverty to prosperity? More
philanthropy from the wealthy nations of the West? Or learning the hard-won lessons of Acemoglu and Robinson’s breakthrough ideas on the interplay between inclusive political and economic institutions?

Why Nations Fail will change the way you look at—and understand—the world.]]>
529 Daron Acemoğlu 0307719219 يوسف 0 to-read 4.06 2012 Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
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<![CDATA[21 Lessons for the 21st Century]]> 38820046 In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innovative thinkers on the planet turns to the present to make sense of today's most pressing issues.

How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal with the epidemic of fake news? Are nations and religions still relevant? What should we teach our children?

Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a probing and visionary investigation into today's most urgent issues as we move into the uncharted territory of the future. As technology advances faster than our understanding of it, hacking becomes a tactic of war, and the world feels more polarized than ever, Harari addresses the challenge of navigating life in the face of constant and disorienting change and raises the important questions we need to ask ourselves in order to survive.

In twenty-one accessible chapters that are both provocative and profound, Harari builds on the ideas explored in his previous books, untangling political, technological, social, and existential issues and offering advice on how to prepare for a very different future from the world we now live in: How can we retain freedom of choice when Big Data is watching us? What will the future workforce look like, and how should we ready ourselves for it? How should we deal with the threat of terrorism? Why is liberal democracy in crisis?

Harari's unique ability to make sense of where we have come from and where we are going has captured the imaginations of millions of readers. Here he invites us to consider values, meaning, and personal engagement in a world full of noise and uncertainty. When we are deluged with irrelevant information, clarity is power. Presenting complex contemporary challenges clearly and accessibly, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is essential reading.]]>
372 Yuval Noah Harari 0525512179 يوسف 4 4.16 2018 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
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<![CDATA[Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents]]> 23129659 If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, betrayal, or abandonment. You may recall your childhood as a time when your emotional needs were not met, when your feelings were dismissed, or when you took on adult levels of responsibility in an effort to compensate for your parent’s behavior. These wounds can be healed, and you can move forward in your life.

In this breakthrough book, clinical psychologist Lindsay Gibson exposes the destructive nature of parents who are emotionally immature or unavailable. You will see how these parents create a sense of neglect, and discover ways to heal from the pain and confusion caused by your childhood. By freeing yourself from your parents� emotional immaturity, you can recover your true nature, control how you react to them, and avoid disappointment. Finally, you’ll learn how to create positive, new relationships so you can build a better life.

Discover the four types of difficult parents:



The emotional parent instills feelings of instability and anxiety

The driven parent stays busy trying to perfect everything and everyone

The passive parent avoids dealing with anything upsetting

The rejecting parent is withdrawn, dismissive, and derogatory
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201 Lindsay C. Gibson 1626251703 يوسف 0 currently-reading 4.36 2015 Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
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Children of Dune (Dune #3) 44492286
The Children of Dune are twin siblings Leto and Ghanima Atreides, whose father, the Emperor Paul Muad'Dib, disappeared in the desert wastelands of Arrakis nine years ago. Like their father, the twins possess supernormal abilities--making them valuable to their manipulative aunt Alia, who rules the Empire in the name of House Atreides.

Facing treason and rebellion on two fronts, Alia's rule is not absolute. The displaced House Corrino is plotting to regain the throne while the fanatical Fremen are being provoked into open revolt by the enigmatic figure known only as The Preacher. Alia believes that by obtaining the secrets of the twins' prophetic visions, she can maintain control over her dynasty.

But Leto and Ghanima have their own plans for their visions--and their destinies....

Includes an introduction by Brian Herbert]]>
609 Frank Herbert 0593098242 يوسف 0 to-read 3.96 1976 Children of Dune (Dune #3)
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Dune Messiah (Dune #2) 44492285
Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known--and feared--as the man christened Muad'Dib. As Emperor of the Known Universe, he possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremens, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne--and a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence.

And even as House Atreides begins to crumble around him from the machinations of his enemies, the true threat to Paul comes to his lover, Chani, and the unborn heir to his family's dynasty...

Includes an introduction by Brian Herbert]]>
336 Frank Herbert 0593098234 يوسف 0 to-read 3.89 1969 Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
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Dune (Dune, #1) 44767458
When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul’s family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater than he could ever have imagined. And as he evolves into the mysterious man known as Muad’Dib, he will bring to fruition humankind’s most ancient and unattainable dream.]]>
658 Frank Herbert 059309932X يوسف 0 to-read 4.33 1965 Dune (Dune, #1)
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<![CDATA[Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents: Practical Tools to Establish Boundaries & Reclaim Your Emotional Autonomy]]> 40890214 In this important sequel to Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, author Lindsay Gibson offers powerful tools to help you step back and protect yourself at the first sign of an emotional takeover, make sure your emotions and needs are respected, and break free from the coercive control of emotionally immature parents.

Growing up with emotionally immature (EI) parents can leave you feeling lonely and neglected. You may have trouble setting limits and expressing your feelings. And you may even be more susceptible to other emotionally immature people as you establish adult relationships. In addition, as your parents become older, they may still treat your emotions with mockery and contempt, be dismissive and discounting of your reality, and try to control and diminish your sense of emotional autonomy and freedom of thought. In short, EIs can be self-absorbed, inconsistent, and contradictory. So, how can you recover from their toxic behavior?

Drawing on the success of her popular self-help book, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, author Lindsay Gibson offers yet another essential resource. With this follow-up guide, you’ll learn practical skills to help you recognize the signs of an EI, protect yourself against an emotional takeover, reconnect with your own emotions and needs, and gain emotional autonomy in all your relationships. This is a how-to book, with doable exercises and active tips and suggestions for what to say and do to increase emotional autonomy and self-awareness.

If you’re ready to stop putting your own needs last, clear the clutter of self-doubt, and move beyond the fear of judgment and punishment that’s been instilled in you by emotionally immature parents, this book will help you find the freedom to finally live your life your way.]]>
224 Lindsay C. Gibson 1684032520 يوسف 0 to-read 4.38 2019 Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents: Practical Tools to Establish Boundaries & Reclaim Your Emotional Autonomy
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<![CDATA[Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow]]> 31138556 Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity’s future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.

Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. This may seem hard to accept, but, as Harari explains in his trademark style—thorough, yet riveting—famine, plague and war have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges. For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists and criminals put together. The average American is a thousand times more likely to die from binging at McDonalds than from being blown up by Al Qaeda.

What then will replace famine, plague, and war at the top of the human agenda? As the self-made gods of planet earth, what destinies will we set ourselves, and which quests will we undertake? Homo Deusexplores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century—from overcoming death to creating artificial life. It asks the fundamental questions: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers? This is the next stage of evolution. This isHomo Deus.

With the same insight and clarity that made Sapiens an international hit and a New York Times bestseller, Harari maps out our future.

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450 Yuval Noah Harari يوسف 0 to-read 4.19 2015 Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
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<![CDATA[A Job to Love (The School of Life Library)]]> 34331071 142 The School of Life يوسف 4 4.07 2017 A Job to Love (The School of Life Library)
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<![CDATA[Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software]]> 44882
Using everyday objects and familiar language systems such as Braille and Morse code, author Charles Petzold weaves an illuminating narrative for anyone who’s ever wondered about the secret inner life of computers and other smart machines.

It’s a cleverly illustrated and eminently comprehensible story—and along the way, you’ll discover you’ve gained a real context for understanding today’s world of PCs, digital media, and the Internet. No matter what your level of technical savvy, CODE will charm you—and perhaps even awaken the technophile within.]]>
396 Charles Petzold 0735611319 يوسف 0 to-read 4.40 1999 Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
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<![CDATA[Python Tricks: A Buffet of Awesome Python Features]]> 36990732 “I don’t even feel like I’ve scratched the surface of what I can do with Python�

With Python The Book you’ll discover Python’s best practices and the power of beautiful & Pythonic code with simple examples and a step-by-step narrative.

You'll get one step closer to mastering Python, so you can write beautiful and idiomatic code that comes to you naturally.

Learning the ins and outs of Python is difficult—and with this book you'll be able to focus on the practical skills that really matter. Discover the “hidden gold� in Python’s standard library and start writing clean and Pythonic code today.

Who Should Read This

If you’re wondering which lesser known parts in Python you should know about, you’ll get a roadmap with this book. Discover cool (yet practical!) Python tricks and blow your coworkers� minds in your next code review.If you’ve got experience with legacy versions of Python, the book will get you up to speed with modern patterns and features introduced in Python 3 and backported to Python 2.If you’ve worked with other programming languages and you want to get up to speed with Python, you’ll pick up the idioms and practical tips you need to become a confident and effective Pythonista.If you want to make Python your own and learn how to write clean and Pythonic code, you’ll discover best practices and little-known tricks to round out your knowledge.What Python Developers Say About The

"I kept thinking that I wished I had access to a book like this when I started learning Python many years ago." � Mariatta Wijaya, Python Core Developer

"This book makes you write better Python code!" � Bob Belderbos, Software Developer at Oracle

"Far from being just a shallow collection of snippets, this book will leave the attentive reader with a deeper understanding of the inner workings of Python as well as an appreciation for its beauty." � Ben Felder, Pythonista

"It's like having a seasoned tutor explaining, well, tricks!" � Daniel Meyer, Sr. Desktop Administrator at Tesla Inc.]]>
326 Dan Bader 177509331X يوسف 4 4.47 2017 Python Tricks: A Buffet of Awesome Python Features
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لماذا لست مسيحيا 25725099 إن التصور الإلهي بكامله مستوحى من الدكتاتورية الشرقية القديمة . إنه إيمان لا يليق بالرجال الاحرار . ففي الكنيسة نسمع أشخاصاً يحتقرون أنفسهم وينتقصون من قدراتهم ويصفونحالهم بأنهم مذنبون وخطاءون , إن هولاء الشخاص لا يستحقون مني أي احترام . فنحن نستحق أن نقف بشموخ وأن نشاهد وجه العالم بوضوح , إننا نستحق أن نقدم كل الجهود الممكنة في هذا العالم , وإذا لم تتكلل هذه الجهود بالنجاح المرجو منها , فإن هذا بالنهاية أفضل بكثير مما اقترفه القدمون طيلة القرون الماضية .
إن العالم الإنساني يحتاج المعرفة والتسامح والشجاعة. ولايحتاج للتباكي والحسرة على مافات. كما ل يحتاج عالمنا إلى تكبيل العقل وتصفيده من أجل بضعة كلمات جمعتها بعض العقول الجاهلة في الماضي السحيق . إن عالمنا هذا يتطلب شجاعة كبيرة في النظر إلى ماهو خفي وغامض عبر العقول الذكية والمفكرة. إنه يحتاج الأمل من أجل المستقبل , وليس النظر إلى ما هو ميت ومتلاشي مما مضى . فالماضي يتجاوزه الحاضر الذي تصنعه العقول النابغة .]]>
304 Bertrand Russell يوسف 0 3.53 1957 لماذا لست مسيحيا
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<![CDATA[Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault]]> 305860 320 Pierre Hadot 0631180338 يوسف 0 to-read 4.32 1981 Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault
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<![CDATA[‫ثور� الذكاء الجديد: كيف يغير الذكاء الاصطناعي عالم اليوم ‬]]> 58949300 172 Nassim Mahammedi يوسف 0 to-read 4.83 2021 ‫ثورة الذكاء الجديد: كيف يغير الذكاء الاصطناعي عالم اليوم ‬
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How I Became Stupid 186837 160 Martin Page 0142004952 يوسف 0 to-read 3.45 2001 How I Became Stupid
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<![CDATA[The Mauritanian (originally published as Guantánamo Diary)]]> 56304762 This "profound and disturbing" (New York Times Book Review) bestseller written by a Guantánamo prisoner is now a majorfeature film starring Tahar Rahim and Jodie Foster.

When The Mauritanian was first published as Guantánamo Diary in 2015—heavily redacted by the U.S. government—Mohamedou Ould Slahi was still imprisoned at the detainee camp in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, despite a federal court ruling ordering his release, and it was unclear when or if he would ever see freedom. In October 2016 he was finally released and reunited with his family. During his fourteen-year imprisonment the United States never charged him with a crime.

Now he is able to tell his story in full, with previously censored material restored. This searing diary is not merely a vivid record of a miscarriage of justice, but a deeply personal memoir—terrifying, darkly humorous, and surprisingly gracious. The Mauritanian is a document of immense emotional power and historical importance.]]>
464 Mohamedou Ould Slahi 0316282545 يوسف 5
But what impressed me most out of this, is how he was able to keep that extraordinary sense of humour in such an environment and all along a similar experience.

I was happy that I had the chance to read the full manuscript with all gaps filled (compared to the first version titled The Guantanamo Diary), while keeping the filled censored parts grayed, so we can know what was censored. I was laughing everytime I see how random some of these censored parts were.

Five stars not for the book as a novel or a biography, but as an immensely important historical document that emerged from an outstanding experience in a horrible and an absurd environment such as GTMO.]]>
4.15 2015 The Mauritanian (originally published as Guantánamo Diary)
author: Mohamedou Ould Slahi
name: يوسف
average rating: 4.15
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rating: 5
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An impressive read, impressive experience Mohamedou has had, and impressive narration at different levels of the emotional register for all of his protagonists.

But what impressed me most out of this, is how he was able to keep that extraordinary sense of humour in such an environment and all along a similar experience.

I was happy that I had the chance to read the full manuscript with all gaps filled (compared to the first version titled The Guantanamo Diary), while keeping the filled censored parts grayed, so we can know what was censored. I was laughing everytime I see how random some of these censored parts were.

Five stars not for the book as a novel or a biography, but as an immensely important historical document that emerged from an outstanding experience in a horrible and an absurd environment such as GTMO.
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<![CDATA[Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield]]> 15814204 New York Times bestseller. Now also an Oscar-nominated documentary

In Dirty Wars, Jeremy Scahill, author of the New York Times bestseller Blackwater, takes us inside America’s new covert wars. The foot soldiers in these battles operate globally and inside the United States with orders from the White House to do whatever is necessary to hunt down, capture or kill individuals designated by the president as enemies.

Drawn from the ranks of the Navy SEALs, Delta Force, former Blackwater and other private security contractors, the CIA’s Special Activities Division and the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), these elite soldiers operate worldwide, with thousands of secret commandos working in more than one hundred countries. Funded through black budgets, Special Operations Forces conduct missions in denied areas, engage in targeted killings, snatch and grab individuals and direct drone, AC-130 and cruise missile strikes. While the Bush administration deployed these ghost militias, President Barack Obama has expanded their operations and given them new scope and legitimacy.

Dirty Wars follows the consequences of the declaration that “the world is a battlefield,� as Scahill uncovers the most important foreign policy story of our time. From Afghanistan to Yemen, Somalia and beyond, Scahill reports from the frontlines in this high-stakes investigation and explores the depths of America’s global killing machine. He goes beneath the surface of these covert wars, conducted in the shadows, outside the range of the press, without effective congressional oversight or public debate. And, based on unprecedented access, Scahill tells the chilling story of an American citizen marked for assassination by his own government.

As US leaders draw the country deeper into conflicts across the globe, setting the world stage for enormous destabilization and blowback, Americans are not only at greater risk—we are changing as a nation. Scahill unmasks the shadow warriors who prosecute these secret wars and puts a human face on the casualties of unaccountable violence that is now official policy: victims of night raids, secret prisons, cruise missile attacks and drone strikes, and whole classes of people branded as suspected militants. Through his brave reporting, Scahill exposes the true nature of the dirty wars the United States government struggles to keep hidden.]]>
642 Jeremy Scahill 156858671X يوسف 0 to-read 4.07 2012 Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield
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<![CDATA[The School of Life: An Emotional Education]]> 43264830 Discover everything you were never taught at school about how to lead a better life...

Introduced and edited by the bestselling author of The Consolations of Philosophy, The Art of Travel and The Course of Love

We spend years in school learning facts and figures but the one thing we're never taught is how to live a fulfilled life. That's why we need The School of Life - a real organisation founded ten years ago by writer and philosopher Alain de Botton. The School of Life has one simple aim: to equip people with the tools to survive and thrive in the modern world. And the most important of these tools is emotional intelligence.

This book brings together ten years of essential and transformative research on emotional intelligence, with practical topics including:

- how to understand yourself
- how to master the dilemmas of relationships
- how to become more effective at work
- how to endure failure
- how to grow more serene and resilient

The School of Life is nothing short of a crash course in emotional maturity. With all the trademark wit and elegance of Alain de Botton's other writings, and rooted in practical, achievable advice, it show us a path to the better lives we all want and deserve.]]>
310 Alain de Botton 0241382327 يوسف 0 to-read 4.23 2019 The School of Life: An Emotional Education
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<![CDATA[The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers]]> 10284614 210 Robert C. Martin 0137081073 يوسف 4 4.24 2011 The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers
author: Robert C. Martin
name: يوسف
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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A truly important read for junior programmers and any employee in general. Some advices can be a bit idealistic, but nonetheless very important as goals in a professional environment. The focus on what it really means to be a professional in different aspects (time management, stress management, conflict management, estimation, etc.) can change your point of view to see what you considered as rude employees becoming professional employees, and nice passive employees can mean unprofessional employees, it all comes back to what is the goal of each entity in the company. Some of the old examples are less relevant especially considering the big change in these fields. However, even with the short experience I had in the professional world, I could often relate to real life and day to day experience.
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<![CDATA[Guantánamo Diary: Restored Edition]]> 35271522 An unprecedented international publishing event: the first and only diary written by a still-imprisoned Guantanamo detainee.

Since 2002, Mohamedou Slahi has been imprisoned at the detainee camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In all these years, the United States has never charged him with a crime. Although he was ordered released by a federal judge, the U.S. government fought that decision, and there is no sign that the United States plans to let him go.

Three years into his captivity Slahi began a diary, recounting his life before he disappeared into U.S. custody and daily life as a detainee. His diary is not merely a vivid record of a miscarriage of justice, but a deeply personal memoir -- terrifying, darkly humorous, and surprisingly gracious. Published now for the first time, Guantanamo Diary is a document of immense historical importance.]]>
410 Mohamedou Ould Slahi 0316517887 يوسف 0 to-read 4.14 2015 Guantánamo Diary: Restored Edition
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<![CDATA[A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)]]> 13496
Sweeping from a harsh land of cold to a summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, A Game of Thrones tells a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; a child is lost in the twilight between life and death; and a determined woman undertakes a treacherous journey to protect all she holds dear. Amid plots and counter-plots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, allies and enemies, the fate of the Starks hangs perilously in the balance, as each side endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.]]>
835 George R.R. Martin 0553588486 يوسف 5 I wouldn't ask more of a novel, it has the full mix of relevant dimensions, and I believe every person will relate to certain dimensions more than others. Sometimes it was hard to follow every single detail, but the fact that I am reading the books after watching the show and with a little help from Fandom and Reddit, things got much easier.

Also, the fact that I have seen the show beforehand, made me thinking throughout the book of what makes the books always look deeper than the visual version. The answer was the descriptive part of both, in the books you are forced to pay attention to every described detail which gives you more time to think, while in the show they only show the image with all its details combined at once (probably for few seconds or even less), which will certainly create a much softer anchor in memory.

First book of ASOIAF done, excited for the next ones.]]>
4.44 1996 A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
author: George R.R. Martin
name: يوسف
average rating: 4.44
book published: 1996
rating: 5
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Impressive. The thing that impressed me especially is the level of consistency when dealing with that amount of details for all characters, regions, events, cultures, at different levels of abstraction. That certainly requires from the writer to live completely inside his world, and I believe GRRM does just that.
I wouldn't ask more of a novel, it has the full mix of relevant dimensions, and I believe every person will relate to certain dimensions more than others. Sometimes it was hard to follow every single detail, but the fact that I am reading the books after watching the show and with a little help from Fandom and Reddit, things got much easier.

Also, the fact that I have seen the show beforehand, made me thinking throughout the book of what makes the books always look deeper than the visual version. The answer was the descriptive part of both, in the books you are forced to pay attention to every described detail which gives you more time to think, while in the show they only show the image with all its details combined at once (probably for few seconds or even less), which will certainly create a much softer anchor in memory.

First book of ASOIAF done, excited for the next ones.
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<![CDATA[The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do]]> 46258506 224 Casper ter Kuile 0062882066 يوسف 0 to-read 3.86 2020 The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do
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<![CDATA[Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World]]> 40876575 Universal basic income. A 15-hour workweek. Open borders. Does it sound too good to be true? One of Europe's leading young thinkers shows how we can build an ideal world today.

After working all day at jobs we often dislike, we buy things we don't need. Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian, reminds us it needn't be this way—and in some places it isn't. Rutger Bregman's TED Talk about universal basic income seemed impossibly radical when he delivered it in 2014. A quarter of a million views later, the subject of that video is being seriously considered by leading economists and government leaders the world over. It's just one of the many utopian ideas that Bregman proves is possible today.

Utopia for Realists is one of those rare books that takes you by surprise and challenges what you think can happen. From a Canadian city that once completely eradicated poverty, to Richard Nixon's near implementation of a basic income for millions of Americans, Bregman takes us on a journey through history, and beyond the traditional left-right divides, as he champions ideas whose time have come.

Every progressive milestone of civilization—from the end of slavery to the beginning of democracy—was once considered a utopian fantasy. Bregman's book, both challenging and bracing, demonstrates that new utopian ideas, like the elimination of poverty and the creation of the fifteen-hour workweek, can become a reality in our lifetime. Being unrealistic and unreasonable can in fact make the impossible inevitable, and it is the only way to build the ideal world.]]>
262 Rutger Bregman 0316471909 يوسف 0 to-read 4.24 2014 Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World
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<![CDATA[The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained]]> 8493026 The Philosophy Book explains more than one hundred of the greatest ideas in philosophy through clear, succinct text and easy-to-follow graphics.


Using straightforward graphics and artworks, as well as thoroughly accessible text that elucidates more than two thousand years of philosophical thought, The Philosophy Book makes abstract concepts concrete.


From moral ethics to the philosophies of religions, The Philosophy Book sheds a light on the famous ideas and thinkers from the ancient world through the present day. Including theories from Pythagoras to Voltaire and Mary Wollstonecraft to Noam Chomsky, The Philosophy Book offers anyone with an interest in philosophy an essential resource to the great philosophers and the views that have shaped our society.

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352 Will Buckingham 0756668611 يوسف 0 currently-reading 4.16 2010 The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
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رحلة عقل 9496620 قال د. أحمد عكاشة -أستاذ الطب النفسي- في تقديمه للكتاب:
"إنني أهيب بكل باحث عن الحقيقة، وكل متدين يبحث عن يقين العقيدة، أن يقرأ هذا الكتاب قراءة متأنية"..
"إنه طرح جديد كل الجدة.. يعتبر ثورة في المفاهيم العلمية وثورة في النظر إلى الدين"..
وحول موضوع الكتاب قالت مجلة "تايم" الأمريكية:
"على رأس الاكتشافات العلمية المبهرة في القرن العشرين، يأتي اكتشاف أن هناك إلَهًا"..

جاء ذلك القول تعقيبًا على تراجع أستاذ الفلسفة البريطاني "أنتوني فلو" عن الإلحاد إلى الإيمان، بدافع من الإكتشافات العلمية الحديثة، بعد أن ظل متزعماً للفكر الإلحادي طوال النصف الثاني من القرن العشرين.
ويبدأ كتاب "رحلة عقل" بعرض الرحلة الفكرية لهذا الفيلسوف الكبير، والتي توقفت عند الإقرار بالألوهية دون اعتناق دين من الأديان.. كما يقوم الكاتب هذه الرحلة من منظور العلم، ثم يستكمل الكتاب الرحلة؛ فيطرح للبحث العلاقة بين مفاهيمنا الدينية ومشاعرنا الروحية وبين بيولوجيا الإنسان، متمثلة في جيناته ومخه وقلبه!
وأخيرًا، يضع الكاتب في ميزان العقل رحلةَ الإنسان في الوجود المشهود والغيبي (كما يعرضها الإسلام)، ليرى إن كانت تصل في حجيتها إلى مصاف الحقائق العلمية..
إنها رحلة عقلية وإيمانية "جديرة بالتأمل"، لعقلين كبيرين عاشا حياتهما يتتبعان الأدلة والبراهين إلى حيث تقودهما.]]>
288 عمرو شريف يوسف 3 "There is a God".
ومن أهم هاته الأدلة:
1.وصول العلم لحقيقة أنّ للكون بداية، وجاء من العدم
2. الطبيعة تسير وفق قوانين ثابتة مترابطة
3. نشأة الحياة بما فيها من دقة وغائية من المادة غير الحيّة
4. المبدأ البشري المتمثل في تهيأ الكون لاستقبال الحياة، وعلاوة على ذلك رفاهية البشر
5. قدرات العقل الخارقة التي تستحيل أن تنشأ من مادة غير حيّة

حاول الكاتب بعدها البناء لنظرية التصميم الذكي انطلاقا من البرهان الكوني والبرهان البشري، وأنّ العلم قد فشل في تفسير ما قبل الإنفجار الكبير، ونشأة المادة الحيّة من المادة غير الحيّة، ثم حاول الإستدلال بالنظريات العلمية على حقيقة الإنسان كثنائية (الروح+الجسد) وطرح نظريات علمية كثيرة على وجود الفطرة خاصة في المبدأ الأخلاقي وحاجة البشر في كل العصور للإله، وأكد أنّ هاته الفطرة الدينية والأخلاقية مدموغة في جيناتنا، وكذلك لها مراكز مخصّصة في الدماغ (العقل الإنفعالي) كما طرح نظريات كثيرة حول القلب وحقيقة التأثير المتبادل له مع المخّ، عبر النشاطات الكهرمغناطيسية والكيميائية والميكانيكية.
في الأخير تناول مشكلة التفسير المتطرف لنتائج العلم المجرّدة من الملحدين والمتشدّدين الدينيين، وضرورة التجرّد للوصول لتفاسير سليمة لهاته النتائج. وقدّم نظرة موجزة عن تفسير الإسلام لثلاثية (الفطرة - العقل - الوحي) وختم بتلخيص بسيط من كتاب "قصة الإيمان" للجسر لقصة ابن الطفيل (حيّ بن يقظان).

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رابط كتاب There is a God
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4.07 2010 رحلة عقل
author: عمرو شريف
name: يوسف
average rating: 4.07
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rating: 3
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كتاب واضح مفصّل ومنظّم كما ينبغي في تناول الأدلة العلمية الإستقرائية والأدلة المنطقية الإستنتاجية وبعض الأدلة الدينية على حقيقة وجود الله (وإن كنت أعتب دائما الإستنقاص من أدلة الملحدين رغم أنّها وجيهة كذلك) منطلقاً من تجربة أستاذ الفلسفة البريطاني "أنتوني فلو" الذي قاده العلم "حسب قوله" وهو في عمر 80 سنة إلى وجود الله بعد أن كان من أشرس المدافعين عن الإلحاد، وجمع أدلته كاملة في كتاب
"There is a God".
ومن أهم هاته الأدلة:
1.وصول العلم لحقيقة أنّ للكون بداية، وجاء من العدم
2. الطبيعة تسير وفق قوانين ثابتة مترابطة
3. نشأة الحياة بما فيها من دقة وغائية من المادة غير الحيّة
4. المبدأ البشري المتمثل في تهيأ الكون لاستقبال الحياة، وعلاوة على ذلك رفاهية البشر
5. قدرات العقل الخارقة التي تستحيل أن تنشأ من مادة غير حيّة

حاول الكاتب بعدها البناء لنظرية التصميم الذكي انطلاقا من البرهان الكوني والبرهان البشري، وأنّ العلم قد فشل في تفسير ما قبل الإنفجار الكبير، ونشأة المادة الحيّة من المادة غير الحيّة، ثم حاول الإستدلال بالنظريات العلمية على حقيقة الإنسان كثنائية (الروح+الجسد) وطرح نظريات علمية كثيرة على وجود الفطرة خاصة في المبدأ الأخلاقي وحاجة البشر في كل العصور للإله، وأكد أنّ هاته الفطرة الدينية والأخلاقية مدموغة في جيناتنا، وكذلك لها مراكز مخصّصة في الدماغ (العقل الإنفعالي) كما طرح نظريات كثيرة حول القلب وحقيقة التأثير المتبادل له مع المخّ، عبر النشاطات الكهرمغناطيسية والكيميائية والميكانيكية.
في الأخير تناول مشكلة التفسير المتطرف لنتائج العلم المجرّدة من الملحدين والمتشدّدين الدينيين، وضرورة التجرّد للوصول لتفاسير سليمة لهاته النتائج. وقدّم نظرة موجزة عن تفسير الإسلام لثلاثية (الفطرة - العقل - الوحي) وختم بتلخيص بسيط من كتاب "قصة الإيمان" للجسر لقصة ابن الطفيل (حيّ بن يقظان).

رابط كتاب رحلة عقل:


رابط كتاب There is a God

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<![CDATA[A Little History of Philosophy (Little Histories)]]> 11527504
In forty brief chapters, Nigel Warburton guides us on a chronological tour of the major ideas in the history of philosophy. He provides interesting and often quirky stories of the lives and deaths of thought-provoking philosophers from Socrates, who chose to die by hemlock poisoning rather than live on without the freedom to think for himself, to Peter Singer, who asks the disquieting philosophical and ethical questions that haunt our own times.

Warburton not only makes philosophy accessible, he offers inspiration to think, argue, reason, and ask in the tradition of Socrates. A Little History of Philosophy presents the grand sweep of humanity's search for philosophical understanding and invites all to join in the discussion.]]>
252 Nigel Warburton 0300152086 يوسف 5
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4.12 2011 A Little History of Philosophy (Little Histories)
author: Nigel Warburton
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average rating: 4.12
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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A lightweight book that summarizes the main key philosophers in western philosophy, the title would better be "A little history of western philosophy" since none of eastern philosophy was mentioned. But for what is mentioned, I liked the simple expressions and explications, the organization of the ideas, as well as some insights on the context in which the philosopher added his contribution, which makes it a good reference for beginners willing to discover the big picture and patterns of western philosophy, and have a brief overview of their ideas. The writer didn't get involved in the discussions of different philosophers, which is also an important point to avoid any alteration of their ideas.

I kept summary notes of the content in the link below, it might help someone. Note that the classification of philosophers is from my understanding of their philosophy.


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<![CDATA[Classical Indian Philosophy (A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps #5)]]> 51247270 448 Peter S. Adamson 0198851766 يوسف 0 to-read 4.22 2020 Classical Indian Philosophy (A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps #5)
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<![CDATA[Medieval Philosophy (A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps #4)]]> 44224490
The medieval period is one of the richest in the history of philosophy, yet one of the least widely known. Adamson introduces us to some of the greatest thinkers of the Western intellectual tradition, including Peter Abelard, Anselm of Canterbury, Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, and Roger Bacon. And the medieval period was notable for the emergence of great women thinkers, including Hildegard of Bingen, Marguerite Porete, and Julian of Norwich.

Original ideas and arguments were developed in every branch of philosophy during this period - not just philosophy of religion and theology, but metaphysics, philosophy of logic and language, moral and political theory, psychology, and the foundations of mathematics and natural science.
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672 Peter S. Adamson 0198842406 يوسف 0 to-read 4.38 2019 Medieval Philosophy (A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps #4)
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<![CDATA[Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds (A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps #2)]]> 25050050 Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds offers a tour through a period of eight hundred years when some of the most influential of all schools of thought were formed. From the counter-cultural witticisms of Diogenes the Cynic to the political philosophy of Augustine, the book gathers together all aspects of later ancient thought in a way that is a pleasure to read.
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428 Peter S. Adamson 0198728026 يوسف 0 to-read 4.31 2015 Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds (A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps #2)
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<![CDATA[Philosophy in the Islamic World (A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps #3)]]> 29940298 Very Short Introduction, Peter Adamson explores the history of philosophy among Muslims, Jews, and Christians living in Islamic lands, from its historical background to thinkers in the twentieth century. Introducing the main philosophical themes of the Islamic world, Adamson integrates ideas from the Islamic and Abrahamic faiths to consider the broad philosophical questions that continue to invite debate: What is the relationship between reason and religious belief? What is the possibility of proving God's existence? What is the nature of knowledge? Drawing on the most recent research in the field, this book challenges the assumption of the cultural decline of philosophy and science in the Islamic world by demonstrating its rich heritage and overlap with other faiths and philosophies.]]> 544 Peter S. Adamson 0199577498 يوسف 0 to-read 4.31 2015 Philosophy in the Islamic World (A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps #3)
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<![CDATA[Classical Philosophy (A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps #1)]]> 22470914 369 Peter S. Adamson 0191662046 يوسف 0 to-read 4.32 2014 Classical Philosophy (A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps #1)
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<![CDATA[Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud]]> 18058001 Large-scale enterprise, cloud, and virtualized computing systems have introduced serious performance challenges. Now, internationally renowned performance expert Brendan Gregg has brought together proven methodologies, tools, and metrics for analyzing and tuning even the most complex environments. Systems Enterprise and the Cloud focuses on Linux® and Unix® performance, while illuminating performance issues that are relevant to all operating systems. You&;ll gain deep insight into how systems work and perform, and learn methodologies for analyzing and improving system and application performance. Gregg presents examples from bare-metal systems and virtualized cloud tenants running Linux-based Ubuntu®, Fedora®, CentOS, and the illumos-based Joyent® SmartOS&; and OmniTI OmniOS®. He systematically covers modern systems performance, including the &;traditional&; analysis of CPUs, memory, disks, and networks, and new areas including cloud computing and dynamic tracing. This book also helps you identify and fix the &;unknown unknowns&; of complex bottlenecks that emerge from elements and interactions you were not aware of. The text concludes with a detailed case study, showing how a real cloud customer issue was analyzed from start to finish. Coverage includes &; Modern performance analysis and terminology, concepts, models, methods, and techniques &; Dynamic tracing techniques and tools, including examples of DTrace, SystemTap, and perf &; Kernel uncovering what the OS is doing &; Using system observability tools, interfaces, and frameworks &; Understanding and monitoring application performance &; Optimizing processors, cores, hardware threads, caches, interconnects, and kernel scheduling &; Memory virtual memory, paging, swapping, memory architectures, busses, address spaces, and allocators &; File system I/O, including caching &; Storage devices/controllers, disk I/O workloads, RAID, and kernel I/O &; Network-related performance protocols, sockets, interfaces, and physical connections &; Performance implications of OS and hardware-based virtualization, and new issues encountered with cloud computing &; getting accurate results and avoiding common mistakes This guide is indispensable for anyone who operates enterprise or cloud system, network, database, and web admins; developers; and other professionals. For students and others new to optimization, it also provides exercises reflecting Gregg&;s extensive instructional experience. ձ> 772 Brendan Gregg 0133390098 يوسف 5 4.46 2013 Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud
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A Little History of the World 61505 Eine kurze Weltgeschichte für junge Leser was published in Vienna to immediate success, and is now available in seventeen languages across the world. Toward the end of his long life, Gombrich embarked upon a revision and, at last, an English translation. A Little History of the World presents his lively and involving history to English-language readers for the first time. Superbly designed and freshly illustrated, this is a book to be savored and collected. In forty concise chapters, Gombrich tells the story of man from the stone age to the atomic bomb. In between emerges a colorful picture of wars and conquests, grand works of art, and the spread and limitations of science. This is a text dominated not by dates and facts, but by the sweep of mankind's experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements and an acute witness to its frailties. The product of a generous and humane sensibility, this timeless account makes intelligible the full span of human history.]]> 284 E.H. Gombrich 0300108834 يوسف 0 to-read 4.11 1936 A Little History of the World
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A Little History of Religion 28819132 For curious readers young and old, a rich and colorful history of religion from humanity’s earliest days to our own contentious times

In an era of hardening religious attitudes and explosive religious violence, this book offers a welcome antidote. Richard Holloway retells the entire history of religion—from the dawn of religious belief to the twenty-first century—with deepest respect and a keen commitment to accuracy. Writing for those with faith and those without, and especially for young readers, he encourages curiosity and tolerance, accentuates nuance and mystery, and calmly restores a sense of the value of faith.

Ranging far beyond the major world religions of Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism, Holloway also examines where religious belief comes from, the search for meaning throughout history, today’s fascinations with Scientology and creationism, religiously motivated violence, hostilities between religious people and secularists, and more. Holloway proves an empathic yet discerning guide to the enduring significance of faith and its power from ancient times to our own.]]>
256 Richard Holloway 0300208839 يوسف 0 to-read 4.23 2016 A Little History of Religion
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<![CDATA[A Little History of Economics (Little Histories)]]> 32622193 256 Niall Kishtainy 0300206364 يوسف 0 to-read 4.07 A Little History of Economics (Little Histories)
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Alice au Pays des Merveilles 9805578
Rébecca Dautremer revisite le texte intégral du chef-d'œuvre de Lewis Carroll.]]>
144 Rébecca Dautremer 2013933762 يوسف 3 4.22 2015 Alice au Pays des Merveilles
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<![CDATA[Great Thinkers: Simple Tools from 60 Great Thinkers to Improve Your Life Today]]> 30813429 The School of Life, the gallery of individuals across the millennia who help to frame our intellectual project � and we will have succeeded if, in the days and years ahead, you find yourself turning to our thinkers to illuminate the multiple dilemmas, joys and griefs of daily life.]]> The School of Life يوسف 0 to-read 4.36 2016 Great Thinkers: Simple Tools from 60 Great Thinkers to Improve Your Life Today
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<![CDATA[Relationships (The School of Life Library)]]> 33299065 120 The School of Life 0993538797 يوسف 0 to-read 4.21 2016 Relationships (The School of Life Library)
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<![CDATA[Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile]]> 28185864 ANTIFRAGILE “Startling . . . richly crammed with insights, stories, fine phrases and intriguing asides.”—The Wall Street Journal Just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension, many things in life benefit from disorder, volatility, and turmoil. What Taleb has identified and calls “antifragile� is that category of things that not only gain from chaos but need it in order to survive and flourish. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better and better. What is crucial is that the antifragile loves errors, as it incurs small harm and large benefits from them. Spanning politics, urban planning, war, personal finance, economic systems, and medicine in an interdisciplinary and erudite style, Antifragile is a blueprint for living in a Black Swan world. THE BLACK SWAN “[A book] that altered modern thinking.”—The Times (London) A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random and more predictable. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so was 9/11. In this groundbreaking and prophetic book, Taleb shows that black swan events underlie almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions to events in our own personal lives, and yet we—especially the experts—are blind to them. FOOLED BY RANDOMNESS “[Fooled by Randomness] is to conventional Wall Street wisdom approximately what Martin Luther’s ninety-five theses were to the Catholic Church.”—Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker Are we capable of distinguishing the fortunate charlatan from the genuine visionary? Must we always try to uncover nonexistent messages in random events? Fooled by Randomness is about more precisely, about how we perceive luck in our personal and professional experiences. Set against the backdrop of the most conspicuous forum in which luck is mistaken for skill—the markets—Fooled by Randomness is an irreverent, eye-opening, and endlessly entertaining exploration of one of the least understood forces in our lives. THE BED OF PROCRUSTES “Taleb’s crystalline nuggets of thought stand alone like esoteric poems.”—Financial Times This collection of aphorisms and meditations expresses Taleb’s major ideas in ways you least expect. The Bed of Procrustes takes its title from Greek the story of a man who made his visitors fit his bed to perfection by either stretching them or cutting their limbs.]]> 1596 Nassim Nicholas Taleb 0812997697 يوسف 0 to-read 4.49 2011 Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile
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<![CDATA[Fooling Some of the People All of the Time, A Long Short (and Now Complete) Story, Updated with New Epilogue]]> 7663760
"Fooling Some of the People All of the Time" is an important call for effective government regulation, free speech, and fair play.]]>
448 David Einhorn 0470481544 يوسف 0 to-read 4.00 2007 Fooling Some of the People All of the Time, A Long Short (and Now Complete) Story, Updated with New Epilogue
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<![CDATA[Black Box Thinking: Why Some People Never Learn from Their Mistakes - But Some Do]]> 24611735
We all have to endure failure from time to time, whether it’s underperforming at a job interview, flunking an exam, or losing a pickup basketball game. But for people working in safety-critical industries, getting it wrong can have deadly consequences. Consider the shocking fact that preventable medical error is the third-biggest killer in the United States, causing more than 400,000 deaths every year. More people die from mistakes made by doctors and hospitals than from traffic accidents. And most of those mistakes are never made public, because of malpractice settlements with nondisclosure clauses.

For a dramatically different approach to failure, look at aviation. Every passenger aircraft in the world is equipped with an almost indestructible black box. Whenever there’s any sort of mishap, major or minor, the box is opened, the data is analyzed, and experts figure out exactly what went wrong. Then the facts are published and procedures are changed, so that the same mistakes won’t happen again. By applying this method in recent decades, the industry has created an astonishingly good safety record.

Few of us put lives at risk in our daily work as surgeons and pilots do, but we all have a strong interest in avoiding predictable and preventable errors. So why don’t we all embrace the aviation approach to failure rather than the health-care approach? As Matthew Syed shows in this eye-opening book, the answer is rooted in human psychology and organizational culture.

Syed argues that the most important determinant of success in any field is an acknowledgment of failure and a willingness to engage with it. Yet most of us are stuck in a relationship with failure that impedes progress, halts innovation, and damages our careers and personal lives. We rarely acknowledge or learn from failure—even though we often claim the opposite. We think we have 20/20 hindsight, but our vision is usually fuzzy.

Syed draws on a wide range of sources—from anthropology and psychology to history and complexity theory—to explore the subtle but predictable patterns of human error and our defensive responses to error. He also shares fascinating stories of individuals and organizations that have successfully embraced a black box approach to improvement, such as David Beckham, the Mercedes F1 team, and Dropbox.]]>
336 Matthew Syed 1591848229 يوسف 0 to-read 4.27 2015 Black Box Thinking: Why Some People Never Learn from Their Mistakes - But Some Do
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مسخ 1503020 103 Franz Kafka 964936448X يوسف 0 to-read 3.89 1915 مسخ
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فلسفتنا 6817057 405 محمد باقر الصدر يوسف 4
لحدّ اللحظة هذا من أفضل وأمتع ما قرأت، قمّة العمق والتظيم الفكري، كتاب موسوعي يربط الأفكار وينظّمها في رأسك.

هذا تلخيص لبعض الأفكار التي جاءت في الكتاب:
1. مقارنة بين الرأسمالية والإشتراكية والنظام الإسلامي
نظرية المعرفة
التصور: 1. مثل أفلاطون، 2. النظرية العقلية 3. النظرية الحسية 4.نظرية الإنتزاع
التصديق ومصادره: المذهب العقلي والمذهب التجريبي

قيمة المعرفة
1. آراء اليونان: السوفسطائيون واليقينيون
2. ديكارت: مذهب الشكّ في كلّ شي عدا التفكير لأنّ الشكّ أحد أنواع التفكير
3. جون لوك: المذهب الحسي
4. المثاليون: مثالية فلسفية، فيزيائية، فيزيولوجية
5. الشكّ الحديث: دافيد هيوم
6. النسبيّون:
أ. نسبية كانت:
- رياضيات: مصدرها عقلي بحت من مبدأ الزمان والمكان الفطرية
- علوم طبيعية: مصدرها مركب بين العقل والتجربة
- ميتافيزيقية: لا أولية لأنها مستقلة ولا ثانوية لأنها لا تخضع للتجربة
ولكن هذا ناتج عن تصور العمل العقلي على أنه مجرّد روابط لتنظيم الحقائق العلمية، وهذا يؤدي للمثالية، والأصح أنه يملك حقائق ضرورية فطرية منتجة تمكننا من إمكانية دراسة الظواهر الميتافيزيقية
ب. النسبية الذاتية: الناتجة عن التفسير المادي للإدراك على أنه تفاعل بين العقل والشيء المحسوس
7. الشكّ العلمي: بين المادية السلوكية، ولاشعور فرويد والمادية التأريخية
ثم حاول الكاتب توضيح رأيه في ناحيتي الصورة الذهنية بين الماهية (الفكرة) والوجود (الواقع) بكل نشاطه وخصائصه.

2. نقد الديالكتيك
هناك ثلاثة تصورات للعالم فلسفيا:
هناك التصوّر المثالي والتصور الواقعي.
التصور الواقعي ينقسم إلى قسمين، تصور واقعي مادي وتصور واقعي إلهي.

لنفهم الفرق: يجب أن نقسّم العالم إلى ثلاث دوائر كل واحدة محتواة في الأخرى، دائرة الإنسان وتصوراته الذهنية محتواة في دائرة العالم المادي محتواة في العالم بجزأيه المادي والميتافيزيقي.

1. التصوّر المثالي هو الذي لا يؤمن بوجود واقع موضوعي للعالم، وأنّ كل العالم هو مجرّد تصورات ذهنية للأنا (الوعي البشري)، وعدم وجود الأنا يعني عدم وجود العالم (يعني لا يؤمن إلا بالدائرة الصغرى أيّ الإنسان)
2. التصوّر الواقعي يؤمن بوجود حقائق موضوعية مستقلة عن الأنا، وما الأنا إلا أداة كاشفة وليست مخترعة له، خاصة وأنّ ظهور الإنسان كان متأخرا على ظهور العالم.
تنقسم الواقعية إلى قسمين:
أ. الواقعية المادية: هي التي تؤمن بوجود عالم موضوعي مستقل عن التصوّر البشري، لكنها نؤمن فقط بالعالم المادي (أيّ الدائرة الثانية التي تحوي دائرة الإنسان)، ولا تؤمن بغير التجربة كمصدر للحقائق الموضوعية.
ب. الواقعية الإلهية: وهي التي تؤمن بوجود واقع مادي للعالم، وتضيف لذلك وجود سبب مجرّد عميق وراء العالم المادي (يعني الدائرة الثالثة التي تحوي الدائرتين).

تفسير لمبدأ العلية
1. نظرية الوجود: وجود الشيء يحتاج لعلّة ذاتية، فوجود الإله يحتاج لعلّة
2. نظرية الحدوث: حدوث الشيء يحتاج لعلّة
3. نظرية الإمكان الوجودي: العلّة متعلّقة بارتباط الشيء بغيره حيث ليس له وجود دون سببه

تعاصر العلة والمعلول، والذين قالوا بغير ذلك لم يدركوا جيّدا العلة الحقيقية.

حقيقة المادة غير الذاتية واستحالة كونها العلّة الفاعلة لتناقض الظواهر. والتفسير الخارجي هو تفسير علمي كتفسير دوران الكواكب بالجاذبية.

توضيح أصل الغرائز الحيوانية على أنّها من وحي إلهي غيبي أو هدي إلى الإلتذاذ بما يفيدها.

مفهوم الإدراك واختلافه على ثلاثة أقوال:
1. المدرك هو وجود موضوعي خارج ذواتنا، فما علاقتنا به ؟
2. المدرك له وجود مادي في الدماغ، مشكل في ثباته، وفي أبعاده.
3. المدرك له وجود لا مادي (روحي).

الفكر والشعور هو ردّ فعل بحت للظروف الإجتماعية والمادية والتي بدورها ردّ فعل للظروف الإقتصادية (ماركس)

الإدراك ليس مجرّد ردّ فعل مادي بحت، لأنّ الإستجابة المشروطة تختلف عن الإستجابة الطبيعية (مثال لعاب الكلب)، ولقدرة العقل على إدراك الأجزاء مرتبطة في كلّ رغم كون الرسائل تصله مفرّقة.]]>
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*SPOILER ALERT*

لحدّ اللحظة هذا من أفضل وأمتع ما قرأت، قمّة العمق والتظيم الفكري، كتاب موسوعي يربط الأفكار وينظّمها في رأسك.

هذا تلخيص لبعض الأفكار التي جاءت في الكتاب:
1. مقارنة بين الرأسمالية والإشتراكية والنظام الإسلامي
نظرية المعرفة
التصور: 1. مثل أفلاطون، 2. النظرية العقلية 3. النظرية الحسية 4.نظرية الإنتزاع
التصديق ومصادره: المذهب العقلي والمذهب التجريبي

قيمة المعرفة
1. آراء اليونان: السوفسطائيون واليقينيون
2. ديكارت: مذهب الشكّ في كلّ شي عدا التفكير لأنّ الشكّ أحد أنواع التفكير
3. جون لوك: المذهب الحسي
4. المثاليون: مثالية فلسفية، فيزيائية، فيزيولوجية
5. الشكّ الحديث: دافيد هيوم
6. النسبيّون:
أ. نسبية كانت:
- رياضيات: مصدرها عقلي بحت من مبدأ الزمان والمكان الفطرية
- علوم طبيعية: مصدرها مركب بين العقل والتجربة
- ميتافيزيقية: لا أولية لأنها مستقلة ولا ثانوية لأنها لا تخضع للتجربة
ولكن هذا ناتج عن تصور العمل العقلي على أنه مجرّد روابط لتنظيم الحقائق العلمية، وهذا يؤدي للمثالية، والأصح أنه يملك حقائق ضرورية فطرية منتجة تمكننا من إمكانية دراسة الظواهر الميتافيزيقية
ب. النسبية الذاتية: الناتجة عن التفسير المادي للإدراك على أنه تفاعل بين العقل والشيء المحسوس
7. الشكّ العلمي: بين المادية السلوكية، ولاشعور فرويد والمادية التأريخية
ثم حاول الكاتب توضيح رأيه في ناحيتي الصورة الذهنية بين الماهية (الفكرة) والوجود (الواقع) بكل نشاطه وخصائصه.

2. نقد الديالكتيك
هناك ثلاثة تصورات للعالم فلسفيا:
هناك التصوّر المثالي والتصور الواقعي.
التصور الواقعي ينقسم إلى قسمين، تصور واقعي مادي وتصور واقعي إلهي.

لنفهم الفرق: يجب أن نقسّم العالم إلى ثلاث دوائر كل واحدة محتواة في الأخرى، دائرة الإنسان وتصوراته الذهنية محتواة في دائرة العالم المادي محتواة في العالم بجزأيه المادي والميتافيزيقي.

1. التصوّر المثالي هو الذي لا يؤمن بوجود واقع موضوعي للعالم، وأنّ كل العالم هو مجرّد تصورات ذهنية للأنا (الوعي البشري)، وعدم وجود الأنا يعني عدم وجود العالم (يعني لا يؤمن إلا بالدائرة الصغرى أيّ الإنسان)
2. التصوّر الواقعي يؤمن بوجود حقائق موضوعية مستقلة عن الأنا، وما الأنا إلا أداة كاشفة وليست مخترعة له، خاصة وأنّ ظهور الإنسان كان متأخرا على ظهور العالم.
تنقسم الواقعية إلى قسمين:
أ. الواقعية المادية: هي التي تؤمن بوجود عالم موضوعي مستقل عن التصوّر البشري، لكنها نؤمن فقط بالعالم المادي (أيّ الدائرة الثانية التي تحوي دائرة الإنسان)، ولا تؤمن بغير التجربة كمصدر للحقائق الموضوعية.
ب. الواقعية الإلهية: وهي التي تؤمن بوجود واقع مادي للعالم، وتضيف لذلك وجود سبب مجرّد عميق وراء العالم المادي (يعني الدائرة الثالثة التي تحوي الدائرتين).

تفسير لمبدأ العلية
1. نظرية الوجود: وجود الشيء يحتاج لعلّة ذاتية، فوجود الإله يحتاج لعلّة
2. نظرية الحدوث: حدوث الشيء يحتاج لعلّة
3. نظرية الإمكان الوجودي: العلّة متعلّقة بارتباط الشيء بغيره حيث ليس له وجود دون سببه

تعاصر العلة والمعلول، والذين قالوا بغير ذلك لم يدركوا جيّدا العلة الحقيقية.

حقيقة المادة غير الذاتية واستحالة كونها العلّة الفاعلة لتناقض الظواهر. والتفسير الخارجي هو تفسير علمي كتفسير دوران الكواكب بالجاذبية.

توضيح أصل الغرائز الحيوانية على أنّها من وحي إلهي غيبي أو هدي إلى الإلتذاذ بما يفيدها.

مفهوم الإدراك واختلافه على ثلاثة أقوال:
1. المدرك هو وجود موضوعي خارج ذواتنا، فما علاقتنا به ؟
2. المدرك له وجود مادي في الدماغ، مشكل في ثباته، وفي أبعاده.
3. المدرك له وجود لا مادي (روحي).

الفكر والشعور هو ردّ فعل بحت للظروف الإجتماعية والمادية والتي بدورها ردّ فعل للظروف الإقتصادية (ماركس)

الإدراك ليس مجرّد ردّ فعل مادي بحت، لأنّ الإستجابة المشروطة تختلف عن الإستجابة الطبيعية (مثال لعاب الكلب)، ولقدرة العقل على إدراك الأجزاء مرتبطة في كلّ رغم كون الرسائل تصله مفرّقة.
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<![CDATA[FPGAs For Dummies, Altera Special Edition]]> 25307176
Download this eBook to learn:
The pros and cons of using FPGAs
The modern design flow of FPGAs
Ways to use FPGAs as functional blocks in your system
Make an informed choice about using FPGAs in your designs by harnessing their power and flexibility!]]>
44 Andrew Moore يوسف 2 2.57 2014 FPGAs For Dummies, Altera Special Edition
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average rating: 2.57
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I had a serious problem understanding the level of abstraction for his explanations, the content is kinda chaotic. The author says it is for system designers, experienced engineers, as well as someone with no experience, which confirms the idea that if a content is for everyone, then it's for no one.
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The Principles of Mathematics 51785
His ideas have had a profound influence on twentieth-century work on logic and the foundations of mathematics.]]>
576 Bertrand Russell 0393314049 يوسف 0 to-read 4.08 1903 The Principles of Mathematics
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The Problems of Philosophy 31799 116 Bertrand Russell 1421903679 يوسف 0 to-read 3.92 1912 The Problems of Philosophy
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<![CDATA[High Performance Parallelism Pearls Volume One: Multicore and Many-core Programming Approaches]]> 23215653 High Performance Parallelism Pearls shows how to leverage parallelism on processors and coprocessors with the same programming - illustrating the most effective ways to better tap the computational potential of systems with Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors and Intel Xeon processors or other multicore processors. The book includes examples of successful programming efforts, drawn from across industries and domains such as chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. Each chapter in this edited work includes detailed explanations of the programming techniques used, while showing high performance results on both Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors and multicore processors. Learn from dozens of new examples and case studies illustrating "success stories" demonstrating not just the features of these powerful systems, but also how to leverage parallelism across these heterogeneous systems.




Promotes consistent standards-based programming, showing in detail how to code for high performance on multicore processors and Intel(R) Xeon Phi(TM)
Examples from multiple vertical domains illustrating parallel optimizations to modernize real-world codes
Source code available for download to facilitate further exploration]]>
600 James Reinders 0128021187 يوسف 0 to-read 3.25 2014 High Performance Parallelism Pearls Volume One: Multicore and Many-core Programming Approaches
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<![CDATA[Political Correctness Gone Mad?]]> 42509393
–Jordan Peterson

‘You’re telling me I’m being sensitive, and students looking for safe spaces that they’re being hypersensitive. If you’re white, this country is one giant safe space.�

–Michael Eric Dyson

Is political correctness an enemy of free speech, open debate and the free exchange of ideas? Or is it a progressive force, eroding the dominant power relationships and social norms that exclude marginalised groups from society?]]>
128 Stephen Fry 1786076047 يوسف 0 to-read 3.12 Political Correctness Gone Mad?
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<![CDATA[Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief]]> 2218102 Maps of Meaning presents a rich theory that makes the wisdom and meaning of myth accessible to the critical modern mind.]]> 564 Jordan B. Peterson 0415922224 يوسف 0 to-read 4.04 1999 Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
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<![CDATA[The Politics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained (DK Big Ideas)]]> 35801883 The Politics Book clearly and simply explains more than 100 groundbreaking ideas in the history of political thought. With easy-to-follow graphics, succinct quotations, and accessible text, The Politics Book is an essential reference for students and anyone wondering how politics works.]]> 352 Paul Kelly 1465473904 يوسف 0 to-read 4.40 2013 The Politics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained (DK Big Ideas)
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<![CDATA[Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners]]> 22514127
In "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python," you'll learn how to use Python to write programs that do in minutes what would take you hours to do by hand no prior programming experience required. Once you've mastered the basics of programming, you'll create Python programs that effortlessly perform useful and impressive feats of automation to: Search for text in a file or across multiple filesCreate, update, move, and rename files and foldersSearch the Web and download online contentUpdate and format data in Excel spreadsheets of any sizeSplit, merge, watermark, and encrypt PDFsSend reminder emails and text notificationsFill out online forms

Step-by-step instructions walk you through each program, and practice projects at the end of each chapter challenge you to improve those programs and use your newfound skills to automate similar tasks.

Don't spend your time doing work a well-trained monkey could do. Even if you've never written a line of code, you can make your computer do the grunt work. Learn how in "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python.""]]>
479 Al Sweigart 1593275994 يوسف 5 4.29 2014 Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: Practical Programming for Total Beginners
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<![CDATA[Free Thought and Official Propaganda]]> 8187887 70 Bertrand Russell 1147585857 يوسف 4 4.24 1922 Free Thought and Official Propaganda
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<![CDATA[Head First Python: A Brain-Friendly Guide]]> 33130335 Head First Python, you'll quickly grasp Python's fundamentals, working with the built-in data structures and functions. Then you'll move on to building your very own webapp, exploring database management, exception handling, and data wrangling. If you're intrigued by what you can do with context managers, decorators, comprehensions, and generators, it's all here. This second edition is a complete learning experience that will help you become a bonafide Python programmer in no time.

Why does this book look so different? Based on the latest research in cognitive science and learning theory, Head First Pythonuses a visually rich format to engage your mind, rather than a text-heavy approach that puts you to sleep. Why waste your time struggling with new concepts? This multi-sensory learning experience is designed for the way your brain really works.]]>
1042 Paul Barry 1491919507 يوسف 4 4.16 2010 Head First Python: A Brain-Friendly Guide
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<![CDATA[What Every Programmer Should Know About Memory]]> 12485556
As CPU cores become both faster and more numerous, the limiting factor for most programs is now, and will be for some time, memory access. Hardware designers have come up with ever more sophisticated memory handling and acceleration techniques–such as CPU caches–but these cannot work optimally without some help from the programmer. Unfortunately, neither the structure nor the cost of using the memory subsystem of a computer or the caches on CPUs is well understood by most programmers. This paper explains the structure of memory subsystems in use on modern commodity hardware, illustrating why CPU caches were developed, how they work, and what programs should do to achieve optimal performance by utilizing them.]]>
114 Ulrich Drepper يوسف 0 currently-reading 4.76 2007 What Every Programmer Should Know About Memory
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Philosophical Investigations 6680515 Philosophical Investigations is the definitive en face German-English version of the most important work of 20th-century philosophy


The extensively revised English translation incorporates many hundreds of changes to Anscombe’s original translation
Footnoted remarks in the earlier editions have now been relocated in the text
What was previously referred to as ‘Part 2� is now republished as Philosophy of Psychology � A Fragment, and all the remarks in it are numbered for ease of reference
New detailed editorial endnotes explain decisions of translators and identify references and allusions in Wittgenstein's original text
Now features new essays on the history of the Philosophical Investigations, and the problems of translating Wittgenstein’s text

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592 Ludwig Wittgenstein 1405159286 يوسف 0 to-read 4.37 1953 Philosophical Investigations
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<![CDATA[A History of Western Philosophy]]> 243685 A History of Western Philosophy has been universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject—unparalleled in its comprehensiveness, its clarity, its erudition, its grace and wit. In seventy-six chapters he traces philosophy from the rise of Greek civilization to the emergence of logical analysis in the twentieth century. Among the philosophers considered are: Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, the Atomists, Protagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Cynics, the Sceptics, the Epicureans, the Stoics, Plotinus, Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, Benedict, Gregory the Great, John the Scot, Aquinas, Duns Scotus, William of Occam, Machiavelli, Erasmus, More, Bacon, Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, the Utilitarians, Marx, Bergson, James, Dewey, and lastly the philosophers with whom Lord Russell himself is most closely associated -- Cantor, Frege, and Whitehead, co-author with Russell of the monumental Principia Mathematica.]]> 906 Bertrand Russell 0671201581 يوسف 0 to-read 4.12 1945 A History of Western Philosophy
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The Religions Book 21334072 352 Shulamit Ambalu 1409324915 يوسف 0 to-read 4.22 2013 The Religions Book
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<![CDATA[The Mythology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained (DK Big Ideas)]]> 36747326
From early creation stories to classical hero narratives and the recurring theme of the afterlife, experience each myth and unravel the meanings behind the stories, getting to the heart of the importance of mythology to different cultures worldwide. More than just stories, myths are a testament to the amazing creativity of humans striving to explain and make sense of the world around them. Here you will discover Zeus, god of the sky and ruler of the Olympian gods, and Loki, the cunning trickster with a knack for causing havoc, aided by his ability to change shape and gender. Beyond the gods and goddesses of Ancient Greek, Roman, and Norse myths, this book delves into the stories of the Australian aborigines, the Cherokee, and the Aztecs, each brimming with amazing characters and insights into human existence.

This newest title in the bestselling Big Ideas series pairs engaging visual style with global coverage of world myths--profiling everything from the well-known tales of the Greeks, Norsemen, and Egyptians to the legends of the Caribbean, the Americas, Oceania, and East Asia--bringing the wisdom of the ages to life.]]>
352 Various 1465473378 يوسف 0 to-read 4.01 2018 The Mythology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained (DK Big Ideas)
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<![CDATA[Professional CMake: A Practical Guide]]> 40776823 420 Craig Scott يوسف 0 to-read 4.33 2018 Professional CMake: A Practical Guide
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المغالطات المنطقية 7176839 و على الرغم من مرور أكثر من ربع قرن على نشأة المنطق غير الصوري فإنه مازال في طور التكوين تصطرع فيه تيارات متباينة و تتنازعه اتجاهات مختلفة، و مازال يتلمس طريقه و يفتش عن هويته.]]> 274 عادل مصطفى يوسف 4 4.16 2007 المغالطات المنطقية
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Programming Many-Core Chips 11822196 240 András Vajda 1441997385 يوسف 5 5.00 2011 Programming Many-Core Chips
author: András Vajda
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Not a very large book, yet it is what I needed in this stage of my experience in the field. It gives a short but a general and a precise view of the different parts involved in many-core HW design and SW programming. It is certainly very helpful for beginners looking for a quick start in the field, knowing what exists and where to dig deeper based on their needs and goals.
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<![CDATA[High Performance Parallelism Pearls Volume Two: Multicore and Many-core Programming Approaches]]> 26083555
Promotes write-once, run-anywhere coding, showing how to code for high performance on multicore processors and Xeon Phi Examples from multiple vertical domains illustrating real-world use of Xeon Phi coprocessors Source code available for download to facilitate further exploration]]>
1045 Jim Jeffers 012803890X يوسف 0 to-read 3.50 2015 High Performance Parallelism Pearls Volume Two: Multicore and Many-core Programming Approaches
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<![CDATA[Programming Multicore and Many-core Computing Systems (Wiley Series on Parallel and Distributed Computing)]]> 13720683 528 Sabri Pllana 0470936908 يوسف 0 to-read 0.0 2013 Programming Multicore and Many-core Computing Systems (Wiley Series on Parallel and Distributed Computing)
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<![CDATA[And Then God Created the Middle East and Said ‘Let There Be Breaking News’]]> 38679479
Online sensation Karl reMarks disagreed with the idea that reality had become too strange to satirise. Then he read that bin Laden was radicalised by Shakespeare. Since then, Karl has been bringing the best of the Middle East news and views to his followers around the world.

Now Karl’s wildly wry observations and sketches are available in one handy collection. With sections on ‘Geography for Dummies�, ‘Democracy for Realists� and ‘Extremism: A Study�, alongside the best of Karl reMarks’s infamous ‘Bar Jokes�, this hilarious book proudly presents views you’re guaranteed not to hear on the news �

We’re actually very proud of God in the Middle East. He’s the local guy who went on to acquire international fame.

Wahahahahabism: A fundamentalist Middle Eastern comedy movement.

Twelve people just started to follow me. Jesus.
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128 Karl reMarks 0863569021 يوسف 0 to-read 4.10 And Then God Created the Middle East and Said ‘Let There Be Breaking News’
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<![CDATA[A Game of Thrones: Comic Book, Issue 4]]> 20868352 32 Daniel Abraham يوسف 0 4.24 2011 A Game of Thrones: Comic Book, Issue 4
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<![CDATA[Deep Learning, Vol. 1: From Basics to Practice]]> 38657926
The book takes a friendly, informal approach. Our goal is to make the ideas of this field simple and accessible to everyone, as shown in the Table of Contents below.

Since most practitioners today use one of several free, open-source deep-learning libraries to build their systems, the hard part isn't in the programming. Rather, it's knowing what tools to use, and when, and how. Building a working deep learning system requires making a series of technically informed choices, and with today's tools, those choices require understanding what's going on under the hood.

This book is designed to give you that understanding. You'll be able to choose the right kind of architecture, how to build a system that can learn, how to train it, and then how to use it to accomplish your goals. You'll be able to read and understand the documentation for whatever library you'd like to use. And you'll be able to follow exciting, on-going breakthroughs as they appear, because you'll have the knowledge and vocabulary that let you read new material, and discuss it with other people doing deep learning.

The book is extensively illustrated with over 1000 original figures. They are also all available for free download, for your own use.

You don't need any previous experience with machine learning or deep learning for this book. You don't need to be a mathematician, because there's nothing in the book harder than the occasional multiplication. You don't need to choose a particular programming language, or library, or piece of hardware, because our approach is largely independent of those things. Our focus is on the principles and techniques that are applicable to any language, library, and hardware.

Even so, practical programming is important. To stay focused, we gather our programming discussions into 3 chapters that show how to use two important and free Python libraries. Both chapters come with extensive Jupyter notebooks that contain all the code. Other chapters also offer notebooks for for every Python-generated figure.

Our goal is to give you all the basics you need to understand deep learning, and then show how to use those ideas to construct your own systems. Everything is covered from the ground up, culminating in working systems illustrated with running code.

The book is organized into two volumes. Volume 1 covers the basic ideas that support the field, and which form the core understanding for using these methods well. Volume 2 puts these principles into practice.

Deep learning is fast becoming part of the intellectual toolkit used by scientists, artists, executives, doctors, musicians, and anyone else who wants to discover the information hiding in their data, paintings, business reports, test results, musical scores, and more.

This friendly, informal book puts those tools into your pocket.

For a more information, see

Table of Contents

-- Volume 1 --
1 Introduction to Machine Learning
2 Statistics
3 Probability
4 Bayes' Rule
5 Curves And Surfaces
6 Information Theory
7 Classification
8 Training And Testing
9 Overfitting And Underfitting
10 Neurons
11 Learning And Reasoning
12 Data Preparation
13 Classifiers
14 Ensembles
15 Scikit-Learn
16 Feed Forward Networks
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871 Andrew Glassner يوسف 5 4.00 Deep Learning, Vol. 1: From Basics to Practice
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A Game of Thrones #7 20209646 32 Daniel Abraham 0345538293 يوسف 0 4.33 2012 A Game of Thrones #7
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<![CDATA[Embedded Linux Systems with the Yocto Project (Pearson Open Source Software Development Series)]]> 18965166 480 Rudolf J. Streif 0133443248 يوسف 0 to-read 4.24 2014 Embedded Linux Systems with the Yocto Project (Pearson Open Source Software Development Series)
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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

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297 Scott Meyers 0321334876 يوسف 5
I'm not full aware of all what exists as books for C++ programming, though, I'm pretty sure that Scott's books are from the best out there, simply because it's not easy at all to have such a clear, simple and coherent understanding of the basic philosophy on which this complex language is built, prior to be able to write such a wonderful text.

Can't wait to read his other two books (More effective and Effective STL), thank you Scott for all of these marvels.

5 stars without even thinking, absolutely recommended.]]>
4.40 1991 Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs
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My second reading to Scott Meyers, and this one was a confirmation to the elegant style of this great writer.

I'm not full aware of all what exists as books for C++ programming, though, I'm pretty sure that Scott's books are from the best out there, simply because it's not easy at all to have such a clear, simple and coherent understanding of the basic philosophy on which this complex language is built, prior to be able to write such a wonderful text.

Can't wait to read his other two books (More effective and Effective STL), thank you Scott for all of these marvels.

5 stars without even thinking, absolutely recommended.
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Head First Design Patterns 58128
At any given moment, somewhere in the world someone struggles with the same software design problems you have. You know you don't want to reinvent the wheel (or worse, a flat tire), so you look to Design Patterns--the lessons learned by those who've faced the same problems. With Design Patterns, you get to take advantage of the best practices and experience of others, so that you can spend your time on...something else. Something more challenging. Something more complex. Something more fun.

You want to learn about the patterns that matter--why to use them, when to use them, how to use them (and when NOT to use them). But you don't just want to see how patterns look in a book, you want to know how they look "in the wild". In their native environment. In other words, in real world applications. You also want to learn how patterns are used in the Java API, and how to exploit Java's built-in pattern support in your own code.

You want to learn the real OO design principles and why everything your boss told you about inheritance might be wrong (and what to do instead). You want to learn how those principles will help the next time you're up a creek without a design pattern.

Most importantly, you want to learn the "secret language" of Design Patterns so that you can hold your own with your co-worker (and impress cocktail party guests) when he casually mentions his stunningly clever use of Command, Facade, Proxy, and Factory in between sips of a martini. You'll easily counter with your deep understanding of why Singleton isn't as simple as it sounds, how the Factory is so often misunderstood, or on the real relationship between Decorator, Facade and Adapter.

With Head First Design Patterns, you'll avoid the embarrassment of thinking Decorator is something from the "Trading Spaces" show. Best of all, in a way that won't put you to sleep! We think your time is too important (and too short) to spend it struggling with academic texts.

If you've read a Head First book, you know what to expect--a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works. Using the latest research in neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory, Head First Design Patterns will load patterns into your brain in a way that sticks. In a way that lets you put them to work immediately. In a way that makes you better at solving software design problems, and better at speaking the language of patterns with others on your team.]]>
638 Eric Freeman 0596007124 يوسف 0 to-read 4.29 2004 Head First Design Patterns
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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.

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416 Erich Gamma 0201633612 يوسف 0 to-read 4.19 1994 Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
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يوتوبيا 24962953 295 Thomas More يوسف 0 to-read 3.48 1516 يوتوبيا
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<![CDATA[Journey to the End of the Night]]> 12395 Journey to the End of the Night is a literary symphony of violence, cruelty and obscene nihilism. This book shocked most critics when it was first published in France in 1932, but quickly became a success with the reading public in Europe, and later in America where it was first published by New Directions in 1952. The story of the improbable yet convincingly described travels of the petit-bourgeois (and largely autobiographical) antihero, Bardamu, from the trenches of World War I, to the African jungle, to New York and Detroit, and finally to life as a failed doctor in Paris, takes the readers by the scruff and hurtles them toward the novel's inevitable, sad conclusion.]]> 453 Louis-Ferdinand Céline 0811216543 يوسف 0 to-read 4.23 1932 Journey to the End of the Night
author: Louis-Ferdinand Céline
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average rating: 4.23
book published: 1932
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