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Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics by Tim Marshall

Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

Politics of Place #1

Tim Marshall

256 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon by Bill Carr, Colin Bryar

Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon

Bill Carr, Colin Bryar

286 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction business economics informative slow-paced
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond

Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Civilizations Rise and Fall #1

Jared Diamond

528 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous informative medium-paced
Understanding Distributed Systems: What every developer should know about large distributed applications by Roberto Vitillo

Understanding Distributed Systems: What every developer should know about large distributed applications

Roberto Vitillo

missing page info • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0lwenkai's review
nonfiction technology informative medium-paced
System Design Interview – An Insider's Guide by Alex Xu

System Design Interview – An Insider's Guide

Alex Xu

269 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction computer science technology informative reflective medium-paced
SQL in 10 Minutes a Day, Sams Teach Yourself by Ben Forta

SQL in 10 Minutes a Day, Sams Teach Yourself

Sams Teach Yourself

Ben Forta

256 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction computer science informative medium-paced
Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems by Betsy Beyer, Chris Jones, Niall Richard Murphy

Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems

Betsy Beyer, Chris Jones, Niall Richard Murphy

552 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

4.0lwenkai's review
nonfiction computer science technology informative slow-paced
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.

The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition

Frederick P. Brooks Jr.

336 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

nonfiction business computer science challenging informative slow-paced
Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy by Henry Kissinger

Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy

Henry Kissinger

526 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0lwenkai's review
nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis by Jared Diamond

Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis

Civilizations Rise and Fall #3

Jared Diamond

512 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics science challenging informative reflective slow-paced