Bookshelf · Patrick Collison

A Memory Called Empire is a brilliant blend of cyberpunk, space opera, and

Designing Data-Intensive Applications (DDIA) — an O’Reilly book by Martin Kleppmann (The Wild Boar Book)

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The Quest to Acquire the Oldest, Most Expensive Book on the Planet | Litera

A wooden box containing one of the most valuable books in the world arrives in Los Angeles on October 14, 1950, with little more fanfare—or security—than a Sears catalog. Code-named “the commode,” …

Meditations - Wikipedia

Meditations is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from AD 161 to 180, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy.

The Beautiful Mind-Bending of Stanislaw Lem

The massive popularity of “Solaris” helped Lem become one of the most widely read science-fiction writers in the world. Yet his writing reached far beyond the borders of the genre.

10 Books That Make You Smarter

A list of books that make you smarter, in order to boost your intelligence and general knowledge of the world and the human brain.

The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time | Penguin Random House

Relish this list of the best sci-fi books of all time, including both classic tales and works thats have been flying under the radar.

Free E-Book: Software Defined Radio for Engineers

We really like when a vendor finds a great book on a topic — probably one they care about — and makes it available for free. Analog Devices does this regularly and one you should probab…

A Digital Archive of Heavy Metal, the Influential “Adult Fantasy Magazine”

In making a time capsule of the late 20th century, one would be remiss if they did not include at least an issue or two of Heavy Metal magazine. Yes, it specialized in unapologetically turning women in metal bras into sex objects.

The Food Lab's 20 Most Influential Food Books

These books shaped us into the cooks we are today.

A Free 700-Page Chess Manual Explains 1,000 Chess Tactics in Plain English

In 2011, Ward Farnsworth published a two-volume collection called Predator At The Chessboard: A Field Guide To Chess Tactics (Volume 1 - Volume 2) where he explains countless chess tactics in plain English.