Xavier Noria's Reading
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The Rails 3 Way Author: Obie Fernandez Progress: 7% (47/667) Start: July 2010 Comment: This book has not been yet published. I am a reviewing the final draft. |
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The Science of Leonardo Author: Fritjof Capra Progress: 58% (160/274) Start: April 2010 |
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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen Author: Christopher McDougall Progress: Finished Start: July 2010 Comment: Really fascinating, no matter whether you run or not (I don't). There's something fundamental in it, about running, authenticity, endurance, about we as human beings.... Totally recommended. |
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Sin sangre Author: Alessandro Baricco Progress: Finished Start: June 2010 Comment: Spanish translation of Senza sangue, also translated to English as Without Blood, linked above. |
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Being Zen: Bringing Meditation to Life Author: Ezra Bayda Progress: Halted Start: June 2010 Comment: Bought in Barnes & Noble in Baltimore, during RailsConf 2010. Read like half of it, too much talk. |
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The Passionate Programmer Author: Chad Fowler Progress: Finished Start: June 2010 Comment: Insightful and reflective about you and your career. Full of wisdom. This was the first book I read in the iPad. |
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Paz Author: Richard Bausch Progress: Finished Start: May 2010 Comment: Spanish translation of Peace, linked above |
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Programming in Objective-C 2.0 (Second Edition) Author: Stephen G. Kochan Progress: Finished Start: May 2009 |
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Advanced UNIX Programming (2nd Edition) Author: Marc J. Rochkind Progress: Finished Start: December 2009 |
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Ruby 1.9.x Web Servers Booklet Author: Muhammad A. Ali Progress: Finished Start: December 2009 |
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afterzen: Experiencias de un estudiante zen de patitas en la calle Author: Janwillem van de Wetering Progress: Finished Start: November 2009 Comment: Spanish translation of afterzen: Experiences of a Zen Student Out on His Ear, linked above. A perspective of Janwillem's Zen experience, 40 years after he went to Tokyo as related in The Empty Mirror. |
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El espejo vacío: Experiencias en un monasterio Zen Author: Janwillem van de Wetering Progress: Finished Start: November 2009 Comment: Spanish translation of The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery, linked above. This guy went to Japan to study in a monastery of the Rinzai school and explains his experience in a very honest way. |
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To The Limit: The Untold Story Of The Eagles Author: Marc Eliot Progress: Finished Start: October 2009 |
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Beginning iPhone 3 Development Author: Dave Mark & Jeff LaMarche Progress: Paused Start: October 2009 |
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Your Body: The Missing Manual Author: Matthew MacDonald Progress: Paused Start: October 2009 |
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The Pomodoro Technique Author: Francesco Cirillo Progress: Finished Start: August 2009 |
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La broma infinita Author: David Foster Wallace Progress: Paused Start: August 2009 Comment: Spanish translation of Infinite Jest. I lost it in a bus, hope to retake it someday. |
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Python Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition Author: Mark Lutz Progress: Finished Start: August 2009 |
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Rails Rescue Handbook Author: Mike Gunderloy Progress: Finished Start: July 2009 Comment: A must-read, full of experience, balance, and reflection. |
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El Zen Author: Raquel Bouso Progress: Finished Start: July 2009 Comment: Short but very good overview of zen: practice, terminology, history, art, philosophy. In Catalan. |
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The Objective-C 2.0 Programming Language Author: Apple Inc. Progress: Finished Start: April 2009 |
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Mac OS X Technology Overview Author: Apple Inc. Progress: Finished Start: April 2009 |
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Tribes Author: Seth Godin Progress: Finished Start: April 2009 Comment: Seth Goding deeply understands modern leadership. |
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The Principles of Beautiful Web Design Author: Jason Beaird Progress: Finished Start: March 2009 |
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Advanced Rails Author: Brad Ediger Progress: Finished Start: March 2009 |
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The Bruce Lee Story Author: Linda Lee Progress: Finished Start: February 2009 |
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La teoría del todo Author: Stephen W. Hawking Progress: Finished Start: February 2009 |
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Agile Web Development with Rails (Third Edition) Author: Sam Ruby, Dave Thomas, David Heinemeier Hansson Progress: Finished Start: February 2009 Comment: I read the first edition of AWDwR back in 2005. Still a must for any Rails developer. |
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Outliers Author: Malcolm Gladwell Progress: Halted Start: January 2009 Comment: I liked The Tipping Point, but this one is unconvincing for me. |
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The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2e Author: Tobias Oetiker Progress: Finished Start: January 2009 Comment: I first read this intro circa 1995, nice little book. |
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Pragmatic Version Control Using Git Author: Travis Swicegood Progress: Finished Start: January 2009 |
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Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware Author: Andy Hunt Progress: Finished Start: December 2008 Comment: I received this book in PDF format as a gift from a user of my Rails plugin model_auto_completer. I am proud to read it to use for the first time my brand new shiny iRex DR 1000S ebook reader. |
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JavaScript: The Good Parts Author: Douglas Crockford Progress: Finished Start: August 2008 |
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Founders at Work Author: Jessica Livingston Progress: Finished Start: August 2008 |
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The Tipping Point Author: Malcolm Gladwell Progress: Finished Start: June 2008 Comment: A revealing book. Must read. There's a short summary in the Wikipedia. (Check the "Criticism" section as well.) And another longer one at Wiki Summaries. |
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Hacking: The Art of Explotation (2nd Edition) Author: Jon Erickson Progress: Finished Start: May 2008 |
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El manuscrito Voynich Author: Gerry Kennedy & Rob Churchill Progress: Finished Start: March 2008 Comment: Spanish translation of The Voynich Manuscript, linked above. I wrote summary (in Spanish) |
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Els pilars de la terra Author: Ken Follet Progress: Halted Start: March 2008 Comment: Catalan translation of The Pillars of the Earth, linked above. I liked it a lot but some work interrumpts prevented me from following the story, parked until the right time comes. |
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The Ruby Programming Language Author: David Flanagan & Yukihiro Matsumoto Progress: Finished Start: March 2008 Comment: Prize for my 2nd in the Rails Hackfest of January 2008 |
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L'anell de la via zen Author: Taisen Deshimaru Progress: Finished Start: February 2008 |
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Running into the Sky Author: Chris Wolf Progress: Finished Start: January 2008 |
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Programming Erlang Author: Joe Armstrong Progress: Halted Start: January 2008 Comment: I got the idea of the language, but the book itself didn't hook me enough to finish it. |
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La carretera Author: Cormac McCarthy Progress: Finished Start: January 2008 Comment: Spanish translation of The Road. |
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The Rails Way Author: Obie Fernandez Progress: Finished Start: December 2007 Comment: This book is outstanding, Rails has now two must-reads. |
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The Ruby Way (2nd Edition) Author: Hal Fulton Progress: Finished Start: December 2007 |
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Practical JRuby on Rails Web 2.0 Projects Author: Ola Bini Progress: Finished Start: November 2007 Comment: I skipped a lot of material |
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Los más bellos cuentos zen Author: Henri Brunel Progress: Finished Start: November 2007 |
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High Performance Web Sites: Essential Knowledge for Front-End Engineers Author: Steve Souders Progress: Finished Start: Novembre 2007 |
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Rails 2: New features for your applications Author: Ryan Daigle Progress: Finished Start: October 2007 |
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Lectures on the Hyperreals: An Introduction to Nonstandard Analysis Author: Robert Goldblatt Progress: Paused Start: October 2007 |
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RESTful Web Services Author: Leonard Richardson, Sam Ruby Progress: Finished Start: September 2007 |
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Programming in Haskell Author: Graham Hutton Progress: Finished Start: August 2007 |
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En el desierto no hay atascos: Un tuareg en la ciudad Author: Moussa Ag Assarid Progress: Finished Start: August 2007 Comment: Spanish translation of Y a pas d'embouteillages dans le désert ! : Chroniques d'un Touareg en France |
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Yet Another Haskell Tutorial Author: Hal Daumé III Progress: Halted Start: August 2007 |
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Perl Hacks Author: chromatic, Damian Conway, Curtis "Ovid" Poe Progress: Finished Start: August 2007 |
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Seis piezas fáciles Author: Richard P. Feynman Progress: Finished Start: August 2007 Comment: Spanish translation of Six Easy Pieces |
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Reinventing the Wheel: A Story of Genius, Innovation, and Grand Ambition Author: Steve Kemper Progress: Finished Start: July 2007 Comment: The first time I rode a Segway I knew I would buy one as soon as I could afford it (I did). I was really intrigued about the story behind such an extraordinarie invention, it promised genius and transpiration. This book explains it, thank you guys for documenting and sharing this. |
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The Idea Factory: Learning to Think at MIT Author: Pepper White Progress: Finished Start: June 2007 |
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Hablando de física a la salida del cine Author: Antoni Amengual Colom Progress: Finished Start: May 2007 Comment: AFAIK there's no English translation of this book |
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Partir Author: Tahar Ben Jelloun Progress: Finished Start: April 2007 Comment: Catalan translation of Partir |
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Children and the Martial Arts: An Aikido Point of View Author: Gaku Homma Progress: Finished Start: April 2007 |
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Rubyisms in Rails Author: Jacob Harris Progress: Finished Start: April 2007 |
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Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age Author: Paul Graham Progress: Finished Start: April 2007 Comment: My friend jao lent me this thought-provoking book, thank you dude! |
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Proofs from THE BOOK (Second Edition) Author: Martin Aigner, Günter M. Ziegler Progress: Paused Start: March 2007 |
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Una breve historia de casi todo Author: Bill Bryson Progress: Finished Start: February 2007 Comment: Spanish translation of A Short History of Nearly Everything |
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Caminar para mantenerse en forma Author: Nina Barough Progress: Finished Start: February 2007 Comment: Spanish translation of Walking for Fitness. I've started to walk regularly and this book has been a good guide to better understand this sport |
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Write Great Code, Volume 1: Understanding the Machine Author: Randall Hyde Progress: Finished Start: January 2007 |
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Mi visión del mundo Author: Albert Einstein Progress: Finished Start: September 2006 Comment: Spanish translation of The World As I See It, a present from my friend Jesús Cerquides |
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Rails Plugins: Extending Rails Beyond the Core Author: James Adam Progress: Finished Start: January 2007 |
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Ruby Cookbook Author: Lucas Carlson, Leonard Richarson Progress: Finished Start: November 2006 |
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Cartas a una joven matemática Author: Ian Stewart Progress: Finished Start: December 2006 Comment: Spanish translation of Letters to a Young Mathematician, linked above |
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RJS Templates for Rails Author: Cody Fauser Progress: Finished Start: September 2006 |
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Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics Author: John Derbyshire Progress: Finished Start: September 2006 |
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Ship it!: A Practical Guide to Successful Software Projects Author: Jared Richardson, William Gwaltney Jr. Progress: Finished Start: September 2006 |
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Practices of an Agile Developer Author: Venkat Subramanian, Andy Junt Progress: Finished Start: August 2006 |
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From Java to Ruby: Things Every Manager Should Know Author: Bruce Tate Progress: Finished Start: August 2006 |
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Gödel's Theorem: An Incomplete Guide to Its Use and Abuse Author: Torkel Franzén Progress: Finished Start: August 2006 Comment: I wrote a summary |
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Rails Recipes Author: Chad Fowler Progress: Finished Start: July 2006 |
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watir.rb Author: Paul Rogers, Bret Pettichord Progress: Finished Start: July 2006 Comment: That's Ruby source code |
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Snow Crash Author: Neal Stephenson Progress: Finished Start: June 2006 Comment: Roger Casaponsa lent me this book, I had a great time thank you dude! |
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Historias de cronopios y de famas Author: Julio Cortázar Progress: Finished Start: April 2006 |
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Head Rush Ajax Author: Brett McLaughlin Progress: Finished Start: April 2006 |
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Ruby for Rails: Ruby Techniques for Rails Developers Author: David A. Black Progress: Finished Start: April 2006 |
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El mestre us convida a un concert: Concerts per a joves Author: Leonard Bernstein Progress: Finished Start: April 2006 Comment: Catalan translation of Leonard Bernstein - Young People's Concerts |
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Zen in the Martial Arts Author: Byjoe Hyams Progress: Finished Start: March 2006 |
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The Honors Class: Hilbert's Problems and Their Solvers Author: Ben Yandell Progress: Finished Start: March 2006 |
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Getting Real: The smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web application Author: 37signals Progress: Finished Start: March 2006 |
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Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML Author: Elisabeth Freeman, Eric Freeman Progress: Finished Start: February 2006 |
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SQLite Author: Chris Newman Progress: Finished Start: February 2006 |
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Programming Languages Pragmatics (Second Edition) Author: Michael L. Scott Progress: Paused Start: January 2006 |
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The Art of Project Management Author: Scott Berkun Progress: Paused Start: November 2005 |
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Erykah Badu: The First Lady of Neo-Soul Author: Joel McIver Progress: Finished Start: December 2005 |
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Agile Development with Rails Author: Dave Thomas, David Heinemeier Hansson Progress: Finished Start: December 2005 |
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Diario de un bebé Author: Daniel N. Stern Progress: Finished Start: December 2005 Comment: Spanish translation of Diary of a Baby |
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El legado espiritual del templo Shaolin Author: Andy James Progress: Finished Start: November 2005 Comment: Spanish translation of The Spiritual Legacy of Shaolin Temple, linked above |
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The Mac Xcode 2 Book Author: Michael Cohen, Dennis Cohen Progress: Paused Start: November 2005 |
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Novice to Master: An Ongoing Lesson in the Extent of My Own Stupidity Author: Soko Morinaga Progress: Finished Start: November 2005 |
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Database In Depth: Relational Theory for Practitioners Author: C.J. Date Progress: Halted Start: November 2005 Comment: I was looking for something more formal |
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Extending and Embedding Perl Author: Tim Jenness, Simon Cozens Progress: Finished Start: November 2005 |
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Criptonomicón: 1. El código enigma Author: Neal Stephenson Progress: Halted Start: October 2005 Comment: First book (of three) of the Spanish translation of Cryptonomicon. It hasn't hooked me. |
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Perl Best Practices Author: Damian Conway Progress: Finished Start: October 2005 |
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Damunt les espatlles dels gegants Author: Josep Pla i Carrera Progress: Finished Start: October 2005 |
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Concurrent Programming in Java: Design Principles and Patterns (Second Edition) Author: Doug Lea Progress: Halted Start: September 2005 Comment: Too dense and conceptual for what I wanted. |
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L'Ombra del Vent Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafón Progress: Finished Start: August 2005 Comment: Catalan translation of The Shadow of the Wind |
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity Author: David Allen Progress: Finished Start: August 2005 |
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Migraña Author: Oliver Sacks Progress: Finished Start: August 2005 Comment: Spanish translation of Migraine, I wrote a summary. |
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Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How The Mac Was Made Author: Andy Hertzfeld Progress: Finished Start: August 2005 |
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El arte de permanecer sentado Editor: John Daido Loori Progress: Finished Start: August 2005 Comment: Spanish translation of The Art of Just Sitting |
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Advanced Perl Programming (Second Edition) Author: Simon Cozens Progress: Finished Start: August 2005 |
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Guia Galàctica per a Autoestopistes Author: Douglas Adams Progress: Finished Start: July 2005 Comment: Catalan translation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
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The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web Author: Dave Shea, Molly E. Holzschlag Progress: Finished Start: July 2005 |
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Programming Ruby (Second Edition) Author: Dave Thomas, with Chad Fowler and Andy Hunt Progress: Finished Start: June 2005 |
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Visual Complex Analysis Author: Tristan Needham Progress: Paused Start: June 2005 |
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The Mozart Effect for Children: Awakening Your Child's Mind, Health, and Creativity with Music Author: Don Campbell Progress: Paused Start: June 2005 |
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The Now Habit Author: Neil Fiore Progress: Finished Start: May 2005 Comment: I wrote a summary. |
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Fermat's Enigma Author: Simon Singh Progress: Finished Start: May 2005 |
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Learn To Remember Author: Dominic O'Brien Progress: Finished Start: April 2005 |
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Higher-Order Perl Author: Mark Jason Dominus Progress: Finished Start: April 2005 |
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The Art of UNIX Programming Author: Eric S. Raymond Progress: Finished Start: March 2005 |
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Mind Hacks: Tips & Tools for Using Your Brain Author: Tom Stafford, Matt Webb Progress: Finished Start: February 2005 |
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El monje que vendió su Ferrari Author: Robin S. Sharma Progress: Finished Start: February 2005 |
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Apple Software Design Guidelines Author: Apple Computer, Inc. Progress: Finished Start: January 2005 Comment: The original document is no longer available |
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Las cenizas de Ángela Author: Frank McCourt Progress: Halted Start: January 2005 Comment: I didn't like the style. Declarative sentences in present tense. |
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Python Cookbook Editor: Alex Martelli, David Ascher Progress: Finished Start: December 2004 |
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Miles Davis y Kind of Blue: La creación de una obra maestra Author: Ashley Kahn Progress: Finished Start: December 2004 |
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On Intelligence Author: Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee Progress: Finished Start: October 2004 |
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The Hidden Power of Social Networks: Understanding How Work Really Gets Done in Organizations Author: Rob Cross, Andrew Parker Progress: Finished Start: October 2004 |
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La práctica de la concentración Author: Taisen Deshimaru Progress: Finished Start: September 2004 |
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A Semantic Web Primer Author: Grigoris Antoniou, Frank van Harmelen Progress: Finished Start: August 2004 |
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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Revised Edition) Author: Robert B. Cialdini Progress: Paused Start: August 2004 |
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Cocoa Programming For Mac OS X (Second Edition) Author: Aaron Hillegass Progress: Paused Start: August 2004 |
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Learning Python (Second Edition) Author: Mark Lutz, David Ascher Progress: Finished Start: June 2004 |
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