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Jon B. earned the Avatar achievement and all it took was a quick profile update! 2 years ago
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Jon B. earned the Good Samaritan (Level 1) achievement! 2 years ago
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Jon B. earned the New Lendler achievement just by signing up for Lendle! 2 years ago
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Kitchen ConfidentialAnthony Bourdain
Average wait: 1d, 17hKitchen Confidential reveals what Bourdain calls “twenty-five years of sex, drugs, bad behavior and haute cuisine.” Last summer, The New Yorker published Chef Bourdain’s shocking, “Don’t Eat Before Reading This.” Bourdain spared no one’s ap… more
Jon B. loaned Kitchen Confidential to cinder 2 years ago
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Hackers & Painters: Big Idea...Paul Graham
Average wait: 19d, 15h“The computer world is like an intellectual Wild West, in which you can shoot anyone you wish with your ideas, if you’re willing to risk the consequences. ” —from Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, by Paul GrahamWe are li… more
Jon B. loaned Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age to ahairgrove 2 years ago
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Hackers & Painters: Big Idea...Paul Graham
Average wait: 19d, 15h“The computer world is like an intellectual Wild West, in which you can shoot anyone you wish with your ideas, if you’re willing to risk the consequences. ” —from Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, by Paul GrahamWe are li… more
Jon B. owns Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age 2 years ago
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World War Z: An Oral History...Max Brooks
“The end was near.” —Voices from the Zombie WarThe Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic yea… more
Jon B. owns World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War 2 years ago
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Kitchen ConfidentialAnthony Bourdain
Average wait: 1d, 17hKitchen Confidential reveals what Bourdain calls “twenty-five years of sex, drugs, bad behavior and haute cuisine.” Last summer, The New Yorker published Chef Bourdain’s shocking, “Don’t Eat Before Reading This.” Bourdain spared no one’s ap… more
Jon B. owns Kitchen Confidential 2 years ago
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Heat: An Amateur Cook in a P...Bill Buford
A highly acclaimed writer and editor, Bill Buford left his job at The New Yorker for a most unlikely destination: the kitchen at Babbo, the revolutionary Italian restaurant created and ruled by superstar chef Mario Batali. Finally realizin… more
Jon B. owns Heat: An Amateur Cook in a Professional Kitchen 2 years ago
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The Imperfectionists: A NovelTom Rachman
BONUS: This edition contains a The Imperfectionists discussion guide.Set against the gorgeous backdrop of Rome, Tom Rachman’s wry, vibrant debut follows the topsy-turvy private lives of the reporters, editors, and executives of an internati… more
Jon B. owns The Imperfectionists: A Novel 2 years ago
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Jon B. owns Daemon 2 years ago
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Absence of Mind: The Dispell...Marilynne Robinson
In this ambitious book, acclaimed writer Marilynne Robinson applies her astute intellect to some of the most vexing topics in the history of human thought—science, religion, and consciousness. Crafted with the same care and insight as her a… more
Jon B. owns Absence of Mind: The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self (The Terry Lectures Series) 2 years ago
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The Mythical Man-Month: Essa...Frederick P. Brooks
Few books on software project management have been as influential and timeless as The Mythical Man-Month. With a blend of software engineering facts and thought-provoking opinions, Fred Brooks offers insight for anyone managing complex proj… more
Jon B. owns The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) 2 years ago
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The Design of Design: Essays...Frederick P. Jr. Brooks
Making Sense of Design Effective design is at the heart of everything from software development to engineering to architecture. But what do we really know about the design process? What leads to effective, elegant designs? The Design … more
Jon B. owns The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist 2 years ago
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MezzanineNicholson Baker
Average wait: 28d, 17hIn his startling, witty, and inexhaustibly inventive first novelfirst published in 1986 and now reissued as a Grove Press paperbackthe author of Vox and The Fermata uses a one-story escalator ride as the occasion for a dazzling reappraisa… more
Jon B. owns Mezzanine 2 years ago
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The Adderall DiariesStephen Elliott
In this groundbreaking memoir, Stephen Elliott pursues parallel investigations: a gripping account of a notorious San Francisco murder trial, and an electric exploration of the self. Destined to be a classic, The Adderall Diaries was descri… more
Jon B. owns The Adderall Diaries 2 years ago
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The Grand DesignStephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow
1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWhen and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? What is the nature of reality? Is the apparent “grand design” of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motion—or does science off… more
Jon B. owns The Grand Design 2 years ago
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A Game of Thrones: A Song of...George R.R. Martin
A NEW ORIGINAL SERIES, NOW ON HBO.Here is the first volume in George R. R. Martin’s magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy,… more
Jon B. owns A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One 2 years ago
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Infinite JestDavid Foster Wallace
A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America set in an addicts’ halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores… more
Jon B. owns Infinite Jest 2 years ago
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The Moral Landscape: How Sci...Sam Harris
Sam Harris’s first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most people—from religious fundamentalists to nonbelieving scientists—agree on one point: science… more
Jon B. owns The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values 2 years ago
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