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Langenscheidt Pocket Dictionary Mandarin Chinese – (2011 book)

2013-10-11
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Langenscheidt Pocket Dictionary Mandarin Chinese

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Highly recommended – Portable, durable and to-the-point.

Feel free to change the Amazon.com URL from .com to your language of choice. Odds are good that it’ll be available from another amazon.foo website.

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Philosophy in the Flesh – (1999 book), by Lakoff, Johnson

2009-03-20
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https://www.alibris.com/Philosophy-in-the-Flesh-George-Lakoff/book/10659440

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This book is mind blowing. I think the best description I can give of what it’s topic and goals are is to present the first chapter, in full. From here I think anyone interested in the subject will understand fully where this book is going and the intentions of the authors.

  • Properly titled Philosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and its Challenge to Western Thought

  • By George Lakoff and Mark Johnson.

  • ISBN-10 0-465-05674-1

  • TODO – The various Wikipedia topics would need references to cognitive philosophy as a contraindication to the various topics, and in those topics to specifically cite passages in the introduction in this book.

  • TODO – Finish the linking.



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Underground – (1997 book), by Suelette Dreyfus and Julian Assange

2007-11-10
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Underground - (1997 book), by Suelette Dreyfus and Julian Assange cover

Entertainment > Reading >

(on Wikipedia)
https://web.archive.org/web/20080528034440/https://www.underground-book.com/ [ 1 ] Also https://web.archive.org/web/20190701140045/http://www.underground-book.net:80/

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Note that there is an updated print edition.



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Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things – (2003 book, by Cy Tymony)

2007-01-21
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I wouldn’t recommend it, but it’s interesting.

(No notes were taken)

There are sequels:

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Neuromancer – (1984 book), by William Gibson

2007-01-21
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Neuromancer - (1984 book), by William Gibson cover

Entertainment > Reading >

(on Wikipedia)

I finally re-read it years later. What a shitty book. But I can see where the ideas in Johnny Mnemonic – (1995 movie) came from (same author). Also, the roleplaying games GURPS Cyberpunk and Shadowrun really do take from the genre. The roleplaying games are better than the book. =/

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Programming Ruby – (2004 book), by Thomas, Fowler, Hunt

2006-04-16
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Programming Ruby - (2004 book) cover

Programming > Reading >

(on Wikipedia)
[ 1 ] was www.oreilly.com/library/view/comprehensive-ruby-programming/9781788998659/ (gone, not archived)
https://pragprog.com/titles/ruby/ [ 2 ] was https://web.archive.org/web/20200416074232/https://pragprog.com/book/ruby/programming-ruby

One of the giants that was released when I was initially interested in Ruby programming.



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^ 1 was www.oreilly.com/library/view/comprehensive-ruby-programming/9781788998659/ (gone, not archived)
^ 2 was https://web.archive.org/web/20200416074232/https://pragprog.com/book/ruby/programming-ruby

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