Content tagged with "books"

Content tagged with "books"

The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written
Book Review
April 8, 2021
257
Anecdotes vs. Principles
Blog Post
March 25, 2019
598

“I’m reading The Secret World: A History of Intelligence, which is the history of espionage around the world. It’s a magisterial work – some 800 pages. I’m struggling with it, and here’s why: it’s…”

The Bible: A Word Count Analysis
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An analysis of the word counts of every book of the Bible.

BiblioTech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google
Deane’s Library
Book Review
November 10, 2015
161
Bookshops: A Reader's History
Deane’s Library
Book Review
April 21, 2023
367
Bookstores: a Celebration of Independent Booksellers
Deane’s Library
Book Review
May 23, 2021
152
Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper
Deane’s Library
Book Review
October 17, 2016
59
EPUB 3 Best Practices
Deane’s Library
Book Review
December 4, 2016
55
Excerpts from "Casino Royale"
Personal Blog
Blog Post
November 17, 2009
902

“I just got done reading ‘Casino Royale’ for the third or fourth time. This is the original novel, from 1953. It was the first James Bond novel, written by Ian Fleming from his estate in Jamaica. There…”

The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age
Deane’s Library
Book Review
November 3, 2019
176
The Gutenberg Revolution
Deane’s Library
Book Review
April 30, 2017
125
The Library: A Fragile History
Deane’s Library
Book Review
April 8, 2023
222
The Library Book
Deane’s Library
Book Review
December 30, 2019
204
A Non-Developer's Guide to Relational Databases
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An unfinished ebook explaining relational databases as simply as possible.

On the Interestingness and Usefulness of Books
Personal Blog
Blog Post
November 12, 2014
931

“I’m reading more now than at any time in my life. I set a 2014 goal of one book per week , and as of the second week in November, I’m at 58. Additionally, I’ve been keeping track of my reading at…”

Reading Shakespeare
Personal Blog
Blog Post
December 25, 2014
683

“My reading goal in 2014 was 52 books . I ended up reading 66 . My tentative goal for 2015 is to read all of Shakespeare’s 38 plays. I started early with The Merchant of Venice. I read the text first –…”

Where is your Iceland?
Personal Blog
Blog Post
December 6, 2014
506

“I just finished ‘Brave New World,’ a novel written in 1932 which describes the ‘perfection’ of society through science. Parallel to the advancement of science, ‘Brave New World’ deals in the…”