High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places Yeah, I read another book about Everest. Breashears’ book isn’t just about Everest, of course, telling the story of his life up to the late 1990s; but I’d be lying … Continue reading
The Children of Húrin I’d read versions of this story before (it appears in different forms in several different places) so the overall story didn’t offer much in the way of surprsies, but it was still nice to read this … Continue reading
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Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition I’d never read this web usability classic before and my to-the-point review is this: There’s a reason this book is a classic in the field. It’s smart, … Continue reading
Game Theory: A Nontechnical Introduction An excellent, truly nontechnical introduction to game theory. While there is some math, it’s basic. The vast majority of the book is prose based, focusing on the underlying logic of game theory and using real … Continue reading
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