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Reading log

Books that I have (re)read since April 2020. I like to keep a few flashcards, quizzes, and charts here to retain key concepts and track progress.

Chart Data: Reading Velocity (Books per Month)
  1. Seppe vanden Broucke, Bart Baesens (2018) Practical Web Scraping for Data Science: Best Practices and Examples with Python
    Q: Which Python library is most commonly recommended for parsing HTML in web scraping?
    1. NumPy
    2. BeautifulSoup
    3. Flask
    4. SQLAlchemy
  2. The Org Mode Developers. The Compact Org-mode Guide (Release 9.1.6)
    Q: In Org-mode, what is the default keybinding to fold/unfold a tree?
    A: TAB (or Shift-TAB for the global cycle).
  3. Richard M. Stallman, Roland McGrath, Paul D. Smith (2020) GNU Make Version 4.3 (ok, most parts. It's a reference manual.)
  4. Leo Babauta (2009) The Power of Less
  5. John Blackwell, Jan Martin (2011) A Scientific Approach to Scientific Writing
  6. Павел Траннуа (2006) Сад и огород для ленивых
  7. Alex Miller, Stuart Halloway, Aaron Bedra (2018) Programming Clojure
    Q: In Clojure, what data structure is best suited for LIFO (Last-In-First-Out) operations?
    1. Vector
    2. Hash Map
    3. List
    4. Set
  8. Grigory Yavlinsky (2019) The Putin System: An Opposing View
  9. Фәрит Яхин, ed. (1997) Ислам дине нигезләре
  10. James Rapson and Craig English (2006) Anxious to Please: 7 Revolutionary Practices for the Chronically Nice
  11. Frédéric Harper (2014) Success in Programming
  12. Celal Özcan und Rita Seuß, ed. (7. edtion, 2021) Türkçe Okuma Kitabı. Erste türkische Lesestücke
  13. Celal Özcan und Rita Seuß, ed. (7. edtion, 2016) Türk Atasözleri. Türkische Sprichwörter
  14. Steven Mostyn (2020) Resume 101: How to Write an Effective Resume, LinkedIn Profile, and Cover Letter
  15. Patrick Ow (2021) Tailor Your Call, Resume, Letter, Proposal, Follow-Up, and LinkedIn Profile to Fit Any Advertised Job
  16. Robert C. Martin (2017) Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design
  17. Jared Bhatti, Zachary Sarah Corleissen, Jen Lambourne, David Nunez, Heidi Waterhouse (2021) Docs for Developers: An Engineer's Field Guide to Technical Writing
  18. Terry Richardson (2017) Pocket Rough Guide Istanbul
  19. Федор Михайлович Достоевский (1866) Игрок

Robinson–Harvard Classics track:

  1. McGuffey's Eclectic Primer
  2. McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader
  3. The Real Mother Goose

Audiobooks:

Q: What year was 'Один день Ивана Денисовича' first published?
A: 1962 (in the literary magazine Novy Mir).
  1. А.И. Солженицын (1962) Один день Ивана Денисовича

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