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linse reviewed Living with intensity by Susan Daniels
linse rated Designing Data-Intensive Applications: 5 stars

Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann
Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues need to be figured out, such …
linse rated Staff Engineer's Path: 5 stars

Staff Engineer's Path by Tanya Reilly
For years, companies have rewarded their most effective engineers with management positions. But treating management as the default path for …
linse rated Das Totenschiff: 5 stars

Das Totenschiff by B. Traven (Werkausgabe / B. Traven -- Bd. 1)
The Death Ship (German title: Das Totenschiff) is a novel by the pseudonymous author known as B. Traven. Originally published …
linse rated Kitchen Confidential: 5 stars

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
A deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet of wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary trade from Chef Anthony Bourdain, laying …
linse rated Please Kill Me: 5 stars

Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain, McNeil, Legs/ McCain, Gillian
A contemporary classic, Please Kill Me is the definitive oral history of the most nihilistic of all pop movements. Iggy …
linse rated Invisible Women: 5 stars

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and public policy, we rely on …
linse rated The Year of Magical Thinking: 4 stars

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
"this happened on December 30, 2003. That may seem a while ago but it won't when it happens to you …
linse rated Trick Mirror: Reflection on Self-delusion: 5 stars

Hunger by Roxane Gay
“I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. …

Pageboy by Elliot Page
Full of intimate stories, from chasing down secret love affairs to battling body image and struggling with familial strife, Pageboy …
linse rated Interview With the Vampire: 4 stars

Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
This is the story of Louis, as told in his own words, of his journey through mortal and immortal life. …
linse rated The Republic: 3 stars

The Republic by Plato, Πλάτων (Penguin classics)
The Republic (Greek: Πολιτεία, translit. Politeia; Latin: De Republica) is a Socratic dialogue, authored by Plato around 375 BC, concerning …