The Algorithm Design Manual [June 2, 2019] Steven S Skiena
This newly expanded and updated second edition of the best-selling classic continues to take the "mystery" out of designing algorithms, and analyzing their efficacy and efficiency. Expanding on the first edition, the book now serves as the primary t...
The Lottery [June 2, 2019] Shirley Jackson
In a small American town, the local residents are abuzz with excitement and nervousness when they wake on the morning of the twenty-seventh of June. Everything has been prepared for the town’s annual tradition—a lottery in which every family must pa...
The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories [April 19, 2019] Leo Tolstoy
'no one pitied him as he would have liked to be pitied' As Ivan Ilyich lies dying he begins to re-evaluate his life, searching for meaning that will make sense of his sufferings. In 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' and the other works in this volume, Tols...
Tropic of Cancer [April 19, 2019] Miller, Henry
Amazon.com ReviewNo punches are pulled in Henry Miller's most famous work. Still pretty rough going for even our jaded sensibilities, but Tropic of Cancer is an unforgettable novel of self-confession. Maybe the most honest book ever written, this aut...
The Handmaid's Tale [April 19, 2019] Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale [1]:
** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER **Discover the dystopian novel behind the award-winning TV series before you read the Booker Prize-winning sequel The Testaments‘I believe in the resistance as I believe there can be no l...
Ender's Game [April 19, 2019] Orson Scott Card
Ender's Game: Publication Order [1]: Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, And...
Liar's Poker [February 7, 2019] Michael Lewis
The time was the 1980s. The place was Wall Street. The game was called Liar’s Poker.
Before there was Flash Boys and The Big Short , there was Liar's Poker. A knowing and unnervingly talented debut, this insider’s account of 1980s Wall Street excess...
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine [February 7, 2019] Michael Lewis
EDITORIAL REVIEW:
The #1 New York Times bestseller: a brilliant account—character-rich and darkly humorous—of how the U.S. economy was driven over the cliff. When the crash of the U. S. stock market became public knowledge in the fall of 2008, it w...
Short-Cut Math [February 7, 2019] Gerard W. Kelly
Can you multiply 362 x .5 quickly in your head? Could you readily calculate the square of 41? How much is 635 divided by 2½? Can 727,648 be evenly divided by 8? If any of these questions took you more than a few seconds to solve, you need this book....
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life [January 27, 2019] William Finnegan
**Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography
“Reading this guy on the subject of waves and water is like reading Hemingway on bullfighting; William Burroughs on controlled substances; Updike on adultery. . . . a coming-of-age story, seen t...
Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control [November 18, 2018] Kathleen Taylor
Throughout history, humans have attempted to influence and control the thoughts of others. Since the word 'brainwashing' was coined in the aftermath of the Korean War, it has become part of the popular culture and been exploited to create sensationa...
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) [November 4, 2018] Carol Tavris
Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable to own up when they screw up? Why the endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we see hypocrisy in others but not in ourselves? Are we all l...
Of Human Bondage [November 4, 2018] W. Somerset Maugham
A masterpiece of modern literature that mirrors Maugham’s own career. Of Human Bondage is the first and most autobiographical of Maugham's novels. It is the story of Philip Carey, an orphan eager for life, love and adventure. After a few months stud...
Numerical Optimization [November 4, 2018] Jorge Nocedal and Stephen Wright
Numerical Optimization presents a comprehensive and up-to-date description of the most effective methods in continuous optimization. It responds to the growing interest in optimization in engineering, science, and business by focusing on the methods...
Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives [October 23, 2018] John C. Hull
For graduate courses in business, economics, financial mathematics, and financial engineering; for advanced undergraduate courses with students who have good quantitative skills; and for practitioners involved in derivatives markets Practitioners ...
Making of the Atomic Bomb [October 13, 2018] Richard Rhodes
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award.Twenty-five years after its initial publication, The Making of the Atomic Bomb remains the seminal and complete story of how the bomb was developed, fro...
Get a Financial Life [October 13, 2018] Beth Kobliner
A completely revised and updated fourth edition of the New York Times bestseller, designed to guide younger adults through the world of personal finance.More than ever before, people in their twenties and thirties need help getting their financial li...
