#books (139 links)
- Eloquent JavaScript eloquentjavascript.net
A comprehensive introduction to the JavaScript programming language.
- Made To Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die | by Chip and Dan Heath madetostick.com · Archived on
Why do some ideas thrive while others die? And how do we improve the chances of worthy ideas?
Maven is a framework for managing various aspects of a project, providing its own conventions and tools to meet this end and acting as glue for making existing disparate tools work in a tractable and orderly manner.
- Learning jQuery packtpub.com
A gentle introduction to jQuery concepts, allowing you to add interactions and animations to your pages - even if previous attempts at writing JavaScript have left you baffled.
- BookMooch: a community for exchanging used books (book swap and book exchange and book trade) bookmooch.com
A community for exchanging used books [...] lets you give away books you no longer need in exchange for books you really want.
- 10 Free eBooks About Web 2.0 at twopointouch: web 2.0, blogs and social media twopointouch.com · Archived on
- Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing philip.greenspun.com
Old school. Still has some relevance.
- Guardian Unlimited Books | News | Film of the book: top 50 adaptations revealed books.guardian.co.uk
A longlist of what are deemed the 50 best film adaptations of all time.
This website is mainly about my books and some things I find interesting. Among other things, you'll find some short stories, some recipes, a vegan FAQ, lots of stuff about my books and some links to other sites.
- Manning Ajax in Action manning.com
- Amazon.co.uk: Books: 123 (Lift & Learn S.) amazon.co.uk
First concept, photographic books, to encourage number and language development and promote thinking and observation skills.
- 123 by JESSICA LOVE from Pickabook Books pickabook.co.uk
LIFT THE FLAP! Heh.
- YouWorkForThem youworkforthem.com
- Book Chat | MetaFilter metafilter.com
Wired for Books HUNDREDS of uncut, behind-the-scenes AUDIO (!) interviews (scroll down) by Don Swain. Douglas Adams, William Burroughs, Joyce Carol Oates, Henny Youngman... to name just a few.
- Italo Calvino sparks obsessions | MetaFilter metafilter.com
"Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities is so called because it asserts that what makes up a city is not so much its physical structure but the impression it imparts upon its visitors, the way its inhabitants move within, something unseen that hums between the
O'Reilly's CD Bookshelf
- Guardian Unlimited Books | Shoptalk | Bookshops in London books.guardian.co.uk
Organised alphabetically by district
- Guardian Unlimited Books | Review | Genesis books.guardian.co.uk
David Mitchell reveals how his books coagulate slowly in a primordial idea-soup
- FT.com / Arts & Weekend / Art, music & theatre - New life for a beloved literary labyrinth news.ft.com
"It's not just about having enough shelves." Sir Tom Stoppard is in full flow, on a subject close to his heart: the London Library, of which he is president, and which he recently dubbed, simply, "the library I love".
Reading groups in Stoke Newington
"An open resouce on books: which are great, why, on what subjects, in whose opinion" and "a way to use online shopping to effect change."
First edition, published February 1998 by Louis Rosenfeld and Peter Morville, O'Reilly
- Guardian Unlimited Books | Extracts | Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami books.guardian.co.uk
In this extract from the opening chapter, Kafka discusses his escape plans with the mysterious 'boy named Crow'
- The Observer | Review | Eastern promise observer.guardian.co.uk
Kate Kellaway, freshly converted to the lonely pleasures of fiction from Tokyo, rounds up the latest
- OuLiPo | Metafilter metafilter.com
Originally founded by author Raymond Queneau and mathematical historian Fran‽ois Le Lionnais, this group sought to create and incorporate restrictive techniques and methods into their writing.
- Creation Books creationbooks.com
From Susannah Breslin of invisible / reverse cowgirl fame
- Practical PHP Programming hudzilla.org
- Ah, serendipity! amazon.co.uk
Ah, serendipity! Just a few days after I was sent the kung fu quotes, I found the original source in the shops: Sex and Zen & A Bullet in the Head. A decent guide to Hong Kong cinema; comes with many more amusing subtitles.