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Ashwin rated Twenty thousand leagues under the sea: 5 stars
![Matthew MacDonald: HTML5 (EBook, 2011, O'Reilly Media)](/images/covers/e5b26ed0-f692-41b4-9979-22078e36a112.jpeg)
HTML5 by Matthew MacDonald (Missing Manual)
Ashwin rated UNIX: A History and a Memoir: 5 stars
![Brian W. Kernighan: UNIX (Paperback, 2019, Independently published)](/images/covers/4df39527-2566-406f-97cc-d1c3a7266548.jpeg)
UNIX: A History and a Memoir by Brian W. Kernighan
The fascinating story of how Unix began and how it took over the world. Brian Kernighan was a member of …
Ashwin rated Starship Troopers: 3 stars
![Robert A. Heinlein: Starship Troopers (Paperback, 1982, Berkley Books)](/images/covers/42de0dbe-b590-4af7-bae5-b0597c113546.jpeg)
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Starship Troopers takes place in the midst of an interstellar war between the Terran Federation of Earth and the Arachnids …
![Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, Jeffrey D. Ullman: Compilers (Hardcover, 1985, Addison-Wesley)](/images/covers/6514e6f5-7d3b-432f-a489-1fe17954d784.jpeg)
Compilers by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, Jeffrey D. Ullman
This book covers topics related to the functionality and design of compilers, including:
- Compiler structure
- Lexical analysis (including regular expressions …
Ashwin rated Jean-Feancois Millet: 3 stars
Ashwin rated The Astonishing Colour of After: 3 stars
![Emily X. R. Pan: The Astonishing Colour of After (Paperback, 2018, Orion Children's Books)](/images/covers/118100a0-4d2f-4d59-a541-c6e6eae080ec.jpeg)
The Astonishing Colour of After by Emily X. R. Pan
When Leigh's mother dies by suicide she leaves only a scribbled note - I want you to remember.
Leigh doesn't …
Ashwin rated 20th Century Boys: 3 stars
![Naoki Urasawa: 20th Century Boys (Paperback, 2019, VIZ Media LLC)](/images/covers/25620a17-4f89-43ca-bc7e-be204749242d.jpeg)
20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa (20th Century Boys: Perfect Edition #3)
A deluxe bind-up edition of Naoki Urasawa’s award-winning epic of doomsday cults, giant robots and a group of friends trying …
Ashwin rated 20th Century Boys: 5 stars
![Naoki Urasawa: 20th Century Boys (Paperback, 2018, VIZ Media)](/images/covers/5eb459bb-1e46-4ac6-8834-91e15264759b.jpeg)
20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa (20th Century Boys: Perfect Edition #1)
Humanity, having faced extinction at the end of the 20th century, would not have entered the new millennium if it …
Ashwin rated 20th Century Boys: 5 stars
![Naoki Urasawa: 20th Century Boys (Paperback, 2018, VIZ Media LLC)](/images/covers/c8ef0bbc-b134-4ab4-a94d-696cd99c6bb1.jpeg)
20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa (20th Century Boys: Perfect Edition #2)
A deluxe bind-up edition of Naoki Urasawa’s award-winning epic of doomsday cults, giant robots and a group of friends trying …
Ashwin rated Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage: 5 stars
![Haruki Murakami: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (2014, Knopf)](/images/covers/70d32caf-19d4-4830-900e-45d31f381eb1.jpeg)
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (Japanese: 色彩を持たない多崎つくると、彼の巡礼の年, Hepburn: Shikisai o motanai Tazaki Tsukuru to, kare no junrei …
Ashwin rated Bogleheads' Guide to the Three-Fund Portfolio: 3 stars
Ashwin rated Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1): 5 stars
![Ernest Cline: Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) (Paperback, 2011, Crown Publishers)](/images/covers/d75b9bbc-6044-4b40-a1a2-492ffc54c8fe.jpeg)
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) by Ernest Cline
Ready Player One is a 2011 science fiction novel, and the debut novel of American author Ernest Cline. The story, …