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	The Beginner's Guide to Todoist by Thomas Mailund (Goodreads Author), Amir Salihefendic 3.70 avg rating — 33 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Advanced Object-Oriented Programming in R: Statistical Programming for Data Science, Analysis and Finance 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Metaprogramming in R: Advanced Statistical Programming for Data Science, Analysis and Finance 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lecture notes on Computational Thinking

I am working on some lecture notes that should become a book at some point. It is for a class on “Computational Thinking”, which I guess is just a fancy term for algorithms and data structures. I am only teaching a third of the class, so I need four topics for the autumn term. Those will be

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Quantum of Nightmares (Laundry Files, #11; The New Management, #2)

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Cthulhu Now: Modern Firearms, Forensics, and Occupations (Call of Cthulhu RPG)

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