Problem
1. Write a program to scrape the best-seller rank for a book on Amazon. Use this to plot the rank of all of Skiena's books over time. Which one of these books should be the next item that you purchase? Do you have friends for whom they would make a welcome and appropriate gift? :-)
2. For your favorite sport (baseball, football, basketball, cricket, or soccer) identify a data set with the historical statistical records for all major participants. Devise and implement a ranking system to identify the best player at each position.