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SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL, 4th Edition cover

1. SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL, 4th Edition

Software Engineering Mathematics (Sei Series in Software Engineering) cover

2. Software Engineering Mathematics (Sei Series in Software Engineering)

by Jim Woodcock, Martin Loomes

Practical TLA+: Planning Driven Development cover

3. Practical TLA+: Planning Driven Development

by Hillel Wayne

The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature cover

4. The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

by Matt Ridley

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Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think i… cover

5. Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think i…

Thinking in Postscript cover

6. Thinking in Postscript

The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics cover

7. The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith

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The Curve of Binding Energy: A Journey into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. Taylor cover

8. The Curve of Binding Energy: A Journey into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. Taylor

by John McPhee

The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest … cover

9. The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest …

Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective cover

10. Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective

by Paul Colinvaux

Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968 cover

11. Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968

by Thomas E. Ricks

Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech cover

12. Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech

by Brian Merchant

The Long Ships (New York Review Books Classics) cover

13. The Long Ships (New York Review Books Classics)

by Frans G. Bengtsson, Michael Meyer, Michael Chabon

Writing Archetypal Character Arcs: The Hero's Journey and Beyond (Helping Writers Become Authors) cover

14. Writing Archetypal Character Arcs: The Hero's Journey and Beyond (Helping Writers Become Authors)

by K. M. Weiland

Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story cover

15. Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story

by John Yorke

Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier cover

16. Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier

by Edward Glaeser

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