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1. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
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2. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
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3. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition
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4. The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
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5. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
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6. O'Reilly Media - Technology and Business Training
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7. This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race
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8. Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems
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9. Code
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10. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
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11. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition
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12. On Writing Well: The Essential Guide to Mastering Nonfiction Writing and Effective Communication
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13. Finite and Infinite Games
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14. Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (Rutgers University Press Classics)
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15. Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One)
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16. Designing Data-Intensive Applications
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17. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
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18. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
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19. The Manager's Path
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20. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent
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21. Good to Great: A Study of Management Strategies of Companies with Lasting Growth
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22. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
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23. The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
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24. The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition
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25. Mathematical Notation: A Guide for Engineers and Scientists
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26. A Philosophy of Software Design
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27. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles
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28. The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
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29. UNIX: A History and a Memoir
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30. The Goal: 40th Anniversary Edition: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
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31. Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software
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32. The Fifth Risk
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33. A Renegade History of the United States
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34. The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook
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35. Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well
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36. Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective
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37. So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
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38. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
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39. The Design of the UNIX Operating System
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40. Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition
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41. Are Prisons Obsolete?
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42. Software Engineering at Google
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43. The Little Schemer - 4th Edition
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44. An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise (Dover Books on Mathematics)
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45. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
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46. Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
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47. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides)
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48. Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (Incerto)
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49. The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You
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50. 21st Century C, 2nd Edition
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51. Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To
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52. Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration
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53. Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach
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54. Basic Economics
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55. Introduction to the Theory of Computation
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56. The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
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57. JavaScript: The Good Parts
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58. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive, 4th Edition
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59. The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness
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60. QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
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61. Who Is Fourier?: A Mathematical Adventure
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62. Bullshit Jobs: The Rise of Pointless Work, and What We Can Do About It
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63. The Ashley Book of Knots
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64. Who's in Charge?: The Neuroscience of Decision-Making, the Notion of Free Will and the Idea of a Determined World
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65. The Martian's Daughter: A Memoir
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66. Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations
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67. The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change
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68. The Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet
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69. Principles: Life and Work
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70. Code Complete
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71. Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))
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72. Coding the Matrix: Linear Algebra through Applications to Computer Science
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73. Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time
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74. C Programming Language, 2nd Edition
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75. What Is Web 2.0
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76. High Output Management
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77. The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey To Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)
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78. Payments Systems in the U.S.: A Guide for the Payments Professional
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79. Threaded Interpretive Languages: Their Design and Implementation
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80. The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump
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81. AVR Programming
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82. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, 20th Anniversary Edition
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83. Joe Celko's Thinking in Sets: Auxiliary, Temporal, and Virtual Tables in SQL (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)
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84. The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
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85. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (3rd Edition)
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86. Database Internals: A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work
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87. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
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88. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
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89. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
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90. The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You
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91. The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
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92. Functions and Graphs (Dover Books on Mathematics)
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93. Overthrow
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94. Introduction to Linear Algebra (Gilbert Strang, 2)
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95. A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing
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96. No bullshit guide to linear algebra
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97. The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives
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98. Crossing the Chasm, 3rd Edition: The Updated Version of the Insightful Guide on Bringing Cutting-Edge Products to the Mainstream (Collins Business Essentials)
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99. The Algorithm Design Manual
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100. The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition
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