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Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value cover

1001. Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value

by Melissa Perri

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The Lessons of History cover

1002. The Lessons of History

by Will Durant, Ariel Durant

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Pre-Industrial Societies: Anatomy of the Pre-Modern World cover

1003. Pre-Industrial Societies: Anatomy of the Pre-Modern World

by Patricia Crone

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Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? cover

1004. Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

by Seth Godin

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An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Volume 1 cover

1005. An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Volume 1

by William Feller

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Calculus: An Intuitive and Physical Approach (Second Edition) (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

1006. Calculus: An Intuitive and Physical Approach (Second Edition) (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Morris Kline

Mathematics and the Physical World (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

1007. Mathematics and the Physical World (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Morris Kline

Mathematics, Queen and Servant of Science cover

1008. Mathematics, Queen and Servant of Science

by Eric Temple Bell

The Overstory: A Novel cover

1009. The Overstory: A Novel

by Richard Powers

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The Architecture of Open Source Applications cover

1010. The Architecture of Open Source Applications

by Amy Brown, Greg Wilson

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The Design And Implementation Of The Freebsd Operating System cover

1011. The Design And Implementation Of The Freebsd Operating System

by Marshall Kirk McKusick, George V. Neville-Neil

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The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives cover

1012. The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives

by Leonard Mlodinow

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Toxic: Heal Your Body from Mold Toxicity, Lyme Disease, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, and Chronic Environmental Illness cover

1013. Toxic: Heal Your Body from Mold Toxicity, Lyme Disease, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, and Chronic Environmental Illness

by Neil Nathan

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Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth cover

1014. Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth

by Gabriel Weinberg, Justin Mares

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Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human cover

1015. Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human

by Richard W. Wrangham

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Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive cover

1016. Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive

by Bruce Schneier

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The Racial Contract cover

1017. The Racial Contract

by Charles W. Mills

Bowling Alone: Revised and Updated: The Collapse and Revival of American Community cover

1018. Bowling Alone: Revised and Updated: The Collapse and Revival of American Community

by Robert D. Putnam

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Algorithmics: The Spirit of Computing (3rd Edition) cover

1019. Algorithmics: The Spirit of Computing (3rd Edition)

by David Harel, Yishai Feldman

One Two Three . . . Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

1020. One Two Three . . . Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by George Gamow

Basic Simple Type Theory (Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science, Series Number 42) cover

1021. Basic Simple Type Theory (Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science, Series Number 42)

by J. Roger Hindley

Programming Distributed Computing Systems: A Foundational Approach cover

1022. Programming Distributed Computing Systems: A Foundational Approach

by Carlos A. Varela, Gul Agha

The Last Lecture cover

1023. The Last Lecture

by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow

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Integrable Hamiltonian Systems: Geometry, Topology, Classification cover

1024. Integrable Hamiltonian Systems: Geometry, Topology, Classification

by A.V. Bolsinov, A.T. Fomenko

HAMILTONIAN DYNAMICS cover

1025. HAMILTONIAN DYNAMICS

by Gaetano Vilasi

Apollo 13 cover

1026. Apollo 13

by Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger

The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space cover

1027. The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space

by Eugene Cernan, Donald A. Davis

Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space cover

1028. Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space

by John W. Young, James R. Hansen

We Seven: By the Astronauts Themselves cover

1029. We Seven: By the Astronauts Themselves

by Scott M. Carpenter, Gordon L. Cooper, John H. Glenn, Virgil I. Grissom, Walter M. Schirra, Alan B. Shepard, Donald K. Slayton

The Secret Chief Revealed cover

1030. The Secret Chief Revealed

by Myron J. Stolaroff

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The View from Flyover Country cover

1031. The View from Flyover Country

by Sarah Kendzior

Keep It Simple: The Early Design Years of Apple cover

1032. Keep It Simple: The Early Design Years of Apple

by Hartmut Esslinger

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Designer Relationships: A Guide to Happy Monogamy, Positive Polyamory, and Optimistic Open Relationships cover

1033. Designer Relationships: A Guide to Happy Monogamy, Positive Polyamory, and Optimistic Open Relationships

by Mark A. Michaels, Patricia Johnson

Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics cover

1034. Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics

by Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, Matthew Sands

Elements of Programming Interviews: The Insiders' Guide cover

1035. Elements of Programming Interviews: The Insiders' Guide

by Adnan Aziz, Tsung-Hsien Lee, Amit Prakash

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The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America―and How to Undo His Legacy cover

1036. The Man Who Broke Capitalism: How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crushed the Soul of Corporate America―and How to Undo His Legacy

by David Gelles

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The Bhagavad Gita cover

1037. The Bhagavad Gita

by Eknath Easwaran

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NASA Hubble Space Telescope - 1990 onwards (including all upgrades): An insight into the history, development, collaboration, construction and role of ... space telescope (Owners' Workshop Manual) cover

1038. NASA Hubble Space Telescope - 1990 onwards (including all upgrades): An insight into the history, development, collaboration, construction and role of ... space telescope (Owners' Workshop Manual)

by Dr. David Baker

Hacking Healthcare: A Guide to Standards, Workflows, and Meaningful Use cover

1039. Hacking Healthcare: A Guide to Standards, Workflows, and Meaningful Use

by Fred Trotter, David Uhlman

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Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience cover

1040. Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience

by Sally L. Satel, Scott O. Lilienfeld

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Getting Results the Agile Way: A Personal Results System for Work and Life cover

1041. Getting Results the Agile Way: A Personal Results System for Work and Life

by J. D. Meier

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Immoderate Greatness: Why Civilizations Fail cover

1042. Immoderate Greatness: Why Civilizations Fail

by William Ophuls

Freedom At Midnight cover

1043. Freedom At Midnight

by Dominique Lapierre, Larry Collins

Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability cover

1044. Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

by Steve Krug

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How to Shit in the Woods, 4th Edition: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art cover

1045. How to Shit in the Woods, 4th Edition: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art

by Kathleen Meyer

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How Music Works cover

1046. How Music Works

by David Byrne

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Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon cover

1047. Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon

by Colin Bryar, Bill Carr

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Sam Walton: Made In America cover

1048. Sam Walton: Made In America

by Sam Walton

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Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras, and TensorFlow: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques to Build Intelligent Systems cover

1049. Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras, and TensorFlow: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques to Build Intelligent Systems

by Aurélien Géron

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Database Design for Mere Mortals: 25th Anniversary Edition cover

1050. Database Design for Mere Mortals: 25th Anniversary Edition

by Michael J. Hernandez

Hilary Mason: An Introduction to Machine Learning with Web Data cover

1051. Hilary Mason: An Introduction to Machine Learning with Web Data

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Careers: Join Our Team - O'Reilly Media cover

1052. Careers: Join Our Team - O'Reilly Media

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Money: The Unauthorized Biography--From Coinage to Cryptocurrencies cover

1053. Money: The Unauthorized Biography--From Coinage to Cryptocurrencies

by Felix Martin

Understanding the Linux Kernel, 3rd Edition cover

1054. Understanding the Linux Kernel, 3rd Edition

by Daniel P. Bovet

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Understanding the Linux Kernel, 3rd Edition cover

1055. Understanding the Linux Kernel, 3rd Edition

by Daniel P. Bovet

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The Elements of Typographic Style: Version 4.0: 20th Anniversary Edition cover

1056. The Elements of Typographic Style: Version 4.0: 20th Anniversary Edition

by Robert Bringhurst

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Confessions of an Advertising Man cover

1057. Confessions of an Advertising Man

by David Ogilvy

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The Armed Forces Officer: Edition of 1950 cover

1058. The Armed Forces Officer: Edition of 1950

by United States. Department of Defense, Robert Davis

Domain Modeling Made Functional: Tackle Software Complexity with Domain-Driven Design and F# cover

1059. Domain Modeling Made Functional: Tackle Software Complexity with Domain-Driven Design and F#

by Scott Wlaschin

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Hello Sweetheart Get Me A Rewrite cover

1060. Hello Sweetheart Get Me A Rewrite

by A. A. Dornfeld, Tom Vickerman, Archibald Leckie

Machine Learning for Hackers cover

1061. Machine Learning for Hackers

by Drew Conway

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Cartoon History of the Universe Volumes 1-7 cover

1062. Cartoon History of the Universe Volumes 1-7

by Larry Gonick

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Calculus (MindTap Course List) cover

1063. Calculus (MindTap Course List)

by James Stewart

Etudes for Programmers cover

1064. Etudes for Programmers

by Charles Wetherell

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Internet: A First Discovery Book (First Discovery Books) cover

1065. Internet: A First Discovery Book (First Discovery Books)

by Donald Grant

Essential System Administration, 3rd Edition cover

1066. Essential System Administration, 3rd Edition

by AEleen Frisch

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Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition cover

1067. Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

by Daniel Okrent

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The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life cover

1068. The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life

by Nick Lane

Eradication: Ridding the World of Diseases Forever? cover

1069. Eradication: Ridding the World of Diseases Forever?

by Nancy Stepan

Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words cover

1070. Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words

by Randall Munroe

Sustainable Materials - with both eyes open: Future buildings, vehicles, products and equipment - made efficiently and made with less new material (without the hot air) cover

1071. Sustainable Materials - with both eyes open: Future buildings, vehicles, products and equipment - made efficiently and made with less new material (without the hot air)

by Julian M. Allwood, Jonathan M. Cullen, Mark A. Carruth

Being Nixon: A Man Divided cover

1072. Being Nixon: A Man Divided

by Evan Thomas

The Road to Character cover

1073. The Road to Character

by David Brooks

Help! For Writers cover

1074. Help! For Writers

by Roy Peter Clark

Friends in High Places cover

1075. Friends in High Places

by William L. Livingston

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The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life cover

1076. The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life

by Eugenia Cheng

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The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade. New Preface and Epilogue with Updates on Economic Issues and Main Characters cover

1077. The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade. New Preface and Epilogue with Updates on Economic Issues and Main Characters

by Pietra Rivoli

Change Agent cover

1078. Change Agent

by Daniel Suarez

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Essential Concepts: Harmony & Theory | Music Book for Guitar and Multi-Instrument with Step-by-Step Concepts for Students | Learn Intervals Scales ... (Essential Concepts (Musicians Institute).) cover

1079. Essential Concepts: Harmony & Theory | Music Book for Guitar and Multi-Instrument with Step-by-Step Concepts for Students | Learn Intervals Scales ... (Essential Concepts (Musicians Institute).)

by Keith Wyatt, Carl Schroeder

Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America cover

1080. Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America

by Nancy MacLean

68000 Family Assembly Language Programming cover

1081. 68000 Family Assembly Language Programming

by Alan Clements

6502 Assembly Language Programming cover

1082. 6502 Assembly Language Programming

by Lance A. Leventhal

Enigma: The Battle for the Code cover

1083. Enigma: The Battle for the Code

by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore

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The Nazi Census: Identification and Control in the Third Reich (Politics History & Social Chan) cover

1084. The Nazi Census: Identification and Control in the Third Reich (Politics History & Social Chan)

by Götz Aly, Karl Heinz Roth

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Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences, and Reform cover

1085. Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences, and Reform

by Susan Rose-Ackerman

Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking cover

1086. Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking

by Daniel C. Dennett

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Amazon Web Services - Virtual Private Cloud cover

1087. Amazon Web Services - Virtual Private Cloud

If Hemingway Wrote JavaScript cover

1088. If Hemingway Wrote JavaScript

by Angus Croll

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice cover

1089. Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice

by Bill Browder

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Guide to the Good Life, A cover

1090. Guide to the Good Life, A

by William B. Irvine, James Patrick Cronin

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Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle cover

1091. Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle

by Dan Senor, Saul Singer

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Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else cover

1092. Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

by Geoff Colvin

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Incerto: Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile cover

1093. Incerto: Fooled by Randomness, The Black Swan, The Bed of Procrustes, Antifragile

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Mathematics for the Million: How to Master the Magic of Numbers cover

1094. Mathematics for the Million: How to Master the Magic of Numbers

by Lancelot Hogben

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The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success cover

1095. The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success

by Kevin Dutton

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Scala for Machine Learning cover

1096. Scala for Machine Learning

by Patrick R. Nicolas

The Math Gene: How Mathematical Thinking Evolved And Why Numbers Are Like Gossip cover

1097. The Math Gene: How Mathematical Thinking Evolved And Why Numbers Are Like Gossip

by Keith Devlin

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Napoleon (Signet Classics) cover

1098. Napoleon (Signet Classics)

by Felix Markham

Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men And Mountains cover

1099. Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men And Mountains

by Jon Krakauer

Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries, 3rd Edition cover

1100. Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries, 3rd Edition

by Krzysztof Cwalina, Jeremy Barton, Brad Abrams