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Freebsd Mastery: Advanced Zfs cover

1501. Freebsd Mastery: Advanced Zfs

by Michael Lucas, Allan Jude

FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS cover

1502. FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS

by Michael Warren Lucas, Allan Jude

The Waxman Report: How Congress Really Works cover

1503. The Waxman Report: How Congress Really Works

by Henry A. Waxman, Joshua Green

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The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression cover

1504. The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression

by Andrew Solomon

The Penguin Book of Curious and Interesting Numbers: Revised Edition cover

1505. The Penguin Book of Curious and Interesting Numbers: Revised Edition

by David Wells

Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States cover

1506. Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States

by Albert O. Hirschman

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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals cover

1507. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

by Michael Pollan

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An Introduction to Elvish, Other Tongues, Proper Names and Writing Systems of the Third Age of the Western Lands of Middle-Earth as Set Forth in the Published Writings of Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien cover

1508. An Introduction to Elvish, Other Tongues, Proper Names and Writing Systems of the Third Age of the Western Lands of Middle-Earth as Set Forth in the Published Writings of Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

by Nina Carson

The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth: A Complete Guide to All Fourteen of the Languages Tolkien Invented cover

1509. The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth: A Complete Guide to All Fourteen of the Languages Tolkien Invented

by Ruth S. Noel

Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media cover

1510. Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media

by Jacob Mchangama

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The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization―The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath cover

1511. The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization―The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath

by Peter Zeihan

Think Stats cover

1512. Think Stats

by Allen B. Downey

Single Page Web Applications: JavaScript end-to-end cover

1513. Single Page Web Applications: JavaScript end-to-end

by Michael Mikowski, Josh C. Powell

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Gradually, then suddenly cover

1514. Gradually, then suddenly

by Parker Lewis

The New Rules of Posture: How to Sit, Stand, and Move in the Modern World cover

1515. The New Rules of Posture: How to Sit, Stand, and Move in the Modern World

by Mary Bond

The Hills of Chianti: The Story of a Tuscan Winemaking Family, in Seven Bottles cover

1516. The Hills of Chianti: The Story of a Tuscan Winemaking Family, in Seven Bottles

by Piero Antinori

One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War (Vintage, 1) cover

1517. One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War (Vintage, 1)

by Michael Dobbs (historian), Michael Dobbs

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The Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies cover

1518. The Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies

by Thomas C. Mcevilley

ggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis (Use R!) cover

1519. ggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis (Use R!)

by Hadley Wickham

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大図解九龍城 cover

1520. 大図解九龍城

by 可児弘明

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Endocrinology: Adult and Pediatric, 2-Volume Set cover

1521. Endocrinology: Adult and Pediatric, 2-Volume Set

by Leslie J. DeGroot, J. Larry Jameson

Statistics cover

1522. Statistics

by David Freedman

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Squid: The Definitive Guide cover

1523. Squid: The Definitive Guide

Why Information Grows cover

1524. Why Information Grows

by Cesar Hidalgo

Brian Eno's Another Green World cover

1525. Brian Eno's Another Green World

by Geeta Dayal

Elements of Distributed Computing (Wiley - IEEE) cover

1526. Elements of Distributed Computing (Wiley - IEEE)

by Vijay K. Garg

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Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa cover

1527. Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa

by Dambisa Moyo

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Practical Salesforce Development Without Code: Building Declarative Solutions on the Salesforce Platform cover

1528. Practical Salesforce Development Without Code: Building Declarative Solutions on the Salesforce Platform

by Philip Weinmeister

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements cover

1529. The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

by Eric Hoffer

Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World cover

1530. Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World

by Srdja Popovic, Matthew Miller

The Culting of Brands: Turn Your Customers into True Believers cover

1531. The Culting of Brands: Turn Your Customers into True Believers

by Douglas Atkin

Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming (Addison-wesley Component Software) cover

1532. Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming (Addison-wesley Component Software)

by Clemens Szyperski, Dominik Gruntz, Stephan Murer

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After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul cover

1533. After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul

by Tripp Mickle

Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era cover

1534. Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era

by Thomas C. Leonard

Bioinformatics Data Skills cover

1535. Bioinformatics Data Skills

by Vince Buffalo

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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking cover

1536. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

by Susan Cain

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Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols cover

1537. Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols

by Radia Perlman

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Principle Centered Leadership cover

1538. Principle Centered Leadership

by Stephen R. Covey

The Quest for Cosmic Justice cover

1539. The Quest for Cosmic Justice

by Thomas Sowell

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Accelerando (Singularity) cover

1540. Accelerando (Singularity)

by Charles Stross

City of Darkness: Life In Kowloon Walled City cover

1541. City of Darkness: Life In Kowloon Walled City

by Greg Girard

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Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd cover

1542. Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd

by Youngme Moon

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Nonduality: In Buddhism and Beyond cover

1543. Nonduality: In Buddhism and Beyond

by David Loy

Investing Amid Low Expected Returns: Making the Most When Markets Offer the Least cover

1544. Investing Amid Low Expected Returns: Making the Most When Markets Offer the Least

by Antti Ilmanen

A Survey of Matrix Theory and Matrix Inequalities (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

1545. A Survey of Matrix Theory and Matrix Inequalities (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Marvin Marcus, Henryk Minc

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More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws, Third Edition (Studies in Law and Economics) cover

1546. More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws, Third Edition (Studies in Law and Economics)

by John R. Lott

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Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker cover

1547. Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker

by Kevin Mitnick

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How to Live with a Huge Penis: Advice, Meditations, and Wisdom for Men Who Have Too Much cover

1548. How to Live with a Huge Penis: Advice, Meditations, and Wisdom for Men Who Have Too Much

by Dr. Richard Jacob, Rev. Owen Thomas

Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit cover

1549. Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit

by Barry Estabrook

The Legal Analyst: A Toolkit for Thinking about the Law cover

1550. The Legal Analyst: A Toolkit for Thinking about the Law

by Ward Farnsworth

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Atlas of World War II: History's Greatest Conflict Revealed Through Rare Wartime Maps and New Cartography cover

1551. Atlas of World War II: History's Greatest Conflict Revealed Through Rare Wartime Maps and New Cartography

by Stephen G. Hyslop

Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long cover

1552. Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long

by David Rock

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The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want cover

1553. The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want

by Sonja Lyubomirsky

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Stumbling on Happiness cover

1554. Stumbling on Happiness

by Daniel Todd Gilbert

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CSS: The Definitive Guide, 4th Edition cover

1555. CSS: The Definitive Guide, 4th Edition

The Psychopath Whisperer: The Science of Those Without Conscience cover

1556. The Psychopath Whisperer: The Science of Those Without Conscience

by Kent A. Kiehl, PhD

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Science of Evil cover

1557. Science of Evil

by Simon Baron-Cohen

8 Minute Meditation Expanded: Quiet Your Mind. Change Your Life. cover

1558. 8 Minute Meditation Expanded: Quiet Your Mind. Change Your Life.

by Victor Davich

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Consciousness and the Social Brain cover

1559. Consciousness and the Social Brain

by Michael S. A. Graziano

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How will the GDPR impact machine learning? cover

1560. How will the GDPR impact machine learning?

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Unix Systems for Modern Architectures: Symmetric Multiprocessing and Caching for Kernel Programmers cover

1561. Unix Systems for Modern Architectures: Symmetric Multiprocessing and Caching for Kernel Programmers

by Curt Schimmel

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Elliptic Tales: Curves, Counting, and Number Theory cover

1562. Elliptic Tales: Curves, Counting, and Number Theory

by Avner Ash, Robert Gross

What Is Quantum Mechanics?: A Physics Adventure cover

1563. What Is Quantum Mechanics?: A Physics Adventure

by Transnational College of Lex

Hard Realtime Garbage Collection in Modern Object Oriented Programming Languages. cover

1564. Hard Realtime Garbage Collection in Modern Object Oriented Programming Languages.

by Fridtjof Siebert

From Microphysics to Macrophysics: Methods and Applications of Statistical Physics. Volume I (Theoretical and Mathematical Physics) cover

1565. From Microphysics to Macrophysics: Methods and Applications of Statistical Physics. Volume I (Theoretical and Mathematical Physics)

by Roger Balian

Thrawn (Star Wars) (Star Wars: Thrawn) cover

1566. Thrawn (Star Wars) (Star Wars: Thrawn)

by Timothy Zahn

Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea cover

1567. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea

by Charles Seife

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Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump cover

1568. Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump

by David Neiwert

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Database Internals cover

1569. Database Internals

by Alex Petrov

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The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicles, Day 2) cover

1570. The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicles, Day 2)

by Patrick Rothfuss

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The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages 400-1000 (The Penguin History of Europe) cover

1571. The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages 400-1000 (The Penguin History of Europe)

by Chris Wickham

Visualizing Data cover

1572. Visualizing Data

by William S. Cleveland

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The Way of Zen cover

1573. The Way of Zen

by Alan Watts

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802.11ac: A Survival Guide cover

1574. 802.11ac: A Survival Guide

Scala Cookbook cover

1575. Scala Cookbook

by Alvin Alexander

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How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World (Dragonfly Books) cover

1576. How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World (Dragonfly Books)

by Marjorie Priceman

The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep cover

1577. The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep

by William C. Dement

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Why Calories Don't Count: How We Got the Science of Weight Loss Wrong cover

1578. Why Calories Don't Count: How We Got the Science of Weight Loss Wrong

by Giles Yeo

Philosophical Investigations cover

1579. Philosophical Investigations

by Ludwig Wittgenstein

Node: Up and Running cover

1580. Node: Up and Running

Cocktail Codex: Fundamentals, Formulas, Evolutions [A Cocktail Recipe Book] cover

1581. Cocktail Codex: Fundamentals, Formulas, Evolutions [A Cocktail Recipe Book]

by Alex Day, Nick Fauchald, David Kaplan

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The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.: A Novel cover

1582. The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.: A Novel

by Neal Stephenson, Nicole Galland

Version Control with Git cover

1583. Version Control with Git

by Jon Loeliger

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In Defense of Globalization: With a New Afterword cover

1584. In Defense of Globalization: With a New Afterword

by Jagdish Bhagwati

Equality and Achievement: An Introduction to the Sociology of Education (2nd Edition) cover

1585. Equality and Achievement: An Introduction to the Sociology of Education (2nd Edition)

by Cornelius H. Riordan

10 Print Chr$205.5+rnd1: Goto 10 (Software Studies) cover

1586. 10 Print Chr$205.5+rnd1: Goto 10 (Software Studies)

by Nick Montfort, Patsy Baudoin, John Bell, Ian Bogost, Casey Reas

Rise of the Videogame Zinesters: How Freaks, Normals, Amateurs, Artists, Dreamers, Drop-outs, Queers, Housewives,and People Like You Are Taking Back an Art Form cover

1587. Rise of the Videogame Zinesters: How Freaks, Normals, Amateurs, Artists, Dreamers, Drop-outs, Queers, Housewives,and People Like You Are Taking Back an Art Form

by Anna Anthropy

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Feeding Back: Conversations with Alternative Guitarists from Proto-Punk to Post-Rock cover

1588. Feeding Back: Conversations with Alternative Guitarists from Proto-Punk to Post-Rock

by David Todd

Generative Design: Visualize, Program, and Create with Processing cover

1589. Generative Design: Visualize, Program, and Create with Processing

by Hartmut Bohnacker, Benedikt Gross, Julia Laub

Hello, TensorFlow! cover

1590. Hello, TensorFlow!

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Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics cover

1591. Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics

by George Reisman

Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works cover

1592. Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works

by Erik Spiekermann, E. M. Ginger

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The VimL Primer cover

1593. The VimL Primer

by Benjamin Klein

Lions' Commentary on Unix cover

1594. Lions' Commentary on Unix

by John Lions

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Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science (Great Discoveries) cover

1595. Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science (Great Discoveries)

by Lawrence Maxwell Krauss

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PostgreSQL: Up and Running, 2nd Edition cover

1596. PostgreSQL: Up and Running, 2nd Edition

A Good Enough Parent: A Book on Child-Rearing cover

1597. A Good Enough Parent: A Book on Child-Rearing

by Bruno Bettelheim

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Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls cover

1598. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls

by Mary Bray Pipher

A Country of Cities: A Manifesto for an Urban America cover

1599. A Country of Cities: A Manifesto for an Urban America

by Vishaan Chakrabarti

Supercontinent: Ten Billion Years in the Life of Our Planet cover

1600. Supercontinent: Ten Billion Years in the Life of Our Planet

by Ted Nield