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Oliver Heaviside: The Life, Work, and Times of an Electrical Genius of the Victorian Age cover

1801. Oliver Heaviside: The Life, Work, and Times of an Electrical Genius of the Victorian Age

by Paul J. Nahin

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Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

1802. Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by Scott Meyers

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The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe (Vintage) cover

1803. The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe (Vintage)

by Roger Penrose

A Small C Compiler: Language, Usage, Theory, and Design cover

1804. A Small C Compiler: Language, Usage, Theory, and Design

by James E. Hendrix

Atlas Shrugged cover

1805. Atlas Shrugged

by Ayn Rand

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Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets cover

1806. Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets

by Peter Schweizer

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It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy cover

1807. It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy

by D. Michael Abrashoff

Statistics for Experimenters: Design, Innovation, and Discovery cover

1808. Statistics for Experimenters: Design, Innovation, and Discovery

by George E. P. Box, J. Stuart Hunter, William G. Hunter

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Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion cover

1809. Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

by Sam Harris

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Tintin Paperback Boxed Set 23 titles cover

1810. Tintin Paperback Boxed Set 23 titles

by Hergé

Write Now: The Complete Program For Better Handwriting cover

1811. Write Now: The Complete Program For Better Handwriting

by Barbara Getty, Inga Dubay

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Sense of Honor cover

1812. Sense of Honor

by James Webb

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802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition cover

1813. 802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition

Virtuous Violence cover

1814. Virtuous Violence

by Alan Page Fiske, Tage Shakti Rai

Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong cover

1815. Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong

by James W. Loewen

Velocity Conference 2011: Complete Video Compilation cover

1816. Velocity Conference 2011: Complete Video Compilation

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment cover

1817. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

by Eckhart Tolle

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TCP/IP Sockets in C: Practical Guide for Programmers (Morgan Kaufmann Practical Guides) cover

1818. TCP/IP Sockets in C: Practical Guide for Programmers (Morgan Kaufmann Practical Guides)

by Michael J. Donahoo, Kenneth L. Calvert

The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film cover

1819. The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film

by J. W. Rinzler

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Kubernetes: Up and Running, 3rd Edition cover

1820. Kubernetes: Up and Running, 3rd Edition

The Aleutian Kayak: Origins, Construction, and Use of the Traditional Seagoing Baidarka cover

1821. The Aleutian Kayak: Origins, Construction, and Use of the Traditional Seagoing Baidarka

by Wolfgang Brinck

Annals of the Former World cover

1822. Annals of the Former World

by John McPhee

Scalable Internet Architectures cover

1823. Scalable Internet Architectures

by Theo Schlossnagle

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Beyond Soap: The Real Truth About What You Are Doing to Your Skin and How to Fix It for a Beautiful, Healthy Glow cover

1824. Beyond Soap: The Real Truth About What You Are Doing to Your Skin and How to Fix It for a Beautiful, Healthy Glow

by Sandy Skotnicki, Christopher Shulgan

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On Lisp: Advanced Techniques for Common Lisp cover

1825. On Lisp: Advanced Techniques for Common Lisp

by Paul Graham

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Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design cover

1826. Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design

by Richard G. Budynas, Richard Budynas, J. Keith Nisbett

Microservices vs. Service-Oriented Architecture cover

1827. Microservices vs. Service-Oriented Architecture

Complex neural networks made easy by Chainer cover

1828. Complex neural networks made easy by Chainer

Autobiography of a Yogi (Self-Realization Fellowship) cover

1829. Autobiography of a Yogi (Self-Realization Fellowship)

by Yogananda (Paramahansa), Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz

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You Don't Know JS: Scope & Closures cover

1830. You Don't Know JS: Scope & Closures

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OpenGL 4 Shading Language Cookbook: Build high-quality, real-time 3D graphics with OpenGL 4.6, GLSL 4.6 and C++17, 3rd Edition cover

1831. OpenGL 4 Shading Language Cookbook: Build high-quality, real-time 3D graphics with OpenGL 4.6, GLSL 4.6 and C++17, 3rd Edition

by David Wolff

Net Delusion cover

1832. Net Delusion

by Evgeny Morozov

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Safecracker Suite: Drumming and Storytelling cover

1833. Safecracker Suite: Drumming and Storytelling

by Richard Phillips Feynman

How to See Color and Paint It cover

1834. How to See Color and Paint It

by Arthur Stern

Van Gogh: The Life cover

1835. Van Gogh: The Life

by Steven Naifeh

The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read: (And Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did) cover

1836. The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read: (And Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did)

by Philippa Perry

The Tatas: How a Family Built a Business and a Nation cover

1837. The Tatas: How a Family Built a Business and a Nation

by Girish Kuber

Dieter Rams: The Complete Works cover

1838. Dieter Rams: The Complete Works

by Klaus Klemp

Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality (Science Masters) cover

1839. Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality (Science Masters)

by Jared M. Diamond

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Hum: A Novel cover

1840. Hum: A Novel

by Helen Phillips

Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose cover

1841. Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose

by Tony Hsieh

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The Children of Tomorrow: A Monks' Guide to Mindful Parenting cover

1842. The Children of Tomorrow: A Monks' Guide to Mindful Parenting

by Om Swami

House of Lies : How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time cover

1843. House of Lies : How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time

by Martin Kihn

Consulting Demons: Inside the Unscrupulous World of Global Corporate Consulting cover

1844. Consulting Demons: Inside the Unscrupulous World of Global Corporate Consulting

by Lewis Pinault

The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Flaws cover

1845. The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Flaws

by Dafydd Stuttard, Marcus Pinto

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The Anomaly: A Novel cover

1846. The Anomaly: A Novel

by Hervé Le Tellier

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator: With New Commentary and Insights on the Life and Times of Jesse Livermore cover

1847. Reminiscences of a Stock Operator: With New Commentary and Insights on the Life and Times of Jesse Livermore

by Edwin Lefèvre, Jon D. Markman

The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time cover

1848. The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time

by Michael Craig

The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods cover

1849. The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods

by Hank Haney

Forty Centuries of Wage and Price Controls: How Not to Fight Inflation cover

1850. Forty Centuries of Wage and Price Controls: How Not to Fight Inflation

by Robert L. Schuettinger

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Simple C++: Featuring Robodog and the Profound Object-Oriented Programming Method (Poop) cover

1851. Simple C++: Featuring Robodog and the Profound Object-Oriented Programming Method (Poop)

by Jeffrey M. Cogswell

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Anticancer: A New Way of Life cover

1852. Anticancer: A New Way of Life

by David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD

The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South cover

1853. The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South

by Radley Balko, Tucker Carrington

Espionnes : Doubles vies sous haute tension - Une enquete exclusive au coeur des services secrets francais (French Edition) cover

1854. Espionnes : Doubles vies sous haute tension - Une enquete exclusive au coeur des services secrets francais (French Edition)

by Dalila Kerchouche

Seapower States: Maritime Culture, Continental Empires and the Conflict That Made the Modern World cover

1855. Seapower States: Maritime Culture, Continental Empires and the Conflict That Made the Modern World

by Andrew D. Lambert

Practical Computer Vision with SimpleCV cover

1856. Practical Computer Vision with SimpleCV

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Build Your Own Transistor Radios: A Hobbyist's Guide to High-Performance and Low-Powered Radio Circuits cover

1857. Build Your Own Transistor Radios: A Hobbyist's Guide to High-Performance and Low-Powered Radio Circuits

by Ronald Quan

Earthing: The Most Important Health Discovery Ever? cover

1858. Earthing: The Most Important Health Discovery Ever?

by Clinton Ober, Stephen T. Sinatra, Martin Zucker

Classical Mechanics cover

1859. Classical Mechanics

by Herbert Goldstein, Charles P. Poole, John L. Safko

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Social Engineering cover

1860. Social Engineering

by Christopher Hadnagy

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XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference, 4th Edition cover

1861. XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference, 4th Edition

Statistical Analysis with Missing Data (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics) cover

1862. Statistical Analysis with Missing Data (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)

by Roderick J. A. Little, Donald B. Rubin

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Introduction to 3D Game Programming with DirectX 11 cover

1863. Introduction to 3D Game Programming with DirectX 11

by Frank D. Luna

Adult Children of Alcoholics cover

1864. Adult Children of Alcoholics

by Janet G. Woititz

Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery cover

1865. Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery

by Garr Reynolds

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Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure cover

1866. Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure

by Maxwell Ryan

The Wizard of Oz (Puffin Classics) cover

1867. The Wizard of Oz (Puffin Classics)

by L. Frank Baum

Heritage and Destiny: Reflections on the Bell System in Transition cover

1868. Heritage and Destiny: Reflections on the Bell System in Transition

by Alvin Von Auw

Effective Monitoring and Alerting cover

1869. Effective Monitoring and Alerting

Data Analysis Using Regression and Multilevel/Hierarchical Models cover

1870. Data Analysis Using Regression and Multilevel/Hierarchical Models

by Andrew Gelman, Jennifer Hill

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Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who RIsked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II cover

1871. Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who RIsked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II

by Robert Kurson

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Computer Crime Law (American Casebook) cover

1872. Computer Crime Law (American Casebook)

by Orin S. Kerr

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Rule 34 cover

1873. Rule 34

by Charles Stross

Signal Processing First cover

1874. Signal Processing First

by James H. McClellan, Ronald W. Schafer, Mark A. Yoder

Running Money: Hedge Fund Honchos, Monster Markets and My Hunt for the Big Score cover

1875. Running Money: Hedge Fund Honchos, Monster Markets and My Hunt for the Big Score

by Andy Kessler

The Invention of the Passport: Surveillance, Citizenship and the State (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society) cover

1876. The Invention of the Passport: Surveillance, Citizenship and the State (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society)

by John Torpey

Zoology cover

1877. Zoology

by Robert L. Dorit

Deep Learning: Foundations and Concepts cover

1878. Deep Learning: Foundations and Concepts

by Christopher M. Bishop, Hugh Bishop

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How Music Got Free: A Story of Obsession and Invention cover

1879. How Music Got Free: A Story of Obsession and Invention

by Stephen Witt

Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models cover

1880. Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models

by Gabriel Weinberg, Lauren McCann

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Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution cover

1881. Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution

by L. Hunter Lovins, Amory Lovins, Paul Hawken

The American Atlas: U.S. Longitudes & Latitudes Time Changes and Time Zones cover

1882. The American Atlas: U.S. Longitudes & Latitudes Time Changes and Time Zones

by Thomas G. Shanks

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less cover

1883. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

by Greg McKeown

Data Science from Scratch: First Principles with Python cover

1884. Data Science from Scratch: First Principles with Python

by Joel Grus

Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons – A Portrait of the JPL Founder: Genius, Rocketry, and the Occult cover

1885. Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons – A Portrait of the JPL Founder: Genius, Rocketry, and the Occult

by George Pendle

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How to Develop a Super Power Memory cover

1886. How to Develop a Super Power Memory

by Harry Lorayne

Samkhya Darshan/Yogic Perspective on Theories of Realism cover

1887. Samkhya Darshan/Yogic Perspective on Theories of Realism

by Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati

Soluzioni: A Practical Grammar of Contemporary Italian (Routledge Concise Grammars) (Italian Edition) cover

1888. Soluzioni: A Practical Grammar of Contemporary Italian (Routledge Concise Grammars) (Italian Edition)

by Denise De Rôme

A Reference Grammar of Modern Italian (Routledge Reference Grammars) cover

1889. A Reference Grammar of Modern Italian (Routledge Reference Grammars)

by Martin Maiden, Cecilia Robustelli

A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language cover

1890. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language

by Ted Gioia

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Modern Italian Grammar (Modern Grammars) cover

1891. Modern Italian Grammar (Modern Grammars)

by Anna Proudfoot, Francesco Cardo

Secrets of Power Negotiating: Inside Secrets from a Master Negotiator cover

1892. Secrets of Power Negotiating: Inside Secrets from a Master Negotiator

by Roger Dawson

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The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm cover

1893. The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm

by Robert F. Bruner, Sean D. Carr

Kellogg on Branding: The Marketing Faculty of The Kellogg School of Management cover

1894. Kellogg on Branding: The Marketing Faculty of The Kellogg School of Management

by Alice M. Tybout, Tim Calkins

Graphics and Visualization: Principles & Algorithms cover

1895. Graphics and Visualization: Principles & Algorithms

by T. Theoharis, Georgios Papaioannou, Nikolaos Platis, Nicholas M. Patrikalakis

The law and the profits cover

1896. The law and the profits

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Parkinson's Law cover

1897. Parkinson's Law

by C Northcote Parkinson

Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace cover

1898. Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace

by Matthew C. Klein, Michael Pettis

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Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension (Philosophy of Mind) cover

1899. Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension (Philosophy of Mind)

by Andy Clark

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Mastering Algorithms with C cover

1900. Mastering Algorithms with C

by Kyle Loudon