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Probability Theory: The Logic of Science cover

101. Probability Theory: The Logic of Science

by E. T. Jaynes
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Beautiful Code cover

102. Beautiful Code

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson
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High Output Management cover

103. High Output Management

by Andrew S. Grove
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Calculus Made Easy cover

104. Calculus Made Easy

by Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner
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Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices) cover

105. Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices)

by Steve McConnell
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What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry cover

106. What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry

by John Markoff
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The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business cover

107. The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business

by Clayton M. Christensen
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) cover

108. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)

by Richard Phillips Feynman, Ralph Leighton
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Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet cover

109. Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet

by Katie Hafner, Matthew Lyon
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Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. cover

110. Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

by Ron Chernow
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business cover

111. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

by Neil Postman
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Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition cover

112. Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition

by Steve Krug
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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code cover

113. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code

by Martin Fowler, Kent Beck
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Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life cover

114. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

by Marshall B. Rosenberg
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Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety cover

115. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

by Eric Schlosser
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Making Software: What Really Works, and Why We Believe It cover

116. Making Software: What Really Works, and Why We Believe It

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) cover

117. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America cover

118. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

by Richard Rothstein
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The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses cover

119. The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

by Eric Ries
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The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success cover

120. The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success

by William Thorndike
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Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional Designers (German and English Edition) cover

121. Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional Designers (German and English Edition)

by Josef Müller-Brockmann
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How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (A Touchstone book) cover

122. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (A Touchstone book)

by Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren
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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy cover

123. Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

by Cathy O'Neil
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The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living cover

124. The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

by Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman
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Finite and Infinite Games cover

125. Finite and Infinite Games

by James Carse
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Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) cover

126. Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)

by Tom Vanderbilt
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Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions cover

127. Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

by Dan Ariely
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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us cover

128. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

by Daniel H. Pink
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Coding the Matrix: Linear Algebra through Applications to Computer Science cover

129. Coding the Matrix: Linear Algebra through Applications to Computer Science

by Philip N. Klein
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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto) cover

130. Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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The Four Steps to the Epiphany cover

131. The Four Steps to the Epiphany

by Steve Blank
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Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain cover

132. Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

by John J. Ratey
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Calculus, 4th edition cover

133. Calculus, 4th edition

by Michael Spivak
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Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution - 25th Anniversary Edition cover

134. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution - 25th Anniversary Edition

by Steven Levy
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Against Intellectual Monopoly cover

135. Against Intellectual Monopoly

by Michele Boldrin, David K. Levine
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies cover

136. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared M. Diamond
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Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty cover

137. Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty

by David Kadavy
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Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street cover

138. Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street

by John Brooks
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Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It cover

139. Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It

by Lawrence Lessig
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Operating Systems Design and Implementation (3rd Edition) cover

140. Operating Systems Design and Implementation (3rd Edition)

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Albert S. Woodhull
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The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain cover

141. The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain

by John E. Sarno
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The Effective Engineer: How to Leverage Your Efforts In Software Engineering to Make a Disproportionate and Meaningful Impact cover

142. The Effective Engineer: How to Leverage Your Efforts In Software Engineering to Make a Disproportionate and Meaningful Impact

by Edmond Lau
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Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications cover

143. Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications

by Toby Segaran
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Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life cover

144. Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

by Martin E.P. Seligman
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The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger cover

145. The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger

by Marc Levinson
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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win cover

146. Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

by Jocko Willink, Leif Babin
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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think cover

147. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund
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The Science of Interstellar cover

148. The Science of Interstellar

by Kip Thorne
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Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations cover

149. Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim
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How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd Edition cover

150. How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd Edition

by Daniel J. Velleman
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UNIX: A History and a Memoir cover

151. UNIX: A History and a Memoir

by Brian W. Kernighan
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Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think cover

152. Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think

by Bryan Caplan
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C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software cover

153. C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software

by David R. Hanson
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Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well cover

154. Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well

by Douglas Stone, Sheila Heen
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Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency cover

155. Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency

by Tom DeMarco
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Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality cover

156. Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality

by Max Tegmark
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Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science (2nd Edition) cover

157. Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science (2nd Edition)

by Ronald L. Graham, Donald Ervin Knuth, Oren Patashnik
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Quantum Computing since Democritus cover

158. Quantum Computing since Democritus

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Unix Network Programming, Volume 1: The Sockets Networking API (3rd Edition) cover

159. Unix Network Programming, Volume 1: The Sockets Networking API (3rd Edition)

by W. Richard Stevens, Bill Fenner, Andrew M. Rudoff
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Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent cover

160. Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

by Harvey A. Silverglate
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Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter) cover

161. Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter)

by Steve Krug
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DAEMON cover

162. DAEMON

by Daniel Suarez
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The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance cover

163. The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance

by W. Timothy Gallwey
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Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (2nd Edition) cover

164. Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (2nd Edition)

by Alfred V. Aho
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The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small cover

165. The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small

by John Gall
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Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) cover

166. Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

by Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, Gregory G. Colomb
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity cover

167. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

by David Allen
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Designing Data-Intensive Applications cover

168. Designing Data-Intensive Applications

by Martin Kleppmann
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus cover

169. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

by Charles C. Mann
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Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions cover

170. Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

by Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths
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Basic Economics cover

171. Basic Economics

by Thomas Sowell
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The Princeton Companion to Mathematics cover

172. The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

by Timothy Gowers, June Barrow-Green, Imre Leader
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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media cover

173. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

by Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky
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Introduction to the Theory of Computation cover

174. Introduction to the Theory of Computation

by Michael Sipser
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Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective cover

175. Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective

by Randal E. Bryant, David R. O'Hallaron
Read 10 comments
Watchmaking cover

176. Watchmaking

by George Daniels
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid cover

177. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

by Douglas R. Hofstadter
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The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century cover

178. The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century

by Steven Pinker
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Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition cover

179. Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition

by Paul Scherz, Simon Monk
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Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World cover

180. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

by David Epstein
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How to Be Invisible: Protect Your Home, Your Children, Your Assets, and Your Life cover

181. How to Be Invisible: Protect Your Home, Your Children, Your Assets, and Your Life

by J. J. Luna
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The Annotated Turing: A Guided Tour Through Alan Turing's Historic Paper on Computability and the Turing Machine cover

182. The Annotated Turing: A Guided Tour Through Alan Turing's Historic Paper on Computability and the Turing Machine

by Charles Petzold
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Real-Time Rendering, Third Edition cover

183. Real-Time Rendering, Third Edition

by Tomas Akenine-Möller, Eric Haines, Naty Hoffman
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An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Silver Anniversary Edition) cover

184. An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Silver Anniversary Edition)

by Gerald M. Weinberg
Read 8 comments
Real-Time Collision Detection (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3-D Technology) cover

185. Real-Time Collision Detection (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3-D Technology)

by Christer Ericson
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The Grammar of Graphics (Statistics and Computing) cover

186. The Grammar of Graphics (Statistics and Computing)

by Leland Wilkinson
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Threaded Interpretive Languages: Their Design and Implementation cover

187. Threaded Interpretive Languages: Their Design and Implementation

by R. G. Loeliger
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Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness cover

188. Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

by Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein
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Debt: The First 5,000 Years cover

189. Debt: The First 5,000 Years

by David Graeber
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Introduction to Information Retrieval cover

190. Introduction to Information Retrieval

by Christopher D. Manning, Prabhakar Raghavan, Hinrich Schütze
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Algorithms (4th Edition) cover

191. Algorithms (4th Edition)

by Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne
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Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly)) cover

192. Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson
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The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development cover

193. The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development

by Donald G. Reinertsen
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The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement cover

194. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

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Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp cover

195. Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp

by Peter Norvig
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Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions cover

196. Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell
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Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre cover

197. Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre

by Keith Johnstone
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Linux Kernel Development (3rd Edition) cover

198. Linux Kernel Development (3rd Edition)

by Robert Love
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Serious Cryptography: A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption cover

199. Serious Cryptography: A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption

by Jean-Philippe Aumasson
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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition cover

200. Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition

by Marc Reisner
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