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Motel of the Mysteries cover

101. Motel of the Mysteries

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Deep Learning for Coders with Fastai and PyTorch: AI Applications Without a PhD cover

102. Deep Learning for Coders with Fastai and PyTorch: AI Applications Without a PhD

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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature, 1) cover

103. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature, 1)

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Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory cover

104. Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory

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Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas cover

105. Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

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

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

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Gödel's Proof cover

107. Gödel's Proof

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Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In cover

108. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

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Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

109. Thinking, Fast and Slow

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Inviting Disaster: Lessons From the Edge of Technology cover

110. Inviting Disaster: Lessons From the Edge of Technology

Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed cover

111. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

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Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming cover

112. Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming

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Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity--What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves cover

113. Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity--What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves

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I Am a Strange Loop cover

114. I Am a Strange Loop

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What's Wrong with China cover

115. What's Wrong with China

Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran: A Moment in World History cover

116. Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran: A Moment in World History

JavaScript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts cover

117. JavaScript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts

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How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers cover

118. How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers

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Non-Designer's Design Book, The cover

119. Non-Designer's Design Book, The

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

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

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Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World (Pulitzer Prize Winner) cover

121. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

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Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland cover

122. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

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Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life cover

123. Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life

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Chaos Engineering cover

124. Chaos Engineering

Trauma Myth: The Truth About the Sexual Abuse of Children-and Its Aftermath cover

125. Trauma Myth: The Truth About the Sexual Abuse of Children-and Its Aftermath

Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind cover

126. Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind

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The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book cover

127. The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book

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How Will You Measure Your Life? cover

128. How Will You Measure Your Life?

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Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection cover

129. Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection

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Time Management for System Administrators cover

130. Time Management for System Administrators

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Molecular Biology of the Cell cover

131. Molecular Biology of the Cell

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超限战与反超限战，中国人提出的新战争观美国人如何应对 cover

132. 超限战与反超限战，中国人提出的新战争观美国人如何应对

The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking cover

133. The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking

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The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell cover

134. The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell

Deep Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series) cover

135. Deep Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series)

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The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor cover

136. The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor

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Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture cover

137. Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

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The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully cover

138. The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully

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1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History) cover

139. 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History)

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Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt cover

140. Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt

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Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age cover

141. Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age

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Statistics Done Wrong: The Woefully Complete Guide cover

142. Statistics Done Wrong: The Woefully Complete Guide

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Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California cover

143. Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California

Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy cover

144. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

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Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment cover

145. Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment

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The Elements of Computing Systems, second edition: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

146. The Elements of Computing Systems, second edition: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams cover

147. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

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Don't Shoot the Dog!: The New Art of Teaching and Training cover

148. Don't Shoot the Dog!: The New Art of Teaching and Training

How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business cover

149. How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business

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Newton the Alchemist: Science, Enigma, and the Quest for Nature's

150. Newton the Alchemist: Science, Enigma, and the Quest for Nature's "Secret Fire"

Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe cover

151. Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe

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Introduction to Graph Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

152. Introduction to Graph Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics)

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In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives cover

153. In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives

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The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything . . . Fast! cover

154. The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything . . . Fast!

It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences: A Writer's Guide to Crafting Killer Sentences cover

155. It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences: A Writer's Guide to Crafting Killer Sentences

Letters to a Young Contrarian (Art of Mentoring (Paperback)) cover

156. Letters to a Young Contrarian (Art of Mentoring (Paperback))

The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985-1993 cover

157. The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985-1993

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The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America cover

158. The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America

Getting Past No: Negotiating in Difficult Situations cover

159. Getting Past No: Negotiating in Difficult Situations

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Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need cover

160. Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need

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MAC OS X Internals: A Systems Approach cover

161. MAC OS X Internals: A Systems Approach

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Beautiful Code cover

162. Beautiful Code

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Harmonic Experience: Tonal Harmony from Its Natural Origins to Its Modern Expression cover

163. Harmonic Experience: Tonal Harmony from Its Natural Origins to Its Modern Expression

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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice cover

164. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

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ArtCurious: Stories of the Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful in Art History cover

165. ArtCurious: Stories of the Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful in Art History

The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Letters cover

166. The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Letters

A Modern Method for Guitar Complete Edition | Volumes 1 2 and 3 in One Book | William Leavitt Berklee Guitar Course for Beginners and Intermediate Players | Essential Guitar Study Guide cover

167. A Modern Method for Guitar Complete Edition | Volumes 1 2 and 3 in One Book | William Leavitt Berklee Guitar Course for Beginners and Intermediate Players | Essential Guitar Study Guide

Building Tools with GitHub cover

168. Building Tools with GitHub

Unix Power Tools, 3rd Edition cover

169. Unix Power Tools, 3rd Edition

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Feynman Lectures On Computation (Frontiers in Physics) cover

170. Feynman Lectures On Computation (Frontiers in Physics)

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The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet cover

171. The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet

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Never Lost Again: The Google Mapping Revolution That Sparked New Industries and Augmented Our Reality – The Essential Application's Creation Story from Keyhole cover

172. Never Lost Again: The Google Mapping Revolution That Sparked New Industries and Augmented Our Reality – The Essential Application's Creation Story from Keyhole

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Man's Search for Meaning (OLD EDITION/OUT OF PRINT) cover

173. Man's Search for Meaning (OLD EDITION/OUT OF PRINT)

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How to Watch TV News cover

174. How to Watch TV News

Hacker's Delight cover

175. Hacker's Delight

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The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower cover

176. The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower

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Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals cover

177. Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals

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Programming Rust: Fast, Safe Systems Development cover

178. Programming Rust: Fast, Safe Systems Development

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A Million Thoughts: Learn All About Meditation from a Himalayan Mystic cover

179. A Million Thoughts: Learn All About Meditation from a Himalayan Mystic

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

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

A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World) cover

181. A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)

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Purity: A Novel cover

182. Purity: A Novel

Zoning Rules!: The Economics of Land Use Regulation cover

183. Zoning Rules!: The Economics of Land Use Regulation

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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media cover

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

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The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: How America really took over the world cover

185. The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: How America really took over the world

The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity cover

186. The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity

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How to Good-bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey? or Effective Way? cover

187. How to Good-bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey? or Effective Way?

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A Tour of the Calculus cover

188. A Tour of the Calculus

Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons cover

189. Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons

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Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story cover

190. Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story

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Making Software cover

191. Making Software

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Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools cover

192. Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools

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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty cover

193. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

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The Supermen: The Story of Seymour Cray and the Technical Wizards Behind the Supercomputer cover

194. The Supermen: The Story of Seymour Cray and the Technical Wizards Behind the Supercomputer

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How to Build With Grid Beam: A Fast, Easy and Affordable System for Constructing Almost Anything cover

195. How to Build With Grid Beam: A Fast, Easy and Affordable System for Constructing Almost Anything

The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve cover

196. The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve

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BGP cover

197. BGP

The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution cover

198. The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution

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Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

199. Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

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Are You a Stock or a Bond?: Identify Your Own Human Capital for a Secure Financial Future cover

200. Are You a Stock or a Bond?: Identify Your Own Human Capital for a Secure Financial Future

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