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The Price of Admission (Updated Edition): How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges--and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates cover

1901. The Price of Admission (Updated Edition): How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges--and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates

by Daniel Golden

Macroeconomics cover

1902. Macroeconomics

by William Mitchell, L. Randall Wray, Martin Watts

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Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech cover

1903. Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech

by Sara Wachter-Boettcher

The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter cover

1904. The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter

by Joseph Henrich

Wurzelatlas Mitteleuropaeischer Gruelandpflanzen Band 2 Pteridophyta und Dicotyledoneae (Magnoliopsida) Teil 2 Anatomie (Wurzelatlas mitteleuropaeischer Gruenlandpflanzen) cover

1905. Wurzelatlas Mitteleuropaeischer Gruelandpflanzen Band 2 Pteridophyta und Dicotyledoneae (Magnoliopsida) Teil 2 Anatomie (Wurzelatlas mitteleuropaeischer Gruenlandpflanzen)

by Lore Kutschera, Monika Sobotik

Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem cover

1906. Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem

by Simon Singh

The Last Lecture cover

1907. The Last Lecture

by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow

The Better Angels of Our Nature cover

1908. The Better Angels of Our Nature

by Steven Pinker

The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must cover

1909. The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must

by Robert Zubrin, Richard Wagner

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Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World cover

1910. Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World

by Rutger Bregman

Death by Regulation: How We Were Robbed of a Golden Age of Health and How We Can Reclaim It cover

1911. Death by Regulation: How We Were Robbed of a Golden Age of Health and How We Can Reclaim It

by Mary J. Ruwart

The Way Things Work by Macaulay, David (1988) Hardcover cover

1912. The Way Things Work by Macaulay, David (1988) Hardcover

by David Macaulay

The Hardware Hacker: Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware cover

1913. The Hardware Hacker: Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware

by Andrew "bunnie" Huang

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Writing Interpreters and Compilers for the Raspberry Pi Using Python cover

1914. Writing Interpreters and Compilers for the Raspberry Pi Using Python

by Anthony Dos Reis

GENOMICS AND PERSONALIZED MEDICINE: What Everyone Needs to Know® cover

1915. GENOMICS AND PERSONALIZED MEDICINE: What Everyone Needs to Know®

by Michael Snyder

Adversarial Legalism: The American Way of Law cover

1916. Adversarial Legalism: The American Way of Law

Think for Yourself: Restoring Common Sense in an Age of Experts and Artificial Intelligence cover

1917. Think for Yourself: Restoring Common Sense in an Age of Experts and Artificial Intelligence

by Vikram Mansharamani

Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy cover

1918. Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy

by Jostein Gaarder

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Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America cover

1919. Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America

by Conor Dougherty

Living & Working in Canada: A Survival Handbook (Living and Working) cover

1920. Living & Working in Canada: A Survival Handbook (Living and Working)

by Graeme Chesters

Quick Start Training for IBM z/OS Application Developers, Volume 1 cover

1921. Quick Start Training for IBM z/OS Application Developers, Volume 1

by Robert Wingate

IBM COBOL A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition cover

1922. IBM COBOL A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition

by Gerardus Blokdyk

Beautiful No-Mow Yards: 50 Amazing Lawn Alternatives cover

1923. Beautiful No-Mow Yards: 50 Amazing Lawn Alternatives

by Evelyn Hadden

Lawn Gone!: Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Attractive Alternatives for Your Yard cover

1924. Lawn Gone!: Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Attractive Alternatives for Your Yard

by Pam Penick

Birth of a White Nation: The Invention of White People and Its Relevance Today cover

1925. Birth of a White Nation: The Invention of White People and Its Relevance Today

by Jacqueline Battalora

Mini Habits for Weight Loss: Stop Dieting. Form New Habits. Change Your Lifestyle Without Suffering. cover

1926. Mini Habits for Weight Loss: Stop Dieting. Form New Habits. Change Your Lifestyle Without Suffering.

by Stephen Guise

Software Architect's Handbook cover

1927. Software Architect's Handbook

Way of the Wolf: Straight Line Selling: Master the Art of Persuasion, Influence, and Success cover

1928. Way of the Wolf: Straight Line Selling: Master the Art of Persuasion, Influence, and Success

by Jordan Belfort

Graphics Gems cover

1929. Graphics Gems

by Andrew S. Glassner

Graphics Gems III cover

1930. Graphics Gems III

by Kirk, David

Graphics Gems II cover

1931. Graphics Gems II

by James Arvo

The Algorithm Design Manual (Texts in Computer Science) cover

1932. The Algorithm Design Manual (Texts in Computer Science)

by Steven S. Skiena

The Human Element: Productivity, Self-Esteem, and the Bottom Line (Jossey Bass Business & Management Series) cover

1933. The Human Element: Productivity, Self-Esteem, and the Bottom Line (Jossey Bass Business & Management Series)

by Will Schutz

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On the Grid: A Plot of Land, an Average Neighborhood, and the Systems That Make Our World Work cover

1934. On the Grid: A Plot of Land, an Average Neighborhood, and the Systems That Make Our World Work

Chemical Warfare Secrets Almost Forgotten: A Personal Story of Medical Testing of Army Volunteers cover

1935. Chemical Warfare Secrets Almost Forgotten: A Personal Story of Medical Testing of Army Volunteers

Introducing Meteor cover

1936. Introducing Meteor

by Josh Robinson, Aaron Gray, David Titarenco

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A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age cover

1937. A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age

by Jimmy Soni, Rob Goodman

The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (5 Volume Set) cover

1938. The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (5 Volume Set)

by Jacqueline L. Longe

The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt cover

1939. The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt

by Toby Wilkinson

Questioning the Lambda Architecture cover

1940. Questioning the Lambda Architecture

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The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution cover

1941. The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution

The critic's hornbook: Reading for interpretation cover

1942. The critic's hornbook: Reading for interpretation

by William C. Dowling

ScratchJr Coding Cards: Creative Coding Activities cover

1943. ScratchJr Coding Cards: Creative Coding Activities

by Marina Umaschi Bers, Amanda Sullivan

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Second Nature: A Gardener's Education cover

1944. Second Nature: A Gardener's Education

by Michael Pollan

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Real Food / Fake Food: Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating & What You Can Do About It cover

1945. Real Food / Fake Food: Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating & What You Can Do About It

by Larry Olmsted

Machine Learning for Hackers cover

1946. Machine Learning for Hackers

Real-Time 3D Graphics with WebGL 2: Build interactive 3D applications with JavaScript and WebGL 2 (OpenGL ES 3.0), 2nd Edition cover

1947. Real-Time 3D Graphics with WebGL 2: Build interactive 3D applications with JavaScript and WebGL 2 (OpenGL ES 3.0), 2nd Edition

by Farhad Ghayour, Diego Cantor

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Run, Spot, Run: The Ethics of Keeping Pets cover

1948. Run, Spot, Run: The Ethics of Keeping Pets

by Jessica Pierce

The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World cover

1949. The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World

The 1-Page Marketing Plan: Get New Customers, Make More Money, And Stand Out From The Crowd (Lean Marketing Series) cover

1950. The 1-Page Marketing Plan: Get New Customers, Make More Money, And Stand Out From The Crowd (Lean Marketing Series)

by Allan Dib

The current state of machine intelligence 2.0 cover

1951. The current state of machine intelligence 2.0

The Dalai Lama Book of Quotes: A Collection of Speeches, Quotations, Essays and Advice from His Holiness (Little Book. Big Idea.) cover

1952. The Dalai Lama Book of Quotes: A Collection of Speeches, Quotations, Essays and Advice from His Holiness (Little Book. Big Idea.)

by Travis Hellstrom

The Fires of Heaven (The Wheel of Time, Book 5) cover

1953. The Fires of Heaven (The Wheel of Time, Book 5)

by Carl Christian Erhard Schmid

The Middleman Economy: How Brokers, Agents, Dealers, and Everyday Matchmakers Create Value and Profit cover

1954. The Middleman Economy: How Brokers, Agents, Dealers, and Everyday Matchmakers Create Value and Profit

by Marina Krakovsky

Machinery's Handbook Toolbox cover

1955. Machinery's Handbook Toolbox

by Erik Oberg, Franklin D. Jones, Holbrook Lynedon Horton, Henry H. Ryffel, Christopher J. McCauley

What Doesn't Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength cover

1956. What Doesn't Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength

by Scott Carney

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Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies cover

1957. Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies

by Alastair Bonnett

How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information cover

1958. How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information

by Alberto Cairo

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Jim Blinn's Corner: A Trip Down the Graphics Pipeline cover

1959. Jim Blinn's Corner: A Trip Down the Graphics Pipeline

by Jim Blinn

Visualizing Data cover

1960. Visualizing Data

by William S. Cleveland

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Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (Focus Philosophical Library Series) cover

1961. Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (Focus Philosophical Library Series)

by Aristotle, Joe Sachs

War in Human Civilization cover

1962. War in Human Civilization

by Azar Gat

Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body cover

1963. Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body

by Jo Marchant

Programming Quantum Computers cover

1964. Programming Quantum Computers

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Systemantics: How Systems Work and Especially How They Fail cover

1965. Systemantics: How Systems Work and Especially How They Fail

by John Gall

Prey cover

1966. Prey

Writing Secure Code cover

1967. Writing Secure Code

by Michael Howard, David LeBlanc

Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++ cover

1968. Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++

by John Viega, Matt Messier

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Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms? when My Lab Tests Are Normal: a Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Hashimoto's Disease and Hypothyroidism cover

1969. Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms? when My Lab Tests Are Normal: a Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Hashimoto's Disease and Hypothyroidism

Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West cover

1970. Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West

Hope Is Not a Strategy: The 6 Keys to Winning the Complex Sale: The 6 Keys to Winning the Complex Sale cover

1971. Hope Is Not a Strategy: The 6 Keys to Winning the Complex Sale: The 6 Keys to Winning the Complex Sale

by Rick Page

Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation cover

1972. Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation

by Daniel J. Siegel, MD

Ugly’s Electrical References, 2020 Edition cover

1973. Ugly’s Electrical References, 2020 Edition

by Charles R. Miller

Neuroevolution: A different kind of deep learning cover

1974. Neuroevolution: A different kind of deep learning

Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States (P.S.) cover

1975. Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States (P.S.)

by Pete Jordan

Hacker’s Delight, Second Edition cover

1976. Hacker’s Delight, Second Edition

Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time cover

1977. Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time

by Jeffrey Pfeffer

Inversions cover

1978. Inversions

by Scott Kim

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Lactivism: How Feminists and Fundamentalists, Hippies and Yuppies, and Physicians and Politicians Made Breastfeeding Big Business and Bad Policy cover

1979. Lactivism: How Feminists and Fundamentalists, Hippies and Yuppies, and Physicians and Politicians Made Breastfeeding Big Business and Bad Policy

by Courtney Jung

Honeybee Democracy cover

1980. Honeybee Democracy

by Thomas D. Seeley

The Power of Intuition: How to Use Your Gut Feelings to Make Better Decisions at Work cover

1981. The Power of Intuition: How to Use Your Gut Feelings to Make Better Decisions at Work

by Gary Klein

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How to Sue a Telemarketer cover

1982. How to Sue a Telemarketer

by Stephen I. Ostrow, Ozmo Kramer

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In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays cover

1983. In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays

by Bertrand Arthur William Russell

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CSS Secrets cover

1984. CSS Secrets

by Lea Verou

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Whitewash: On Keith Windschuttle's Fabrication of Aboriginal History cover

1985. Whitewash: On Keith Windschuttle's Fabrication of Aboriginal History

by Robert Manne

Metal Programming Guide: Tutorial and Reference via Swift cover

1986. Metal Programming Guide: Tutorial and Reference via Swift

by Janie Clayton

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Volume 6A: Motif Programming Manual cover

1987. Volume 6A: Motif Programming Manual

How the TensorFlow team handles open source support cover

1988. How the TensorFlow team handles open source support

The Great Wall Street Scandal cover

1989. The Great Wall Street Scandal

by Raymond L. Dirks, Leonard Gross

A Passion for Discovery cover

1990. A Passion for Discovery

by Peter Freund

API Security in Action cover

1991. API Security in Action

by Neil Madden

The Secret Chief Revealed cover

1992. The Secret Chief Revealed

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National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood cover

1993. National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood

by Matthew Alford, Tom Secker

An Introduction to the Study of Stellar Structure (Dover Books on Astronomy) cover

1994. An Introduction to the Study of Stellar Structure (Dover Books on Astronomy)

by Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, S. Chandrasekhar

Fair Thee Well cover

1995. Fair Thee Well

by Nathan Jones

The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates cover

1996. The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates

by Peter T. Leeson

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Buried by the Times: The Holocaust and America's Most Important Newspaper cover

1997. Buried by the Times: The Holocaust and America's Most Important Newspaper

by Laurel Leff

Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition and Modern Medicine―Unpacking the Science Behind Food and Health cover

1998. Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition and Modern Medicine―Unpacking the Science Behind Food and Health

by Robert H. Lustig

Writing a C Compiler: Build a Real Programming Language from Scratch cover

1999. Writing a C Compiler: Build a Real Programming Language from Scratch

by Nora Sandler

Corporate Flashcards cover

2000. Corporate Flashcards

by Knock Knock

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