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Zip-Line cover

2001. Zip-Line

by David Humpherys

Official Netscape Server-Side Javascript for Database Applications: Windows Nt & Unix : Design & Implement Robust Internet/Intranet Solutions cover

2002. Official Netscape Server-Side Javascript for Database Applications: Windows Nt & Unix : Design & Implement Robust Internet/Intranet Solutions

by Luke Duncan

Stop Reading the News: A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life cover

2003. Stop Reading the News: A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life

by Rolf Dobelli

Docker in Practice cover

2004. Docker in Practice

Developer Hegemony: The Future of Labor cover

2005. Developer Hegemony: The Future of Labor

by Erik Dietrich

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Merchants of Grain: The Power and Profits of the Five Giant Companies at the Center of the World's Food Supply cover

2006. Merchants of Grain: The Power and Profits of the Five Giant Companies at the Center of the World's Food Supply

by Dan Morgan

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The Da Vinci Cod: A Fishy Parody cover

2007. The Da Vinci Cod: A Fishy Parody

by Don Brine

Our Gods Wear Spandex: The Secret History of Comic Book Heroes cover

2008. Our Gods Wear Spandex: The Secret History of Comic Book Heroes

by Chris Knowles

Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System, 2nd Edition cover

2009. Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System, 2nd Edition

Quantum Computation and Quantum Information: 10th Anniversary Edition cover

2010. Quantum Computation and Quantum Information: 10th Anniversary Edition

by Michael A. Nielsen, Isaac L. Chuang

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Spam Nation cover

2011. Spam Nation

Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon cover

2012. Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon

by Robert Kurson

Lions' Commentary on Unix cover

2013. Lions' Commentary on Unix

by John Lions

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Garfield's Ghost Stories (Garfield) cover

2014. Garfield's Ghost Stories (Garfield)

by Jim Davis, Mark Acey, Jim Kraft

Atlas Of Middle-Earth cover

2015. Atlas Of Middle-Earth

by Karen Wynn Fonstad

Software Architecture Hour: Software Design (Tidy First) with Kent Beck cover

2016. Software Architecture Hour: Software Design (Tidy First) with Kent Beck

The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order cover

2017. The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order

by Sean McFate

Swarm Intelligence (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Evolutionary Computation) cover

2018. Swarm Intelligence (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Evolutionary Computation)

by James Kennedy, Russell C. Eberhart, Yuhui Shi

Living Memory cover

2019. Living Memory

by David Walton

Materials Selection in Mechanical Design cover

2020. Materials Selection in Mechanical Design

by Michael F. Ashby

Math on Trial: How Numbers Get Used and Abused in the Courtroom cover

2021. Math on Trial: How Numbers Get Used and Abused in the Courtroom

by Leila Schneps, Coralie Colmez

The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind cover

2022. The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind

by Alison Gopnik, Andrew N. Meltzoff, Patricia K. Kuhl

What Technology Wants cover

2023. What Technology Wants

by Kevin Kelly

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Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents cover

2024. Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents

by Ellen Ullman

The Effective Manager cover

2025. The Effective Manager

The Common Lisp Condition System: Beyond Exception Handling with Control Flow Mechanisms cover

2026. The Common Lisp Condition System: Beyond Exception Handling with Control Flow Mechanisms

by Michał "phoe" Herda

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Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent cover

2027. Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent

by Meredith Small

Better Data Visualizations: A Guide for Scholars, Researchers, and Wonks cover

2028. Better Data Visualizations: A Guide for Scholars, Researchers, and Wonks

by Arash Azizi

Made-Up Minds: A Constructivist Approach to Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Series) cover

2029. Made-Up Minds: A Constructivist Approach to Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Series)

by Gary L. Drescher

Working with Coders: A Guide to Software Development for the Perplexed Non-Techie cover

2030. Working with Coders: A Guide to Software Development for the Perplexed Non-Techie

by Patrick Gleeson

DDT and the American Century: Global Health, Environmental Politics, and the Pesticide That Changed the World (The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. ... Entrepreneurship, and Public Policy) cover

2031. DDT and the American Century: Global Health, Environmental Politics, and the Pesticide That Changed the World (The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. ... Entrepreneurship, and Public Policy)

The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing cover

2032. The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing

by Joost A. M. Meerloo

Multi-armed Bandit Allocation Indices cover

2033. Multi-armed Bandit Allocation Indices

by John Gittins, Kevin Glazebrook, Richard Weber

Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk cover

2034. Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk

by Peter L. Bernstein

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Winnie Ille Pu (Latin Edition) cover

2035. Winnie Ille Pu (Latin Edition)

by A. A. Milne

Programming the Semantic Web cover

2036. Programming the Semantic Web

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Three Days at Camp David: How a Secret Meeting in 1971 Transformed the Global Economy cover

2037. Three Days at Camp David: How a Secret Meeting in 1971 Transformed the Global Economy

by Jeffrey E. Garten

Simply Rails 2--New from SitePoint cover

2038. Simply Rails 2--New from SitePoint

The Plant-Based Athlete: A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance cover

2039. The Plant-Based Athlete: A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance

by Matt Frazier, Robert Cheeke

The Logic of Information: A Theory of Philosophy as Conceptual Design cover

2040. The Logic of Information: A Theory of Philosophy as Conceptual Design

by Luciano Floridi

The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained cover

2041. The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

by DK

The Classical Trivium: The Place of Thomas Nashe in the Learning of His Time cover

2042. The Classical Trivium: The Place of Thomas Nashe in the Learning of His Time

by Marshall McLuhan

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Initiative: A Proven Method to Bring Your Passions to Life (and Work) cover

2043. Initiative: A Proven Method to Bring Your Passions to Life (and Work)

by Joshua Spodek

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A History of Korea: From Antiquity to the Present cover

2044. A History of Korea: From Antiquity to the Present

by Michael J. Seth

Incident Management for Operations cover

2045. Incident Management for Operations

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness cover

2046. Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

by Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein

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C++ Move Semantics - The Complete Guide: First Edition cover

2047. C++ Move Semantics - The Complete Guide: First Edition

by Nicolai M. Josuttis

Truth in Translation: Accuracy and Bias in English Translations of the New Testament cover

2048. Truth in Translation: Accuracy and Bias in English Translations of the New Testament

by Jason BeDuhn

American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964 cover

2049. American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964

by William Manchester

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The Jupiter ACE Manual - 35th Anniversary Edition: Forth Programming cover

2050. The Jupiter ACE Manual - 35th Anniversary Edition: Forth Programming

by Steven Vickers

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Masterminds of Programming cover

2051. Masterminds of Programming

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Man's Search for Meaning cover

2052. Man's Search for Meaning

by Viktor E. Frankl

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Born-Einstein Letters, 1916-1955: Friendship, Politics and Physics in Uncertain Times (Macmillan Science) cover

2053. Born-Einstein Letters, 1916-1955: Friendship, Politics and Physics in Uncertain Times (Macmillan Science)

by Max Born, Albert Einstein

Works of Love: A Philosophy of Existence―How Love Saves Us from Isolation (Harper Perennial Modern Thought) cover

2054. Works of Love: A Philosophy of Existence―How Love Saves Us from Isolation (Harper Perennial Modern Thought)

by Soren Kierkegaard

The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts cover

2055. The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts

by Lee Baer

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Taming Text: How to Find, Organize, and Manipulate It cover

2056. Taming Text: How to Find, Organize, and Manipulate It

by Grant S. Ingersoll, Thomas S. Morton, Drew Farris

Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems cover

2057. Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems

by Stephen T. Thornton, Jerry B. Marion

Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers cover

2058. Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers

by Jacques Vallee

The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat cover

2059. The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat

by Stephan J. Guyenet

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Burn: The Misunderstood Science of Metabolism cover

2060. Burn: The Misunderstood Science of Metabolism

by Herman Pontzer

McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War cover

2061. McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War

by Hamilton Gregory

CRC Handbook of tables for Probability & Statistics cover

2062. CRC Handbook of tables for Probability & Statistics

by William H. Beyer

The Unconscious Civilization cover

2063. The Unconscious Civilization

by John Ralston Saul

Microservices antipatterns and pitfalls cover

2064. Microservices antipatterns and pitfalls

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Cows Are Freaky When They Look at You: An Oral History of the Kaw Valley Hemp Pickers cover

2065. Cows Are Freaky When They Look at You: An Oral History of the Kaw Valley Hemp Pickers

by David Ohle, Roger Martin, Susan Brosseau

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Competition & Monopoly in Medical Care cover

2066. Competition & Monopoly in Medical Care

by Harry Edward Frech (III)

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Digital Image Warping (Systems) cover

2067. Digital Image Warping (Systems)

by George Wolberg

Mastering Perl cover

2068. Mastering Perl

by brian foy

Intermediate Perl cover

2069. Intermediate Perl

by Randal L. Schwartz, brian foy, Tom Phoenix

Jim Blinn's Corner: Notation, Notation, Notation cover

2070. Jim Blinn's Corner: Notation, Notation, Notation

How You Make the Sale cover

2071. How You Make the Sale

by Frank McNair

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Magic Eye: A New Way of Looking at the World cover

2072. Magic Eye: A New Way of Looking at the World

by Cheri Smith

Introduction to Operations Research with Student Access Card cover

2073. Introduction to Operations Research with Student Access Card

by Frederick Hillier

Artful Making: What Managers Need to Know About How Artists Work cover

2074. Artful Making: What Managers Need to Know About How Artists Work

by Robert Daniel Austin, Lee Devin

Official Marimba Guide to Bongo cover

2075. Official Marimba Guide to Bongo

by Danny Goodman

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User Story Mapping cover

2076. User Story Mapping

Windows XP Professional: The Missing Manual cover

2077. Windows XP Professional: The Missing Manual

Realm of Racket: Learn to Program, One Game at a Time! cover

2078. Realm of Racket: Learn to Program, One Game at a Time!

by Matthias Felleisen, David Van Horn, Conrad Barski, Northeastern University Students

How Rich Countries Got Rich and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor cover

2079. How Rich Countries Got Rich and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor

by Erik Reinert

The Future of Fusion Energy cover

2080. The Future of Fusion Energy

by Jason Parisi, Justin Ball

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The Moth in the Iron Lung: A Biography of Polio cover

2081. The Moth in the Iron Lung: A Biography of Polio

by Forrest Maready

Linda Mui cover

2082. Linda Mui

Airway Management: A Solution for Our Health Crisis cover

2083. Airway Management: A Solution for Our Health Crisis

by Steven Olmos

Reconstructing Human Origins: A Modern Sythesis cover

2084. Reconstructing Human Origins: A Modern Sythesis

by Glenn C. Conroy, Herman Pontzer

Production-Ready Microservices cover

2085. Production-Ready Microservices

Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition cover

2086. Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition

Purple Cow, New Edition: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable cover

2087. Purple Cow, New Edition: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable

by Seth Godin

Let It Go: My Extraordinary Story - From Refugee to Entrepreneur to Philanthropist cover

2088. Let It Go: My Extraordinary Story - From Refugee to Entrepreneur to Philanthropist

by Dame Stephanie Shirley

Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, 10th Anniversary Edition cover

2089. Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, 10th Anniversary Edition

The Making of Buddhist Modernism cover

2090. The Making of Buddhist Modernism

by David L. McMahan

ARM System Developer's Guide: Designing and Optimizing System Software (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

2091. ARM System Developer's Guide: Designing and Optimizing System Software (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

Spacecraft, 2000-2100 A.D.: Terran Trade Authority Handbook cover

2092. Spacecraft, 2000-2100 A.D.: Terran Trade Authority Handbook

by Stewart Cowley

Bloodletters and Badmen cover

2093. Bloodletters and Badmen

by Jay Robert Nash

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Designing Video Game Hardware in Verilog (8bitworkshop) cover

2094. Designing Video Game Hardware in Verilog (8bitworkshop)

by Steven Hugg

Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought cover

2095. Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought

by Barbara Tversky

Matthew Gast cover

2096. Matthew Gast

Programming with MicroPython cover

2097. Programming with MicroPython

by Nicholas H. Tollervey

The Relationship Skills Workbook: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to a Thriving Relationship cover

2098. The Relationship Skills Workbook: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to a Thriving Relationship

by Julia Colwell

The Science of Cooking cover

2099. The Science of Cooking

Architecting Data and Machine Learning Platforms cover

2100. Architecting Data and Machine Learning Platforms