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An Embedded Software Primer cover

2001. An Embedded Software Primer

by David E. Simon

Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener The Father of Cybernetics cover

2002. Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener The Father of Cybernetics

by Flo Conway, Jim Siegelman

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Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past cover

2003. Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past

by David Reich

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The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda cover

2004. The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda

by Ali H. Soufan

The Philosophy of Language cover

2005. The Philosophy of Language

by Aloysius Martinich, David Sosa

Longing to Know cover

2006. Longing to Know

by Esther Lightcap Meek

Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State cover

2007. Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State

by Byron Tau

Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World (Popular Science) cover

2008. Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World (Popular Science)

by Nick Lane

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Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives (5th Edition) cover

2009. Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives (5th Edition)

by John Hull

Spy Catcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer cover

2010. Spy Catcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer

by Peter Wright

Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever cover

2011. Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever

by Joseph Cox

Bioinformatics and Molecular Evolution cover

2012. Bioinformatics and Molecular Evolution

by Paul G. Higgs, Teresa Attwood

Seven More Languages in Seven Weeks: Languages That Are Shaping the Future cover

2013. Seven More Languages in Seven Weeks: Languages That Are Shaping the Future

by Bruce A. Tate, Ian Dees, Frederic Daoud, Jack Moffitt

The Art of Electronics Student Manual cover

2014. The Art of Electronics Student Manual

by Thomas C. Hayes, Paul Horowitz

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Naive Set Theory (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

2015. Naive Set Theory (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by P. R. Halmos

Exploring RANDOMNESS cover

2016. Exploring RANDOMNESS

by Gregory J. Chaitin

Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World cover

2017. Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World

by Maryanne Wolf

Attachment Disturbances in Adults: Treatment for Comprehensive Repair cover

2018. Attachment Disturbances in Adults: Treatment for Comprehensive Repair

by Daniel P. Brown

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The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics cover

2019. The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics

by Christopher Lasch

Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story cover

2020. Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story

by Jerry Weissman

Effectual Entrepreneurship cover

2021. Effectual Entrepreneurship

by Stuart Read, Saras D. Sarasvathy, Nick Dew, Robert Wiltbank

Strategic Intuition: The Creative Spark in Human Achievement (Columbia Business School Publishing) cover

2022. Strategic Intuition: The Creative Spark in Human Achievement (Columbia Business School Publishing)

by William Duggan

A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles cover

2023. A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles

by Thomas Sowell

The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time cover

2024. The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time

by Alex Korb

Building Machine Learning Powered Applications: Going from Idea to Product cover

2025. Building Machine Learning Powered Applications: Going from Idea to Product

by Emmanuel Ameisen

Stan Weinstein's Secrets For Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets cover

2026. Stan Weinstein's Secrets For Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets

by Stan Weinstein

The C++ Programming Language, 4th Edition cover

2027. The C++ Programming Language, 4th Edition

by Bjarne Stroustrup

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A History of the World in 100 Objects cover

2028. A History of the World in 100 Objects

by Neil MacGregor

Eat Stop Eat: Intermittent Fasting for Health and Weight Loss (English) cover

2029. Eat Stop Eat: Intermittent Fasting for Health and Weight Loss (English)

by Brad Pilon

Logical Miracles: 100 Stories of Hope and Healing cover

2030. Logical Miracles: 100 Stories of Hope and Healing

by Dor Mullen

UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, 5th Edition cover

2031. UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, 5th Edition

VB & VBA in a Nutshell: The Language cover

2032. VB & VBA in a Nutshell: The Language

by Paul Lomax

Incident Response & Computer Forensics, Third Edition cover

2033. Incident Response & Computer Forensics, Third Edition

by Kevin Mandia, Matthew Pepe, Jason T. Luttgens

Against Method cover

2034. Against Method

by Paul Feyerabend

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game cover

2035. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

by Michael Lewis

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices (J-B Warren Bennis Series) cover

2036. Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices (J-B Warren Bennis Series)

by Paul R. Lawrence, Nitin Nohria

Digital Signal Processing: A Practical Guide for Engineers and Scientists cover

2037. Digital Signal Processing: A Practical Guide for Engineers and Scientists

by Steven Smith

The French Intifada: The Long War Between France and Its Arabs cover

2038. The French Intifada: The Long War Between France and Its Arabs

by Andrew Hussey

Let's Read: A Linguistic Approach (Title Not in Series) cover

2039. Let's Read: A Linguistic Approach (Title Not in Series)

by Cynthia A. Barnhart

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Chess For the Novice Player: A Guide For the Beginning Chess Player cover

2040. Chess For the Novice Player: A Guide For the Beginning Chess Player

by Gautam R. Narula

Developing a chaos architecture mindset cover

2041. Developing a chaos architecture mindset

Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story cover

2042. Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story

by Julie K. Brown

Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice (Volume 1998) (Morality and Society Series) cover

2043. Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice (Volume 1998) (Morality and Society Series)

by Bent Flyvbjerg

How to Use a Breadboard! (Make: Handbook) cover

2044. How to Use a Breadboard! (Make: Handbook)

by Sean Michael Ragan, Jody Culkin

The harried leisure class cover

2045. The harried leisure class

by Staffan Burenstam Linder

Beautiful C++: 30 Core Guidelines for Writing Clean, Safe, and Fast Code cover

2046. Beautiful C++: 30 Core Guidelines for Writing Clean, Safe, and Fast Code

by J. Davidson, Kate Gregory

Embracing Modern C++ Safely cover

2047. Embracing Modern C++ Safely

by John Lakos, Vittorio Romeo, Rostislav Khlebnikov, Alisdair Meredith

Introduction to Montague Semantics (Synthese Language Library) cover

2048. Introduction to Montague Semantics (Synthese Language Library)

by David R. Dowty

Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico: A Cookbook cover

2049. Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico: A Cookbook

by Rick Martínez

Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste cover

2050. Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste

by Pierre Bourdieu

The Tyranny of Nations: How the Last 500 Years Shaped Today's Global Economy cover

2051. The Tyranny of Nations: How the Last 500 Years Shaped Today's Global Economy

by Palak Patel

The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win cover

2052. The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win

by Maria Konnikova

Gut: the inside story of our body's most under-rated organ cover

2053. Gut: the inside story of our body's most under-rated organ

by Giulia Enders

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The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web cover

2054. The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web

by Dave Shea, Molly E. Holzschlag

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Drugs Unlimited: The Web Revolution That's Changing How the World Gets High cover

2055. Drugs Unlimited: The Web Revolution That's Changing How the World Gets High

by Power, Mike (Journalist)

ADHD Nation: Children, Doctors, Big Pharma, and the Making of an American Epidemic cover

2056. ADHD Nation: Children, Doctors, Big Pharma, and the Making of an American Epidemic

by Alan Schwarz

War is a Racket: The Profit Motive Behind Warfare cover

2057. War is a Racket: The Profit Motive Behind Warfare

by Smedley Butler

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Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons cover

2058. Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons

by John Carter

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The Linux Programming Interface cover

2059. The Linux Programming Interface

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Beyond The Galaxy: How Humanity Looked Beyond Our Milky Way And Discovered The Entire Universe cover

2060. Beyond The Galaxy: How Humanity Looked Beyond Our Milky Way And Discovered The Entire Universe

by Ethan Siegel

Sat Problems in Mathematics w post in higher education institution Sb zadach po matematike d post vo VTUZy cover

2061. Sat Problems in Mathematics w post in higher education institution Sb zadach po matematike d post vo VTUZy

The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears in Paris at the World's Most Famous Cooking School cover

2062. The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears in Paris at the World's Most Famous Cooking School

by Kathleen Flinn

The CERT® C Secure Coding Standard cover

2063. The CERT® C Secure Coding Standard

by Robert Seacord C..

Electronic Principles with Simulation CD cover

2064. Electronic Principles with Simulation CD

by Albert Paul Malvino, David J. Bates

Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries (Addison-Wesley Microsoft Technology Series) cover

2065. Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries (Addison-Wesley Microsoft Technology Series)

by Krzysztof Cwalina, Jeremy Barton, Brad Abrams

Startupland: How Three Guys Risked Everything to Turn an Idea into a Global Business cover

2066. Startupland: How Three Guys Risked Everything to Turn an Idea into a Global Business

by Mikkel Svane

Designing Interfaces, 3rd Edition cover

2067. Designing Interfaces, 3rd Edition

by Jenifer Tidwell, Charles Brewer, Aynne Valencia-Brooks

Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within, Book & Includes Online Downloadable code cover

2068. Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within, Book & Includes Online Downloadable code

by Kenny Werner

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Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir cover

2069. Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir

by Nick Flynn

Lincoln the Unknown cover

2070. Lincoln the Unknown

by Dale Carnegie

Tolstoy and the Genesis of

2071. Tolstoy and the Genesis of "War and Peace"

by Kathryn Beliveau Feuer

Mathenauts: Tales of Mathematical Wonder cover

2072. Mathenauts: Tales of Mathematical Wonder

by Rudy von Bitter Rucker

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The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM) cover

2073. The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM)

by Hal Elrod

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Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back cover

2074. Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back

by William MacAskill

Growing Up with Lucy: How to Build an Android in Twenty Easy Steps cover

2075. Growing Up with Lucy: How to Build an Android in Twenty Easy Steps

by Peter M. Kellett

Razor Clams: Buried Treasure of the Pacific Northwest (Northwest Writers Fund xx) cover

2076. Razor Clams: Buried Treasure of the Pacific Northwest (Northwest Writers Fund xx)

by David Alexander Berger

The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry cover

2077. The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry

by Jon Ronson

Elementary Basic , as Chronicled by John H. Watson (Learning to Program Your Computer in Basic with Sherlock Holmes) cover

2078. Elementary Basic , as Chronicled by John H. Watson (Learning to Program Your Computer in Basic with Sherlock Holmes)

by John H. Watson

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Art of Plain Talk cover

2079. Art of Plain Talk

by Rudolf Flesch

The Mindfulness Prescription for Adult ADHD: An 8-Step Program for Strengthening Attention, Managing Emotions, and Achieving Your Goals cover

2080. The Mindfulness Prescription for Adult ADHD: An 8-Step Program for Strengthening Attention, Managing Emotions, and Achieving Your Goals

by Lidia Zylowska, Daniel J. Siegel, M.D.

Crystallizing Public Opinion cover

2081. Crystallizing Public Opinion

by Edward L. Bernays

The Wisdom of Crowds cover

2082. The Wisdom of Crowds

by James Surowiecki

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Teaching As Leadership: The Highly Effective Teacher's Guide to Closing the Achievement Gap cover

2083. Teaching As Leadership: The Highly Effective Teacher's Guide to Closing the Achievement Gap

by Steven Farr

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100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present cover

2084. 100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present

by Paul K. Davis

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OK: The Improbable Story Of America's Greatest Word cover

2085. OK: The Improbable Story Of America's Greatest Word

by Allan A. Metcalf

The Circle cover

2086. The Circle

by Dave Eggers

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Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign cover

2087. Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign

by Stephan Talty

Big Dead Place cover

2088. Big Dead Place

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Test Driven Development: By Example cover

2089. Test Driven Development: By Example

by Kent Beck

The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things: Crime, Drugs, Minorities, Teen Moms, Killer Kids, Mutant Microbes, Plane Crashes, Road Rage, & So Much More cover

2090. The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things: Crime, Drugs, Minorities, Teen Moms, Killer Kids, Mutant Microbes, Plane Crashes, Road Rage, & So Much More

by Barry Glassner

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Computers and Typesetting cover

2091. Computers and Typesetting

by Donald E. Knuth

Thriving with Adult ADHD: Skills to Strengthen Executive Functioning cover

2092. Thriving with Adult ADHD: Skills to Strengthen Executive Functioning

by Phil Boissiere

Physics of the Plasma Universe cover

2093. Physics of the Plasma Universe

by Anthony L. Peratt

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Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle cover

2094. Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle

by Matthew Symonds

68000 Assembly Language Programming/Includes 68010 and 68020 cover

2095. 68000 Assembly Language Programming/Includes 68010 and 68020

by Lance A. Leventhal

The Weighted Blanket Guide: Everything You Need to Know about Weighted Blankets and Deep Pressure for Autism, Chronic Pain, and Other Conditions cover

2096. The Weighted Blanket Guide: Everything You Need to Know about Weighted Blankets and Deep Pressure for Autism, Chronic Pain, and Other Conditions

by Eileen Parker, Cara Koscinski

The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers cover

2097. The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers

by Will Durant

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Nonlinear Dynamics And Chaos: With Applications To Physics, Biology, Chemistry, And Engineering (Studies in Nonlinearity) cover

2098. Nonlinear Dynamics And Chaos: With Applications To Physics, Biology, Chemistry, And Engineering (Studies in Nonlinearity)

by Steven H. Strogatz, Steven Strogatz, Steven H. Strogatz

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Redshift Rendezvous cover

2099. Redshift Rendezvous

by John E. Stith

Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating cover

2100. Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating

by Walter Willett

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