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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers cover

2401. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

by Mary Roach

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The Thank You Economy cover

2402. The Thank You Economy

by Gary Vaynerchuk

AntiPatterns: Refactoring Software, Architectures, and Projects in Crisis cover

2403. AntiPatterns: Refactoring Software, Architectures, and Projects in Crisis

by William J. Brown

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Roaring Silence: Discovering the Mind of Dzogchen cover

2404. Roaring Silence: Discovering the Mind of Dzogchen

by Ngakpa Chogyam, Khandro Dechen

CSS: The Definitive Guide: Visual Presentation for the Web cover

2405. CSS: The Definitive Guide: Visual Presentation for the Web

by Eric A. Meyer, Estelle Weyl

Fatal Freedom: The Ethics and Politics of Suicide cover

2406. Fatal Freedom: The Ethics and Politics of Suicide

by Thomas Stephen Szasz

Blind Injustice: A Former Prosecutor Exposes the Psychology and Politics of Wrongful Convictions cover

2407. Blind Injustice: A Former Prosecutor Exposes the Psychology and Politics of Wrongful Convictions

by Mark Godsey

Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong cover

2408. Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong

by Brandon L. Garrett

You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent cover

2409. You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent

by Justin Brooks

First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently cover

2410. First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently

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Agile Data Science 2.0 cover

2411. Agile Data Science 2.0

by Russell Jurney

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage: A novel cover

2412. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage: A novel

by 村上春樹

Coffee - Growing, Processing, Sustainable Production: A Guidebook for Growers, Processors, Traders and Researchers cover

2413. Coffee - Growing, Processing, Sustainable Production: A Guidebook for Growers, Processors, Traders and Researchers

by Jean Nicolas Wintgens

Understanding Space: An Introduction to Astronautics, 3rd Edition cover

2414. Understanding Space: An Introduction to Astronautics, 3rd Edition

by Jerry Sellers, William Astore, Robert Giffen, Wiley Larson

Classics to Moderns in the Intermediate Grade | Piano Songbook for Intermediate Students | Original Classical Sheet Music from Baroque to 20th Century | Music for Millions, Vol 37 cover

2415. Classics to Moderns in the Intermediate Grade | Piano Songbook for Intermediate Students | Original Classical Sheet Music from Baroque to 20th Century | Music for Millions, Vol 37

by Denes Agay

Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude cover

2416. Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude

by Robert Baer

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Battle for the Mind: A Physiology of Conversion and Brainwashing - How Evangelists, Psychiatrists, Politicians, and Medicine Men Can Change Your Beliefs and Behavior cover

2417. Battle for the Mind: A Physiology of Conversion and Brainwashing - How Evangelists, Psychiatrists, Politicians, and Medicine Men Can Change Your Beliefs and Behavior

by William Sargant

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AngularJS cover

2418. AngularJS

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Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic cover

2419. Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

by David Quammen

Chimp & the River: How AIDS Emerged from an African Forest cover

2420. Chimp & the River: How AIDS Emerged from an African Forest

by David Quammen

The Origins of AIDS cover

2421. The Origins of AIDS

by Jacques Pepin

The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life cover

2422. The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life

by Timothy Ferriss

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Learning OpenCV cover

2423. Learning OpenCV

by Gary Bradski, Adrian Kaehler

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Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard cover

2424. Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard

by Chip Heath, Dan Heath

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Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art cover

2425. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

by Scott McCloud

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Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever cover

2426. Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever

by Harlan Ellison

Programming Windows Azure cover

2427. Programming Windows Azure

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Classic Shell Scripting cover

2428. Classic Shell Scripting

by Arnold Robbins, Nelson H.F. Beebe

The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom cover

2429. The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom

by James Burnham

Strange Nights, and Some Days Too: Why You’ll Love Japan, for About a Year cover

2430. Strange Nights, and Some Days Too: Why You’ll Love Japan, for About a Year

by Ken Seeroi

Quantum Mechanics and Path Integrals: Emended Edition (Dover Books on Physics) cover

2431. Quantum Mechanics and Path Integrals: Emended Edition (Dover Books on Physics)

by Richard P. Feynman, Albert R. Hibbs, Daniel F. Styer

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Language Processing with Perl and Prolog: Theories, Implementation, and Application (Cognitive Technologies) cover

2432. Language Processing with Perl and Prolog: Theories, Implementation, and Application (Cognitive Technologies)

by Pierre M. Nugues

Natural Language Processing with Python: Analyzing Text with the Natural Language Toolkit cover

2433. Natural Language Processing with Python: Analyzing Text with the Natural Language Toolkit

by Steven Bird, Ewan Klein, Edward Loper

Men Without Work: America's Invisible Crisis (New Threats to Freedom Series) cover

2434. Men Without Work: America's Invisible Crisis (New Threats to Freedom Series)

by Nick Eberstadt

Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration cover

2435. Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration

by Bert Hölldobler, Edward O. Wilson

Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming cover

2436. Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming

by McKenzie Funk

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The Goffman Reader (Wiley Blackwell Readers) cover

2437. The Goffman Reader (Wiley Blackwell Readers)

by Charles Lemert, Ann Branaman

Godel's Proof cover

2438. Godel's Proof

by Ernest Nagel, James R. Newman

Tim O'Reilly - Frank Herbert: Chapter 5: Rogue Gods - O'Reilly Media cover

2439. Tim O'Reilly - Frank Herbert: Chapter 5: Rogue Gods - O'Reilly Media

I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It cover

2440. I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It

by Barbara Sher

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Programmer's Guide to the EGA, VGA, and Super VGA Cards (3rd Edition) cover

2441. Programmer's Guide to the EGA, VGA, and Super VGA Cards (3rd Edition)

by Richard F. Ferraro

A = B cover

2442. A = B

by Marko Petkovsek, Herbert S Wilf, Doron Zeilberger

When Can You Trust the Experts?: How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education cover

2443. When Can You Trust the Experts?: How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education

by Daniel T. Willingham

Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc cover

2444. Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc

by Hugh Aldersey-Williams

The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram Your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health, and Boundless Energy cover

2445. The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram Your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health, and Boundless Energy

by Mark Sisson

LaTeX Cookbook cover

2446. LaTeX Cookbook

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life cover

2447. The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

by Alice Schroeder

A Law Unto Itself: The IRS and the Abuse of Power cover

2448. A Law Unto Itself: The IRS and the Abuse of Power

by Burnham, David

High Performance Python: Practical Performant Programming for Humans cover

2449. High Performance Python: Practical Performant Programming for Humans

by Micha Gorelick, Ian Ozsvald

Measuring Success: Testing, Grades, and the Future of College Admissions cover

2450. Measuring Success: Testing, Grades, and the Future of College Admissions

by Jack Buckley, Lynn Letukas, Ben Wildavsky

Charter Schools and Their Enemies cover

2451. Charter Schools and Their Enemies

by Thomas Sowell

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Show-stopper!: Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft cover

2452. Show-stopper!: Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft

by G. Pascal Zachary

The Mormon Way of Doing Business: How Nine Western Boys Reached the Top of Corporate America cover

2453. The Mormon Way of Doing Business: How Nine Western Boys Reached the Top of Corporate America

by Jeff Benedict

The Space Elevator: A Revolutionary Earth-to-Space Transportation System cover

2454. The Space Elevator: A Revolutionary Earth-to-Space Transportation System

by Bradley C. Edwards, Eric A. Westling

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Design and Evolution of C++, The cover

2455. Design and Evolution of C++, The

by Bjarne Stroustrup

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Wiring a House 6th Edition (For Pros by Pros) cover

2456. Wiring a House 6th Edition (For Pros by Pros)

by Rex Cauldwell

Authority: Become an Expert, Build a Following, and Gain Financial Independence cover

2457. Authority: Become an Expert, Build a Following, and Gain Financial Independence

by Nathan Barry

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Term Sheets & Valuations - A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Term Sheets & Valuations (Bigwig Briefs) cover

2458. Term Sheets & Valuations - A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Term Sheets & Valuations (Bigwig Briefs)

by Alex Wilmerding

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Intelligence: All That Matters cover

2459. Intelligence: All That Matters

by Stuart Ritchie

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Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself cover

2460. Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself

by Sheila Bair

The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000 cover

2461. The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000

by Niall Ferguson

Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises, Seventh Edition cover

2462. Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises, Seventh Edition

by Robert Z. Aliber, Charles P. Kindleberger

Kids Don't Want to Fail: Oppositional Culture and the Black-White Achievement Gap cover

2463. Kids Don't Want to Fail: Oppositional Culture and the Black-White Achievement Gap

by Angel L. Harris

Military Nanotechnology (Contemporary Security Studies) cover

2464. Military Nanotechnology (Contemporary Security Studies)

by Jürgen Altmann

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Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future – How Rising Carbon Dioxide Led to the Permian Catastrophe cover

2465. Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future – How Rising Carbon Dioxide Led to the Permian Catastrophe

by Peter D. Ward

Learning SQL cover

2466. Learning SQL

by Alan Beaulieu

Breakfast of Champions: A Novel cover

2467. Breakfast of Champions: A Novel

by Kurt Vonnegut

The Decline and Fall of IBM: End of an American Icon? cover

2468. The Decline and Fall of IBM: End of an American Icon?

by Robert Cringely

Into 3D With form.Z cover

2469. Into 3D With form.Z

by Lachmi Khemlani

Far As Human Eye Could See cover

2470. Far As Human Eye Could See

by Isaac Asimov

Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture cover

2471. Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture

by Johan Huizinga

Cloud Foundry: The Definitive Guide cover

2472. Cloud Foundry: The Definitive Guide

The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth-Century History cover

2473. The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth-Century History

by David Edgerton

80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster by Training Slower cover

2474. 80/20 Running: Run Stronger and Race Faster by Training Slower

by Matt Fitzgerald

Clear the Bridge!: The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang cover

2475. Clear the Bridge!: The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang

by Richard O'Kane

The Martian cover

2476. The Martian

by Andy Weir

Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook: A Machiavellian Manifesto―Illustrated with Comic Strips for Bosses and Cubicle Dwellers cover

2477. Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook: A Machiavellian Manifesto―Illustrated with Comic Strips for Bosses and Cubicle Dwellers

by Scott Adams

ADSCAM: How Online Advertising Gave Birth to One of History's Greatest Frauds, and Became a Threat to Democracy cover

2478. ADSCAM: How Online Advertising Gave Birth to One of History's Greatest Frauds, and Became a Threat to Democracy

by Bob Hoffman

Advertising For Skeptics cover

2479. Advertising For Skeptics

by Bob Hoffman

The Cheap Video Cookbook cover

2480. The Cheap Video Cookbook

by Don Lancaster

Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties cover

2481. Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

by Tom O'Neill

Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap -- and What Women Can Do About It cover

2482. Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap -- and What Women Can Do About It

by Warren Farrell

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Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow cover

2483. Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow

by Matthew Skelton, Manuel Pais

Making Work Visible, 2nd Edition: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow cover

2484. Making Work Visible, 2nd Edition: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow

by Dominica Degrandis

Fate of the States: The New Geography of American Prosperity cover

2485. Fate of the States: The New Geography of American Prosperity

by Meredith Whitney

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How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read cover

2486. How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

by Pierre Bayard

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The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves cover

2487. The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves

by Jack Douglas

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Language and Thought in Normal and Handicapped Children cover

2488. Language and Thought in Normal and Handicapped Children

by Richard F. Cromer

Elementary Probability Theory: With Stochastic Processes and an Introduction to Mathematical Finance (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

2489. Elementary Probability Theory: With Stochastic Processes and an Introduction to Mathematical Finance (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by K. L. Chung, Farid AitSahlia

Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails: Real World Preasymptotics, Epistemology, and Applications (Technical Incerto) cover

2490. Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails: Real World Preasymptotics, Epistemology, and Applications (Technical Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Theories for Everything: An Illustrated History of Science cover

2491. Theories for Everything: An Illustrated History of Science

by John Langone, Bruce Stutz, Andrea Gianopoulos

Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic cover

2492. Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic

by Sam Quinones

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The Man Born to Be King cover

2493. The Man Born to Be King

by Dorothy Leigh Sayers

Improvised Munitions Handbook cover

2494. Improvised Munitions Handbook

by United States. Department of the Army

Earle Castledine cover

2495. Earle Castledine

#Accelerate: The Accelerationist Reader (#Urbanomic) cover

2496. #Accelerate: The Accelerationist Reader (#Urbanomic)

by Robin Mackay, Armen Avanessian

On Directing Film cover

2497. On Directing Film

by David Mamet

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

2498. Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy

by Jostein Gaarder

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Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn cover

2499. Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn

by Richard R. Hamming

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Botnets: The Killer Web Applications cover

2500. Botnets: The Killer Web Applications

by Craig A. Schiller