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Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear cover

2601. Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear

by Jan Bondeson

Real-World Cryptography cover

2602. Real-World Cryptography

by David Wong

Programming an RTS Game with Direct3D cover

2603. Programming an RTS Game with Direct3D

by Carl Granberg

Cartoon Animation (Collector's Series) cover

2604. Cartoon Animation (Collector's Series)

by Preston Blair

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Linux For Dummies, 10th Edition cover

2605. Linux For Dummies, 10th Edition

by Richard Blum

The Cartoon Guide to the Computer cover

2606. The Cartoon Guide to the Computer

by Larry Gonnick

At Home: A Short History of Private Life cover

2607. At Home: A Short History of Private Life

by Bill Bryson

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Modern Multivariate Statistical Techniques: Regression, Classification, and Manifold Learning (Springer Texts in Statistics) cover

2608. Modern Multivariate Statistical Techniques: Regression, Classification, and Manifold Learning (Springer Texts in Statistics)

by Alan J. Izenman

Learning Python: Powerful Object-Oriented Programming cover

2609. Learning Python: Powerful Object-Oriented Programming

by Mark Lutz

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An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us cover

2610. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

by Ed Yong

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Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy cover

2611. Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy

by Eri Hotta

Death Sentences: How Cliches, Weasel Words and Management-Speak Are Strangling Public Language cover

2612. Death Sentences: How Cliches, Weasel Words and Management-Speak Are Strangling Public Language

by Don Watson

A Logical Approach to Discrete Math cover

2613. A Logical Approach to Discrete Math

by David Gries, Fred B. Schneider

Xi Jinping: The Governance of China (English Version) cover

2614. Xi Jinping: The Governance of China (English Version)

by 习近平

Heard on the Street: Quantitative Questions from Wall Street Job Interviews cover

2615. Heard on the Street: Quantitative Questions from Wall Street Job Interviews

by Timothy Falcon Crack

Ruby Best Practices cover

2616. Ruby Best Practices

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

2617. 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

2618. 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

2619. Wurzelatlas Mitteleuropaeischer Gruelandpflanzen Band 2 Pteridophyta und Dicotyledoneae (Magnoliopsida) Teil 2 Anatomie (Wurzelatlas mitteleuropaeischer Gruenlandpflanzen)

by Lore Kutschera, Monika Sobotik

Copycats: How Smart Companies Use Imitation to Gain a Strategic Edge cover

2620. Copycats: How Smart Companies Use Imitation to Gain a Strategic Edge

by Oded Shenkar

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The Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America cover

2621. The Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America

The Better Angels of Our Nature cover

2622. The Better Angels of Our Nature

by Steven Pinker

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

2623. Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World

by Rutger Bregman

Programming Quantum Computers cover

2624. Programming Quantum Computers

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Linear Algebra with Applications, 5th Edition cover

2625. Linear Algebra with Applications, 5th Edition

by Otto Bretscher

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

2626. Death by Regulation: How We Were Robbed of a Golden Age of Health and How We Can Reclaim It

by Mary J. Ruwart

The Cat in Numberland cover

2627. The Cat in Numberland

by Ivar Ekeland

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Where Mathematics Come From: How The Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics Into Being cover

2628. Where Mathematics Come From: How The Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics Into Being

by George Lakoff

Women, Fire and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind cover

2629. Women, Fire and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind

by George Lakoff

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

2630. The Way Things Work by Macaulay, David (1988) Hardcover

by David Macaulay

Make: Electronics cover

2631. Make: Electronics

Red Thread Thinking: Weaving Together Connections for Brilliant Ideas and Profitable Innovation cover

2632. Red Thread Thinking: Weaving Together Connections for Brilliant Ideas and Profitable Innovation

by Debra Kaye

Writing Interpreters and Compilers for the Raspberry Pi Using Python cover

2633. Writing Interpreters and Compilers for the Raspberry Pi Using Python

by Anthony Dos Reis

Why Rust? cover

2634. Why Rust?

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The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: A Course in Enhancing Creativity and Artistic Confidence cover

2635. The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: A Course in Enhancing Creativity and Artistic Confidence

by Betty Edwards

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

2636. GENOMICS AND PERSONALIZED MEDICINE: What Everyone Needs to Know®

by Michael Snyder

Adversarial Legalism: The American Way of Law cover

2637. Adversarial Legalism: The American Way of Law

by Robert A. Kagan

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

2638. Think for Yourself: Restoring Common Sense in an Age of Experts and Artificial Intelligence

by Vikram Mansharamani

Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America cover

2639. Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America

by Conor Dougherty

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

2640. Living & Working in Canada: A Survival Handbook (Living and Working)

by Graeme Chesters

Die A- Klasse. Elchtest, Krisenmanagement, Kommunikationsstrategie. cover

2641. Die A- Klasse. Elchtest, Krisenmanagement, Kommunikationsstrategie.

by Armin Töpfer

CSS Secrets cover

2642. CSS Secrets

by Lea Verou

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

2643. Quick Start Training for IBM z/OS Application Developers, Volume 1

by Robert Wingate

IBM COBOL A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition cover

2644. IBM COBOL A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition

by Gerardus Blokdyk

Beautiful No-Mow Yards: 50 Amazing Lawn Alternatives cover

2645. Beautiful No-Mow Yards: 50 Amazing Lawn Alternatives

by Evelyn Hadden

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

2646. 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

2647. 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

2648. Mini Habits for Weight Loss: Stop Dieting. Form New Habits. Change Your Lifestyle Without Suffering.

by Stephen Guise

Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology cover

2649. Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology

by Kentaro Toyama

Software Architect's Handbook cover

2650. Software Architect's Handbook

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

2651. Way of the Wolf: Straight Line Selling: Master the Art of Persuasion, Influence, and Success

by Jordan Belfort

Graphics Gems III cover

2652. Graphics Gems III

by Kirk, David

Graphics Gems II cover

2653. Graphics Gems II

by James Arvo

The Algorithm Design Manual (Texts in Computer Science) cover

2654. The Algorithm Design Manual (Texts in Computer Science)

by Steven S. Skiena

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

2655. On the Grid: A Plot of Land, an Average Neighborhood, and the Systems That Make Our World Work

by Scott Huler

The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History cover

2656. The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History

by David Hackett Fischer

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

2657. Chemical Warfare Secrets Almost Forgotten: A Personal Story of Medical Testing of Army Volunteers

by James S. Ketchum

The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong with America cover

2658. The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong with America

by Nick Gillespie, Matt Welch

Introducing Meteor cover

2659. 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

2660. 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

2661. The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (5 Volume Set)

by Jacqueline L. Longe

The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt cover

2662. The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt

by Toby Wilkinson

Questioning the Lambda Architecture cover

2663. Questioning the Lambda Architecture

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

2664. The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution

by Francis Fukuyama

The critic's hornbook: Reading for interpretation cover

2665. The critic's hornbook: Reading for interpretation

by William C. Dowling

The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates cover

2666. The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates

by Peter T. Leeson

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Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel cover

2667. Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel

by Rolf Potts

ScratchJr Coding Cards: Creative Coding Activities cover

2668. ScratchJr Coding Cards: Creative Coding Activities

by Marina Umaschi Bers, Amanda Sullivan

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Who Moved My Cheese?: An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life cover

2669. Who Moved My Cheese?: An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life

by Spencer Johnson

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The Good Gut: Taking Control of Your Weight, Your Mood, and Your Long-term Health cover

2670. The Good Gut: Taking Control of Your Weight, Your Mood, and Your Long-term Health

by Justin Sonnenburg, Erica Sonnenburg

Second Nature: A Gardener's Education cover

2671. Second Nature: A Gardener's Education

by Michael Pollan

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Musashi cover

2672. Musashi

by 吉川英治

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

2673. Real Food / Fake Food: Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating & What You Can Do About It

by Larry Olmsted

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

2674. 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

2675. Run, Spot, Run: The Ethics of Keeping Pets

by Jessica Pierce

Bad Data Handbook cover

2676. Bad Data Handbook

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ML for the Working Programmer, 2nd Edition cover

2677. ML for the Working Programmer, 2nd Edition

by Lawrence C. Paulson

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

2678. The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World

by Daniel Yergin

The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth cover

2679. The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth

by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor

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CouchDB: The Definitive Guide cover

2680. CouchDB: The Definitive Guide

Data Source Handbook cover

2681. Data Source Handbook

The Art of SEO cover

2682. The Art of SEO

Programming Languages: Concepts and Constructs (2nd Edition) cover

2683. Programming Languages: Concepts and Constructs (2nd Edition)

by Ravi Sethi

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

2684. 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

2685. The current state of machine intelligence 2.0

Learning Scala cover

2686. Learning Scala

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

2687. The Dalai Lama Book of Quotes: A Collection of Speeches, Quotations, Essays and Advice from His Holiness (Little Book. Big Idea.)

by Travis Hellstrom

Developer Hegemony: The Future of Labor cover

2688. Developer Hegemony: The Future of Labor

by Erik Dietrich

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

2689. The Fires of Heaven (The Wheel of Time, Book 5)

by Carl Christian Erhard Schmid

HT GET WHAT WANT C cover

2690. HT GET WHAT WANT C

by Raymond Hull

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

2691. 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 Middleman Economy: How Brokers, Agents, Dealers, and Everyday Matchmakers Create Value and Profit cover

2692. The Middleman Economy: How Brokers, Agents, Dealers, and Everyday Matchmakers Create Value and Profit

by Marina Krakovsky

Machinery's Handbook Toolbox cover

2693. 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

2694. 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

2695. Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies

by Alastair Bonnett

How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information cover

2696. 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

2697. Jim Blinn's Corner: A Trip Down the Graphics Pipeline

by Jim Blinn

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Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear. Dan Gardner cover

2698. Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear. Dan Gardner

by Dan Gardner

The Stroke: Theory of Writing cover

2699. The Stroke: Theory of Writing

by Gerrit Noordzij

Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss cover

2700. Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss

by Pat Schwiebert, Chuck DeKlyen