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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America cover

201. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

by Richard Rothstein
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Introduction to the Theory of Computation cover

202. Introduction to the Theory of Computation

by Michael Sipser
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Art of Computer Programming, The: Combinatorial Algorithms, Volume 4B cover

203. Art of Computer Programming, The: Combinatorial Algorithms, Volume 4B

by Donald Knuth
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Data Smart: Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight cover

204. Data Smart: Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight

by John W. Foreman
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life cover

205. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

by Mark Manson
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity cover

206. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

by David Allen
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Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency cover

207. Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency

by Tom DeMarco
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Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System, The cover

208. Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System, The

by Marshall Kirk McKusick, George V. Neville-Neil, Robert N. M. Watson
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Peter Norton's Assembly Language Book for the IBM PC cover

209. Peter Norton's Assembly Language Book for the IBM PC

by Peter Norton, John Socha
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Good to Great: A Study of Management Strategies of Companies with Lasting Growth cover

210. Good to Great: A Study of Management Strategies of Companies with Lasting Growth

by Jim Collins
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Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (Prentice Hall Series in Artificial Intelligence) cover

211. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (Prentice Hall Series in Artificial Intelligence)

by Stuart Jonathan Russell, Peter Norvig, Ernest Davis
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The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance cover

212. The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance

by W. Timothy Gallwey
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The Non-Designer's Design Book cover

213. The Non-Designer's Design Book

by Robin Williams
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Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations cover

214. Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim
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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen cover

215. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

by Christopher McDougall
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Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World (Pulitzer Prize Winner) cover

216. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

by Liaquat Ahamed
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High Speed Digital Design: A Handbook of Black Magic (Prentice Hall Modern Semiconductor Design) cover

217. High Speed Digital Design: A Handbook of Black Magic (Prentice Hall Modern Semiconductor Design)

by Howard W. Johnson, Martin Graham
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The Princeton Companion to Mathematics cover

218. The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

by Timothy Gowers, June Barrow-Green, Imre Leader
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The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke cover

219. The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke

by Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi
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A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, 2) cover

220. A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, 2)

by Vernor Vinge
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Team Geek cover

221. Team Geek

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Programming Rust: Fast, Safe Systems Development cover

222. Programming Rust: Fast, Safe Systems Development

by Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff
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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition cover

223. Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition

by Marc Reisner
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The Cult of the Fox: Power, Gender, and Popular Religion in Late Imperial and Modern China cover

224. The Cult of the Fox: Power, Gender, and Popular Religion in Late Imperial and Modern China

by Xiaofei Kang
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Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software cover

225. Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

by Eric Evans
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The Goal: 40th Anniversary Edition: A Process of Ongoing Improvement cover

226. The Goal: 40th Anniversary Edition: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox, David Whitford
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Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet cover

227. Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet

by Yasha Levine
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Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow cover

228. Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow

by Aurélien Géron
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Java Concurrency in Practice cover

229. Java Concurrency in Practice

by Brian Goetz
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The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play cover

230. The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play

by Neil Fiore
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Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics) cover

231. Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics)

by Christopher M. Bishop
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An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

232. An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by John Robinson Pierce
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Linux Kernel Development cover

233. Linux Kernel Development

by Robert Love
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Discrete Mathematics with Applications cover

234. Discrete Mathematics with Applications

by Susanna S. Epp
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Head First Design Patterns cover

235. Head First Design Patterns

by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson, Elisabeth Freeman, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates
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An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Silver Anniversary Edition) cover

236. An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Silver Anniversary Edition)

by Gerald M. Weinberg
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Site Reliability Engineering cover

237. Site Reliability Engineering

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Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software cover

238. Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software

by Scott Rosenberg
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time cover

239. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

by Dava Sobel
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The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership cover

240. The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership

by Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh
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Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft cover

241. Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft

by Paul Allen
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How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease cover

242. How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

by Michael Greger, Gene Stone
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Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective cover

243. Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective

by Ha-Joon Chang
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In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives cover

244. In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives

by Steven Levy
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Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety (ALA Notable Books for Adults) cover

245. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety (ALA Notable Books for Adults)

by Eric Schlosser
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Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp cover

246. Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp

by Peter Norvig
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All the Mathematics You Missed: But Need to Know for Graduate School cover

247. All the Mathematics You Missed: But Need to Know for Graduate School

by Thomas A. Garrity
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The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature cover

248. The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

by Steven Pinker
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Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes cover

249. Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes

by Alfie Kohn
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business cover

250. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

by Neil Postman, Neil Postman
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Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence cover

251. Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence

by David Benatar
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation cover

252. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

by Lynne Truss
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Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty cover

253. Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty

by David Kadavy
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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It―Unlock Your Persuasion Potential in Professional and Personal Life cover

254. Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It―Unlock Your Persuasion Potential in Professional and Personal Life

by Chris Voss, Tahl Raz
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Effective Modern C++ cover

255. Effective Modern C++

by Scott Meyers
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Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In cover

256. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

by Roger Fisher, William Ury, Bruce Patton
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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice cover

257. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

by Shunryū Suzuki
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Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques to Build Intelligent Systems cover

258. Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques to Build Intelligent Systems

by Aurélien Géron
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Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) cover

259. Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

by Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, Gregory G. Colomb
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Mathematics for the Nonmathematician cover

260. Mathematics for the Nonmathematician

by Morris Kline
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The Design of the UNIX Operating System cover

261. The Design of the UNIX Operating System

by Maurice J. Bach
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Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System (Platform Studies) cover

262. Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System (Platform Studies)

by Nick Montfort, Ian Bogost
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Probability Theory: The Logic of Science cover

263. Probability Theory: The Logic of Science

by E. T. Jaynes
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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies cover

264. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

by Bibek Debroy
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The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium cover

265. The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium

by Martin Gurri
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The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology) cover

266. The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology)

by Joseph Tainter
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Building Scalable Web Sites cover

267. Building Scalable Web Sites

by Cal Henderson
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The Pyramid Principle:Logic in Writing and Thinking cover

268. The Pyramid Principle:Logic in Writing and Thinking

by Barbara Minto
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Anarchy, State, and Utopia cover

269. Anarchy, State, and Utopia

by Robert Nozick
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CYBERPUNK: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier, Revised cover

270. CYBERPUNK: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier, Revised

by Katie Hafner, John Markoff
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Programming Pearls (ACM Press) cover

271. Programming Pearls (ACM Press)

by Jon Louis Bentley
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Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To cover

272. Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To

by David A. Sinclair, Matthew D. LaPlante
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Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

273. Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Richard W. Hamming
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No bullshit guide to math and physics cover

274. No bullshit guide to math and physics

by Ivan Savov
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Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition cover

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

by Jon Erickson
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The Timeless Way of Building cover

276. The Timeless Way of Building

by Christopher Alexander
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No bullshit guide to linear algebra cover

277. No bullshit guide to linear algebra

by Ivan Savov
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The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully cover

278. The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully

by Gerald M. Weinberg
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8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back (Remember When It Didn't Hurt) cover

279. 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back (Remember When It Didn't Hurt)

by Esther Gokhale
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SPIN Selling cover

280. SPIN Selling

by Neil Rackham
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An Introduction to Functional Programming Through Lambda Calculus (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

281. An Introduction to Functional Programming Through Lambda Calculus (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Greg Michaelson
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Quantum Computing for Computer Scientists cover

282. Quantum Computing for Computer Scientists

by Noson S. Yanofsky, Mirco A. Mannucci
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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products cover

283. Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

by Nir Eyal
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Time Management for System Administrators cover

284. Time Management for System Administrators

by Tom Limoncelli
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Why it's too early to get excited about Web3 cover

285. Why it's too early to get excited about Web3

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Counterexamples in Analysis cover

286. Counterexamples in Analysis

by Bernard R. Gelbaum, John M. H. Olmsted
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Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition cover

287. Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition

by Tomas Möller, Eric Haines, Naty Hoffman
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Parallel and Concurrent Programming in Haskell cover

288. Parallel and Concurrent Programming in Haskell

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Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age cover

289. Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

by Paul Graham
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Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) cover

290. Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)

by Steven C. Hayes, Spencer Xavier Smith
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The Permanent Portfolio: Harry Browne's Long-Term Investment Strategy cover

291. The Permanent Portfolio: Harry Browne's Long-Term Investment Strategy

by Craig Rowland, J. M. Lawson
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Why Don't Students Like School? cover

292. Why Don't Students Like School?

by Daniel T. Willingham
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Never Lost Again: The Google Mapping Revolution That Sparked New Industries and Augmented Our Reality – The Essential Application's Creation Story from Keyhole cover

293. Never Lost Again: The Google Mapping Revolution That Sparked New Industries and Augmented Our Reality – The Essential Application's Creation Story from Keyhole

by Bill Kilday
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Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal cover

294. Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal

by Oren Klaff
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Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach cover

295. Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach

by Tom DeMarco
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Exercises in Programming Style cover

296. Exercises in Programming Style

by Cristina Videira Lopes
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The Master and Margarita: 50th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) cover

297. The Master and Margarita: 50th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

by Mikhail Bulgakov
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Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date cover

298. Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date

by Robert X. Cringely
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A Renegade History of the United States cover

299. A Renegade History of the United States

by Thaddeus Russell
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Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications cover

300. Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications

by Toby Segaran
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