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Lore of Nutrition: Challenging conventional dietary beliefs cover

3001. Lore of Nutrition: Challenging conventional dietary beliefs

by Tim Noakes, Marika Sboros

The World Economy cover

3002. The World Economy

by Maddison Angus

More Programming Pearls: Confessions of a Coder: Confessions of a Coder cover

3003. More Programming Pearls: Confessions of a Coder: Confessions of a Coder

by Jon Louis Bentley

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The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World cover

3004. The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World

by Charles C. Mann

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A Corpse in the Koryo (Inspector O) cover

3005. A Corpse in the Koryo (Inspector O)

by James Church

Appledesign: The Work of the Apple Industrial Design Group cover

3006. Appledesign: The Work of the Apple Industrial Design Group

by Paul Kunkel

TWA 800: The Crash, the Cover-Up, and the Conspiracy cover

3007. TWA 800: The Crash, the Cover-Up, and the Conspiracy

by Jack Cashill

Fat and Cholesterol Are Good for You: What Really Causes Heart Disease cover

3008. Fat and Cholesterol Are Good for You: What Really Causes Heart Disease

by Uffe Ravnskov

The Great Cholesterol Con cover

3009. The Great Cholesterol Con

by Anthony Colpo

Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health cover

3010. Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health

by William Davis

Paleo Solution, 2nd Edition cover

3011. Paleo Solution, 2nd Edition

by Robb Wolf

Never Enough: America's Limitless Welfare State cover

3012. Never Enough: America's Limitless Welfare State

by William J. Voegeli

Comprehensive Chess Course: Learn Chess in 12 Lessons cover

3013. Comprehensive Chess Course: Learn Chess in 12 Lessons

by Lev Alburt, Roman Pelts

Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism cover

3014. Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism

by George A. Akerlof, Robert J. Shiller

Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials cover

3015. Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials

by Malcolm Harris

Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life cover

3016. Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life

by Dacher Keltner

Memory Distortion: How Minds, Brains, and Societies Reconstruct the Past cover

3017. Memory Distortion: How Minds, Brains, and Societies Reconstruct the Past

by Daniel L. Schacter, Joseph T. Coyle

The New Phrenology: The Limits of Localizing Cognitive Processes in the Brain (Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology) cover

3018. The New Phrenology: The Limits of Localizing Cognitive Processes in the Brain (Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology)

by William R. Uttal

Mind and Brain: A Critical Appraisal of Cognitive Neuroscience cover

3019. Mind and Brain: A Critical Appraisal of Cognitive Neuroscience

by William R. Uttal

Leviathan Wakes cover

3020. Leviathan Wakes

by James S.A. Corey

Kundalini -- An Untold Story: A Himalayan Mystic's Insight into the Power of Kundalini and Chakra Sadhana cover

3021. Kundalini -- An Untold Story: A Himalayan Mystic's Insight into the Power of Kundalini and Chakra Sadhana

by Om Swami

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Head First C cover

3022. Head First C

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50 Human Studies, in Utero, Conducted in Modern China, Indicate Extreme Risk for Prenatal Ultrasound: A New Bibliography cover

3023. 50 Human Studies, in Utero, Conducted in Modern China, Indicate Extreme Risk for Prenatal Ultrasound: A New Bibliography

by Jim West, harvoa Staff

The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education cover

3024. The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

by Diane Ravitch

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Ultrasound Causation for Microcephaly and Zika Virus, The Hypothesis (Part A) cover

3025. Ultrasound Causation for Microcephaly and Zika Virus, The Hypothesis (Part A)

by Jim West

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Lessons Learned in Software Testing: A Context-Driven Approach cover

3026. Lessons Learned in Software Testing: A Context-Driven Approach

by Cem Kaner, James Bach, Bret Pettichord

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The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe, Book 4 - The Luminous Ground (Center for Environmental Structure, Vol. 12) cover

3027. The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe, Book 4 - The Luminous Ground (Center for Environmental Structure, Vol. 12)

by Christopher Alexander

Patterns in Network Architecture: A Return to Fundamentals cover

3028. Patterns in Network Architecture: A Return to Fundamentals

by John Day

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Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals cover

3029. Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals

by Hiroki Azuma

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Year of the Rat: How Bill Clinton Compromised U.S. Security for Chinese Cash cover

3030. Year of the Rat: How Bill Clinton Compromised U.S. Security for Chinese Cash

by Edward Timperlake, William C. Triplett

The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939-1945 cover

3031. The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939-1945

by Nicholas Stargardt

Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X (3rd Edition) cover

3032. Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X (3rd Edition)

by Aaron Hillegass

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Modern Structured Analysis cover

3033. Modern Structured Analysis

by Edward Yourdon

The Citizen's Share: Reducing Inequality in the 21st Century cover

3034. The Citizen's Share: Reducing Inequality in the 21st Century

by Joseph R. Blasi, Richard Barry Freeman, Douglas Kruse

Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth? cover

3035. Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?

by Alan Weisman

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Internet Routing Architectures cover

3036. Internet Routing Architectures

by Bassam Halabi, Sam Halabi, Danny McPherson

The Intentional Stance cover

3037. The Intentional Stance

by Daniel Clement Dennett

Tog on Interface cover

3038. Tog on Interface

by Bruce Tognazzini

Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership cover

3039. Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership

by Lewis Hyde

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Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy cover

3040. Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy

by Thomas Sowell

Prefactoring cover

3041. Prefactoring

by Ken Pugh, Kenneth Pugh

Meat: A Benign Extravagance cover

3042. Meat: A Benign Extravagance

by Simon Fairlie

Unrestricted Warfare: China's Master Plan to Destroy America cover

3043. Unrestricted Warfare: China's Master Plan to Destroy America

by Qiao Liang, Wang Xiangsui

Thinking on Paper: The Harvard Researchers' Practical Manual for Overcoming Writer's Block and Generating Ideas cover

3044. Thinking on Paper: The Harvard Researchers' Practical Manual for Overcoming Writer's Block and Generating Ideas

by V.a. Howard, J.H. Barton

Database Design and Implementation: Second Edition (Data-Centric Systems and Applications) cover

3045. Database Design and Implementation: Second Edition (Data-Centric Systems and Applications)

by Edward Sciore

What is hardcore data science--in practice? cover

3046. What is hardcore data science--in practice?

Fallacy of Fine-Tuning: Why the Universe Is Not Designed for Us cover

3047. Fallacy of Fine-Tuning: Why the Universe Is Not Designed for Us

by Victor J. Stenger

Democracy Despite Itself: Why a System That Shouldn't Work at All Works So Well cover

3048. Democracy Despite Itself: Why a System That Shouldn't Work at All Works So Well

by Danny Oppenheimer, Mike Edwards

Developing Quality Technical Information: A Handbook for Writers and Editors, Third Edition cover

3049. Developing Quality Technical Information: A Handbook for Writers and Editors, Third Edition

by Michelle Carey, Michelle Carey. Moira McFadden Lanyi. Deirdre Longo. Eric Radzinski. Shannon Rouiller. Elizabeth Wilde

Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women cover

3050. Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women

by Susan Faludi

An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp cover

3051. An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp

by Richard Stallman

Fluent C cover

3052. Fluent C

Reckoning with Risk: Learning to Live with Uncertainty cover

3053. Reckoning with Risk: Learning to Live with Uncertainty

by Gerd Gigerenzer

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The Economics Anti-Textbook: A Critical Thinker's Guide to Microeconomics cover

3054. The Economics Anti-Textbook: A Critical Thinker's Guide to Microeconomics

by Rod Hill

Calculus and Analysis in Euclidean Space (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

3055. Calculus and Analysis in Euclidean Space (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Jerry Shurman

The Eudaemonic Pie cover

3056. The Eudaemonic Pie

by Thomas A. Bass

Ultra-Processed People: The Food We Eat That Isn't Food and Why We Can't Stop cover

3057. Ultra-Processed People: The Food We Eat That Isn't Food and Why We Can't Stop

by Chris van Tulleken

Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction cover

3058. Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction

by Samir Okasha

Understanding UNIX/LINUX Programming: A Guide to Theory and Practice cover

3059. Understanding UNIX/LINUX Programming: A Guide to Theory and Practice

by Bruce Molay

The Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP CBK Reference cover

3060. The Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP CBK Reference

by John Warsinske, Mark Graff, Kevin Henry, Christopher Hoover, Ben Malisow, Sean Murphy, C. Paul Oakes, George Pajari, Jeff T. Parker, David Seidl, Mike Vasquez

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The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer cover

3061. The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

by Jeffrey K. Liker

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Body, Mind, And Sport: The Mind/Body Guide to Lifelong Fitness and Your Personal Best cover

3062. Body, Mind, And Sport: The Mind/Body Guide to Lifelong Fitness and Your Personal Best

by John Douillard

The Measure of Man and Woman: Human Factors in Design cover

3063. The Measure of Man and Woman: Human Factors in Design

by Alvin R. Tilley, Henry Dreyfuss Associates

Python for Data Analysis: Data Wrangling with Pandas, NumPy, and IPython cover

3064. Python for Data Analysis: Data Wrangling with Pandas, NumPy, and IPython

by Wes McKinney

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Boys Among Men: How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution cover

3065. Boys Among Men: How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution

by Jonathan Abrams

The CIA World Factbook 2026-2027 cover

3066. The CIA World Factbook 2026-2027

by Central Intelligence Agency

Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas cover

3067. Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas

by Natasha Dow Schüll

Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C cover

3068. Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C

by Lincoln Stein, Doug MacEachern

The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer cover

3069. The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer

by Steven Kotler

Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia (DK Children's Illustrated Reference) cover

3070. Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia (DK Children's Illustrated Reference)

by DK

How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success cover

3071. How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success

by Julie Lythcott-Haims

Bombs Over Bikini: The World's First Nuclear Disaster cover

3072. Bombs Over Bikini: The World's First Nuclear Disaster

by Connie Goldsmith

Blood Medicine: Blowing the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever cover

3073. Blood Medicine: Blowing the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever

by Kathleen Sharp

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Balancing Agility and Discipline: A Guide for the Perplexed cover

3074. Balancing Agility and Discipline: A Guide for the Perplexed

by Barry W. Boehm, Richard Turner

Thinking with a Pencil cover

3075. Thinking with a Pencil

by Henning Nelms

Quaternions for Computer Graphics cover

3076. Quaternions for Computer Graphics

by John Vince

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Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving cover

3077. Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving

by Sanjoy Mahajan

Possible Worlds: An Introduction to Logic and Its Philosophy (English and German Edition) cover

3078. Possible Worlds: An Introduction to Logic and Its Philosophy (English and German Edition)

by Raymond Bradley, Norman Swartz

The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering: Mastering Complexity (Mit Press) cover

3079. The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering: Mastering Complexity (Mit Press)

by Sanjoy Mahajan

The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time cover

3080. The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time

by Jonathan Weiner

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Advanced UNIX Programming, Second Edition cover

3081. Advanced UNIX Programming, Second Edition

by Marc J. Rochkind

A Manual for Creating Atheists cover

3082. A Manual for Creating Atheists

by Peter Boghossian

JFK: The Smoking Gun cover

3083. JFK: The Smoking Gun

The Ridiculous Race: 26,000 Miles, 2 Guides, 1 Globe, No Airplanes cover

3084. The Ridiculous Race: 26,000 Miles, 2 Guides, 1 Globe, No Airplanes

by Vali Chandrasekaran

Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary cover

3085. Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary

by Linus Torvalds, David Diamond

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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness cover

3086. Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

by William Styron

Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States cover

3087. Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

by Bill Bryson

Tales of the Teahouse Retold: Investiture of the Gods cover

3088. Tales of the Teahouse Retold: Investiture of the Gods

by Katherine Liang Chew

Being And Event cover

3089. Being And Event

by Alain Badiou

MongoDB: The Definitive Guide cover

3090. MongoDB: The Definitive Guide

by Michael Dirolf, Kristina Chodorow

How to Prove It: A Structured Approach cover

3091. How to Prove It: A Structured Approach

by Daniel J. Velleman

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The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) cover

3092. The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)

by Seth Godin

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Nationalism cover

3093. Nationalism

by Elie Kedourie

What Is Relativity?: An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter cover

3094. What Is Relativity?: An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter

by Jeffrey O. Bennett

Radio Congo: Signals of Hope from Africa's Deadliest War cover

3095. Radio Congo: Signals of Hope from Africa's Deadliest War

by Ben Rawlence

Modern Compiler Design cover

3096. Modern Compiler Design

by Dick Grune, Kees van Reeuwijk, Henri E. Bal, Ceriel J.H. Jacobs, Koen Langendoen

Everything Is Obvious: How Common Sense Fails Us cover

3097. Everything Is Obvious: How Common Sense Fails Us

by Duncan J. Watts

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Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method cover

3098. Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method

by Gerald M. Weinberg

Tokyo Nobody (English and Japanese Edition) cover

3099. Tokyo Nobody (English and Japanese Edition)

by 中野正貴

Building Green: A Complete How-to Guide To Alternative Building Methods - Earth Plaster, Straw Bale, Cordwood, Cob, Living Roofs cover

3100. Building Green: A Complete How-to Guide To Alternative Building Methods - Earth Plaster, Straw Bale, Cordwood, Cob, Living Roofs

by Clarke Snell, Tim Callahan