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Connections cover

3001. Connections

by Burke, James

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Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance cover

3002. Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance

by Perry Mehrling

Victory: An Island Tale (Penguin Classics) cover

3003. Victory: An Island Tale (Penguin Classics)

by Joseph Conrad

Mission Of Gravity cover

3004. Mission Of Gravity

by Hal Clement

The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes: [A Cookbook] cover

3005. The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes: [A Cookbook]

by Sam Sifton

Craft of Intelligence: America's Legendary Spy Master On The Fundamentals Of Intelligence Gathering For A Free World cover

3006. Craft of Intelligence: America's Legendary Spy Master On The Fundamentals Of Intelligence Gathering For A Free World

by Allen Dulles

Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon cover

3007. Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon

by Michael Patrick Ghiglieri, Thomas M. Myers

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie cover

3008. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

by Laura Joffe Numeroff

The Art of Multiprocessor Programming, Revised Reprint cover

3009. The Art of Multiprocessor Programming, Revised Reprint

by Maurice Herlihy

Designing bots cover

3010. Designing bots

Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology cover

3011. Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology

by Lawrence Weschler

Writing An Interpreter In Go cover

3012. Writing An Interpreter In Go

by Thorsten Ball

Strand: New Concepts in Parallel Programming cover

3013. Strand: New Concepts in Parallel Programming

by Ian Foster, Stephen Taylor

Mac OS X Lion: The Missing Manual cover

3014. Mac OS X Lion: The Missing Manual

C++ Today cover

3015. C++ Today

The Nine Nations of North America cover

3016. The Nine Nations of North America

by Joel Garreau

Lore of Nutrition: Challenging conventional dietary beliefs cover

3017. Lore of Nutrition: Challenging conventional dietary beliefs

by Tim Noakes, Marika Sboros

The World Economy cover

3018. The World Economy

by Maddison Angus

A Corpse in the Koryo (Inspector O) cover

3019. A Corpse in the Koryo (Inspector O)

by James Church

Appledesign: The Work of the Apple Industrial Design Group cover

3020. Appledesign: The Work of the Apple Industrial Design Group

by Paul Kunkel

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

3021. 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

3022. Fat and Cholesterol Are Good for You: What Really Causes Heart Disease

by Uffe Ravnskov

The Great Cholesterol Con cover

3023. The Great Cholesterol Con

by Anthony Colpo

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

3024. Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health

by William Davis

Paleo Solution, 2nd Edition cover

3025. Paleo Solution, 2nd Edition

by Robb Wolf

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

3026. 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

3027. 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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Never Enough: America's Limitless Welfare State cover

3028. Never Enough: America's Limitless Welfare State

by William J. Voegeli

Comprehensive Chess Course: Learn Chess in 12 Lessons cover

3029. 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

3030. 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

3031. 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

3032. 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

3033. 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

3034. 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

3035. Mind and Brain: A Critical Appraisal of Cognitive Neuroscience

by William R. Uttal

Leviathan Wakes cover

3036. Leviathan Wakes

by James S.A. Corey

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

3037. 50 Human Studies, in Utero, Conducted in Modern China, Indicate Extreme Risk for Prenatal Ultrasound: A New Bibliography

by Jim West, harvoa Staff

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

3038. Ultrasound Causation for Microcephaly and Zika Virus, The Hypothesis (Part A)

by Jim West

Head First C cover

3039. Head First C

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

3040. The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

by Diane Ravitch

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The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World cover

3041. The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World

by David Kirkpatrick

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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

3042. 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

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

3043. Lessons Learned in Software Testing: A Context-Driven Approach

by Cem Kaner, James Bach, Bret Pettichord

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

3044. 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

3045. The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939-1945

by Nicholas Stargardt

Modern Structured Analysis cover

3046. Modern Structured Analysis

by Edward Yourdon

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

3047. 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

3048. Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?

by Alan Weisman

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Internet Routing Architectures cover

3049. Internet Routing Architectures

by Bassam Halabi, Sam Halabi, Danny McPherson

The Intentional Stance cover

3050. The Intentional Stance

by Daniel Clement Dennett

Patterns in Network Architecture: A Return to Fundamentals cover

3051. Patterns in Network Architecture: A Return to Fundamentals

by John Day

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Tog on Interface cover

3052. Tog on Interface

by Bruce Tognazzini

Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership cover

3053. Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership

by Lewis Hyde

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Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy cover

3054. Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy

by Thomas Sowell

Prefactoring cover

3055. Prefactoring

by Ken Pugh, Kenneth Pugh

Meat: A Benign Extravagance cover

3056. Meat: A Benign Extravagance

by Simon Fairlie

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

3057. Unrestricted Warfare: China's Master Plan to Destroy America

by Qiao Liang, Wang Xiangsui

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

3058. Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X (3rd Edition)

by Aaron Hillegass

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

3059. 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

3060. Database Design and Implementation: Second Edition (Data-Centric Systems and Applications)

by Edward Sciore

What is hardcore data science--in practice? cover

3061. What is hardcore data science--in practice?

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

3062. 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

3063. 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

3064. 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

3065. Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women

by Susan Faludi

An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp cover

3066. An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp

by Richard Stallman

Fluent C cover

3067. Fluent C

Reckoning with Risk: Learning to Live with Uncertainty cover

3068. 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

3069. 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

3070. Calculus and Analysis in Euclidean Space (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Jerry Shurman

The Eudaemonic Pie cover

3071. 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

3072. 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

3073. Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction

by Samir Okasha

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

3074. Understanding UNIX/LINUX Programming: A Guide to Theory and Practice

by Bruce Molay

From Alice to Ocean: Alone Across the Outback cover

3075. From Alice to Ocean: Alone Across the Outback

by Robyn Davidson

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

3076. 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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Body, Mind, And Sport: The Mind/Body Guide to Lifelong Fitness and Your Personal Best cover

3077. 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

3078. The Measure of Man and Woman: Human Factors in Design

by Alvin R. Tilley, Henry Dreyfuss Associates

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

3079. 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

3080. The CIA World Factbook 2026-2027

by Central Intelligence Agency

Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas cover

3081. Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas

by Natasha Dow Schüll

Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C cover

3082. Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C

by Lincoln Stein, Doug MacEachern

The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer cover

3083. The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer

by Steven Kotler

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

3084. Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia (DK Children's Illustrated Reference)

by DK

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

3085. The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

by Jeffrey K. Liker

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

3086. Python for Data Analysis: Data Wrangling with Pandas, NumPy, and IPython

by Wes McKinney

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

3087. 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

3088. 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

3089. 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

3090. Balancing Agility and Discipline: A Guide for the Perplexed

by Barry W. Boehm, Richard Turner

Loners cover

3091. Loners

by Sula Wolff

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Thinking with a Pencil cover

3092. Thinking with a Pencil

by Henning Nelms

Quaternions for Computer Graphics cover

3093. Quaternions for Computer Graphics

by John Vince

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

3094. 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

3095. 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

3096. The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering: Mastering Complexity (Mit Press)

by Sanjoy Mahajan

Advanced UNIX Programming, Second Edition cover

3097. Advanced UNIX Programming, Second Edition

by Marc J. Rochkind

A Manual for Creating Atheists cover

3098. A Manual for Creating Atheists

by Peter Boghossian

JFK: The Smoking Gun cover

3099. JFK: The Smoking Gun

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

3100. The Ridiculous Race: 26,000 Miles, 2 Guides, 1 Globe, No Airplanes

by Vali Chandrasekaran