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The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Course: A Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering 2300 Characters cover

3101. The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Course: A Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering 2300 Characters

by Andrew Scott Conning

Man's Worldly Goods - The Story of The Wealth of Nations cover

3102. Man's Worldly Goods - The Story of The Wealth of Nations

by Leo Huberman

Basketry: Webster's Timeline History, 7000BC - 2006 cover

3103. Basketry: Webster's Timeline History, 7000BC - 2006

Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales cover

3104. Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales

by Penn Jillette

Chess skill in man and machine (Texts and monographs in computer science) cover

3105. Chess skill in man and machine (Texts and monographs in computer science)

by Peter William Frey

A Case Study in Community-Driven Software Adoption cover

3106. A Case Study in Community-Driven Software Adoption

Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I: 50th Anniversary Edition: A Cookbook cover

3107. Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I: 50th Anniversary Edition: A Cookbook

by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck

Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking cover

3108. Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking

by Mark Bittman

Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone cover

3109. Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone

by Deborah Madison

Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World (Belfer Center Studies in International Security) cover

3110. Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World (Belfer Center Studies in International Security)

by Kuan Yew Lee, Graham Allison, Robert D. Blackwill, Ali Wyne

The China Dream: Great Power Thinking and Strategic Posture in the Post-American Era cover

3111. The China Dream: Great Power Thinking and Strategic Posture in the Post-American Era

by Mingfu Liu

More Work For Mother: The Ironies Of Household Technology From The Open Hearth To The Microwave cover

3112. More Work For Mother: The Ironies Of Household Technology From The Open Hearth To The Microwave

by Ruth Schwartz Cowan

Probabilistic Machine Learning: Advanced Topics (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series) cover

3113. Probabilistic Machine Learning: Advanced Topics (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series)

by Kevin P. Murphy

In Our Hands : A Plan To Replace The Welfare State cover

3114. In Our Hands : A Plan To Replace The Welfare State

by Charles A. Murray

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The Dark cover

3115. The Dark

by Lemony Snicket

The Art of Atari cover

3116. The Art of Atari

by Tim Lapetino

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CSS: The Definitive Guide: Web Layout and Presentation cover

3117. CSS: The Definitive Guide: Web Layout and Presentation

by Eric A. Meyer, Estelle Weyl

Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity cover

3118. Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity

by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke

Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement with the Occult cover

3119. Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement with the Occult

by Peter Levenda

New Religions and the Nazis cover

3120. New Religions and the Nazis

by Karla O. Poewe

The Moral Lives of Animals cover

3121. The Moral Lives of Animals

by Dale Peterson

Can Animals Be Moral? cover

3122. Can Animals Be Moral?

by Mark Rowlands

Active Portfolio Management: A Quantitative Approach for Producing Superior Returns and Controlling Risk cover

3123. Active Portfolio Management: A Quantitative Approach for Producing Superior Returns and Controlling Risk

by Richard Grinold, Ronald Kahn

Anti-vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement cover

3124. Anti-vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement

by Jonathan M. Berman

The Scientist as Rebel (New York Review Books (Paperback)) cover

3125. The Scientist as Rebel (New York Review Books (Paperback))

by Freeman Dyson

Introducing Foucault: A Graphic Guide cover

3126. Introducing Foucault: A Graphic Guide

by Chris Horrocks

My Adventures in Sillyville cover

3127. My Adventures in Sillyville

by Richard Klein

Kea, Bird of Paradox: The Evolution and Behavior of a New Zealand Parrot cover

3128. Kea, Bird of Paradox: The Evolution and Behavior of a New Zealand Parrot

by Judy Diamond, Alan B. Bond

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The gospel of selfless action, or, The Gita according to Gandhi: Translation of the original in Gujarati, with an additional introduction and commentary (English and Sanskrit Edition) cover

3129. The gospel of selfless action, or, The Gita according to Gandhi: Translation of the original in Gujarati, with an additional introduction and commentary (English and Sanskrit Edition)

by Mahatma Gandhi, Mahadev Haribhai Desai

The Cheating of America: How Tax Avoidance and Evasion by the Super Rich Are Costing the Country Billions--and What You Can Do About It cover

3130. The Cheating of America: How Tax Avoidance and Evasion by the Super Rich Are Costing the Country Billions--and What You Can Do About It

by Charles Lewis

Breaking the Mishap Chain: Human Factors Lessons Learned from Aerospace Accidents and Incidents in Research, Flight Test, and Development (NASA Aeronoutics Book) cover

3131. Breaking the Mishap Chain: Human Factors Lessons Learned from Aerospace Accidents and Incidents in Research, Flight Test, and Development (NASA Aeronoutics Book)

by Peter W. Merlin, Gregg A. Bendrick, Dwight A. Holland

Modern Perl Best Practices cover

3132. Modern Perl Best Practices

A compiler generator (Prentice-Hall series in automatic computation) cover

3133. A compiler generator (Prentice-Hall series in automatic computation)

by William Marshall McKeeman, James J. Horning, David B. Wortman

Radical, Religious, and Violent: The New Economics of Terrorism (Mit Press) cover

3134. Radical, Religious, and Violent: The New Economics of Terrorism (Mit Press)

by Eli Berman

Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production cover

3135. Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production

by Taiichi Ohno

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Confessions of the Pricing Man: How Price Affects Everything cover

3136. Confessions of the Pricing Man: How Price Affects Everything

by Hermann Simon

Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage cover

3137. Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage

by Kathryn Edin, Maria Kefalas

Improv(e) Your Conversations: Think on Your Feet, Witty Banter, and Always Know What To Say with Improv Comedy Techniques (How to be More Likable and Charismatic) cover

3138. Improv(e) Your Conversations: Think on Your Feet, Witty Banter, and Always Know What To Say with Improv Comedy Techniques (How to be More Likable and Charismatic)

by Patrick King

Head Rush Ajax cover

3139. Head Rush Ajax

by Brett McLaughlin

Art of Computer Programming, The: Combinatorial Algorithms, Volume 4A, Part 1 cover

3140. Art of Computer Programming, The: Combinatorial Algorithms, Volume 4A, Part 1

by Donald Ervin Knuth

Elements of Information Theory (Wiley Series in Telecommunications and Signal Processing) cover

3141. Elements of Information Theory (Wiley Series in Telecommunications and Signal Processing)

by Thomas M. Cover, Joy A. Thomas

Creating Killer Web Sites cover

3142. Creating Killer Web Sites

by David Siegel

The New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking cover

3143. The New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking

by Jeff Hertzberg, M.D., Zoë François

Python Cookbook, 2nd Edition cover

3144. Python Cookbook, 2nd Edition

by Alex Martelli, Anna Ravenscroft, David Ascher

Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching : A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way cover

3145. Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching : A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way

by Laozi, Ursula K. Le Guin

Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America cover

3146. Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America

by Robert Whitaker

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The Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth cover

3147. The Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth

by Irving Kirsch

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Programming Web Services with XML-RPC cover

3148. Programming Web Services with XML-RPC

by Simon St. Laurent, Joe Johnston, Edd Dumbill

How I Wish I Had Taught Maths: Reflections on research, conversations with experts, and 12 years of mistakes cover

3149. How I Wish I Had Taught Maths: Reflections on research, conversations with experts, and 12 years of mistakes

by Craig Barton

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There Goes the Neighborhood: Racial, Ethnic, and Class Tensions in Four Chicago Neighborhoods and Their Meaning for America cover

3150. There Goes the Neighborhood: Racial, Ethnic, and Class Tensions in Four Chicago Neighborhoods and Their Meaning for America

by Wilson, William J., Richard P. Taub

Wealth Secrets cover

3151. Wealth Secrets

by Sam Wilkin

Forces of Nature cover

3152. Forces of Nature

by P. C. W. Davies

Opposed Piston Engines: Evolution, Use, and Future Applications cover

3153. Opposed Piston Engines: Evolution, Use, and Future Applications

by Jean-Pierre Pirault, Martin LS Flint

Healing Lyme: Natural Healing and Prevention of Lyme Borreliosis and Its Coinfections cover

3154. Healing Lyme: Natural Healing and Prevention of Lyme Borreliosis and Its Coinfections

by Stephen Harrod Buhner

Bugging In and Bugging Out cover

3155. Bugging In and Bugging Out

by David E Crossley

The Startup Way: How Modern Companies Use Entrepreneurial Management to Transform Culture and Drive Long-Term Growth cover

3156. The Startup Way: How Modern Companies Use Entrepreneurial Management to Transform Culture and Drive Long-Term Growth

by Eric Ries

The Effortless Sleep Method: The Incredible New Cure for Insomnia and Chronic Sleep Problems cover

3157. The Effortless Sleep Method: The Incredible New Cure for Insomnia and Chronic Sleep Problems

by Sasha Stephens

Internal Family Systems Therapy (The Guilford Family Therapy Series) cover

3158. Internal Family Systems Therapy (The Guilford Family Therapy Series)

by Richard C. Schwartz

The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse cover

3159. The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse

by Gregg Easterbrook

Reflections Of An Affirmative Action Baby cover

3160. Reflections Of An Affirmative Action Baby

by Stephen L. Carter

Topology for Computing (Cambridge Monographs on Applied and Computational Mathematics, Series Number 16) cover

3161. Topology for Computing (Cambridge Monographs on Applied and Computational Mathematics, Series Number 16)

by Afra J. Zomorodian

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Systems Performance (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

3162. Systems Performance (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by Brendan Gregg

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Learning Perl, 3rd Edition cover

3163. Learning Perl, 3rd Edition

by Tom Phoenix, Randal Schwartz

Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series) cover

3164. Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series)

by Liping Ma

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Expectations Investing: Reading Stock Prices for Better Returns cover

3165. Expectations Investing: Reading Stock Prices for Better Returns

by Michael J. Mauboussin, Alfred Rappaport

Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development cover

3166. Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development

by Craig Larman

Train Your Brain to Get Happy: The Simple Program That Primes Your Grey Cells for Joy, Optimism, and Serenity cover

3167. Train Your Brain to Get Happy: The Simple Program That Primes Your Grey Cells for Joy, Optimism, and Serenity

by Teresa Aubele, Susan Reynolds

The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution cover

3168. The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution

by David Wootton

Caffeine Blues: Wake Up to the Hidden Dangers of America's #1 Drug cover

3169. Caffeine Blues: Wake Up to the Hidden Dangers of America's #1 Drug

by Stephen Cherniske

Filters Against Folly: How To Survive Despite Economists, Ecologists, and the Merely Eloquent cover

3170. Filters Against Folly: How To Survive Despite Economists, Ecologists, and the Merely Eloquent

by Garrett Hardin

Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices cover

3171. Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices

by Peter F. Drucker

In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo cover

3172. In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo

by Michela Wrong

The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book cover

3173. The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book

by Andriy Burkov

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The Windrush Betrayal: Exposing the Hostile Environment cover

3174. The Windrush Betrayal: Exposing the Hostile Environment

by Amelia Gentleman

Pot Shards: Fragments of a Life Lived in CIA, the White House, and the Two Koreas cover

3175. Pot Shards: Fragments of a Life Lived in CIA, the White House, and the Two Koreas

by Donald P. Gregg

Peak cover

3176. Peak

by Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool

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Why the Pharaohs Built the Pyramids with Fake Stones cover

3177. Why the Pharaohs Built the Pyramids with Fake Stones

by Joseph Davidovits

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The Pyramids: An Enigma Solved cover

3178. The Pyramids: An Enigma Solved

by Joseph Davidovits, Margie Morris

Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine (Holt Paperback) cover

3179. Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine (Holt Paperback)

by Jasper Becker

Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World cover

3180. Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World

by Paul Stamets

Great Boss Dead Boss cover

3181. Great Boss Dead Boss

by Ray Immelman

The Calculus Tutoring Book cover

3182. The Calculus Tutoring Book

by Carol Ash, Robert B. Ash

Art of Computer Programming, The: Mathematical Preliminaries Redux; Introduction to Backtracking; Dancing Links, Volume 4, Fascicle 5 cover

3183. Art of Computer Programming, The: Mathematical Preliminaries Redux; Introduction to Backtracking; Dancing Links, Volume 4, Fascicle 5

by Donald E. Knuth

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Patterns in Nature cover

3184. Patterns in Nature

by Peter S. Stevens

Cyber Sale 2025 - O'Reilly Media cover

3185. Cyber Sale 2025 - O'Reilly Media

Intuitive IC Electronics: A Sophisticated Primer for Engineers and Technicians cover

3186. Intuitive IC Electronics: A Sophisticated Primer for Engineers and Technicians

by Thomas M. Frederiksen

The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard cover

3187. The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard

by J. G. Ballard

The Bliss of Inner Fire: Heart Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa cover

3188. The Bliss of Inner Fire: Heart Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa

by Thubten Yeshe

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The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity cover

3189. The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity

by Richard Florida

The Great Lakes Water Wars cover

3190. The Great Lakes Water Wars

by Peter Annin

Gearheads: The Turbulent Rise of Robotic Sports cover

3191. Gearheads: The Turbulent Rise of Robotic Sports

by Brad Stone

Nine Nights with the Taoist Master: Deluxe Study Edition cover

3192. Nine Nights with the Taoist Master: Deluxe Study Edition

by Waysun Liao

Venus Revealed: A New Look Below The Clouds Of Our Mysteriious Twin Planet cover

3193. Venus Revealed: A New Look Below The Clouds Of Our Mysteriious Twin Planet

by David Harry Grinspoon

Head First Design Patterns: Building Extensible and Maintainable Object-Oriented Software 2nd Edition cover

3194. Head First Design Patterns: Building Extensible and Maintainable Object-Oriented Software 2nd Edition

by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson

Head First Git: A Learner's Guide to Understanding Git from the Inside Out cover

3195. Head First Git: A Learner's Guide to Understanding Git from the Inside Out

by Raju Gandhi

Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) cover

3196. Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)

by Daniel J. Siegel MD

All of Nonparametric Statistics (Springer Texts in Statistics) cover

3197. All of Nonparametric Statistics (Springer Texts in Statistics)

by Larry Wasserman

The Best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by Joel Spolsky cover

3198. The Best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by Joel Spolsky

by Joel Spolsky

Molecular Neuropharmacology: A Foundation for Clinical Neuroscience, Third Edition cover

3199. Molecular Neuropharmacology: A Foundation for Clinical Neuroscience, Third Edition

by Steven Hyman, Robert Malenka, Eric Nestler

The Wheels of Commerce: Civilization & Capitalism 15th-18th Century, Vol. 2 cover

3200. The Wheels of Commerce: Civilization & Capitalism 15th-18th Century, Vol. 2

by Fernand Braudel