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

3101. The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time

by Jonathan Weiner

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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness cover

3102. Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

by William Styron

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

3103. 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

3104. Tales of the Teahouse Retold: Investiture of the Gods

by Katherine Liang Chew

Being And Event cover

3105. Being And Event

by Alain Badiou

MongoDB: The Definitive Guide cover

3106. MongoDB: The Definitive Guide

by Michael Dirolf, Kristina Chodorow

Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary cover

3107. Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary

by Linus Torvalds, David Diamond

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How to Prove It: A Structured Approach cover

3108. How to Prove It: A Structured Approach

by Daniel J. Velleman

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Nationalism cover

3109. Nationalism

by Elie Kedourie

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

3110. The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)

by Seth Godin

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

3111. 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

3112. Radio Congo: Signals of Hope from Africa's Deadliest War

by Ben Rawlence

Modern Compiler Design cover

3113. Modern Compiler Design

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

Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method cover

3114. Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method

by Gerald M. Weinberg

Tokyo Nobody (English and Japanese Edition) cover

3115. 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

3116. Building Green: A Complete How-to Guide To Alternative Building Methods - Earth Plaster, Straw Bale, Cordwood, Cob, Living Roofs

by Clarke Snell, Tim Callahan

The Human Factor cover

3117. The Human Factor

by Kim J. Vicente

The Science of Fear: How the Culture of Fear Manipulates Your Brain cover

3118. The Science of Fear: How the Culture of Fear Manipulates Your Brain

by Daniel Gardner

Nine Kinds Of Naked: A Wildly Entertaining Surreal Comedy – Funny Satire Exploring Chaos Theory cover

3119. Nine Kinds Of Naked: A Wildly Entertaining Surreal Comedy – Funny Satire Exploring Chaos Theory

by Tony Vigorito

Still Life with Woodpecker: A Novel cover

3120. Still Life with Woodpecker: A Novel

by Tom Robbins

Everything Is Obvious: How Common Sense Fails Us cover

3121. Everything Is Obvious: How Common Sense Fails Us

by Duncan J. Watts

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Web Security, Privacy & Commerce, 2nd Edition cover

3122. Web Security, Privacy & Commerce, 2nd Edition

Once-A-Month Cooking, Revised Edition: A Proven System for Spending Less Time in the Kitchen and Enjoying Delicious, Homemade Meals Every Day cover

3123. Once-A-Month Cooking, Revised Edition: A Proven System for Spending Less Time in the Kitchen and Enjoying Delicious, Homemade Meals Every Day

by Mimi Wilson, Mary Beth Lagerborg

On Power: The Natural History of Its Growth cover

3124. On Power: The Natural History of Its Growth

by Bertrand de Jouvenel

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

3125. 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

3126. Man's Worldly Goods - The Story of The Wealth of Nations

by Leo Huberman

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

3127. Basketry: Webster's Timeline History, 7000BC - 2006

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

3128. 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

3129. 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

3130. A Case Study in Community-Driven Software Adoption

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

3131. 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

3132. Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking

by Mark Bittman

Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone cover

3133. 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

3134. 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

3135. 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

3136. 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

3137. 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

3138. In Our Hands : A Plan To Replace The Welfare State

by Charles A. Murray

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The Dark cover

3139. The Dark

by Lemony Snicket

CSS: The Definitive Guide: Web Layout and Presentation cover

3140. 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

3141. 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

3142. Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement with the Occult

by Peter Levenda

New Religions and the Nazis cover

3143. New Religions and the Nazis

by Karla O. Poewe

The Moral Lives of Animals cover

3144. The Moral Lives of Animals

by Dale Peterson

Can Animals Be Moral? cover

3145. Can Animals Be Moral?

by Mark Rowlands

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

3146. 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

3147. Anti-vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement

by Jonathan M. Berman

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

3148. The Scientist as Rebel (New York Review Books (Paperback))

by Freeman Dyson

The Art of Atari cover

3149. The Art of Atari

by Tim Lapetino

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Introducing Foucault: A Graphic Guide cover

3150. Introducing Foucault: A Graphic Guide

by Chris Horrocks

The Theory of Critical Phenomena: An Introduction to the Renormalization Group (Oxford Science Publications) cover

3151. The Theory of Critical Phenomena: An Introduction to the Renormalization Group (Oxford Science Publications)

by James Binney, J.J. Binney, N. J. Dowrick, A. J. Fisher, M. E. J. Newman, N.J. Dowrick, A.J. Fisher, M.E.J. Newman, J. J. Binney

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Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals cover

3152. Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals

by Hiroki Azuma

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My Adventures in Sillyville cover

3153. My Adventures in Sillyville

by Richard Klein

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

3154. 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

3155. 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

3156. 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

3157. 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

3158. Modern Perl Best Practices

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

3159. 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

3160. Radical, Religious, and Violent: The New Economics of Terrorism (Mit Press)

by Eli Berman

Confessions of the Pricing Man: How Price Affects Everything cover

3161. Confessions of the Pricing Man: How Price Affects Everything

by Hermann Simon

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

3162. 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

3163. 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

Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production cover

3164. Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production

by Taiichi Ohno

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Head Rush Ajax cover

3165. Head Rush Ajax

by Brett McLaughlin

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

3166. 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

3167. Elements of Information Theory (Wiley Series in Telecommunications and Signal Processing)

by Thomas M. Cover, Joy A. Thomas

Creating Killer Web Sites cover

3168. Creating Killer Web Sites

by David Siegel

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

3169. 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

3170. 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

3171. 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

3172. 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

3173. The Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth

by Irving Kirsch

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Programming Web Services with XML-RPC cover

3174. Programming Web Services with XML-RPC

by Simon St. Laurent, Joe Johnston, Edd Dumbill

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

3175. 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

3176. Wealth Secrets

by Sam Wilkin

Forces of Nature cover

3177. Forces of Nature

by P. C. W. Davies

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

3178. 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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Opposed Piston Engines: Evolution, Use, and Future Applications cover

3179. 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

3180. Healing Lyme: Natural Healing and Prevention of Lyme Borreliosis and Its Coinfections

by Stephen Harrod Buhner

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

3181. 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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Bugging In and Bugging Out cover

3182. 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

3183. 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

3184. 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

3185. 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

3186. The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse

by Gregg Easterbrook

Reflections Of An Affirmative Action Baby cover

3187. Reflections Of An Affirmative Action Baby

by Stephen L. Carter

Learning Perl, 3rd Edition cover

3188. Learning Perl, 3rd Edition

by Tom Phoenix, Randal Schwartz

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

3189. Topology for Computing (Cambridge Monographs on Applied and Computational Mathematics, Series Number 16)

by Afra J. Zomorodian

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

3190. 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

3191. Expectations Investing: Reading Stock Prices for Better Returns

by Michael J. Mauboussin, Alfred Rappaport

Systems Performance (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

3192. Systems Performance (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by Brendan Gregg

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

3193. 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

3194. 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

3195. 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

3196. 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

3197. Filters Against Folly: How To Survive Despite Economists, Ecologists, and the Merely Eloquent

by Garrett Hardin

Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices cover

3198. 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

3199. In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo

by Michela Wrong

The Windrush Betrayal: Exposing the Hostile Environment cover

3200. The Windrush Betrayal: Exposing the Hostile Environment

by Amelia Gentleman