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Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace cover

301. Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace

by Ricardo Semler
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PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance cover

302. PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance

by Gregory Smith
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Chaos Engineering cover

303. Chaos Engineering

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Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment cover

304. Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment

by George Leonard
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Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation cover

305. Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation

by John E. Hopcroft, Rajeev Motwani, Jeffrey D. Ullman
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Motel of the Mysteries cover

306. Motel of the Mysteries

by David Macaulay
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The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology) cover

307. The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology)

by K. Anders Ericsson, Robert R. Hoffman, Aaron Kozbelt, A. Mark Williams
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Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals cover

308. Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals

by Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D.
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Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind cover

309. Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind

by Jack Trout, Al Ries
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Local Interpretable Model-Agnostic Explanations (LIME): An Introduction cover

310. Local Interpretable Model-Agnostic Explanations (LIME): An Introduction

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UNIX° TEXT PROCESSING cover

311. UNIX° TEXT PROCESSING

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Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage cover

312. Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage

by Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew
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Work With Us - O'Reilly Media cover

313. Work With Us - O'Reilly Media

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Death March (2nd Edition) cover

314. Death March (2nd Edition)

by Edward Yourdon
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Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

315. Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Ian Stewart
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Introduction to Linear Algebra (Gilbert Strang, 2) cover

316. Introduction to Linear Algebra (Gilbert Strang, 2)

by Gilbert Strang
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Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About (Volume 136) (Lecture Notes) cover

317. Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About (Volume 136) (Lecture Notes)

by Donald Ervin Knuth
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The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup (The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship) cover

318. The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup (The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship)

by Noam Wasserman
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How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between cover

319. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between

by Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies cover

320. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared M. Diamond
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Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism cover

321. Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism

by Richard D. Wolff
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Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre cover

322. Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre

by Keith Johnstone
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Black Rednecks and White Liberals cover

323. Black Rednecks and White Liberals

by Thomas Sowell
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Statistics Done Wrong: The Woefully Complete Guide cover

324. Statistics Done Wrong: The Woefully Complete Guide

by Alex Reinhart
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The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems cover

325. The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems

by Jef Raskin
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Schaum's 3,000 Solved Problems in Calculus (Schaum's Outlines) cover

326. Schaum's 3,000 Solved Problems in Calculus (Schaum's Outlines)

by Elliott Mendelson
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Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs cover

327. Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs

by Ken Kocienda
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Retargetable C Compiler, A: Design and Implementation cover

328. Retargetable C Compiler, A: Design and Implementation

by Christopher W. Fraser, David R. Hanson
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Language in Thought and Action: Fifth Edition cover

329. Language in Thought and Action: Fifth Edition

by Samuel Ichiyé Hayakawa, Alan R. Hayakawa
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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society cover

330. On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

by Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman
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Living Clojure cover

331. Living Clojure

by Carin Meier
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Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration cover

332. Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration

by Bryan Caplan
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If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All cover

333. If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All

by Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nate Soares
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What Is Web 2.0 cover

334. What Is Web 2.0

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The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood cover

335. The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood

by James Gleick
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Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (Incerto) cover

336. Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business cover

337. How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business

by Douglas W. Hubbard
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The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World) cover

338. The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)

by Robert J. Gordon
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Badass: Making Users Awesome cover

339. Badass: Making Users Awesome

by Kathy Sierra
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Man's Search for Meaning (OLD EDITION/OUT OF PRINT) cover

340. Man's Search for Meaning (OLD EDITION/OUT OF PRINT)

by Viktor Emil Frankl
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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk (The How To Talk Series) cover

341. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk (The How To Talk Series)

by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish
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Total Recall: How the E-Memory Revolution Will Change Everything cover

342. Total Recall: How the E-Memory Revolution Will Change Everything

by C. Gordon Bell, Jim Gemmell
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, 20th Anniversary Edition cover

343. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, 20th Anniversary Edition

by Patrick M. Lencioni
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Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength cover

344. Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength

by Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney
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The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism cover

345. The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism

by Olivia Fox Cabane
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The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products That Win cover

346. The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products That Win

by Steve Blank
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Math from Three to Seven: The Story of a Mathematical Circle for Preschoolers (MSRI Mathematical Circles Library) cover

347. Math from Three to Seven: The Story of a Mathematical Circle for Preschoolers (MSRI Mathematical Circles Library)

by Aleksandr Kalmanovich Zvonkin
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The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (Collins Business Essentials) cover

348. The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (Collins Business Essentials)

by Clayton M. Christensen
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Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers cover

349. Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers

by Jan Gullberg
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sed & awk, 2nd Edition cover

350. sed & awk, 2nd Edition

by Dale Dougherty, Arnold Robbins
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Elements of Programming cover

351. Elements of Programming

by Alexander A. Stepanov, Paul McJones
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Make It Clear: Speak and Write to Persuade and Inform cover

352. Make It Clear: Speak and Write to Persuade and Inform

by Patrick Henry Winston
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When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management cover

353. When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

by Roger Lowenstein
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: Revised Edition cover

354. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: Revised Edition

by Jared Diamond
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One Click: Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com cover

355. One Click: Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com

by Richard L. Brandt
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Dreamland cover

356. Dreamland

by Sam Quinones, Neil Hellegers
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The Machinery of Life cover

357. The Machinery of Life

by David S. Goodsell
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Where Are the Customers' Yachts?: or A Good Hard Look at Wall Street (Wiley Investment Classics) cover

358. Where Are the Customers' Yachts?: or A Good Hard Look at Wall Street (Wiley Investment Classics)

by Fred Schwed, Jr.
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The Martian's Daughter: A Memoir cover

359. The Martian's Daughter: A Memoir

by Marina Whitman
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Tim O'Reilly - Frank Herbert - O'Reilly Media cover

360. Tim O'Reilly - Frank Herbert - O'Reilly Media

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Transactional Information Systems: Theory, Algorithms, and the Practice of Concurrency Control and Recovery (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

361. Transactional Information Systems: Theory, Algorithms, and the Practice of Concurrency Control and Recovery (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by Gerhard Weikum, Gottfried Vossen
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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy cover

362. Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

by Cathy O'Neil
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Bullshit Jobs: The Rise of Pointless Work, and What We Can Do About It cover

363. Bullshit Jobs: The Rise of Pointless Work, and What We Can Do About It

by David Graeber
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Functional JavaScript cover

364. Functional JavaScript

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The Millionaire Next Door cover

365. The Millionaire Next Door

by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko
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Lightweight Django cover

366. Lightweight Django

by Julia Elman. Mark Lavin
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American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America cover

367. American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America

by Colin Woodard
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Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization cover

368. Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization

by Dave Logan, John King, Halee Fischer-Wright
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Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms (Audio Engineering Society Presents) cover

369. Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms (Audio Engineering Society Presents)

by Floyd E. Toole
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Blindsight (Firefall, 1) cover

370. Blindsight (Firefall, 1)

by Peter Watts
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Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy cover

371. Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy

by Matt Stoller
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It's Not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome!: RSI Theory and Therapy for Computer Professionals cover

372. It's Not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome!: RSI Theory and Therapy for Computer Professionals

by Suparna Damany, Jack Bellis
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The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell cover

373. The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell

by Luca Turin
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Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe cover

374. Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe

by George Dyson
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The Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet cover

375. The Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet

by Jeff Kosseff
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Joe Celko's Thinking in Sets: Auxiliary, Temporal, and Virtual Tables in SQL (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

376. Joe Celko's Thinking in Sets: Auxiliary, Temporal, and Virtual Tables in SQL (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by Joe Celko
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Transaction Processing: Concepts and Techniques (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

377. Transaction Processing: Concepts and Techniques (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by Jim Gray, Andreas Reuter
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The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition cover

378. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition

by Julia Cameron
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Serious Cryptography: A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption cover

379. Serious Cryptography: A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption

by Jean-Philippe Aumasson
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Inviting Disaster: Lessons From the Edge of Technology cover

380. Inviting Disaster: Lessons From the Edge of Technology

by James R. Chiles
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Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology cover

381. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

by Chris Miller
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Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules cover

382. Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules

by Steve McConnell
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Who's in Charge?: The Neuroscience of Decision-Making, the Notion of Free Will and the Idea of a Determined World cover

383. Who's in Charge?: The Neuroscience of Decision-Making, the Notion of Free Will and the Idea of a Determined World

by Michael S. Gazzaniga
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Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time cover

384. Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time

by Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, Hyrum Wright
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Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions cover

385. Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions

by Gary A. Klein
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The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers cover

386. The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers

by Robert C. Martin
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Body by Science: A Research Based Program for Strength Training, Body building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week cover

387. Body by Science: A Research Based Program for Strength Training, Body building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week

by John Little, Doug McGuff
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Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking (Ruhlman's Ratios) cover

388. Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking (Ruhlman's Ratios)

by Michael Ruhlman
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Managing Projects with GNU Make, 3rd Edition cover

389. Managing Projects with GNU Make, 3rd Edition

by Robert Mecklenburg, Robert William Mecklenburg
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty cover

390. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

by Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
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Payments Systems in the U.S.: A Guide for the Payments Professional cover

391. Payments Systems in the U.S.: A Guide for the Payments Professional

by Carol Coye Benson, Scott Loftesness, Russ Jones
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Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality cover

392. Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality

by Edward Frenkel
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Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions cover

393. Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell
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Driven to Distraction (Revised): Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder cover

394. Driven to Distraction (Revised): Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder

by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., John J. Ratey, M.D.
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Plentiful Energy: The Story of the Integral Fast Reactor: The complex history of a simple reactor technology, with emphasis on its scientific bases for non-specialists cover

395. Plentiful Energy: The Story of the Integral Fast Reactor: The complex history of a simple reactor technology, with emphasis on its scientific bases for non-specialists

by Charles E. Till, Yoon Il Chang
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Harmonic Experience: Tonal Harmony from Its Natural Origins to Its Modern Expression cover

396. Harmonic Experience: Tonal Harmony from Its Natural Origins to Its Modern Expression

by W. A. Mathieu
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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master cover

397. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

by Andy Hunt, David Thomas, Dave Thomas, David . Thomas
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Central Banking 101 cover

398. Central Banking 101

by Joseph J. Wang
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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 6th Edition cover

399. JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 6th Edition

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How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd Edition cover

400. How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd Edition

by Daniel J. Velleman
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