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The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution cover

401. The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution

by Gregory Cochran, Henry Harpending
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How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built cover

402. How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built

by Stewart Brand
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The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers cover

403. The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers

by Tom Standage
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The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy cover

404. The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy

by Stephanie Kelton
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Data Structures and Algorithms (Addison-Wesley Series in Computer Science and Information Pr) cover

405. Data Structures and Algorithms (Addison-Wesley Series in Computer Science and Information Pr)

by Alfred V. Aho, John E. Hopcroft, Jeffrey D. Ullman
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Introduction To Probability cover

406. Introduction To Probability

by Dimitri P. Bertsekas, John N. Tsitsiklis
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Database Internals: A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work cover

407. Database Internals: A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work

by Alex Petrov
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power cover

408. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power

by Shoshana Zuboff
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Lobbying America: The Politics of Business from Nixon to NAFTA (Politics and Society in Modern America) cover

409. Lobbying America: The Politics of Business from Nixon to NAFTA (Politics and Society in Modern America)

by Benjamin C. Waterhouse
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Dark Pools: The Rise of the Machine Traders and the Rigging of the U.S. Stock Market cover

410. Dark Pools: The Rise of the Machine Traders and the Rigging of the U.S. Stock Market

by Scott Patterson
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Hardcore Java cover

411. Hardcore Java

by Robert Simmons (Jr.)
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The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison – An Oracle Biography of Ruthless Ambition and Silicon Valley Fame cover

412. The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison – An Oracle Biography of Ruthless Ambition and Silicon Valley Fame

by Mike Wilson
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Non-Designer's Design Book, The cover

413. Non-Designer's Design Book, The

by Robin Williams
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Commodore: A Company on the Edge cover

414. Commodore: A Company on the Edge

by Brian Bagnall
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All of Statistics: A Concise Course in Statistical Inference (Springer Texts in Statistics) cover

415. All of Statistics: A Concise Course in Statistical Inference (Springer Texts in Statistics)

by Larry Wasserman
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The PC Is Not a Typewriter: A Style Manual for Creating Professional-Level Type on Your Personal Computer cover

416. The PC Is Not a Typewriter: A Style Manual for Creating Professional-Level Type on Your Personal Computer

by Robin Williams
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The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump cover

417. The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump

by Corey Robin
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Molecular Biology of the Cell cover

418. Molecular Biology of the Cell

by Bruce Alberts, Alexander D. Johnson, Julian Lewis
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sed & awk, 2nd Edition cover

419. sed & awk, 2nd Edition

by Dale Dougherty, Arnold Robbins
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RESTful Web APIs cover

420. RESTful Web APIs

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Data Science at the Command Line cover

421. Data Science at the Command Line

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind cover

422. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari
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AVR Programming cover

423. AVR Programming

by Elliot Williams
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The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life cover

424. The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

by Kevin Simler, Robin Hanson
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A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World cover

425. A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World

by William J. Bernstein
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Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals cover

426. Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals

by Robert Pirsig
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Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity--What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves cover

427. Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity--What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves

by Christian Rudder
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United Nations: A History cover

428. United Nations: A History

by Stanley Meisler
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The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small cover

429. The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small

by John Gall
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Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys cover

430. Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys

by Michael Collins
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How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets cover

431. How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets

by Felix Dennis
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Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design cover

432. Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design

by Richard Bird
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Test Driven Development: By Example (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck)) cover

433. Test Driven Development: By Example (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck))

by Kent Beck
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Practical Electronics for Inventors cover

434. Practical Electronics for Inventors

by Paul Scherz, Simon Monk
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Interactive Data Visualization for the Web cover

435. Interactive Data Visualization for the Web

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Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion cover

436. Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion

by Paul Bloom
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Grid systems in graphic design: A visual communication manual for graphic designers, typographers and three dimensional designers (German and English Edition) cover

437. Grid systems in graphic design: A visual communication manual for graphic designers, typographers and three dimensional designers (German and English Edition)

by Josef Müller-Brockmann
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities cover

438. The Death and Life of Great American Cities

by Jane Jacobs
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The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger - Second Edition with a new chapter by the author cover

439. The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger - Second Edition with a new chapter by the author

by Marc Levinson
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SVG Text Layout cover

440. SVG Text Layout

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Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art cover

441. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

by James Nestor
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Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life cover

442. Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life

by Nick Lane
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Mathematical Methods for Physicists: A Comprehensive Guide cover

443. Mathematical Methods for Physicists: A Comprehensive Guide

by George Brown Arfken, George B. Arfken, Hans J. Weber, Frank E. Harris
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Overthrow cover

444. Overthrow

by Stephen Kinzer
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Flask Web Development cover

445. Flask Web Development

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Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (2nd Edition) cover

446. Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (2nd Edition)

by Randal E. Bryant, Davie Richard O'Hallaron
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Functions and Graphs (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

447. Functions and Graphs (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by I. M. Gelfand, E. G. Glagoleva, E. E. Shnol
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The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey To Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) cover

448. The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey To Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)

by David Hurst Thomas, Andrew Hunt
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Say Good Night To Insomnia cover

449. Say Good Night To Insomnia

by Gregg D. Jacobs
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Learning the vi and Vim Editors, 7th Edition cover

450. Learning the vi and Vim Editors, 7th Edition

by Arnold Robbins, Elbert Hannah, Linda Lamb
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Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition: The Hardware Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

451. Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition: The Hardware Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

by David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy
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Mastering Regular Expressions, 3rd Edition cover

452. Mastering Regular Expressions, 3rd Edition

by Jeffrey Friedl
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Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know? cover

453. Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know?

by Philip E. Tetlock
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Just Get Out of the Way: How Government Can Help Business in Poor Countries cover

454. Just Get Out of the Way: How Government Can Help Business in Poor Countries

by Robert Edward Anderson
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The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change) cover

455. The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change)

by Clayton M. Christensen
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Engineering: A Compiler cover

456. Engineering: A Compiler

by Keith D. Cooper
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Writing GNU Emacs Extensions cover

457. Writing GNU Emacs Extensions

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Choose Yourself! cover

458. Choose Yourself!

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A Tour of C++ (C++ In Depth SERIES) cover

459. A Tour of C++ (C++ In Depth SERIES)

by Bjarne Stroustrup
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Clojure Programming cover

460. Clojure Programming

by Chas Emerick. Brian Carper. Christophe Grand
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Writing That Works; How to Communicate Effectively In Business cover

461. Writing That Works; How to Communicate Effectively In Business

by Kenneth Roman, Joel Raphaelson
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Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler)) cover

462. Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))

by Jez Humble
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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA cover

463. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

by Tim Weiner
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Stay Awhile and Listen: Book I Legendary Edition: How Two Blizzards Unleashed Diablo and Forged a Video-Game Empire cover

464. Stay Awhile and Listen: Book I Legendary Edition: How Two Blizzards Unleashed Diablo and Forged a Video-Game Empire

by David L. Craddock
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Against Intellectual Monopoly cover

465. Against Intellectual Monopoly

by Michele Boldrin, David K. Levine
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Red Plenty cover

466. Red Plenty

by Francis Spufford
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Building Web Applications with Erlang cover

467. Building Web Applications with Erlang

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Introduction to Graph Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

468. Introduction to Graph Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Richard J. Trudeau
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Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble cover

469. Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble

by Dan Lyons
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The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects cover

470. The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects

by Andrew Chen
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Great Mambo Chicken And The Transhuman Condition: Science Slightly Over The Edge cover

471. Great Mambo Chicken And The Transhuman Condition: Science Slightly Over The Edge

by Ed Regis
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Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II cover

472. Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II

by Keith Lowe
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REST API Design Rulebook cover

473. REST API Design Rulebook

by Mark Massé
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GOMORRAH cover

474. GOMORRAH

by Roberto Saviano
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Dissecting DOS cover

475. Dissecting DOS

by Michael Podanoffsky
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PostgreSQL: Up and Running cover

476. PostgreSQL: Up and Running

by Regina O. Obe, Leo S. Hsu
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Graphics Gems cover

477. Graphics Gems

by Andrew S. Glassner
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Closure: The Definitive Guide cover

478. Closure: The Definitive Guide

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The Ultimate Paper Airplane: With Step-by Step Instructions for Seven Different Models cover

479. The Ultimate Paper Airplane: With Step-by Step Instructions for Seven Different Models

by Richard Kline
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man cover

480. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

by John Perkins
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SQL and Relational Theory, 2nd Edition cover

481. SQL and Relational Theory, 2nd Edition

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Deep Learning for Coders with Fastai and PyTorch: AI Applications Without a PhD cover

482. Deep Learning for Coders with Fastai and PyTorch: AI Applications Without a PhD

by Sylvain Gugger, Jeremy Howard
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The Mac is Not a Typewriter, 2nd Edition cover

483. The Mac is Not a Typewriter, 2nd Edition

by Robin Williams
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Daily Rituals: How Artists Work cover

484. Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

by Mason Currey
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Free to Choose: A Personal Statement cover

485. Free to Choose: A Personal Statement

by Milton Friedman, Rose D. Friedman
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Network Algorithmics,: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Designing Fast Networked Devices cover

486. Network Algorithmics,: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Designing Fast Networked Devices

by George Varghese
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Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business Into a Sales Machine with the $100 Million Best Practices of Salesforce.com cover

487. Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business Into a Sales Machine with the $100 Million Best Practices of Salesforce.com

by Aaron Ross, Marylou Tyler
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Streaming 102: The world beyond batch cover

488. Streaming 102: The world beyond batch

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The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King cover

489. The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King

by Rich Cohen
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The Art of Profitability cover

490. The Art of Profitability

by Adrian Slywotzky
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The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd Ed. cover

491. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd Ed.

by Edward R. Tufte
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Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need cover

492. Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need

by Blake Snyder
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The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet cover

493. The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet

by Nina Teicholz
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Land of Lisp cover

494. Land of Lisp

by Conrad Barski
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Kelly: More Than My Share of It All cover

495. Kelly: More Than My Share of It All

by Clarence L. Johnson
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Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier cover

496. Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier

by Edward Glaeser
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Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition cover

497. Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition

by Eric R. Kandel
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Digital Design and Computer Architecture cover

498. Digital Design and Computer Architecture

by David Money Harris, Sarah L. Harris
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Debugging Teams cover

499. Debugging Teams

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Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory cover

500. Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory

by Michael C. Carroll
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