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Digital Fundamentals (10th Edition) cover

801. Digital Fundamentals (10th Edition)

by Thomas L. Floyd
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Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City (Inside Technology) cover

802. Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City (Inside Technology)

by Peter D. Norton
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Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks cover

803. Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks

by Arthur Benjamin, Michael Shermer
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The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It cover

804. The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It

by Kelly McGonigal
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Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty (Galaxy Books) cover

805. Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty (Galaxy Books)

by Morris Kline
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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History cover

806. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

by S. C. Gwynne
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The World Beyond Your Head cover

807. The World Beyond Your Head

by Matthew B. Crawford
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The Rise of Financial Capitalism: International Capital Markets in the Age of Reason (Studies in Monetary and Financial History) cover

808. The Rise of Financial Capitalism: International Capital Markets in the Age of Reason (Studies in Monetary and Financial History)

by Larry Neal
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C++ Concurrency in Action: Practical Multithreading cover

809. C++ Concurrency in Action: Practical Multithreading

by Anthony Williams
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Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design (Robert C. Martin Series) cover

810. Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design (Robert C. Martin Series)

by Robert C. Martin
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Confronting Managerialism: How the Business Elite and Their Schools Threw Our Lives Out of Balance (Economic Controversies) cover

811. Confronting Managerialism: How the Business Elite and Their Schools Threw Our Lives Out of Balance (Economic Controversies)

by Robert R. Locke, J.-C. Spender
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A Whirlwind Tour of Python cover

812. A Whirlwind Tour of Python

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The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga (Platform Studies) cover

813. The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga (Platform Studies)

by Jimmy Maher
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Origami Design Secrets: Mathematical Methods for an Ancient Art, Second Edition (AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series) cover

814. Origami Design Secrets: Mathematical Methods for an Ancient Art, Second Edition (AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series)

by Robert J. Lang
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Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea cover

815. Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

by Guy Delisle
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Microservices: A quick and simple definition cover

816. Microservices: A quick and simple definition

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Overcoming Gravity: A Systematic Approach to Gymnastics and Bodyweight Strength by Steven Low (2011-11-12) cover

817. Overcoming Gravity: A Systematic Approach to Gymnastics and Bodyweight Strength by Steven Low (2011-11-12)

by Steven Low
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Nothing Like It In the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 cover

818. Nothing Like It In the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869

by Stephen E. Ambrose
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Fundamentals of Data Engineering cover

819. Fundamentals of Data Engineering

by Joe Reis, Matt Housley
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The Kerbal Player's Guide cover

820. The Kerbal Player's Guide

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The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys cover

821. The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys

by James Fadiman
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Einstein's Shadow: A Black Hole, a Band of Astronomers, and the Quest to See the Unseeable cover

822. Einstein's Shadow: A Black Hole, a Band of Astronomers, and the Quest to See the Unseeable

by Seth Fletcher
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Python for Data Analysis, 2nd Edition cover

823. Python for Data Analysis, 2nd Edition

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The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk! cover

824. The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk!

by Jack Trout
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Relativity: The Special and General Theory cover

825. Relativity: The Special and General Theory

by Albert Einstein
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The Law of Attention: Nada Yoga and the Way of Inner Vigilance cover

826. The Law of Attention: Nada Yoga and the Way of Inner Vigilance

by Edward Salim Michael
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Nada Yoga: The Science, Psychology & Philosophy of Anahata Nada Yoga cover

827. Nada Yoga: The Science, Psychology & Philosophy of Anahata Nada Yoga

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Computer Organization and Design MIPS Edition: The Hardware/Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

828. Computer Organization and Design MIPS 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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How to Win Friends AND Influence People by Dale Carnegie cover

829. How to Win Friends AND Influence People by Dale Carnegie

by Dale Carnegie
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The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism cover

830. The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism

by Clara E. Mattei
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Zionism and the Creation of a New Society (Studies in Jewish History) cover

831. Zionism and the Creation of a New Society (Studies in Jewish History)

by Ben Halpern, Jehuda Reinharz
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How to Build With Grid Beam: A Fast, Easy and Affordable System for Constructing Almost Anything cover

832. How to Build With Grid Beam: A Fast, Easy and Affordable System for Constructing Almost Anything

by Phil Jergenson, Richard Jergenson, Wilma Keppel
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BGP cover

833. BGP

by Iljitsch van Beijnum
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Awareness: Conversations with the Masters cover

834. Awareness: Conversations with the Masters

by Anthony De Mello
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The Diamond and the Boy: The Creation of Diamonds & The Life of H. Tracy Hall – An Inspiring Picture Book Biography cover

835. The Diamond and the Boy: The Creation of Diamonds & The Life of H. Tracy Hall – An Inspiring Picture Book Biography

by Hannah Holt
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Logicomix: An epic search for truth cover

836. Logicomix: An epic search for truth

by Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos H. Papadimitriou
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The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance cover

837. The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance

by Henry Petroski
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A Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics cover

838. A Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics

by Jeremy Kun
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Designing Machine Learning Systems cover

839. Designing Machine Learning Systems

by Chip Huyen
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What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods cover

840. What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods

by Richard Courant, Herbert Robbins
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At Day's Close: Night in Times Past cover

841. At Day's Close: Night in Times Past

by A. Roger Ekirch, Roger A. Ekirch
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Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower's Account of How… cover

842. Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower's Account of How…

by Nicholas Enrich
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Apollo cover

843. Apollo

by Charles A. Murray, Catherine Bly Cox
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The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are cover

844. The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are

by Henry Petroski
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Advances in Financial Machine Learning cover

845. Advances in Financial Machine Learning

by Marcos Lopez de Prado
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The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself cover

846. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

by Michael A. Singer
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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto Book 3) cover

847. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto Book 3)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Genís Sánchez Barberán, Albino Santos Mosquera
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The Physics Of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable – A Persuasive Exploration of Science, Economics, and the 2008 Collapse cover

848. The Physics Of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable – A Persuasive Exploration of Science, Economics, and the 2008 Collapse

by James Owen Weatherall
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Ideology and Discontent cover

849. Ideology and Discontent

by David Ernest Apter
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Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets: A Comprehensive Guide to Trading Methods and Applications cover

850. Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets: A Comprehensive Guide to Trading Methods and Applications

by John J. Murphy
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The Site Reliability Workbook cover

851. The Site Reliability Workbook

by Niall Richard Murphy, David K. Rensin
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Leadership Step by Step: Become the Person Others Follow cover

852. Leadership Step by Step: Become the Person Others Follow

by Joshua Spodek
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Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland cover

853. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

by Christopher R. Browning
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854. "Cracking DES" Shows How the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Machine Beat Government Encryption Standard O'Reilly and EFF Publish Book that Proves DES is Not Secure

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Fundamentals of Software Architecture cover

855. Fundamentals of Software Architecture

by Mark Richards, Neal Ford
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C++ Primer (5th Edition) cover

856. C++ Primer (5th Edition)

by Stanley B. Lippman
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Software architecture patterns cover

857. Software architecture patterns

by Mark Richards
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The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations cover

858. The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in An Age of Diminishing Expectations

by Christopher Lasch
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Why Nothing Works: The Anthropology of Daily Life (Touchstone Books (Paperback)) cover

859. Why Nothing Works: The Anthropology of Daily Life (Touchstone Books (Paperback))

by Marvin Harris
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The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do, Revised and Updated cover

860. The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do, Revised and Updated

by Judith Rich Harris
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Can Japan Compete? cover

861. Can Japan Compete?

by Michael E. Porter, Michael, Porter, Hirotaka, Takeuchi, Mariko, Sakakibara
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Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big cover

862. Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big

by Bo Burlingham
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Drucker’s Lost Art of Management: Peter Drucker’s Timeless Vision for Building Effective Organizations cover

863. Drucker’s Lost Art of Management: Peter Drucker’s Timeless Vision for Building Effective Organizations

by Joseph A. Maciariello, Karen Linkletter
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Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds cover

864. Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

by David Goggins
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Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America cover

865. Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America

by Lee Drutman
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Algorithmic Trading and DMA: An introduction to direct access trading strategies cover

866. Algorithmic Trading and DMA: An introduction to direct access trading strategies

by Barry Johnson
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I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times cover

867. I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times

by Mónica Guzmán
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Enemies: A History of the FBI cover

868. Enemies: A History of the FBI

by Tim Weiner
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The Fifth Generation Fallacy: Why Japan is Betting Its Future on Artificial Intelligence cover

869. The Fifth Generation Fallacy: Why Japan is Betting Its Future on Artificial Intelligence

by J. Marshall Unger
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UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record cover

870. UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record

by Leslie Kean
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Joe Celko's Trees and Hierarchies in SQL for Smarties (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

871. Joe Celko's Trees and Hierarchies in SQL for Smarties (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by Joe Celko
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Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society cover

872. Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society

by Eric A. Posner, Eric Glen Weyl
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New Foundations for Classical Mechanics (Fundamental Theories of Physics, 99) cover

873. New Foundations for Classical Mechanics (Fundamental Theories of Physics, 99)

by David Hestenes
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The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization cover

874. The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization

by Bryan Ward-Perkins
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Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader cover

875. Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader

by Brent Schlender, Rick Tetzeli
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Assholes: A Theory cover

876. Assholes: A Theory

by Aaron James
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Initiative: A Proven Method to Bring Your Passions to Life (and Work) cover

877. Initiative: A Proven Method to Bring Your Passions to Life (and Work)

by Joshua Spodek
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Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime cover

878. Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime

by Aubrey de Grey, Michael Rae
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Breaking Windows: How Bill Gates Fumbled the Future of Microsoft cover

879. Breaking Windows: How Bill Gates Fumbled the Future of Microsoft

by David Bank
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Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library) cover

880. Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library)

by Marcus Aurelius
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Almagestum Novum: History of Astronomy cover

881. Almagestum Novum: History of Astronomy

by Giovanni Battista Riccioli
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Mathematical Techniques: An Introduction for the Engineering, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences cover

882. Mathematical Techniques: An Introduction for the Engineering, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences

by D. W. Jordan
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Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference cover

883. Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

by Danny Goodman
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Command-Line Rust cover

884. Command-Line Rust

by Ken Youens-Clark
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CSS: The Definitive Guide, 5th Edition cover

885. CSS: The Definitive Guide, 5th Edition

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The Making of the Atomic Bomb cover

886. The Making of the Atomic Bomb

by Richard Rhodes
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Color Theory and Its Application in Art and Design (Springer Series in Optical Sciences) cover

887. Color Theory and Its Application in Art and Design (Springer Series in Optical Sciences)

by George A. Agoston
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Introducing Meteor cover

888. Introducing Meteor

by Josh Robinson, Aaron Gray, David Titarenco
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The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less cover

889. The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less

by Barry Schwartz
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C++ Concurrency in Action cover

890. C++ Concurrency in Action

by Anthony Williams
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The Cartoon Guide to Statistics cover

891. The Cartoon Guide to Statistics

by Larry Gonick
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The infinite hows cover

892. The infinite hows

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Physics from Symmetry (Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics) cover

893. Physics from Symmetry (Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics)

by Jakob Schwichtenberg
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Playing with Infinity: Mathematical Explorations and Excursions cover

894. Playing with Infinity: Mathematical Explorations and Excursions

by R¢zsa P‚ter
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Computer Organization and Design ARM Edition: The Hardware Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

895. Computer Organization and Design ARM 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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Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual cover

896. Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual

by Jocko Willink
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Woodpecker Method cover

897. Woodpecker Method

by Axel Smith, Hans Tikkanen
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Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking cover

898. Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

by David Bayles, Ted Orland
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The Sociopath Next Door cover

899. The Sociopath Next Door

by Martha Stout, Ph.D.
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Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream – An Eye-Opening Social Experiment in American Democracy cover

900. Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream – An Eye-Opening Social Experiment in American Democracy

by Adam W. Shepard
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