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101. Data and Reality
by William Kent
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102. High Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backups, Replication, and More
by Jeremy D. Zawodny, Derek J. Balling, Baron Schwartz, Peter Zaitsev, Baron Schwartz. Peter Zaitsev. Vadim Tkachenko. Jeremy D. Zawodny. Arjen Lentz. Derek J. Balling
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103. Super Parents Super Children
by Andreas Grotewold
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104. Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method
by Gerald M. Weinberg
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105. All You Need to Know About the Music Business: Revised and Updated for the 21st Century
by Donald S. Passman
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106. The Non-Designer's Design Book (3rd Edition)
by Robin Williams
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107. When Giants Stumble
by Robert Sobel
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108. Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
by Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson
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109. Nightwork: A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT
by T. F. Peterson
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110. Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
by Don Norman
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111. Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition
by Steve Krug
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112. Designing Interactions (MIT Press)
by Bill Moggridge
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113. Linkers and Loaders (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Software Engineering and Programming)
by John R. Levine
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114. Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation (3rd Edition)
by John E. Hopcroft, Rajeev Motwani, Jeffrey D. Ullman
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115. The Entrepreneurial Venture (Practice of Management Series)
by Bhide
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116. The Art of Computer Programming, Vols. 1-3
by Donald Knuth
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117. Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment
by George Leonard
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118. Rules of the Game
by Neil Strauss
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119. Introduction to Algorithms, Second Edition
by Thomas H Cormen, Charles E Leiserson, Ronald L Rivest, Clifford Stein
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120. Database Design for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Relational Database Design (2nd Edition)
by Michael James Hernandez
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121. Building Scalable Web Sites
by Cal Henderson
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122. Beginning Unix
by Paul Love, Joe Merlino, Craig Zimmerman, Jeremy C. Reed, Paul Weinstein
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123. The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer
by Jeffrey K. Liker
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124. Against the Odds: An Autobiography
by James Dyson
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125. Internet Programming With Python
by Aaron Watters, Guido Van Rossum, James C. Ahlstrom
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126. Human-Computer Interaction (3rd Edition)
by Alan Dix
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127. Calculus, 4th edition
by Michael Spivak
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128. C++ Components and Algorithms
by Scott Robert Ladd
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129. The Ultimate Secret to Getting Absolutely Everything you want
by Mike Hernacki
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130. The MouseDriver Chronicles
by John Lusk, Kyle Harrison
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131. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles
by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken
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132. Orleans Embrace with The Secret Gardens of the Vieux Carre
by TJ. Fisher, Roy F.. Guste
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133. Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology
by Marie T. Banich
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134. Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind
by Michael S. Gazzaniga, Richard B. Ivry, George Ronald Mangun
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135. Men, Machines, and Modern Times
by Elting Elmore Morison
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136. The Design of Everyday Things
by Donald A. Norman
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137. About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design
by Alan Cooper, Robert Reimann, Dave Cronin
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138. Language Development and Learning to Read: The Scientific Study of How Language Development Affects Reading Skill (MIT Press)
by Diane McGuinness
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139. Clocking the Mind: Mental Chronometry and Individual Differences
by Arthur Robert Jensen
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140. Bias in Mental Testing
by Arthur Robert Jensen
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141. Harper Collins Dictionary of Mathematics
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142. Ready, Fire, Aim: Zero to $100 Million in No Time Flat
by Michael Masterson
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143. Quantum Mechanics and Experience
by David Z Albert
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144. A History of Mathematics, Second Edition
by Carl B. Boyer
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145. Ethan Allen: Frontier Rebel
by Charles A. Jellison
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146. Purely Functional Data Structures
by Chris Okasaki
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147. On Writing Well, 25th Anniversary: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
by William K. Zinsser, William Zinsser
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148. You Need to Be a Little Crazy: The Truth about Starting and Growing Your Business
by Barry J. Moltz
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149. A Random Walk Down Wall Street: Completely Revised and Updated Edition
by Burton Gordon Malkiel
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150. 102 Combinatorial Problems
by Titu Andreescu, Zuming Feng
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151. The Deniers: The World Renowned Scientists Who Stood Up Against Global Warming Hysteria, Political Persecution, and Fraud**And those who are too fearful to do so
by Lawrence Solomon
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152. Algorithm Design
by Jon Kleinberg, Éva Tardos
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153. Learning to Build and Comprehend Complex Information Structures: Prolog as a Case Study (Contemporary Studies in Cognitive Science and Technology)
by Paul Brna, Ben Du Boulay
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154. The Non-Designer's Design Book
by Robin Williams
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155. PHP 6 and MySQL 5 for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide
by Larry Edward Ullman
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156. Managing Gigabytes: Compressing and Indexing Documents and Images, Second Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems)
by Ian H. Witten, Alistair Moffat, Timothy C. Bell
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157. Programming Language Pragmatics, Second Edition
by Michael L. Scott
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158. Algorithmic Game Theory
by Noam Nisan, Tim Roughgarden, Eva Tardos, Vijay V. Vazirani
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159. Elements of Abstract Algebra (Dover Books on Mathematics)
by Allan Clark
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160. The Inmates Are Running the Asylum
by Alan Cooper
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161. ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life
by Judith Kolberg, Kathleen G. Nadeau
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162. Driven to Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood
by Edward M. Hallowell, John J. Ratey
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163. Healing ADD: The Breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal the 6 Types of ADD
by Daniel G. Amen
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164. The Ruby Programming Language
by David Flanagan, Yukihiro Matsumoto
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165. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan
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166. The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology)
by K. Anders Ericsson, Neil Charness, Paul J. Feltovich, Robert R. Hoffman
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167. Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know
by Margaret J. Meeker
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168. Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in the Markets and in Life
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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169. Behind the Wheel French 1 Revised/Complete Illustrated Text & CD Script/Answer Keys/8 One Hour Audio CDs (French Edition)
by Mark Frobose
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170. Presidential Ambition: Gaining Power At Any Cost
by Richard Shenkman
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171. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
by Chip Heath, Dan Heath
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172. Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices
by Robert C. Martin
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173. Tricks of the Mind [Paperback]
by Derren Brown
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174. Game Theory Evolving
by Herbert Gintis
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175. The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy
by Stanisław Lem
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176. The Art of SQL
by Stephane Faroult, Peter Robson
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177. The Genesis Of Artistic Creativity: Asperger's Syndrome And The Arts
by Michael Fitzgerald
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178. Core Performance: The Revolutionary Workout Program to Transform Your Body and Your Life
by Mark Verstegen, Pete Williams
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179. Mining the Sky: Untold Riches From The Asteroids, Comets, And Planets (Helix Book)
by John S. Lewis
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180. Date on Database: Writings 2000-2006
by Christopher Date
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181. The Principles of Beautiful Web Design
by Jason Beaird
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182. The Future of Management
by Gary Hamel, Bill Breen
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183. Object Technology: A Manager's Guide
by David A. Taylor
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184. Rhythms of the Brain
by G. Buzsáki
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185. Pragmatic Ajax: A Web 2.0 Primer
by Justin Gehtland, Ben Galbraith, Dion Almaer
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186. The White Tiger: A Novel
by Aravind Adiga
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187. From Neuron to Brain: A Cellular and Molecular Approach to the Function of the Nervous System, Fourth Edition
by John G. Nicholls
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188. Theoretical Neuroscience: Computational and Mathematical Modeling of Neural Systems
by Peter Dayan, L. F. Abbott
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189. The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes--and Its Implications
by David Deutsch
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190. Spikes: Exploring the Neural Code (Computational Neuroscience)
by Fred Rieke, David Warland, Rob De Ruyter Van Steveninck, William Bialek
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191. The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences (MITECS)
by Robert A. Wilson, Frank C. Keil
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192. Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications
by Toby Segaran
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193. Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible
by Douglas Farah, Stephen Braun
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194. To Mock a Mockingbird: And Other Logic Puzzles
by Raymond M. Smullyan
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195. Problem-Solving Strategies (Problem Books in Mathematics)
by Arthur Engel
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196. Memos from the Chairman
by Alan C. Greenberg
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197. Problem-Solving Through Problems (Problem Books in Mathematics)
by Loren C. Larson
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198. Translucent Databases
by Peter Wayner
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199. Ageless Body, Timeless Mind: A Practical Alternative to Growing Old
by Deepak Chopra
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200. The New Complete Joy of Home Brewing
by Charlie Papazian
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