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Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference cover

1. Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference

by William R. Shadish, Thomas D. Cook, Donald Thomas Campbell

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Warfighting cover

2. Warfighting

by U. S. Marine Corps Staff, United States Marine Corps

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The Art of War in Western World cover

3. The Art of War in Western World

by Archer Jones

Slaughterhouse: The Handbook of the Eastern Front cover

4. Slaughterhouse: The Handbook of the Eastern Front

by Keith E. Bonn

Musashi cover

5. Musashi

by 吉川英治

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War Nerd cover

6. War Nerd

by Gary Brecher

The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual cover

7. The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual

by United States. Department of the Army, United States Marine Corps

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War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History: 1500 to Today cover

8. War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History: 1500 to Today

by Max Boot

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

9. 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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Sunzi Speaks: The Art of War cover

10. Sunzi Speaks: The Art of War

by Zhizhong Cai

How to Meditate: A Guide to Self-Discovery cover

11. How to Meditate: A Guide to Self-Discovery

by Lawrence L. LeShan, Lawrence Leshan

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Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (2nd Edition) cover

12. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (2nd Edition)

by Stuart Jonathan Russell, Peter Norvig

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8 Minute Meditation: Quiet Your Mind. Change Your Life. cover

13. 8 Minute Meditation: Quiet Your Mind. Change Your Life.

by Victor N. Davich

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Wherever You Go, There You Are cover

14. Wherever You Go, There You Are

by Jon Kabat-Zinn

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The Princeton Companion to Mathematics cover

15. The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

by Timothy Gowers, June Barrow-Green, Imre Leader

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Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions cover

16. Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions

by John S. Hammond, Ralph L. Keeney, Howard Raiffa

Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science (2nd Edition) cover

17. Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science (2nd Edition)

by Ronald L. Graham, Donald Ervin Knuth, Oren Patashnik

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Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers cover

18. Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers

by Jan Gullberg

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Built for Growth: Expanding Your Business Around the Corner or Across the Globe cover

19. Built for Growth: Expanding Your Business Around the Corner or Across the Globe

by Arthur Rubinfeld, Collins Hemingway

1776 cover

20. 1776

by David McCullough

How to Make the Most out of Every Media Appearance cover

21. How to Make the Most out of Every Media Appearance

by George Merlis

iPhone in Action: Introduction to Web and SDK Development cover

22. iPhone in Action: Introduction to Web and SDK Development

by Christopher Allen, Shannon Appelcline

Mathematics for the Million: How to Master the Magic of Numbers cover

23. Mathematics for the Million: How to Master the Magic of Numbers

by Lancelot Hogben

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Strategy: Second Revised Edition (Meridian) cover

24. Strategy: Second Revised Edition (Meridian)

by Hart B. H. Liddell

The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation cover

25. The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation

by Thich Nhat Hanh

Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation cover

26. Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation

by K. Eric Drexler

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Professional SQL Server 2005 CLR Programming: with Stored Procedures, Functions, Triggers, Aggregates and Types cover

27. Professional SQL Server 2005 CLR Programming: with Stored Procedures, Functions, Triggers, Aggregates and Types

by Derek Comingore, Douglas Hinson

The Definitive Guide to SQLite cover

28. The Definitive Guide to SQLite

by Michael Owens, Mike Owens

An Introduction to Database Systems cover

29. An Introduction to Database Systems

by C. J. Date

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Covert Java: Techniques for Decompiling, Patching, and Reverse Engineering cover

30. Covert Java: Techniques for Decompiling, Patching, and Reverse Engineering

by Alex Kalinovsky

Decompiling Java cover

31. Decompiling Java

by Godfrey Nolan

Perfect Passwords: Selection, Protection, Authentication cover

32. Perfect Passwords: Selection, Protection, Authentication

by Mark Burnett

The Nature of Paleolithic Art cover

33. The Nature of Paleolithic Art

by R. Dale Guthrie

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Game Programming Gems (Game Programming Gems (W/CD)) cover

34. Game Programming Gems (Game Programming Gems (W/CD))

by Mark DeLoura