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JavaScript: The Good Parts cover

1. JavaScript: The Good Parts

by Douglas Crockford, Ke luo ke fu de, Yan xue kun, Douglas Crockford

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The Human Factor: Revolutionizing the Way People Live with Technology cover

2. The Human Factor: Revolutionizing the Way People Live with Technology

by Kim J. Vicente

The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems cover

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

by Jef Raskin

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The Design of Everyday Things cover

4. The Design of Everyday Things

by Donald A. Norman

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Contextual Design: Defining Customer-Centered Systems (Interactive Technologies) cover

5. Contextual Design: Defining Customer-Centered Systems (Interactive Technologies)

by Hugh Beyer, Karen Holtzblatt

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The Non-Designer's Design Book (3rd Edition) cover

6. The Non-Designer's Design Book (3rd Edition)

by Robin Williams

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Truth and Beauty: Aesthetics and Motivations in Science cover

7. Truth and Beauty: Aesthetics and Motivations in Science

by Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

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Opting Out? Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home cover

8. Opting Out? Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home

by Pamela Stone

The Elements of Typographic Style cover

9. The Elements of Typographic Style

by Robert Bringhurst

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Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices) cover

10. Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices)

by Steve McConnell

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Semiology of Graphics: Diagrams, Networks, Maps cover

11. Semiology of Graphics: Diagrams, Networks, Maps

by Jacques Bertin

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Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd cover

12. Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd

by Youngme Moon

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Web Design for ROI: Turning Browsers into Buyers & Prospects into Leads cover

13. Web Design for ROI: Turning Browsers into Buyers & Prospects into Leads

by Lance Loveday, Sandra Niehaus

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Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College (K-12) cover

14. Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College (K-12)

by Doug Lemov

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany cover

15. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

by William L. Shirer

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Absolute FreeBSD: The Complete Guide to FreeBSD, 2nd Edition cover

16. Absolute FreeBSD: The Complete Guide to FreeBSD, 2nd Edition

by Michael W. Lucas

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Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School cover

17. Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School

by John Medina

The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep cover

18. The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep

by William C. Dement

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8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back: Natural Posture Solutions for Pain in the Back, Neck, Shoulder, Hip, Knee, and Foot cover

19. 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back: Natural Posture Solutions for Pain in the Back, Neck, Shoulder, Hip, Knee, and Foot

by Esther Gokhale

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Copycats: How Smart Companies Use Imitation to Gain a Strategic Edge cover

20. Copycats: How Smart Companies Use Imitation to Gain a Strategic Edge

by Oded Shenkar

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Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance cover

21. Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance

by Michael E. Porter

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The Apollo Guidance Computer: Architecture and Operation (Springer Praxis Books) cover

22. The Apollo Guidance Computer: Architecture and Operation (Springer Praxis Books)

by Frank O'Brien

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Domain-Specific Languages (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler)) cover

23. Domain-Specific Languages (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))

by Martin Fowler, Rebecca Parsons

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

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

by Arthur Benjamin, Michael Shermer

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Computer Music: Synthesis, Composition, and Performance cover

25. Computer Music: Synthesis, Composition, and Performance

by Charles Dodge, Thomas A. Jerse, THOMAS A AUTOR JERSE

Structured Analysis and System Specification cover

26. Structured Analysis and System Specification

by Tom DeMarco

Working Effectively with Legacy Code cover

27. Working Effectively with Legacy Code

by Michael C. Feathers

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The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism cover

28. The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism

by Fritjof Capra

A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future cover

29. A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future

by Daniel H. Pink

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Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew: Citizen Singapore: How to Build a Nation (Giants of Asia series) cover

30. Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew: Citizen Singapore: How to Build a Nation (Giants of Asia series)

by Tom Plate

The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-4A Boxed Set cover

31. The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-4A Boxed Set

by Donald Knuth

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Call Me Ted cover

32. Call Me Ted

by Ted Turner, Bill Burke

Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur cover

33. Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur

by Richard Branson

History of Political Philosophy cover

34. History of Political Philosophy

by Leo Strauss, Joseph Cropsey

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software cover

35. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides

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Learning Java cover

36. Learning Java

by Patrick Niemeyer, Pat Niemeyer

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Learning Python: Powerful Object-Oriented Programming cover

37. Learning Python: Powerful Object-Oriented Programming

by Mark Lutz

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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code cover

38. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code

by Martin Fowler, Kent Beck

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The Seasoned Schemer (MIT Press) cover

39. The Seasoned Schemer (MIT Press)

by Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen

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Essentials of Programming Languages - 2nd Edition cover

40. Essentials of Programming Languages - 2nd Edition

by Daniel P. Friedman, Mitchell Wand, Christopher Thomas Haynes

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Hollywood Secrets of Project Management Success (Developer Best Practices) cover

41. Hollywood Secrets of Project Management Success (Developer Best Practices)

by James Persse

Python for Unix and Linux System Administration cover

42. Python for Unix and Linux System Administration

by Noah Gift, Jeremy M. Jones

Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do) cover

43. Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)

by Gever Tulley, Julie Spiegler