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Programming Collective Intelligence cover

1. Programming Collective Intelligence

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Apple cover

2. Apple

by Jim Carlton

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The Cult of Perfection: Making Peace With Your Inner Overachiever cover

3. The Cult of Perfection: Making Peace With Your Inner Overachiever

by Cooper Lawrence

Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era cover

4. Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era

by Tomas De Yriarte, J. B. C. Grainville, Honore F. M. Langle

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Lisp in Small Pieces cover

5. Lisp in Small Pieces

by Christian Queinnec

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Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War cover

6. Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

by Robert Coram

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Masters of Enterprise: Giants of American Business from John Jacob Astor and J.P. Morgan to Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey cover

7. Masters of Enterprise: Giants of American Business from John Jacob Astor and J.P. Morgan to Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey

by H.W. Brands

The Mind of War: John Boyd and American Security cover

8. The Mind of War: John Boyd and American Security

by Hammond Gt

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage cover

9. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

by Alfred Lansing

Time Management for System Administrators cover

10. Time Management for System Administrators

by Tom Limoncelli

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RESTful Web Services Cookbook cover

11. RESTful Web Services Cookbook

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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, First Edition cover

12. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, First Edition

by Charles Petzold

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The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals cover

13. The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals

by Jane Mayer

Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose cover

14. Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose

by Tony Hsieh

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The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneers cover

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

by Tom Standage

Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications cover

16. Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications

by Toby Segaran

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Python cover

17. Python

by Chris Fehily

The Last Lecture cover

18. The Last Lecture

by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow

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Diaspora cover

19. Diaspora

by Greg Egan

Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns cover

20. Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns

by Kent Beck

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Speaking Secrets of the Masters: The Personal Techniques Used by 22 of the World's Top Professional Speakers cover

21. Speaking Secrets of the Masters: The Personal Techniques Used by 22 of the World's Top Professional Speakers

by Speakers Roundtable, Cavett Robert, Ken Blanchard, Charlie Plumb, Jim Newman, Herb True, Don Hutson, Daniel Burrus, Ty Boyd, Tony Alessandra, Jim Cathcart, Nido Qubein, Naomi Rhode, Charlie Jones, Tom Winninger, Jim Tunney, Patricia Fripp, Art Holst, Danny Cox, Allan Hurst, Bill Gove, Brian S. Tracy, Ira Hayes

Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew cover

22. Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew

by Ursula K. Le Guin

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The Dictionary of Concise Writing: More Than 10,000 Alternatives to Wordy Phrases cover

23. The Dictionary of Concise Writing: More Than 10,000 Alternatives to Wordy Phrases

by Robert Hartwell Fiske

On Lisp: Advanced Techniques for Common Lisp cover

24. On Lisp: Advanced Techniques for Common Lisp

by Paul Graham

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Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide cover

25. Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide

by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson, Elisabeth Freeman, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates

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How to Win Friends & Influence People cover

26. How to Win Friends & Influence People

by Dale Carnegie

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Being Geek: The Software Developer's Career Handbook cover

27. Being Geek: The Software Developer's Career Handbook

by Michael Lopp

Writing with Style: Conversations on the Art of Writing (2nd Edition) cover

28. Writing with Style: Conversations on the Art of Writing (2nd Edition)

by John R. Trimble

Writing Tools (10th Anniversary Edition): 55 Essential Strategies for Every Writer cover

29. Writing Tools (10th Anniversary Edition): 55 Essential Strategies for Every Writer

by Roy Peter Clark

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The Object-Oriented Thought Process cover

30. The Object-Oriented Thought Process

by Matt A. Weisfeld

The Millennial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps cover

31. The Millennial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps

by Marshall Thomas Savage

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

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

by Donald Knuth

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The Origin of Wealth: The Radical Remaking of Economics and What it Means for Business and Society cover

33. The Origin of Wealth: The Radical Remaking of Economics and What it Means for Business and Society

by Eric D. Beinhocker

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Electric Circuits cover

34. Electric Circuits

by James William Nilsson, Susan A. Riedel

Microelectronic Circuits (Oxford Series in Electrical & Computer Engineering) cover

35. Microelectronic Circuits (Oxford Series in Electrical & Computer Engineering)

by Adel S. Sedra, Kenneth Carless Smith

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship cover

36. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Hugh Wiley Hitchcock

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Eric Weber's World-Famous How to Pick Up Girl! cover

37. Eric Weber's World-Famous How to Pick Up Girl!

by Eric Weber, Symphony Press, Incorporated