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The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman cover

1. The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman

by Timothy Ferriss

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Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II cover

2. Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II

by Douglas A. Blackmon

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness cover

3. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

by Michelle Alexander

More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws (Studies in Law and Economics) cover

4. More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws (Studies in Law and Economics)

by John R. Lott (Jr.)

Proust Was a Neuroscientist cover

5. Proust Was a Neuroscientist

by Jonah Lehrer

On Power: The Natural History of Its Growth cover

6. On Power: The Natural History of Its Growth

by Bertrand de Jouvenel

The Non-Designer's Design Book cover

7. The Non-Designer's Design Book

by Robin Williams

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XSS Attacks: Cross Site Scripting Exploits and Defense cover

8. XSS Attacks: Cross Site Scripting Exploits and Defense

by Jeremiah Grossman

Introduction to the Theory of Computation cover

9. Introduction to the Theory of Computation

by Michael Sipser

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Closure: The Definitive Guide: Google Tools to Add Power to Your JavaScript cover

10. Closure: The Definitive Guide: Google Tools to Add Power to Your JavaScript

by Michael Bolin

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

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

by Donald Knuth

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Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition cover

12. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition

by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein

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C Programming Language, 2nd Edition cover

13. C Programming Language, 2nd Edition

by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie

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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) cover

14. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman

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The Unix Programming Environment (Prentice-Hall Software Series) cover

15. The Unix Programming Environment (Prentice-Hall Software Series)

by Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike

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Good Video Games and Good Learning: Collected Essays on Video Games, Learning and Literacy (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies) cover

16. Good Video Games and Good Learning: Collected Essays on Video Games, Learning and Literacy (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies)

by James Paul Gee

What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy. Second Edition: Revised and Updated Edition cover

17. What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy. Second Edition: Revised and Updated Edition

by James Paul Gee

Grid systems in graphic design: A visual communication manual for graphic designers, typographers and three dimensional designers (German and English Edition) cover

18. Grid systems in graphic design: A visual communication manual for graphic designers, typographers and three dimensional designers (German and English Edition)

by Josef Müller-Brockmann

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Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability cover

19. Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

by Steve Krug

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The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence cover

20. The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence

by Gavin De Becker

Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle (Vintage International) cover

21. Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle (Vintage International)

by Vladimir Nabokov

How to Win Friends AND Influence People by Dale Carnegie cover

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

by Dale Carnegie

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The Essence of Discrete Mathematics cover

23. The Essence of Discrete Mathematics

by Neville Dean

Free: The Future of a Radical Price cover

24. Free: The Future of a Radical Price

by Chris Anderson

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Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age cover

25. Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age

by Duncan J. Watts

The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer cover

26. The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

by Jeffrey K. Liker

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Mistakes Were Made, but Not by Me: Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts cover

27. Mistakes Were Made, but Not by Me: Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

by Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson

The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil cover

28. The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

by Philip Zimbardo

Building Scalable Web Sites cover

29. Building Scalable Web Sites

by Cal Henderson

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The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid Oliver Byrne cover

30. The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid Oliver Byrne

by Euclid, Oliver Byrne, Werner Oechslin

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Winning at New Products: Accelerating the Process from Idea to Launch, Third Edition cover

31. Winning at New Products: Accelerating the Process from Idea to Launch, Third Edition

by Robert G. Cooper