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Steve Jobs cover

1. Steve Jobs

by Walter Isaacson

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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer cover

2. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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Rule 34 cover

3. Rule 34

by Charles Stross

Improvisation: Its Nature And Practice In Music cover

4. Improvisation: Its Nature And Practice In Music

by Derek Bailey

Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Videogames (Mit Press) cover

5. Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Videogames (Mit Press)

by Ian Bogost

From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 cover

6. From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000

by Lee Kuan Yew

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Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream – An Eye-Opening Social Experiment in American Democracy cover

7. Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream – An Eye-Opening Social Experiment in American Democracy

by Adam W. Shepard

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The American Atlas: U.S. Longitudes & Latitudes Time Changes and Time Zones cover

8. The American Atlas: U.S. Longitudes & Latitudes Time Changes and Time Zones

by Thomas G. Shanks

The Children cover

9. The Children

by David Halberstam

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Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices (J-B Warren Bennis Series) cover

10. Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices (J-B Warren Bennis Series)

by Paul R. Lawrence, Nitin Nohria

Building Scalable Web Sites cover

11. Building Scalable Web Sites

by Cal Henderson

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A New Kind of Science cover

12. A New Kind of Science

by Stephen Wolfram

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My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla cover

13. My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla

by Nikola Tesla

The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation cover

14. The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation

by Perseus

Revolution in The Valley [Paperback]: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made cover

15. Revolution in The Valley [Paperback]: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made

by Andy Hertzfeld, Steve Capps

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Pro Puppet (Expert's Voice in Open Source) cover

16. Pro Puppet (Expert's Voice in Open Source)

by James Turnbull, Jeffrey McCune

Payments Systems in the U.S. cover

17. Payments Systems in the U.S.

by Carol Coye Benson, Scott Loftesness

Modernist Cuisine. The Art and Science of Cooking cover

18. Modernist Cuisine. The Art and Science of Cooking

by Nathan Myhrvold

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The Elements of Typographic Style cover

19. The Elements of Typographic Style

by Robert Bringhurst

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A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge cover

20. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge

by Project Management Institute

Pi and the AGM: A Study in Analytic Number Theory and Computational Complexity (Canadian Mathematical Society Series of Monographs and Advan) cover

21. Pi and the AGM: A Study in Analytic Number Theory and Computational Complexity (Canadian Mathematical Society Series of Monographs and Advan)

by Jonathan M. Borwein, Peter B. Borwein

The Emerging Physics of Consciousness (The Frontiers Collection) cover

22. The Emerging Physics of Consciousness (The Frontiers Collection)

by Jack A. Tuszynski

The Extravagant Universe: Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Cosmos (Princeton Science Library) cover

23. The Extravagant Universe: Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Cosmos (Princeton Science Library)

by Robert P. Kirshner

Barrow's Boys: A Stirring Story of Daring, Fortitude, and Outright Lunacy cover

24. Barrow's Boys: A Stirring Story of Daring, Fortitude, and Outright Lunacy

by Fergus Fleming

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Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning) cover

25. Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning)

by Henry Jenkins

Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide cover

26. Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide

by Henry Jenkins

Introducing HTML 5 (Voices That Matter) cover

27. Introducing HTML 5 (Voices That Matter)

by Bruce Lawson, Remy Sharp

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The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses cover

28. The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

by Eric Ries

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