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Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals cover

1. Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals

by Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D.

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The Feeling Good Handbook cover

2. The Feeling Good Handbook

by David D. Burns

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Changing for Good: A Revolutionary Six-Stage Program for Overcoming Bad Habits and Moving Your Life Positively Forward cover

3. Changing for Good: A Revolutionary Six-Stage Program for Overcoming Bad Habits and Moving Your Life Positively Forward

by James O. Prochaska, John Norcross, Carlo DiClemente

What to Say When you Talk To Yourself cover

4. What to Say When you Talk To Yourself

by Shad Helmstetter

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Sex, Lies, and Menopause: The Shocking Truth About Hormone Replacement Therapy cover

5. Sex, Lies, and Menopause: The Shocking Truth About Hormone Replacement Therapy

by T. S. Wiley, Julie Taguchi, Bent Formby

Zen of Assembly Language: Knowledge (Scott Foresman Assembly Language Programming Series) cover

6. Zen of Assembly Language: Knowledge (Scott Foresman Assembly Language Programming Series)

by Michael Abrash

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Programming Language Pragmatics, Third Edition cover

7. Programming Language Pragmatics, Third Edition

by Michael Lee Scott

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The Art of Readable Code (Theory in Practice) cover

8. The Art of Readable Code (Theory in Practice)

by Dustin Boswell, Trevor Foucher

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Core Java™ 2, Volume I--Fundamentals (7th Edition) cover

9. Core Java™ 2, Volume I--Fundamentals (7th Edition)

by Cay S. Horstmann

Design Patterns in Ruby cover

10. Design Patterns in Ruby

by Russ Olsen

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Thinking in Java (4th Edition) cover

11. Thinking in Java (4th Edition)

by Bruce Eckel

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Lisp in Small Pieces cover

12. Lisp in Small Pieces

by Christian Queinnec

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Quantum Memory Power: Learn to Improve Your Memory with the World Memory Champion! cover

13. Quantum Memory Power: Learn to Improve Your Memory with the World Memory Champion!

by Dominic O'Brien

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The Little Schemer - 4th Edition cover

14. The Little Schemer - 4th Edition

by Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen

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The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

15. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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The $1,000 Genome: The Revolution in DNA Sequencing and the New Era of Personalized Medicine cover

16. The $1,000 Genome: The Revolution in DNA Sequencing and the New Era of Personalized Medicine

by Kevin Davies

Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters cover

17. Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

by Matt Ridley

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Hacking the Kinect (Technology in Action) cover

18. Hacking the Kinect (Technology in Action)

by Jeff Kramer, Matt Parker, Daniel Castro, Nicolas Burrus, Florian Echtler

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Colossus: The secrets of Bletchley Park's code-breaking computers cover

19. Colossus: The secrets of Bletchley Park's code-breaking computers

by B. Jack Copeland

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Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945 cover

20. Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945

by Leo Marks

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On the Edge: the Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore cover

21. On the Edge: the Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore

by Brian Bagnall

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The Pinch: How the Baby Boomers Took Their Children's Future - And Why They Should Give it Back cover

22. The Pinch: How the Baby Boomers Took Their Children's Future - And Why They Should Give it Back

by David Willetts

More Math Into LaTeX, 4th Edition cover

23. More Math Into LaTeX, 4th Edition

by George Grätzer

The LaTeX Companion (Tools and Techniques for Computer Typesetting) cover

24. The LaTeX Companion (Tools and Techniques for Computer Typesetting)

by Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens, Johannes Braams, Chris Rowley

Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press) cover

25. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press)

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

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The Java Language Specification, 3rd Edition cover

26. The Java Language Specification, 3rd Edition

by James Gosling

Python Essential Reference (4th Edition) cover

27. Python Essential Reference (4th Edition)

by David M. Beazley

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Alan Turing: The Enigma cover

28. Alan Turing: The Enigma

by Andrew Hodges

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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography cover

29. The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

by Simon Singh

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Competency-Based Interviews: Master the Tough New Interview Style and Give Them the Answers That Will Win You the Job cover

30. Competency-Based Interviews: Master the Tough New Interview Style and Give Them the Answers That Will Win You the Job

by Robin Kessler

Judgment in Managerial Decision Making cover

31. Judgment in Managerial Decision Making

by Max H. Bazerman, Don A. Moore

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Miles from Nowhere: Tales from America's Contemporary Frontier cover

32. Miles from Nowhere: Tales from America's Contemporary Frontier

by Dayton Duncan

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Car Buyer's and Leaser's Negotiating Bible, Third Edition (Car Buyer's & Leaser's Negotiating Bible) cover

33. Car Buyer's and Leaser's Negotiating Bible, Third Edition (Car Buyer's & Leaser's Negotiating Bible)

by William Bragg

Options as a Strategic Investment cover

34. Options as a Strategic Investment

by Lawrence G. McMillan

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Protein Power: The High-Protein/Low Carbohydrate Way to Lose Weight, Feel Fit, and Boost Your Health-in Just Weeks! cover

35. Protein Power: The High-Protein/Low Carbohydrate Way to Lose Weight, Feel Fit, and Boost Your Health-in Just Weeks!

by Michael R. Eades

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The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet cover

36. The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet

by Robb Wolf

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Geometry: Euclid and Beyond (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

37. Geometry: Euclid and Beyond (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Robin Hartshorne

Why the Real Estate Boom Will Not Bust - And How You Can Profit from It: How to Build Wealth in Today's Expanding Real Estate Market cover

38. Why the Real Estate Boom Will Not Bust - And How You Can Profit from It: How to Build Wealth in Today's Expanding Real Estate Market

by David Lereah

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Are You Missing the Real Estate Boom?: The Boom Will Not Bust and Why Property Values Will Continue to Climb Through the End of the Decade - And How to Profit From Them cover

39. Are You Missing the Real Estate Boom?: The Boom Will Not Bust and Why Property Values Will Continue to Climb Through the End of the Decade - And How to Profit From Them

by David A. Lereah

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SAP: Inside the Secret Software Power cover

40. SAP: Inside the Secret Software Power

by Gerd Meissner