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Gordon Ramsay's Ultimate Cookery Course cover

1. Gordon Ramsay's Ultimate Cookery Course

by Gordon Ramsay

Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent cover

2. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

by Harvey Silverglate

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The Tunnel: Selected Poems of Russell Edson cover

3. The Tunnel: Selected Poems of Russell Edson

by Russell Edson

Trigonometry (Gelfand Mathematical Seminar Series) cover

4. Trigonometry (Gelfand Mathematical Seminar Series)

by Izrailʹ Moiseevich Gelʹfand, Mark E. Saul

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Algebra cover

5. Algebra

by I.M. Gelfand, Alexander Shen

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The MouseDriver Chronicles: The True-Life Adventures of Two First-Time Entrepreneurs cover

6. The MouseDriver Chronicles: The True-Life Adventures of Two First-Time Entrepreneurs

by John Lusk, Kyle Harrison

Co-Opetition cover

7. Co-Opetition

by Adam M. Brandenburger, Barry J. Nalebuff

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Data Analysis with Open Source Tools cover

8. Data Analysis with Open Source Tools

by Philipp K. Janert

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Fumbling the Future: How Xerox Invented, then Ignored, the First Personal Computer cover

9. Fumbling the Future: How Xerox Invented, then Ignored, the First Personal Computer

by Douglas K. Smith, Robert C. Alexander

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Shut Up, Stop Whining, and Get a Life: A Kick-Butt Approach to a Better Life cover

10. Shut Up, Stop Whining, and Get a Life: A Kick-Butt Approach to a Better Life

by Larry Winget

The Rider cover

11. The Rider

by Tim Krabb�, Tim Krabbe

Cyclecraft: The Complete Guide to Safe and Enjoyable Cycling for Adults and Children cover

12. Cyclecraft: The Complete Guide to Safe and Enjoyable Cycling for Adults and Children

by John Franklin

The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology cover

13. The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology

by T. A. Shippey, Tom Shippey

Elements of Programming Interviews: The Insiders' Guide cover

14. Elements of Programming Interviews: The Insiders' Guide

by Adnan Aziz, Tsung-Hsien Lee, Amit Prakash

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Nothing Like It In the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 cover

15. Nothing Like It In the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869

by Stephen E. Ambrose

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Advanced Mathematical Techniques: for Scientists and Engineers cover

16. Advanced Mathematical Techniques: for Scientists and Engineers

by Jonathan Osborne

Mathematical Methods for Physicists, Seventh Edition: A Comprehensive Guide cover

17. Mathematical Methods for Physicists, Seventh Edition: A Comprehensive Guide

by George Brown Arfken, George B. Arfken, Hans J. Weber, Frank E. Harris

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JavaScript Patterns cover

18. JavaScript Patterns

by Stoyan Stefanov

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7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life: How to Rapidly Relieve Back and Neck Pain cover

19. 7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life: How to Rapidly Relieve Back and Neck Pain

by Robin McKenzie

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success cover

20. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

by Carol S. Dweck

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Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else cover

21. Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

by Geoff Colvin

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Large-Scale C++ Software Design cover

22. Large-Scale C++ Software Design

by John Lakos

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Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster cover

23. Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster

by Dana Thomas

Don't Know Much About History, Anniversary Edition: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned (Don't Know Much About Series) cover

24. Don't Know Much About History, Anniversary Edition: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned (Don't Know Much About Series)

by Kenneth C. Davis

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong cover

25. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

by James W. Loewen

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Logicomix: An epic search for truth cover

26. Logicomix: An epic search for truth

by Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos H. Papadimitriou

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The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life cover

27. The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

by Twyla Tharp, Mark Reiter

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Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment cover

28. Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment

by George Leonard

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Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder cover

29. Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder

by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., John J. Ratey, M.D.

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Self-Esteem: A Proven Program of Cognitive Techniques for Assessing, Improving, and Maintaining Your Self-Esteem cover

30. Self-Esteem: A Proven Program of Cognitive Techniques for Assessing, Improving, and Maintaining Your Self-Esteem

by Matthew McKay, Patrick Fanning

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Erlang and OTP in Action cover

31. Erlang and OTP in Action

by Martin Logan, Eric Merritt, Richard Carlsson

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JavaScript: The Good Parts cover

32. JavaScript: The Good Parts

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

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The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) cover

33. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)

by Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)

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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master cover

34. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

by Andy Hunt, David Thomas, Dave Thomas, David . Thomas

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Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition cover

35. Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition

by Steve McConnell

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The Myth of the Paperless Office (MIT Press) cover

36. The Myth of the Paperless Office (MIT Press)

by Abigail J. Sellen, Richard H. R. Harper

The Elements of Style (4th Edition) cover

37. The Elements of Style (4th Edition)

by William Strunk

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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right cover

38. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

by Atul Gawande

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The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy cover

39. The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko

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Common LISP: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation (Dover Books on Engineering) cover

40. Common LISP: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation (Dover Books on Engineering)

by David S. Touretzky

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Tao Te Ching cover

41. Tao Te Ching

by Stephen Mitchell

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Programming Arduino Getting Started with Sketches cover

42. Programming Arduino Getting Started with Sketches

by Simon Monk

The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey cover

43. The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey

by Kenneth H. Blanchard, William Oncken, Hal Burrows

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The Definitive Guide to HTML5 Video (Expert's Voice in Web Development) cover

44. The Definitive Guide to HTML5 Video (Expert's Voice in Web Development)

by Silvia Pfeiffer

The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development cover

45. The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development

by Donald G. Reinertsen

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The Big Book of Hacks: 264 Amazing DIY Tech Projects cover

46. The Big Book of Hacks: 264 Amazing DIY Tech Projects

by Doug Cantor

Illustrated C# 2012 (Expert's Voice in .NET) cover

47. Illustrated C# 2012 (Expert's Voice in .NET)

by Daniel Solis

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Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby: An Agile Primer (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby) cover

48. Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby: An Agile Primer (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby)

by Sandi Metz

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