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Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It cover

1. Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It

by Lawrence Lessig

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DNS and BIND (5th Edition) cover

2. DNS and BIND (5th Edition)

by Cricket Liu, Paul Albitz

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Cisco ISP Essentials (Cisco Press Networking Technology) cover

3. Cisco ISP Essentials (Cisco Press Networking Technology)

by Barry Raveendran Greene, Philip Smith

Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model cover

4. Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model

by John Walker Mullins, Randy Komisar

Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams cover

5. Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams

by Alfred Lubrano

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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide cover

6. JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

by David Flanagan

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Ain't No Makin' It: Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood, 3rd Edition cover

7. Ain't No Makin' It: Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood, 3rd Edition

by Jay MacLeod

Eloquent Ruby (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby) cover

8. Eloquent Ruby (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby)

by Russ Olsen

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Fretboard Logic: The Reasoning Behind the Guitar's Unique Tuning cover

9. Fretboard Logic: The Reasoning Behind the Guitar's Unique Tuning

by Bill Edwards, William H. Edwards

Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work cover

10. Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work

by Matthew B. Crawford

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Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think cover

11. Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think

by Bryan Caplan

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The Meritocracy Myth cover

12. The Meritocracy Myth

by Stephen J. McNamee, Robert K. Miller

The Coming Generational Storm: What You Need to Know about America's Economic Future (MIT Press) cover

13. The Coming Generational Storm: What You Need to Know about America's Economic Future (MIT Press)

by Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Scott Burns

Class: A Guide Through the American Status System cover

14. Class: A Guide Through the American Status System

by Paul Fussell

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97 Things Every Programmer Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts cover

15. 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts

by Kevlin Henney

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The Well-Grounded Rubyist cover

16. The Well-Grounded Rubyist

by David A. Black

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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software cover

17. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

by Charles Petzold

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Building Web Applications with Erlang: Working with REST and Web Sockets on Yaws cover

18. Building Web Applications with Erlang: Working with REST and Web Sockets on Yaws

by Zachary Kessin

Deflation: Current and Historical Perspectives (Studies in Macroeconomic History) cover

19. Deflation: Current and Historical Perspectives (Studies in Macroeconomic History)

by Richard C. K. Burdekin, Pierre L. Siklos

Creative Guitar 1: Cutting-Edge Techniques cover

20. Creative Guitar 1: Cutting-Edge Techniques

by Guthrie Govan

The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell cover

21. The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell

by Luca Turin

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The Last Train from Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back cover

22. The Last Train from Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back

Future Wealth cover

23. Future Wealth

Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime cover

24. Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime

by Aubrey de Grey, Michael Rae

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The Coming Collapse of China cover

25. The Coming Collapse of China

by Gordon G. Chang

Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

26. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen

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The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (Robert C. Martin Series) cover

27. The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (Robert C. Martin Series)

by Robert C. Martin

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Topology for Computing (Cambridge Monographs on Applied and Computational Mathematics) cover

28. Topology for Computing (Cambridge Monographs on Applied and Computational Mathematics)

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Origins Of Sex,The cover

29. Origins Of Sex,The

by Faramerz Dabhoiwala

Robopocalypse: A Novel cover

30. Robopocalypse: A Novel

by Daniel Howard Wilson

The Way of the Shaman cover

31. The Way of the Shaman

by Michael Harner

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