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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) cover

1. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)

by Richard Phillips Feynman, Ralph Leighton

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The Soviet Political Poster: 1917-1980 cover

2. The Soviet Political Poster: 1917-1980

by Nina Ivanovna Baburina

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Thinking Forth cover

3. Thinking Forth

by Leo Brodie

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

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

by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman

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Bosch Automotive Handbook - 8th Edition cover

5. Bosch Automotive Handbook - 8th Edition

by Robert Bosch

Porsche High-Performance Driving Handbook cover

6. Porsche High-Performance Driving Handbook

by Vic Elford

Ruby Best Practices cover

7. Ruby Best Practices

by Gregory Brown

Algorithms Unlocked (MIT Press) cover

8. Algorithms Unlocked (MIT Press)

by Thomas H. Cormen

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Algorithms (4th Edition) cover

9. Algorithms (4th Edition)

by Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne

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Programming Android cover

10. Programming Android

by Zigurd Mednieks, Laird Dornin, Blake Meike, Masumi Nakamura

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Zero to One Million: How I Built A Company to $1 Million in Sales . . . and How You Can, Too cover

11. Zero to One Million: How I Built A Company to $1 Million in Sales . . . and How You Can, Too

by Ryan P. Allis

Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty cover

12. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

by Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo

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The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders and Deceivers cover

13. The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders and Deceivers

by Kevin D. Mitnick, William L. Simon

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The Swiss & the Nazis: How the Alpine Republic Survived in the Shadow of the Third Reich cover

14. The Swiss & the Nazis: How the Alpine Republic Survived in the Shadow of the Third Reich

by Stephen Halbrook

Target Switzerland: Swiss Armed Neutrality in World War ll cover

15. Target Switzerland: Swiss Armed Neutrality in World War ll

by Stephen P. Halbrook

The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy cover

16. The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy

by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

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La Place de la Concorde Suisse cover

17. La Place de la Concorde Suisse

by John McPhee

The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time cover

18. The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time

by Jeffrey D. Sachs

Assembling California cover

19. Assembling California

by John McPhee

Feynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life cover

20. Feynman's Rainbow: A Search for Beauty in Physics and in Life

by Leonard Mlodinow

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The Nature of Paleolithic Art cover

21. The Nature of Paleolithic Art

by R. Dale Guthrie

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Cryptanalysis: A Study of Ciphers and Their Solution cover

22. Cryptanalysis: A Study of Ciphers and Their Solution

by Helen F. Gaines

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23. "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character

by Richard Phillips Feynman, Ralph Leighton

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Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain cover

24. Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain

by Antonio Damasio

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

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

by Simon Singh

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The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design (Reissued in 2006 and 1996) cover

26. The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design (Reissued in 2006 and 1996)

by Richard Dawkins

COMPLEXITY: THE EMERGING SCIENCE AT THE EDGE OF ORDER AND CHAOS cover

27. COMPLEXITY: THE EMERGING SCIENCE AT THE EDGE OF ORDER AND CHAOS

by Mitchell M. Waldrop

A Year Without

28. A Year Without "Made in China": One Family's True Life Adventure in the Global Economy

by Sara Bongiorni

How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built cover

29. How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built

by Stewart Brand

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Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre cover

30. Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre

by Keith Johnstone

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A Practical Guide to Brain-Computer Interfacing with BCI2000: General-Purpose Software for Brain-Computer Interface Research, Data Acquisition, ... (Human-Computer Interaction Series) cover

31. A Practical Guide to Brain-Computer Interfacing with BCI2000: General-Purpose Software for Brain-Computer Interface Research, Data Acquisition, ... (Human-Computer Interaction Series)

by Gerwin Schalk, Jürgen Mellinger

The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite cover

32. The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite

by David A. Kessler

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Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty cover

33. Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty

by Nancy Etcoff

The Visible Ops Handbook: Implementing ITIL in 4 Practical and Auditable Steps cover

34. The Visible Ops Handbook: Implementing ITIL in 4 Practical and Auditable Steps

by Kevin Behr, Gene Kim, George Spafford

IQ and the Wealth of Nations cover

35. IQ and the Wealth of Nations

by Richard Lynn, Tatu Vanhanen