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Elephant and the Bad Baby (Puffin Picture Books) cover

1. Elephant and the Bad Baby (Puffin Picture Books)

by Elfrida Vipont

Statistics, 4th Edition cover

2. Statistics, 4th Edition

by David Freedman

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Statistics, 11th Edition (Book & CD) cover

3. Statistics, 11th Edition (Book & CD)

by James T. McClave, Terry Sincich

Active Portfolio Management: A Quantitative Approach for Producing Superior Returns and Controlling Risk cover

4. Active Portfolio Management: A Quantitative Approach for Producing Superior Returns and Controlling Risk

by Richard Grinold, Ronald Kahn

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Textual Criticism and Qur'an Manuscripts cover

5. Textual Criticism and Qur'an Manuscripts

by Keith E. Small

Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression, 2nd Edition cover

6. Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression, 2nd Edition

by Frederick K. Goodwin, Kay Redfield Jamison

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The Optimistic Child: A Proven Program to Safeguard Children Against Depression and Build Lifelong Resilience cover

7. The Optimistic Child: A Proven Program to Safeguard Children Against Depression and Build Lifelong Resilience

by Martin E. P. Seligman, Karen Reivich, Lisa Jaycox, Jane Gillham

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Mathematical Tourist: New and Updated Snapshots of Modern Mathematics cover

8. Mathematical Tourist: New and Updated Snapshots of Modern Mathematics

by Ivars Peterson

The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics (Sterling Milestones) cover

9. The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics (Sterling Milestones)

by Clifford A. Pickover

The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA cover

10. The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA

by Joby Warrick

Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad cover

11. Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden from 9/11 to Abbottabad

by Peter L. Bergen

Archimedes to Hawking: Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them cover

12. Archimedes to Hawking: Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them

by Clifford Pickover

IQ Testing 101 (Psych 101) cover

13. IQ Testing 101 (Psych 101)

by Alan S. Kaufman

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I Will Teach You To Be Rich cover

14. I Will Teach You To Be Rich

by Ramit Sethi

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The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next cover

15. The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next

by Lee Smolin

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Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

16. Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Ian Stewart

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American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm, 1870-1970 cover

17. American Genesis: A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm, 1870-1970

by Thomas P. Hughes

Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition cover

18. Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition

by Steve Krug

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Designing Visual Interfaces: Communication Oriented Techniques cover

19. Designing Visual Interfaces: Communication Oriented Techniques

by Kevin Mullet, Darrell Sano

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How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed cover

20. How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed

by Ray Kurzweil

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Crisp: Notes on Graphic Design and Visual Communication cover

21. Crisp: Notes on Graphic Design and Visual Communication

by Gregg Berryman

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The Design of Everyday Things cover

22. The Design of Everyday Things

by Donald A. Norman

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Database Management Systems, 3rd Edition cover

23. Database Management Systems, 3rd Edition

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Thinking with Type, 2nd revised and expanded edition: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students cover

24. Thinking with Type, 2nd revised and expanded edition: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students

by Ellen Lupton

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Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? cover

25. Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

by Michael Sandel

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The Practice of Programming (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

26. The Practice of Programming (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike

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Anathem cover

27. Anathem

by Neal Stephenson

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The Goodyear Story: An Inventor's Obsession and the Struggle for a Rubber Monopoly cover

28. The Goodyear Story: An Inventor's Obsession and the Struggle for a Rubber Monopoly

by Richard Korman

Zero Chance of Passage: The Pioneering Charter School Story cover

29. Zero Chance of Passage: The Pioneering Charter School Story

by Ember Reichgott Junge

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The High Cost of Free Parking cover

30. The High Cost of Free Parking

by Donald C. Shoup

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The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't cover

31. The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't

by Robert I. Sutton

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Mathematical Go: Chilling Gets the Last Point cover

32. Mathematical Go: Chilling Gets the Last Point

by Elwyn Berlekamp, David Wolfe

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The Wide Lens: A New Strategy for Innovation cover

33. The Wide Lens: A New Strategy for Innovation

by Ron Adner

The Persona Lifecycle: Keeping People in Mind Throughout Product Design (Interactive Technologies) cover

34. The Persona Lifecycle: Keeping People in Mind Throughout Product Design (Interactive Technologies)

by John Pruitt, Tamara Adlin

The One Minute Manager cover

35. The One Minute Manager

by Ken Blanchard, Spencer Johnson, Constance Johnson

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Drive cover

36. Drive

by Daniel H. Pink

A Semantic Web Primer (Information Systems) cover

37. A Semantic Web Primer (Information Systems)

by Grigoris Antoniou, Paul Groth, Frank Van Harmelen, Rinke Hoekstra

Why Customers Really Buy: Uncovering the Emotional Triggers That Drive Sales cover

38. Why Customers Really Buy: Uncovering the Emotional Triggers That Drive Sales

by Linda Goodman, Michelle Helin

Ordering Disorder: Grid Principles for Web Design (Voices That Matter) cover

39. Ordering Disorder: Grid Principles for Web Design (Voices That Matter)

by Khoi Vinh

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Contextual Design: Defining Customer-Centered Systems (Interactive Technologies) cover

40. Contextual Design: Defining Customer-Centered Systems (Interactive Technologies)

by Hugh Beyer, Karen Holtzblatt

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Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional Designers (German and English Edition) cover

41. Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional Designers (German and English Edition)

by Josef Müller-Brockmann

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