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Rubī De Tsukuru Kimyō Na Puroguramingu Gengo: Esoteric Language cover

1. Rubī De Tsukuru Kimyō Na Puroguramingu Gengo: Esoteric Language

by 原悠

21st Century C: C Tips from the New School cover

2. 21st Century C: C Tips from the New School

by Ben Klemens

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C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software cover

3. C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software

by David R. Hanson

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Writing Solid Code (Microsoft Programming Series) cover

4. Writing Solid Code (Microsoft Programming Series)

by Steve Maguire

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Dabrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration cover

5. Dabrowski's Theory of Positive Disintegration

by Sal Mendaglio

The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self, Revised Edition cover

6. The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self, Revised Edition

by Alice Miller

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Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The Screenwriter's Guide to Every Story Ever Told cover

7. Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The Screenwriter's Guide to Every Story Ever Told

by Blake Snyder

Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces cover

8. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces

by Radley Balko

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Shantaram: A Novel cover

9. Shantaram: A Novel

by Gregory David Roberts

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Purely Functional Data Structures cover

10. Purely Functional Data Structures

by Chris Okasaki

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The Cuckoo's Calling cover

11. The Cuckoo's Calling

by Robert Galbraith, Joanne Kathleen Rowling

How to Lie with Statistics cover

12. How to Lie with Statistics

by Darrell Huff

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Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, 5th Edition cover

13. Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, 5th Edition

by McKinsey & Company Inc., Tim Koller, Marc Goedhart, David Wessels

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The Sentinels cover

14. The Sentinels

by James J. Layton

Cradles of Eminence: Childhoods of More Than 700 Famous Men and Women cover

15. Cradles of Eminence: Childhoods of More Than 700 Famous Men and Women

by Victor Goertzel, Mildred George Goertzel, Ted George Goertzel, Ariel Hansen

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Compiler Design in C (Prentice-Hall software series) cover

16. Compiler Design in C (Prentice-Hall software series)

by Allen I. Holub

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What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry cover

17. What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry

by John Markoff

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The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs cover

18. The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs

by Alexander McCall Smith

The Elements of Style Illustrated cover

19. The Elements of Style Illustrated

by William Strunk, Jr., E. B. White

The Cuckoo's Calling (A Cormoran Strike Novel) cover

20. The Cuckoo's Calling (A Cormoran Strike Novel)

by J.K. Rowling

The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems cover

21. The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems

by Jef Raskin

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Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders, 2012 cover

22. Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders, 2012

by Warren Buffett, Max Olson

The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values cover

23. The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values

by Sam Harris

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A Canticle for Leibowitz cover

24. A Canticle for Leibowitz

by Walter Miller

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Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength cover

25. Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength

by Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney

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The Lambda Calculus. Its Syntax and Semantics (Studies in Logic) cover

26. The Lambda Calculus. Its Syntax and Semantics (Studies in Logic)

by Henk Barendregt

The Traveler cover

27. The Traveler

by John Twelve Hawks

The Apollo Guidance Computer: Architecture and Operation (Springer Praxis Books) cover

28. The Apollo Guidance Computer: Architecture and Operation (Springer Praxis Books)

by Frank O'Brien

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Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens cover

29. Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens

by Nicholas Shaxson

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Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science cover

30. Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science

by Michael Nielsen

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Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace cover

31. Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace

by Joseph M. Williams

Feeding Your Demons: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict cover

32. Feeding Your Demons: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict

by Tsultrim Allione

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Designing with the Mind in Mind: Simple Guide to Understanding User Interface Design Rules cover

33. Designing with the Mind in Mind: Simple Guide to Understanding User Interface Design Rules

by Johnson, Jeff Ph. D.

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The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT cover

34. The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT

by Russ Harris, Steven Hayes

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Calvin & Hobbes Books, Tenth Anniversary Book cover

35. Calvin & Hobbes Books, Tenth Anniversary Book

by Bill Watterson

One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War cover

36. One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War

by Michael Dobbs

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Coding: On Software Design Process cover

37. Coding: On Software Design Process

by Jonathan Locke

The Ruby Programming Language cover

38. The Ruby Programming Language

by David Flanagan, Yukihiro Matsumoto

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Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia cover

39. Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia

by John Dickie

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Programming in Objective-C (5th Edition) (Developer's Library) cover

40. Programming in Objective-C (5th Edition) (Developer's Library)

by Stephen G. Kochan

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The Cryptoterrestrials: A Meditation on Indigenous Humanoids and the Aliens Among Us cover

41. The Cryptoterrestrials: A Meditation on Indigenous Humanoids and the Aliens Among Us

by Mac Tonnies

Romancing the Room: How to Engage Your Audience, Court Your Crowd, and Speak Successfully in Public cover

42. Romancing the Room: How to Engage Your Audience, Court Your Crowd, and Speak Successfully in Public

by James Wagstaffe, Bruce Bean

It's Okay to Be the Boss: The Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming the Manager Your Employees Need cover

43. It's Okay to Be the Boss: The Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming the Manager Your Employees Need

by Bruce Tulgan