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Chatter: Dispatches from the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping cover

1. Chatter: Dispatches from the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping

by Patrick Radden Keefe

The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram your genes for effortless weight loss, vibrant health, and boundless energy (Primal Blueprint Series) cover

2. The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram your genes for effortless weight loss, vibrant health, and boundless energy (Primal Blueprint Series)

by Mark Sisson

Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: Expanded Edition cover

3. Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: Expanded Edition

by Lawrence Weschler

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Red Thread Thinking: Weaving Together Connections for Brilliant Ideas and Profitable Innovation cover

4. Red Thread Thinking: Weaving Together Connections for Brilliant Ideas and Profitable Innovation

by Debra Kaye

The Undercover Economist Strikes Back: How to Run-or Ruin-an Economy cover

5. The Undercover Economist Strikes Back: How to Run-or Ruin-an Economy

by Tim Harford

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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion cover

6. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

by Jonathan Haidt

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How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd Edition cover

7. How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd Edition

by Daniel J. Velleman

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Graph Design for the Eye and Mind cover

8. Graph Design for the Eye and Mind

by Stephen M. Kosslyn

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Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem cover

9. Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem

by Simon Singh

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Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One) cover

10. Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One)

by Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Andre? Nikolaevich Kolmogorov, M. A. Lavrent'ev

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Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

11. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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Trend Following (Updated Edition): Learn to Make Millions in Up or Down Markets cover

12. Trend Following (Updated Edition): Learn to Make Millions in Up or Down Markets

by Michael W. Covel

Once a Runner cover

13. Once a Runner

Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness cover

14. Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

by Scott Jurek, Steve Friedman

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A Manual for Creating Atheists cover

15. A Manual for Creating Atheists

by Peter Boghossian

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Effective JavaScript: 68 Specific Ways to Harness the Power of JavaScript (Effective Software Development Series) cover

16. Effective JavaScript: 68 Specific Ways to Harness the Power of JavaScript (Effective Software Development Series)

by David Herman

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Introduction to Graph Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

17. Introduction to Graph Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Richard J. Trudeau

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Mathematics for the Nonmathematician (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

18. Mathematics for the Nonmathematician (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Morris Kline

Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions cover

19. Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell

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What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods cover

20. What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods

by Richard Courant, Herbert Robbins

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Advanced Calculus cover

21. Advanced Calculus

by David Vernon Widder

Advanced Calculus of Several Variables (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

22. Advanced Calculus of Several Variables (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by C. H. Edwards

Design Research: Methods and Perspectives (MIT Press) cover

23. Design Research: Methods and Perspectives (MIT Press)

by Brenda Laurel

Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction cover

24. Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction

by Helen Sharp, Yvonne Rogers, Jenny Preece

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TCP/IP Illustrated: The Implementation, Vol. 2 cover

25. TCP/IP Illustrated: The Implementation, Vol. 2

by W. Richard Stevens, Gary R. Wright

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How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library) cover

26. How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library)

by George Polya

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Computer Engineering: A DEC View of Hardware Systems Design cover

27. Computer Engineering: A DEC View of Hardware Systems Design

by C. Gordon Bell, J. Craig Mudge, John E. McNamara

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Introduction to Cryptography with Coding Theory (2nd Edition) cover

28. Introduction to Cryptography with Coding Theory (2nd Edition)

by Wade Trappe, Lawrence C. Washington

History of Mathematics, Vol. I (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

29. History of Mathematics, Vol. I (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by David E. Smith

The Female Brain cover

30. The Female Brain

by Louann Brizendine, MD

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The Nuts and Bolts of Proofs, Fourth Edition: An Introduction to Mathematical Proofs cover

31. The Nuts and Bolts of Proofs, Fourth Edition: An Introduction to Mathematical Proofs

by Antonella Cupillari

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Mathematical Proofs: A Transition to Advanced Mathematics (3rd Edition) (Featured Titles for Transition to Advanced Mathematics) cover

32. Mathematical Proofs: A Transition to Advanced Mathematics (3rd Edition) (Featured Titles for Transition to Advanced Mathematics)

by Gary Chartrand, Albert D. Polimeni, Ping Zhang

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The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology) cover

33. The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology)

by Joseph Tainter

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How We Got Here: A Slightly Irreverent History of Technology and Markets cover

34. How We Got Here: A Slightly Irreverent History of Technology and Markets

by Andy Kessler

Readings in Computer Architecture (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

35. Readings in Computer Architecture (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

by Mark D. Hill, Gurindar S. Sohi

Connections cover

36. Connections

by James Burke

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Go To: The Story of the Math Majors, Bridge Players, Engineers, Chess Wizards, Maverick Scientists, and Iconoclasts-- the Programmers Who Created the Software Revolution cover

37. Go To: The Story of the Math Majors, Bridge Players, Engineers, Chess Wizards, Maverick Scientists, and Iconoclasts-- the Programmers Who Created the Software Revolution

by Steve Lohr

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A Short History of Technology: From the Earliest Times to A.D. 1900 cover

38. A Short History of Technology: From the Earliest Times to A.D. 1900

by Thomas Kingston Derry, Trevor Illtyd Williams

Computing in the Middle Ages: A View From the Trenches 1955-1983 cover

39. Computing in the Middle Ages: A View From the Trenches 1955-1983

by Severo M. Ornstein

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The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal cover

40. The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal

by M. Mitchell Waldrop

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Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality cover

41. Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality

by Edward Frenkel

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Daily Rituals: How Artists Work cover

42. Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

by Mason Currey

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Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers cover

43. Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers

by John MacCormick

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Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe cover

44. Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe

by George Dyson

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The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood cover

45. The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood

by James Gleick

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21st Century C cover

46. 21st Century C

by Ben Klemens

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The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing cover

47. The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing

by Martin Davis

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The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos cover

48. The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos

by Brian Greene

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The Oil Card: Global Economic Warfare in the 21st Century cover

49. The Oil Card: Global Economic Warfare in the 21st Century

by James R. Norman

Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age (Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation series) cover

50. Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age (Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation series)

by Kurt W. Beyer

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You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Start & Succeed in a Farming Enterprise cover

51. You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Start & Succeed in a Farming Enterprise

by Joel Salatin

The Design of Everyday Things cover

52. The Design of Everyday Things

by Donald A. Norman

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Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (2nd Edition) (Voices That Matter) cover

53. Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (2nd Edition) (Voices That Matter)

by Garr Reynolds

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Oliver Byrne: The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid cover

54. Oliver Byrne: The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid

by Oliver Byrne, Euclid, Werner Oechslin

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