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iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It cover

1. iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It

by Steve Wozniak, Gina Smith

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The Real Toy Story : Inside the Ruthless Battle for Britain's Youngest Consumers cover

2. The Real Toy Story : Inside the Ruthless Battle for Britain's Youngest Consumers

by Eric Clark

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Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture: Based on the Competing Values Framework cover

3. Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture: Based on the Competing Values Framework

by Kim S. Cameron, Robert E. Quinn

An Introduction to Infectious Disease Modelling cover

4. An Introduction to Infectious Disease Modelling

by Emilia Vynnycky, Richard White

Apple II-6502 assembly language tutor cover

5. Apple II-6502 assembly language tutor

by Richard E. Haskell

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First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently cover

6. First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently

by Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman

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Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility cover

7. Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility

by Ted Nordhaus, Michael Shellenberger

The Hockey Stick Illusion: Climategate and the Corruption of Science (Independent Minds) cover

8. The Hockey Stick Illusion: Climategate and the Corruption of Science (Independent Minds)

by A. W. Montford

The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain cover

9. The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

by Betty Edwards

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Why People Believe Weird Things cover

10. Why People Believe Weird Things

by Michael Shermer

How Children Fail (Classics in Child Development) cover

11. How Children Fail (Classics in Child Development)

by John Holt

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Amazing Journeys: Journey to the Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Circling the Moon, 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas, and Around the World in 80 Days cover

12. Amazing Journeys: Journey to the Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Circling the Moon, 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas, and Around the World in 80 Days

by Jules Verne

DeGarmo's Materials and Processes in Manufacturing cover

13. DeGarmo's Materials and Processes in Manufacturing

by Ernest Paul DeGarmo, J. T. Black, Ronald A. Kohser

Foucault's Pendulum cover

14. Foucault's Pendulum

by Umberto Eco

So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love cover

15. So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

by Cal Newport

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Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets cover

16. Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets

by Peter Van der Linden

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Python for Data Analysis cover

17. Python for Data Analysis

by Wes McKinney

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The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution and the Twentieth Century cover

18. The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution and the Twentieth Century

by Peter Watson

Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty cover

19. Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty

by David Kadavy

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The Design of Everyday Things cover

20. The Design of Everyday Things

by Donald A. Norman

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Agile Web Development with Rails 3.2 (Pragmatic Programmers) cover

21. Agile Web Development with Rails 3.2 (Pragmatic Programmers)

by Sam Ruby, David Thomas, David Heinemeier Hansson

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Code Name Ginger: The Story Behind Segway and Dean Kamen's Quest to Invent a New World cover

22. Code Name Ginger: The Story Behind Segway and Dean Kamen's Quest to Invent a New World

by Steve Kemper

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Fooled By Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets cover

23. Fooled By Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles cover

24. City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles

by Mike Davis

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Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners cover

25. Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners

by Larry Harris

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The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play cover

26. The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play

by Harry Lorayne, Jerry Lucas

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The Domain Game: How People Get Rich From Internet Domain Names cover

27. The Domain Game: How People Get Rich From Internet Domain Names

by David Kesmodel

Interactive Data Visualization for the Web cover

28. Interactive Data Visualization for the Web

by Scott Murray

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Squeezed: What You Don't Know About Orange Juice (Yale Agrarian Studies Series) cover

29. Squeezed: What You Don't Know About Orange Juice (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)

by Alissa Hamilton

Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

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

by Ian Stewart

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Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence cover

31. Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence

by Lisa Cron

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The Art of R Programming: A Tour of Statistical Software Design cover

32. The Art of R Programming: A Tour of Statistical Software Design

by Norman Matloff

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This Machine Kills Secrets: How WikiLeakers, Cypherpunks, and Hacktivists Aim to Free the World's Informatio n cover

33. This Machine Kills Secrets: How WikiLeakers, Cypherpunks, and Hacktivists Aim to Free the World's Informatio n

by Andy Greenberg

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Unleash Your Hidden Poker Memory: How to Win at Texas Hold'em by Turning Your Brain Into a Poker Tracking Machine cover

34. Unleash Your Hidden Poker Memory: How to Win at Texas Hold'em by Turning Your Brain Into a Poker Tracking Machine

by Bennett Onika

Hide a Dagger Behind a Smile: Use the 36 Ancient Chinese Strategies to Seize the Competitive Edge cover

35. Hide a Dagger Behind a Smile: Use the 36 Ancient Chinese Strategies to Seize the Competitive Edge

by Kaihan Krippendorf

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Outthink the Competition: How a New Generation of Strategists Sees Options Others Ignore cover

36. Outthink the Competition: How a New Generation of Strategists Sees Options Others Ignore

by Kaihan Krippendorff

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Molecular Biology of the Cell, 5th Edition cover

37. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 5th Edition

by Bruce Alberts

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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times cover

38. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

by Pema Chodron

Innovation Goats on Your Lemonade Stand: Innovative Personalities, The Bridge Process, and Prototypes cover

39. Innovation Goats on Your Lemonade Stand: Innovative Personalities, The Bridge Process, and Prototypes

by Mike Duke

Cloud Application Architectures: Building Applications and Infrastructure in the Cloud (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly)) cover

40. Cloud Application Architectures: Building Applications and Infrastructure in the Cloud (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))

by George Reese