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A Philosophy of Walking cover

1. A Philosophy of Walking

by Frédéric Gros

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Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats cover

2. Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats

by Gwynne Dyer

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Threaded Interpretive Languages: Their Design and Implementation cover

3. Threaded Interpretive Languages: Their Design and Implementation

by R. G. Loeliger

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The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape cover

4. The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape

by James Howard Kunstler

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Earth Abides cover

5. Earth Abides

by George Rippey Stewart

Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing cover

6. Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing

by Christopher Manning, Hinrich Schutze

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Japan as Number One: Lessons for America cover

7. Japan as Number One: Lessons for America

by Ezra F. Vogel

Instrument Engineers' Handbook, Vol. 1: Process Measurement and Analysis cover

8. Instrument Engineers' Handbook, Vol. 1: Process Measurement and Analysis

by Bela G. Liptak

Speech and Language Processing, 2nd Edition cover

9. Speech and Language Processing, 2nd Edition

by Dan Jurafsky, James H. Martin

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Great Runs in Brookline and Vicinity cover

10. Great Runs in Brookline and Vicinity

by Mark Lowenstein

The Book of Yields: Accuracy in Food Costing and Purchasing 8th Edition with Professional Chef 9th Edition Set cover

11. The Book of Yields: Accuracy in Food Costing and Purchasing 8th Edition with Professional Chef 9th Edition Set

by Culinary Institute of America, Francis T. Lynch

Bock (Classic Beer Style) cover

12. Bock (Classic Beer Style)

by Darryl Richman

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

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

by Jonathan Haidt

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Cake-Cutting Algorithms: Be Fair if You Can cover

14. Cake-Cutting Algorithms: Be Fair if You Can

by Jack Robertson, William Webb

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Dies the Fire: A Novel of the Change cover

15. Dies the Fire: A Novel of the Change

by S. M. Stirling

One Second After (A John Matherson Novel) cover

16. One Second After (A John Matherson Novel)

by William R. Forstchen

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Beside Still Waters: Searching for Meaning in an Age of Doubt cover

17. Beside Still Waters: Searching for Meaning in an Age of Doubt

by Gregg Easterbrook

Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny cover

18. Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny

by Robert Wright

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Fair Division: From Cake-Cutting to Dispute Resolution cover

19. Fair Division: From Cake-Cutting to Dispute Resolution

by Steven J. Brams, Alan D. Taylor

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DNS and BIND cover

20. DNS and BIND

by Cricket Liu, Paul Albitz

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Life on a Little Known Planet: A Biologist's View of Insects and Their World cover

21. Life on a Little Known Planet: A Biologist's View of Insects and Their World

by Howard Ensign Evans

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Supertraining [Paperback] cover

22. Supertraining [Paperback]

by Yuri Vitalievitch Verkhoshansky, Mel Cunningham Siff

Zig Ziglar's Secrets of Closing the Sale cover

23. Zig Ziglar's Secrets of Closing the Sale

by Zig Ziglar

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Professional Assembly Language cover

24. Professional Assembly Language

by Richard Blum

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Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press) cover

25. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press)

by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein

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I, Pierre Riviére, having slaughtered my mother, my sister, and my brother: A Case of Parricide in the 19th Century cover

26. I, Pierre Riviére, having slaughtered my mother, my sister, and my brother: A Case of Parricide in the 19th Century

by Michel Foucault

The Panopticon Writings (Radical Thinkers) cover

27. The Panopticon Writings (Radical Thinkers)

by Jeremy Bentham

Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests cover

28. Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests

by Steve Freeman, Nat Pryce

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The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 (The Fear and Loathing Letters, Vol. 1) cover

29. The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 (The Fear and Loathing Letters, Vol. 1)

by Hunter S. Thompson

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Musical Applications of Microprocessors (The Hayden microcomputer series) cover

30. Musical Applications of Microprocessors (The Hayden microcomputer series)

by Hal Chamberlin

Python for Finance cover

31. Python for Finance

by Yves Hilpisch

Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception cover

32. Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception

by Philip Houston, Michael Floyd, Susan Carnicero, Don Tennant

Hacking the Kinect (Technology in Action) cover

33. Hacking the Kinect (Technology in Action)

by Jeff Kramer, Matt Parker, Daniel Castro, Nicolas Burrus, Florian Echtler

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Dependency Parsing (Synthesis Lectures on Human Language Technologies) cover

34. Dependency Parsing (Synthesis Lectures on Human Language Technologies)

by Sandra Kübler, Ryan McDonald, Joakim Nivre

Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga cover

35. Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga

by Hunter S. Thompson

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CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 94th Edition cover

36. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 94th Edition

by William M. Haynes

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

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

by Frank O'Brien

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Whitelines BIG Orange Glue A4 Squared Notepad: Supporting your ideas cover

38. Whitelines BIG Orange Glue A4 Squared Notepad: Supporting your ideas

by Whitelines

The Animator's Survival Kit: A Manual of Methods, Principles and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion and Internet Animators cover

39. The Animator's Survival Kit: A Manual of Methods, Principles and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion and Internet Animators

by Richard Williams

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Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives and DerivaGem CD Package (8th Edition) cover

40. Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives and DerivaGem CD Package (8th Edition)

by John Hull

The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time cover

41. The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time

by Hunter S. Thompson

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The Anatomy of Type: A Graphic Guide to 100 Typefaces cover

42. The Anatomy of Type: A Graphic Guide to 100 Typefaces

by Stephen Coles, Tony Seddon

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What Every BODY is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People cover

43. What Every BODY is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People

by Joe Navarro, Marvin Karlins

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The Madness of Adam and Eve: How Schizophrenia Shaped Humanity cover

44. The Madness of Adam and Eve: How Schizophrenia Shaped Humanity

by David F. Horrobin

Foundations of Multidimensional and Metric Data Structures (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics) cover

45. Foundations of Multidimensional and Metric Data Structures (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics)

by Hanan Samet

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Computers in Space: Journeys With NASA cover

46. Computers in Space: Journeys With NASA

by James E. Tomayko

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The Fault in Our Stars cover

47. The Fault in Our Stars

by John Green

Space-Filling Curves: An Introduction with Applications in Scientific Computing (Texts in Computational Science and Engineering) cover

48. Space-Filling Curves: An Introduction with Applications in Scientific Computing (Texts in Computational Science and Engineering)

by Michael Bader

Flask Web Development cover

49. Flask Web Development

by Miguel Grinberg

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The Underachiever's Manifesto: The Guide to Accomplishing Little and Feeling Great cover

50. The Underachiever's Manifesto: The Guide to Accomplishing Little and Feeling Great

by Ray Bennett

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The Ultimate Resource 2 cover

51. The Ultimate Resource 2

by Julian Lincoln Simon

Blood, Class and Empire: The Enduring Anglo-American Relationship (Nation Books) cover

52. Blood, Class and Empire: The Enduring Anglo-American Relationship (Nation Books)

by Christopher Hitchens

Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety (Ala Notable Books for Adults) cover

53. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety (Ala Notable Books for Adults)

by Eric Schlosser

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The Grammar of Conducting: A Comprehensive Guide to Baton Technique and Interpretation cover

54. The Grammar of Conducting: A Comprehensive Guide to Baton Technique and Interpretation

by Max Rudolf, Michael Stern

Your Own Worst Enemy: Breaking the Habit of Adult Underachievement cover

55. Your Own Worst Enemy: Breaking the Habit of Adult Underachievement

by Ken Christian

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software cover

56. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides

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Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs (3rd Edition) cover

57. Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs (3rd Edition)

by Scott Meyers

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How We Did It: 100 entrepreneurs share the story of their struggles and life experiences cover

58. How We Did It: 100 entrepreneurs share the story of their struggles and life experiences

by Anand Srinivasan

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Advanced Oracle SQL Programming: The Expert Guide to Writing Complex Queries (Oracle In-Focus series) (Volume 28) cover

59. Advanced Oracle SQL Programming: The Expert Guide to Writing Complex Queries (Oracle In-Focus series) (Volume 28)

by Laurent Schneider

SQL Antipatterns: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Database Programming (Pragmatic Programmers) cover

60. SQL Antipatterns: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Database Programming (Pragmatic Programmers)

by Bill Karwin

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Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties, Fourth Edition: Advanced SQL Programming (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

61. Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties, Fourth Edition: Advanced SQL Programming (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by Joe Celko

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SQL Tuning cover

62. SQL Tuning

by Dan Tow

Pro Oracle SQL (Expert's Voice in Oracle) cover

63. Pro Oracle SQL (Expert's Voice in Oracle)

by Karen Morton, Robyn Sands, Jared Still, Riyaj Shamsudeen, Kerry Osborne

Energy and Equity (Ideas in Progress) cover

64. Energy and Equity (Ideas in Progress)

by Ivan Illich