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Program Generators with XML and Java cover

1. Program Generators with XML and Java

by J. Craig Cleaveland

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Apollo cover

2. Apollo

by Charles A. Murray, Catherine Bly Cox

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Atticus the Storyteller cover

3. Atticus the Storyteller

by Lucy Coats

Counterexamples in Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

4. Counterexamples in Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Bernard R. Gelbaum, John M. H. Olmsted

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Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo (Routledge Classics) cover

5. Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo (Routledge Classics)

by Mary Douglas

Straight and Crooked Thinking cover

6. Straight and Crooked Thinking

by Robert Henry Thouless

A Speeder's Guide to Avoiding Tickets cover

7. A Speeder's Guide to Avoiding Tickets

by James M. Eagen

Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing

8. Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax"

by Philip C. Plait

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention cover

9. Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention

by Manning Marable

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The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley cover

10. The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley

by Malcolm X, Alex Haley

Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned The Tide in the Second World War cover

11. Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned The Tide in the Second World War

by Paul Kennedy

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Swearing: A Cross-Cultural Linguistic Study cover

12. Swearing: A Cross-Cultural Linguistic Study

by M. Ljung

Getting Started with Dwarf Fortress cover

13. Getting Started with Dwarf Fortress

by Peter Tyson

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

14. 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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Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law cover

15. Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law

by Peter Woit

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Search for the Ultimate Energy Source: A History of the U.S. Fusion Energy Program (Green Energy and Technology) cover

16. Search for the Ultimate Energy Source: A History of the U.S. Fusion Energy Program (Green Energy and Technology)

by Stephen O. Dean

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Sam Walton: Made In America cover

17. Sam Walton: Made In America

by Sam Walton

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Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date cover

18. Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date

by Robert X. Cringely

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Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions cover

19. Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

by Dan Ariely

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An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness cover

20. An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

by Kay Redfield Jamison

Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament cover

21. Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament

by Kay Redfield Jamison

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A Beautiful Mind cover

22. A Beautiful Mind

by Sylvia Nasar

The C++ Programming Language, 4th Edition cover

23. The C++ Programming Language, 4th Edition

by Bjarne Stroustrup

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Crafting Selves: Power, Gender, and Discourses of Identity in a Japanese Workplace cover

24. Crafting Selves: Power, Gender, and Discourses of Identity in a Japanese Workplace

by Dorinne K. Kondo

An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments cover

25. An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments

by Ali Almossawi

Testable JavaScript cover

26. Testable JavaScript

by Mark Trostler

Maintainable JavaScript cover

27. Maintainable JavaScript

by Nicholas Zakas

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The Shareholder Value Myth: How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public cover

28. The Shareholder Value Myth: How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public

by Lynn Stout

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Debunking Economics - Revised and Expanded Edition: The Naked Emperor Dethroned? cover

29. Debunking Economics - Revised and Expanded Edition: The Naked Emperor Dethroned?

by Steve Keen

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

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

by Steve Krug

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The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey cover

31. The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey

by Kenneth H. Blanchard, William Oncken, Hal Burrows

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Nutrition and Physical Degeneration cover

32. Nutrition and Physical Degeneration

by Weston Andrew Price

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Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets cover

33. Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets

by Peter Van der Linden

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IBM and the Holocaust : The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation cover

34. IBM and the Holocaust : The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation

by Edwin Black

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Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents series) cover

35. Introduction to Autonomous Mobile Robots (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents series)

by Roland Siegwart, Illah Reza Nourbakhsh, Davide Scaramuzza

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) cover

36. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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Creativity: The Psychology of Discovery and Invention cover

37. Creativity: The Psychology of Discovery and Invention

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi