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Beekeeping For Dummies cover

1. Beekeeping For Dummies

by Howland Blackiston

First Lessons in Beekeeping cover

2. First Lessons in Beekeeping

by Keith S. Delaplane

The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal cover

3. The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal

by James E. Loehr, Jim Loehr, Tony Schwartz

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Guide to Bees & Honey: The World's Best Selling Guide to Beekeeping cover

4. Guide to Bees & Honey: The World's Best Selling Guide to Beekeeping

by Ted Hooper

Quantum Computing since Democritus cover

5. Quantum Computing since Democritus

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New Proofs for the Existence of God: Contributions of Contemporary Physics and Philosophy cover

6. New Proofs for the Existence of God: Contributions of Contemporary Physics and Philosophy

by Robert J. Spitzer

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Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought (Pragmatic Programmers) cover

7. Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought (Pragmatic Programmers)

by Drew Neil

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6/5 cover

8. 6/5

by Ervin Karp, Alexandre Laumonier

Work Like a Spy: Business Tips from a Former CIA Officer cover

9. Work Like a Spy: Business Tips from a Former CIA Officer

by J. C. Carleson

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution - 25th Anniversary Edition cover

10. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution - 25th Anniversary Edition

by Steven Levy

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Jesus and the Logic of History (New Studies in Biblical Theology) cover

11. Jesus and the Logic of History (New Studies in Biblical Theology)

by Paul W. Barnett

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Why Mexicans Don't Drink Molson cover

12. Why Mexicans Don't Drink Molson

by Andrea Mandel-Campbell

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Algorithmic Trading and DMA: An introduction to direct access trading strategies cover

13. Algorithmic Trading and DMA: An introduction to direct access trading strategies

by Barry Johnson

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The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash cover

14. The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash

by Charles R. Morris

The Two Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash cover

15. The Two Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash

by Charles R. Morris

Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions cover

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

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell

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Ideogram: Chinese Characters and the Myth of Disembodied Meaning cover

17. Ideogram: Chinese Characters and the Myth of Disembodied Meaning

by J. Marshall Unger

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Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy cover

18. Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy

by John DeFrancis

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Visible Speech (Asian Interactions and Comparisons) cover

19. Visible Speech (Asian Interactions and Comparisons)

by John DeFrancis

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Knife Skills Illustrated: A User's Manual cover

20. Knife Skills Illustrated: A User's Manual

by Peter Hertzmann

The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs cover

21. The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs

by Karen Page, Andrew Dornenburg

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Grammar of the Film Language cover

22. Grammar of the Film Language

by Daniel Arijon

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The Diet Fix: Why Diets Fail and How to Make Yours Work cover

23. The Diet Fix: Why Diets Fail and How to Make Yours Work

by Yoni Freedhoff

We Were Burning: Japanese Entrepreneurs And The Forging Of The Electronic Age cover

24. We Were Burning: Japanese Entrepreneurs And The Forging Of The Electronic Age

by Bob Johnstone

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The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

25. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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X Windows System Administrator's Guide, Vol 8 (Definitive Guides to the X Window System) cover

26. X Windows System Administrator's Guide, Vol 8 (Definitive Guides to the X Window System)

by Linda Mui, Eric Pearce

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Object-Oriented Programming: An Evolutionary Approach cover

27. Object-Oriented Programming: An Evolutionary Approach

by Brad J. Cox, Andrew J. Novobilski

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The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security cover

28. The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security

by Kevin D. Mitnick, William L. Simon

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Compiler Design: Virtual Machines cover

29. Compiler Design: Virtual Machines

by Reinhard Wilhelm, Helmut Seidl

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C Programming: A Modern Approach, 2nd Edition cover

30. C Programming: A Modern Approach, 2nd Edition

by Kim N. King

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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto) cover

31. Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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My Name Is Red cover

32. My Name Is Red

by Orhan Pamuk

Memory as a Programming Concept in C and C++ cover

33. Memory as a Programming Concept in C and C++

by František Franěk

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Accelerated C++: Practical Programming by Example cover

34. Accelerated C++: Practical Programming by Example

by Andrew Koenig, Barbara E. Moo

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Cocos2d-X by Example Beginner's Guide cover

35. Cocos2d-X by Example Beginner's Guide

by Roger Engelbert

The Halo Effect: ... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers cover

36. The Halo Effect: ... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers

by Phil Rosenzweig

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The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-breaking cover

37. The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-breaking

by Simon Singh

Computational Molecular Evolution (Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution) cover

38. Computational Molecular Evolution (Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution)

by Ziheng Yang

Ruhlman's Twenty: 20 Techniques 100 Recipes A Cook's Manifesto cover

39. Ruhlman's Twenty: 20 Techniques 100 Recipes A Cook's Manifesto

by Michael Ruhlman

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

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

by Scott Meyers

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Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America cover

41. Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America

by Linda Tirado

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

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

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

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