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Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions cover

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

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell

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The Soul of A New Machine cover

2. The Soul of A New Machine

by Tracy Kidder

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Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity cover

3. Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity

by David W. Galenson

Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks cover

4. Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks

by Michal Zalewski

The Tangled Web: A Guide to Securing Modern Web Applications cover

5. The Tangled Web: A Guide to Securing Modern Web Applications

by Michal Zalewski

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Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design cover

6. Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design

by Richard G. Budynas, Richard Budynas, J. Keith Nisbett

Precision Machining Technology cover

7. Precision Machining Technology

by Peter J. Hoffman

Pro Git cover

8. Pro Git

by Scott Chacon, Ben Straub

A Law Unto Itself: The IRS and the Abuse of Power cover

9. A Law Unto Itself: The IRS and the Abuse of Power

by Burnham, David

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd Ed. cover

10. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd Ed.

by Edward R. Tufte

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Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition cover

11. Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition

by Mark Rippetoe, Lon Kilgore

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Practical Programming for Strength Training cover

12. Practical Programming for Strength Training

by Mark Rippetoe

O'Reilly Media Acquires Full Ownership of Safari Books Online cover

13. O'Reilly Media Acquires Full Ownership of Safari Books Online

Term Sheets & Valuations - A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Term Sheets & Valuations (Bigwig Briefs) cover

14. Term Sheets & Valuations - A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Term Sheets & Valuations (Bigwig Briefs)

by Alex Wilmerding

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Poetry of the First World War: An Anthology (Oxford World's Classics) cover

15. Poetry of the First World War: An Anthology (Oxford World's Classics)

by Tim Kendall

True Brews: How to Craft Fermented Cider, Beer, Wine, Sake, Soda, Mead, Kefir, and Kombucha at Home cover

16. True Brews: How to Craft Fermented Cider, Beer, Wine, Sake, Soda, Mead, Kefir, and Kombucha at Home

by Emma Christensen

You Don't Know JS: this & Object Prototypes cover

17. You Don't Know JS: this & Object Prototypes

You Don't Know JS: Async & Performance cover

18. You Don't Know JS: Async & Performance

You Don't Know JS: Scope & Closures cover

19. You Don't Know JS: Scope & Closures

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You Don't Know JS: Types & Grammar cover

20. You Don't Know JS: Types & Grammar

Storm of Steel (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) cover

21. Storm of Steel (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

by Ernst Jünger

Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7 cover

22. Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7

by Aaron A. Reed

Python for Data Analysis cover

23. Python for Data Analysis

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Wolf in White Van: A Novel cover

24. Wolf in White Van: A Novel

by John Darnielle

Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life cover

25. Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life

by Peter Gray

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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers cover

26. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

by Mary Roach

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

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

by Daniel J. Velleman

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Dirac: A Scientific Biography cover

28. Dirac: A Scientific Biography

by Helge Kragh

What Is the Name of This Book?: The Riddle of Dracula and Other Logical Puzzles (Dover Math Games & Puzzles) cover

29. What Is the Name of This Book?: The Riddle of Dracula and Other Logical Puzzles (Dover Math Games & Puzzles)

by Raymond M. Smullyan

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business cover

30. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

by Neil Postman, Neil Postman

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Authority: Become an Expert, Build a Following, and Gain Financial Independence cover

31. Authority: Become an Expert, Build a Following, and Gain Financial Independence

by Nathan Barry

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Purely Functional Data Structures (Volume 0) cover

32. Purely Functional Data Structures (Volume 0)

by Chris Okasaki

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Finite and Infinite Games cover

33. Finite and Infinite Games

by James Carse

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The Trusted Advisor cover

34. The Trusted Advisor

by David H. Maister, Charles H. Green, Robert M. Galford

The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer cover

35. The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

by Jeffrey K. Liker

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Out of the Crisis cover

36. Out of the Crisis

by W. Edwards Deming

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Choose Yourself! cover

37. Choose Yourself!

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Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices) cover

38. Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices)

by Steve McConnell

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Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed cover

39. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

by Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos

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American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us cover

40. American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us

by Robert D. Putnam

The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet cover

41. The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet

by Nina Teicholz

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The Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey cover

42. The Best of 2600: A Hacker Odyssey

by Emmanuel Goldstein

The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom cover

43. The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom

by Graham Farmelo

My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles (Dover Recreational Math) (Dover Math Games & Puzzles) cover

44. My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles (Dover Recreational Math) (Dover Math Games & Puzzles)

by Hermann Hesse

Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles cover

45. Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles

by Martin Gardner

Cognition in the Wild (Bradford Books) cover

46. Cognition in the Wild (Bradford Books)

by Edwin Hutchins

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Embodied Cognition (New Problems of Philosophy) cover

47. Embodied Cognition (New Problems of Philosophy)

by Shapir Lawrence

Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension (Philosophy of Mind) cover

48. Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension (Philosophy of Mind)

by Andy Clark

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The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence cover

49. The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence

by Gary A. Haugen, Victor Boutros

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Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science (Great Discoveries) cover

50. Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science (Great Discoveries)

by Lawrence Maxwell Krauss

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What Color Is Your Parachute? 2014: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers cover

51. What Color Is Your Parachute? 2014: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers

by Richard Nelson Bolles

Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II cover

52. Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II

by Robert Kurson

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces cover

53. The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

by William H. Whyte

Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

54. Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by I. H. Witten

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Machine Learning: An Algorithmic Perspective, Second Edition (Chapman & Hall/CRC Machine Learning & Pattern Recognition) cover

55. Machine Learning: An Algorithmic Perspective, Second Edition (Chapman & Hall/CRC Machine Learning & Pattern Recognition)

by Stephen Marsland

The Definitive Book of Body Language: The Hidden Meaning Behind People's Gestures and Expressions cover

56. The Definitive Book of Body Language: The Hidden Meaning Behind People's Gestures and Expressions

by Allan Pease, Barbara Pease

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