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The Pyramid Principle:Logic in Writing and Thinking cover

1. The Pyramid Principle:Logic in Writing and Thinking

by Barbara Minto

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Fundamentals of Astrodynamics (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering) cover

2. Fundamentals of Astrodynamics (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering)

by Roger R. Bate, Donald D. Mueller, Jerry E. White

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The Safe Hiring Manual: The Complete Guide to Employment Screening Background Checks for Employers, Recruiters, and Jobseekers cover

3. The Safe Hiring Manual: The Complete Guide to Employment Screening Background Checks for Employers, Recruiters, and Jobseekers

by Lester S. Rosen

Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Comprehensive Grammars) cover

4. Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Comprehensive Grammars)

by Yip, Po-ching, Yip Po-Ching, Don Rimmington

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A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language cover

5. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language

by Ted Gioia

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The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language cover

6. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language

by Rodney D. Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum

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Art of Plain Talk cover

7. Art of Plain Talk

by Rudolf Flesch

On Writing Well: The Essential Guide to Mastering Nonfiction Writing and Effective Communication cover

8. On Writing Well: The Essential Guide to Mastering Nonfiction Writing and Effective Communication

by William Zinsser

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The Curious Case of the Misplaced Modifier: How to Solve the Mysteries of Weak Writing cover

9. The Curious Case of the Misplaced Modifier: How to Solve the Mysteries of Weak Writing

by Bonnie Trenga

Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

10. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman, Daniel Kahneman

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Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down cover

11. Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down

by James Edward Gordon

The Secret Chief Revealed cover

12. The Secret Chief Revealed

by Myron J. Stolaroff

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The Space Elevator: A Revolutionary Earth-to-Space Transportation System cover

13. The Space Elevator: A Revolutionary Earth-to-Space Transportation System

by Bradley C. Edwards, Eric A. Westling

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What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry cover

14. What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry

by John Markoff

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Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System, The cover

15. Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System, The

by Marshall Kirk McKusick, George V. Neville-Neil, Robert N. M. Watson

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A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates cover

16. A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates

by Rand Corporation

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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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The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy cover

18. The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy

by John DeFrancis

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Visible Speech: The Diverse Oneness of Writing Systems cover

19. Visible Speech: The Diverse Oneness of Writing Systems

by John DeFrancis

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

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

by Frank O'Brien

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Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human cover

21. Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human

by Richard W. Wrangham

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Ace the Programming Interview: 160 Questions and Answers for Success: 160 Questions and Answers for Success cover

22. Ace the Programming Interview: 160 Questions and Answers for Success: 160 Questions and Answers for Success

by Edward Guiness

Algorithms in Java, Part 5: Graph Algorithms (3rd Edition) (Pt.5) cover

23. Algorithms in Java, Part 5: Graph Algorithms (3rd Edition) (Pt.5)

by Robert Sedgewick

Algorithms in C++ Part 5: Graph Algorithms cover

24. Algorithms in C++ Part 5: Graph Algorithms

by Robert Sedgewick

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Algorithms in Java, Parts 1-4 cover

25. Algorithms in Java, Parts 1-4

by Robert Sedgewick

Algorithms in C++, Parts 1-4: Fundamentals, Data Structure, Sorting, Searching, Third Edition cover

26. Algorithms in C++, Parts 1-4: Fundamentals, Data Structure, Sorting, Searching, Third Edition

by Robert Sedgewick

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Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions cover

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

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell

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Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job cover

28. Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job

by John Mongan

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Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition cover

29. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition

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

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Getting Unstuck in ACT: A Clinician's Guide to Overcoming Common Obstacles in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy cover

30. Getting Unstuck in ACT: A Clinician's Guide to Overcoming Common Obstacles in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

by Russ Harris

Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) cover

31. Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)

by Steven C. Hayes, Spencer Xavier Smith

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If the Buddha Got Stuck: A Handbook for Change on a Spiritual Path cover

32. If the Buddha Got Stuck: A Handbook for Change on a Spiritual Path

by Charlotte Sophia Kasl

Schema Therapy: A Practitioner's Guide cover

33. Schema Therapy: A Practitioner's Guide

by Jeffrey E. Young, Janet S. Klosko, Marjorie E. Weishaar

The User's Guide to the Human Mind: Why Our Brains Make Us Unhappy, Anxious, and Neurotic and What We Can Do about It cover

34. The User's Guide to the Human Mind: Why Our Brains Make Us Unhappy, Anxious, and Neurotic and What We Can Do about It

by Shawn T. Smith

Things Might Go Terribly, Horribly Wrong: A Guide to Life Liberated from Anxiety cover

35. Things Might Go Terribly, Horribly Wrong: A Guide to Life Liberated from Anxiety

by Kelly G. Wilson

A Naval History of World War I cover

36. A Naval History of World War I

by Paul G. Halpern

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Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War cover

37. Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War

by Robert Massie Freeman

Saturn V Flight Manual cover

38. Saturn V Flight Manual

by Nasa

How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age cover

39. How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age

by Theodore Schick, Jr., Lewis Vaughn

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The Folly Of Fools cover

40. The Folly Of Fools

by Robert Trivers

Seven American Deaths and Disasters cover

41. Seven American Deaths and Disasters

by Kenneth Goldsmith

The Cartoon Guide to Calculus: The Witty, Humorous Math Textbook for Students and Eager Learners (Cartoon Guide Series) cover

42. The Cartoon Guide to Calculus: The Witty, Humorous Math Textbook for Students and Eager Learners (Cartoon Guide Series)

by Larry Gonick

Inside the As/400 cover

43. Inside the As/400

by Frank G. Soltis

Diaspora: A Novel cover

44. Diaspora: A Novel

by Greg Egan

Object Thinking cover

45. Object Thinking

by West, David

ASSMBLY LANG & SYS PROG M68000 FAMILY 1E: . cover

46. ASSMBLY LANG & SYS PROG M68000 FAMILY 1E: .

by Ford, William.

Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age cover

47. Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age

by Kenneth Goldsmith, Robert C. Cottrell

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature cover

48. The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

by Steven Pinker

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Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 cover

49. Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898

by Edwin G. Burrows, Mike Wallace

The Wisdom of Crowds cover

50. The Wisdom of Crowds

by James Surowiecki

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Structured Analytic Techniques for Intelligence Analysis cover

51. Structured Analytic Techniques for Intelligence Analysis

by Richards J. Heuer

The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts cover

52. The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts

by Gary D. Chapman