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The Design of Everyday Things cover

1. The Design of Everyday Things

by Donald A. Norman

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Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference cover

2. Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

by Danny Goodman

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Dummies 101 Html: Html (For Dummies) cover

3. Dummies 101 Html: Html (For Dummies)

by Deborah S. Ray, Eric J. Ray

HTML: The Definitive Guide cover

4. HTML: The Definitive Guide

by Chuck Musciano, Bill Kennedy

Webmaster in a Nutshell cover

5. Webmaster in a Nutshell

by Stephen Spainhour, Robert Eckstein

Make Your Own Web Page--for Kids! cover

6. Make Your Own Web Page--for Kids!

by Ted Pedersen, Francis Moss

How to Want What You Have: Discovering the Magic and Grandeur of Ordinary Existence cover

7. How to Want What You Have: Discovering the Magic and Grandeur of Ordinary Existence

by Timothy Miller

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When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself cover

8. When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself

by Steve Corbett, Brian Fikkert

Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy cover

9. Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy

by Carl Shapiro, Hal R. Varian

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Der Kleine Frieden Im Grossen Krieg (German Edition) cover

10. Der Kleine Frieden Im Grossen Krieg (German Edition)

by Michael Jürgs

Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design cover

11. Success through Failure: The Paradox of Design

by Henry Petroski

Apollo, Challenger, Columbia: The Decline of the Space Program: A Study in Organizational Communication cover

12. Apollo, Challenger, Columbia: The Decline of the Space Program: A Study in Organizational Communication

by Phillip K. Tompkins

Saving Normal: An Insider's Revolt Against Out-of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life cover

13. Saving Normal: An Insider's Revolt Against Out-of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life

by Allen Frances

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The D Programming Language cover

14. The D Programming Language

by Andrei Alexandrescu

The Shareholder Value Myth: How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public (Large Print 16pt) cover

15. The Shareholder Value Myth: How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public (Large Print 16pt)

by Lynn Stout

Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests cover

16. Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests

by Steve Freeman, Nat Pryce

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A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy cover

17. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

by William B Irvine

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Hacking the Kinect (Technology in Action) cover

18. Hacking the Kinect (Technology in Action)

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

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Good Italy, Bad Italy: Why Italy Must Conquer Its Demons to Face the Future cover

19. Good Italy, Bad Italy: Why Italy Must Conquer Its Demons to Face the Future

by Bill Emmott

Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand cover

20. Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand

by Samuel R. Delany

City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles cover

21. City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles

by Mike Davis

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Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence cover

22. Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence

by Vicki Robin

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

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

by Bradley C. Edwards, Eric A. Westling

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Causality: Models, Reasoning and Inference cover

24. Causality: Models, Reasoning and Inference

by Judea Pearl

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Placebo Effects: Understanding the mechanisms in health and disease cover

25. Placebo Effects: Understanding the mechanisms in health and disease

by Fabrizio Benedetti

Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures Using Python SECOND EDITION cover

26. Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures Using Python SECOND EDITION

by Bradley N. Miller, David L. Ranum

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How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes cover

27. How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes

by Peter D. Schiff, Andrew J. Schiff

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The Every-Other-Day Diet: The Diet That Lets You Eat All You Want (Half the Time) and Keep the Weight Off cover

28. The Every-Other-Day Diet: The Diet That Lets You Eat All You Want (Half the Time) and Keep the Weight Off

by Krista Varady

Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism cover

29. Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism

by Sareen S. Gropper, Jack L. Smith

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Banana Republic: A Year in the Heart of Myrtle Beach cover

30. Banana Republic: A Year in the Heart of Myrtle Beach

by Will Moredock

Lost in the Taiga: One Russian Family's Fifty-Year Struggle for Survival and Religious Freedom in the Siberian Wilderness cover

31. Lost in the Taiga: One Russian Family's Fifty-Year Struggle for Survival and Religious Freedom in the Siberian Wilderness

by Vasiliĭ Peskov

Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition cover

32. Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition

by Marc Reisner

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Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy cover

33. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

by David D. Burns

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NeuroVont, Incorporated cover

34. NeuroVont, Incorporated

by Gil A. Waters

Bill Nye The Science Guy's Big Blast Of Science cover

35. Bill Nye The Science Guy's Big Blast Of Science

by Bill Nye

C++ Primer Plus (6th Edition) (Developer's Library) cover

36. C++ Primer Plus (6th Edition) (Developer's Library)

by Stephen Prata

JavaScript: The Good Parts cover

37. JavaScript: The Good Parts

by Douglas Crockford, Ke luo ke fu de, Yan xue kun, Douglas Crockford

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Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping--Updated and Revised for the Internet, the Global Consumer, and Beyond cover

38. Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping--Updated and Revised for the Internet, the Global Consumer, and Beyond

by Paco Underhill

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Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter) cover

39. Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter)

by Steve Krug

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Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience cover

40. Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience

by Jeff Gothelf