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The World We Created at Hamilton High cover

1. The World We Created at Hamilton High

by Gerald Grant

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The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains cover

2. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

by Nicholas Carr

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A First Course in General Relativity cover

3. A First Course in General Relativity

by Bernard Schutz

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The Design and Evolution of C++ cover

4. The Design and Evolution of C++

by Bjarne Stroustrup

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Bioinformatics Data Skills cover

5. Bioinformatics Data Skills

by Vince Buffalo

Corporate Confidential: 50 Secrets Your Company Doesn't Want You to Know---and What to Do About Them cover

6. Corporate Confidential: 50 Secrets Your Company Doesn't Want You to Know---and What to Do About Them

by Cynthia Shapiro

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The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology) cover

7. The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology)

by K. Anders Ericsson, Neil Charness, Paul J. Feltovich, Robert R. Hoffman

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Essential C# 5.0 (4th Edition) (Microsoft Windows Development Series) cover

8. Essential C# 5.0 (4th Edition) (Microsoft Windows Development Series)

by Mark Michaelis, Eric Lippert

Programming C#: Building .NET Applications with C# cover

9. Programming C#: Building .NET Applications with C#

by Jesse Liberty

Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do cover

10. Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do

by Studs Terkel

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Linux System Programming: Talking Directly to the Kernel and C Library cover

11. Linux System Programming: Talking Directly to the Kernel and C Library

by Robert Love

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The Relational Model for Database Management: Version 2 cover

12. The Relational Model for Database Management: Version 2

by E. F. Codd

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SQL and Relational Theory: How to Write Accurate SQL Code cover

13. SQL and Relational Theory: How to Write Accurate SQL Code

by C. Date

Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men cover

14. Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

by Lundy Bancroft

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Reasoning About Knowledge (MIT Press) cover

15. Reasoning About Knowledge (MIT Press)

by Ronald Fagin

Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours (5th Edition) cover

16. Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours (5th Edition)

Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It cover

17. Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It

by Gary Taubes

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Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications cover

18. Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications

by Toby Segaran

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Unsaid: A Novel cover

19. Unsaid: A Novel

by Neil Abramson

Travels with Willie: Adventure Cyclist cover

20. Travels with Willie: Adventure Cyclist

by Willie Weir

C# 5.0 in a Nutshell: The Definitive Reference cover

21. C# 5.0 in a Nutshell: The Definitive Reference

by Joseph Albahari, Ben Albahari

The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop? cover

22. The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop?

by Francisco Goldman

For a New Critique of Political Economy cover

23. For a New Critique of Political Economy

by Bernard Stiegler

Bad Science cover

24. Bad Science

by Ben Goldacre

Avogadro Corp: The Singularity Is Closer Than It Appears cover

25. Avogadro Corp: The Singularity Is Closer Than It Appears

by William Hertling

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Algorithmic Composition: Paradigms of Automated Music Generation cover

26. Algorithmic Composition: Paradigms of Automated Music Generation

by Gerhard Nierhaus

Echopraxia cover

27. Echopraxia

by Peter Watts

New York City Trees cover

28. New York City Trees

by Edward S. Barnard

You Can Negotiate Anything: The World's Best Negotiator Tells You How To Get What You Want cover

29. You Can Negotiate Anything: The World's Best Negotiator Tells You How To Get What You Want

by Herb Cohen

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HTML 4 For Dummies cover

30. HTML 4 For Dummies

by Ed Tittel

Marijuana Grower's Handbook: Your Complete Guide for Medical and Personal Marijuana Cultivation cover

31. Marijuana Grower's Handbook: Your Complete Guide for Medical and Personal Marijuana Cultivation

by Ed Rosenthal