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Software Requirements and Specifications: A Lexicon of Practice, Principles and Prejudices (ACM Press) cover

1. Software Requirements and Specifications: A Lexicon of Practice, Principles and Prejudices (ACM Press)

by Michael James Jackson

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Rainbows End cover

2. Rainbows End

by Vernor Vinge

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A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought) cover

3. A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought)

by Vernor Vinge

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Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity cover

4. Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity

by Hugh MacLeod

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Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace cover

5. Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace

by Gordon MacKenzie

The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing: A Guide to Growing More Profitably cover

6. The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing: A Guide to Growing More Profitably

by Thomas T. Nagle, John E. Hogan (Ph. D.)

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Sigh for a Merlin : Testing the Spitfire cover

7. Sigh for a Merlin : Testing the Spitfire

by Alex Henshaw

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Psychedelics Encyclopedia cover

8. Psychedelics Encyclopedia

by Peter G. Stafford

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The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience: The Classic Guide to the Effects of LSD on the Human Psyche cover

9. The Varieties of Psychedelic Experience: The Classic Guide to the Effects of LSD on the Human Psyche

by Robert Masters, Jean Houston

The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy cover

10. The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko

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UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record cover

11. UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record

by Leslie Kean

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The History of Work cover

12. The History of Work

by R. Donkin

Conclusions from Controlled UFO Hoaxes: No.46 (Institute for Cultural Research Monograph) cover

13. Conclusions from Controlled UFO Hoaxes: No.46 (Institute for Cultural Research Monograph)

by David Simpson (retired metrologist.)

Harmonic Experience: Tonal Harmony from Its Natural Origins to Its Modern Expression cover

14. Harmonic Experience: Tonal Harmony from Its Natural Origins to Its Modern Expression

by W. A. Mathieu

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And Then I Thought I Was a Fish cover

15. And Then I Thought I Was a Fish

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High Wire: The Precarious Financial Lives of American Families cover

16. High Wire: The Precarious Financial Lives of American Families

by Peter Gosselin

Einstein's Theories Of Relativity And Gravitation: A Selection Of Material From The Essays Submitted In The Competition For The Eugene Higgins Prize Of $5,000 (1921) cover

17. Einstein's Theories Of Relativity And Gravitation: A Selection Of Material From The Essays Submitted In The Competition For The Eugene Higgins Prize Of $5,000 (1921)

Proofs from THE BOOK cover

18. Proofs from THE BOOK

by Martin Aigner, Günter M. Ziegler

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Who's in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the Brain cover

19. Who's in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the Brain

by Michael S. Gazzaniga

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The Mood Cure: The 4-Step Program to Take Charge of Your Emotions--Today cover

20. The Mood Cure: The 4-Step Program to Take Charge of Your Emotions--Today

by Julia Ross

Crash Course in Qbasic cover

21. Crash Course in Qbasic

by Greg M. Perry, Stephen Potts

Naive Lie Theory (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

22. Naive Lie Theory (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by John Stillwell

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Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup cover

23. Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup

by Rob Walling

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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind cover

24. The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

by Julian Jaynes

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Hope and Help for Your Nerves cover

25. Hope and Help for Your Nerves

by Claire Weekes

The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World cover

26. The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

by Iain McGilchrist

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Marriage Markets: How Inequality is Remaking the American Family cover

27. Marriage Markets: How Inequality is Remaking the American Family

by June Carbone, Naomi Cahn

The New Testament Documents, Are They Reliable? cover

28. The New Testament Documents, Are They Reliable?

by F. F. Bruce

Violent Python: A Cookbook for Hackers, Forensic Analysts, Penetration Testers and Security Engineers cover

29. Violent Python: A Cookbook for Hackers, Forensic Analysts, Penetration Testers and Security Engineers

by TJ O'Connor

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How to Be a Star at Work: 9 Breakthrough Strategies You Need to Succeed cover

30. How to Be a Star at Work: 9 Breakthrough Strategies You Need to Succeed

by Robert E. Kelley

Elements of Programming Interviews: The Insiders' Guide cover

31. Elements of Programming Interviews: The Insiders' Guide

by Adnan Aziz, Tsung-Hsien Lee, Amit Prakash

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The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation cover

32. The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

by Jon Gertner

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An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales cover

33. An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales

by Oliver Sacks

The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science cover

34. The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

by Norman Doidge

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