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Perl Best Practices cover

1. Perl Best Practices

by Damian Conway

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Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials cover

2. Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials

by Allison Randal, Dan Sugalski, Leopold Tötsch

Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent cover

3. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

by Harvey Silverglate

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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine cover

4. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

by Michael M. Lewis

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In Defense of Globalization: With a New Afterword cover

5. In Defense of Globalization: With a New Afterword

by Jagdish Bhagwati

Cry Havoc cover

6. Cry Havoc

Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology cover

7. Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology

by Kentaro Toyama

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Understanding Space: An Introduction to Astronautics, 3rd Edition (Space Technology) cover

8. Understanding Space: An Introduction to Astronautics, 3rd Edition (Space Technology)

by Jerry Sellers, William Astore, Robert Giffen, Wiley Larson

Blood Medicine: Blowing the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever cover

9. Blood Medicine: Blowing the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever

by Kathleen Sharp

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Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy cover

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

by Carl Shapiro, Hal R. Varian

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Examples & Explanation: Criminal Procedure Constitution & Police, Seventh Edition (Examples & Explanations) cover

11. Examples & Explanation: Criminal Procedure Constitution & Police, Seventh Edition (Examples & Explanations)

by Robert M. Bloom, Mark S. Brodin

The Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law cover

12. The Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law

by Nathaniel Burney

Radical, Religious, and Violent: The New Economics of Terrorism (MIT Press) cover

13. Radical, Religious, and Violent: The New Economics of Terrorism (MIT Press)

by Eli Berman

What You Can Change and What You Can't: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement cover

14. What You Can Change and What You Can't: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement

by Martin E.P. Seligman

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Shadow Government: Surveillance, Secret Wars, and a Global Security State in a Single-Superpower World cover

15. Shadow Government: Surveillance, Secret Wars, and a Global Security State in a Single-Superpower World

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War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier cover

16. War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

by Smedley Darlington Butler

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Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal cover

17. Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy, and the Power to Heal

by Tom Shroder

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Basic Income: A Transformative Policy for India cover

18. Basic Income: A Transformative Policy for India

by Sarath Davala, Renana Jhabvala, Guy Standing, Soumya Kapoor Mehta

The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art cover

19. The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art

by Donald N. Thompson, Don Thompson

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Fire from Heaven: Life in an English Town in the Seventeenth Century cover

20. Fire from Heaven: Life in an English Town in the Seventeenth Century

by David Underdown

Fire from Heaven cover

21. Fire from Heaven

by Mary Renault

The Last 100 Days: The Tumultuous and Controversial Story of the Final Days of World War II in Europe (Modern Library War) cover

22. The Last 100 Days: The Tumultuous and Controversial Story of the Final Days of World War II in Europe (Modern Library War)

by John Toland

Explore It!: Reduce Risk and Increase Confidence with Exploratory Testing cover

23. Explore It!: Reduce Risk and Increase Confidence with Exploratory Testing

by Elisabeth Hendrickson

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

24. 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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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk cover

25. Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk

by Peter L. Bernstein

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Lessons Learned in Software Testing: A Context-Driven Approach cover

26. Lessons Learned in Software Testing: A Context-Driven Approach

by Cem Kaner, Bret Pettichord, James Bach

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Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster cover

27. Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

by Светлана Алексиевич

Testing Computer Software, 2nd Edition cover

28. Testing Computer Software, 2nd Edition

by Cem Kaner, Jack Falk, Hung Q. Nguyen

Selected Papers on Quantum Electrodynamics cover

29. Selected Papers on Quantum Electrodynamics

by Julian Schwinger

The Battle of Britain cover

30. The Battle of Britain

by Roy Conyers Nesbit

Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World cover

31. Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

by Mark Miodownik

In the Land of Invented Languages: Adventures in Linguistic Creativity, Madness, and Genius cover

32. In the Land of Invented Languages: Adventures in Linguistic Creativity, Madness, and Genius

by Arika Okrent

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Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press) cover

33. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press)

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

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The Art of Computer Programming, Vol. 1: Fundamental Algorithms, 3rd Edition cover

34. The Art of Computer Programming, Vol. 1: Fundamental Algorithms, 3rd Edition

by Donald Ervin Knuth

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The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1, Fascicle 1: MMIX -- A RISC Computer for the New Millennium cover

35. The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1, Fascicle 1: MMIX -- A RISC Computer for the New Millennium

by Donald Ervin Knuth

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Agile Data Warehouse Design: Collaborative Dimensional Modeling, from Whiteboard to Star Schema cover

36. Agile Data Warehouse Design: Collaborative Dimensional Modeling, from Whiteboard to Star Schema

by Lawrence Corr, Jim Stagnitto

Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition cover

37. Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition

by Steve Krug

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The Design of Everyday Things cover

38. The Design of Everyday Things

by Donald A. Norman

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The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers cover

39. The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

by Ben Horowitz

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Data Science for Business cover

40. Data Science for Business

by Foster Provost, Tom Fawcett

National Security and Double Government cover

41. National Security and Double Government

by Michael J. Glennon

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Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism cover

42. Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism

by Sheldon S. Wolin

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