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The Business of America is Lobbying: How Corporations Became Politicized and Politics Became More Corporate (Studies in Postwar American Political Development) cover

1. The Business of America is Lobbying: How Corporations Became Politicized and Politics Became More Corporate (Studies in Postwar American Political Development)

by Lee Drutman

Lobbying America: The Politics of Business from Nixon to NAFTA (Politics and Society in Modern America) cover

2. Lobbying America: The Politics of Business from Nixon to NAFTA (Politics and Society in Modern America)

by Benjamin C. Waterhouse

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Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It cover

3. Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It

by Lawrence Lessig

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Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager cover

4. Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

by Michael Lopp

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Team Geek: A Software Developer's Guide to Working Well with Others cover

5. Team Geek: A Software Developer's Guide to Working Well with Others

by Brian Fitzpatrick, Ben Collins-Sussman

Driving Technical Change: Why People on Your Team Don't Act on Good Ideas, and How to Convince Them They Should cover

6. Driving Technical Change: Why People on Your Team Don't Act on Good Ideas, and How to Convince Them They Should

by Terrence Ryan

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Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets cover

7. Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets

by Peter Schweizer

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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (3rd Edition) cover

8. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (3rd Edition)

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

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ggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis (Use R!) cover

9. ggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis (Use R!)

by Hadley Wickham

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The Grammar of Graphics (Statistics and Computing) cover

10. The Grammar of Graphics (Statistics and Computing)

by Leland Wilkinson

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Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective cover

11. Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective

by Randal E. Bryant, David R. O'Hallaron

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Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy cover

12. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

by David D. Burns

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Far As Human Eye Could See cover

13. Far As Human Eye Could See

by Isaac Asimov

Topology for Computing (Cambridge Monographs on Applied and Computational Mathematics, Series Number 16) cover

14. Topology for Computing (Cambridge Monographs on Applied and Computational Mathematics, Series Number 16)

by Afra J. Zomorodian

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More Work For Mother: The Ironies Of Household Technology From The Open Hearth To The Microwave cover

15. More Work For Mother: The Ironies Of Household Technology From The Open Hearth To The Microwave

by Ruth Schwartz Cowan

Leading Lean Software Development: Results Are Not the Point cover

16. Leading Lean Software Development: Results Are Not the Point

by Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck

O'Reilly Media - Technology and Business Training cover

17. O'Reilly Media - Technology and Business Training

by Jerry D. Peek

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The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition cover

18. The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition

by Donald C. Shoup

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Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs cover

19. Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs

by Lauren A. Rivera

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The Lost Art of Steam Heating cover

20. The Lost Art of Steam Heating

by Dan Holohan

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FAR/AIM 2015: Federal Aviation Regulations/Aeronautical Information Manual (FAR/AIM series) cover

21. FAR/AIM 2015: Federal Aviation Regulations/Aeronautical Information Manual (FAR/AIM series)

by Federal Aviation Administration

The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers – A Revelatory Inside Look at the CCP's Grip on Power cover

22. The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers – A Revelatory Inside Look at the CCP's Grip on Power

by Richard McGregor

How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing cover

23. How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing

by Matthias Felleisen

Aha! Insight cover

24. Aha! Insight

by Martin Gardner

Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes In The Age Of The Machine (William Patrick Book) cover

25. Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes In The Age Of The Machine (William Patrick Book)

by Don Norman, Tamara Dunaeff

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Great Mambo Chicken And The Transhuman Condition: Science Slightly Over The Edge cover

26. Great Mambo Chicken And The Transhuman Condition: Science Slightly Over The Edge

by Ed Regis

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Dutton's Navigation & Piloting, 13TH Edition cover

27. Dutton's Navigation & Piloting, 13TH Edition

Outliers: The Story of Success cover

28. Outliers: The Story of Success

by Malcolm Gladwell, Malcolm Gladwell

The American Practical Navigator: Bowditch cover

29. The American Practical Navigator: Bowditch

by Nathaniel Bowditch

Incremental Commitment Spiral Model, The: Principles and Practices for Successful Systems and Software: Principles and Practices for Successful Systems and Software cover

30. Incremental Commitment Spiral Model, The: Principles and Practices for Successful Systems and Software: Principles and Practices for Successful Systems and Software

by Barry W. Boehm, Jo Ann Lane, Supannika Koolmanojwong, Richard Turner

A Mathematician's Apology (Canto Classics) cover

31. A Mathematician's Apology (Canto Classics)

by G. H. Hardy

Japanese Garden Design cover

32. Japanese Garden Design

by Marc P. Keane, Haruzo Ohashi

Atomic Accidents cover

33. Atomic Accidents

by James Mahaffey

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Machines of Loving Grace: The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots cover

34. Machines of Loving Grace: The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots

by John Markoff

The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development cover

35. The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development

by Donald G. Reinertsen

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How the World Was One cover

36. How the World Was One

by Arthur Charles Clarke

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The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup (The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship) cover

37. The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup (The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship)

by Noam Wasserman

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Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet cover

38. Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet

by Andrew Blum

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Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality cover

39. Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality

by Brad Warner

Content Addressable Parallel Processors cover

40. Content Addressable Parallel Processors

by Caxton C. Foster

The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution cover

41. The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

by Walter Isaacson

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The Art of Nonfiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers cover

42. The Art of Nonfiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers

by Ayn Rand