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Blindsight (Firefall, 1) cover

1. Blindsight (Firefall, 1)

by Peter Watts

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How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness cover

2. How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness

by Russell D. Roberts

Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (2nd Edition) cover

3. Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (2nd Edition)

by Randal E. Bryant, Davie Richard O'Hallaron

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Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny (Vintage) cover

4. Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny (Vintage)

by Robert Wright

Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site cover

5. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site

by Sherri Duskey Rinker

Smelly Louie cover

6. Smelly Louie

by Catherine Rayner

The Promise cover

7. The Promise

by Nicola Davies

Gorilla cover

8. Gorilla

by Anthony Browne

This Is Not My Hat (The Hat Trilogy) cover

9. This Is Not My Hat (The Hat Trilogy)

by Jon Klassen

Wolves cover

10. Wolves

by Emily Gravett

Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

11. Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

by John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson, Krste Asanović

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The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos cover

12. The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos

by Deborah Heiligman

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A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable – An Epic 19th-Century Achievement that United America and Europe cover

13. A Thread Across the Ocean: The Heroic Story of the Transatlantic Cable – An Epic 19th-Century Achievement that United America and Europe

by John Steele Gordon

Memory Distortion: How Minds, Brains, and Societies Reconstruct the Past cover

14. Memory Distortion: How Minds, Brains, and Societies Reconstruct the Past

by Daniel L. Schacter, Joseph T. Coyle

Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist cover

15. Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

by Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson

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The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science cover

16. The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science

by Culadasa (John Yates Ph D ), Matthew Immergut, Jeremy Graves

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Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series) cover

17. Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series)

by Liping Ma

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Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming (Addison-wesley Component Software) cover

18. Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming (Addison-wesley Component Software)

by Clemens Szyperski, Dominik Gruntz, Stephan Murer

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The Wittgenstein Reader (Wiley Blackwell Readers) cover

19. The Wittgenstein Reader (Wiley Blackwell Readers)

by Sir Anthony Kenny

Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Volume I cover

20. Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Volume I

by Danzig Baldaev, Sergei Vasiliev

Structural Physics of Nuclear Fusion: With BSM-SG Atomic Models cover

21. Structural Physics of Nuclear Fusion: With BSM-SG Atomic Models

by Stoyan Sarg

Your Code as a Crime Scene: Use Forensic Techniques to Arrest Defects, Bottlenecks, and Bad Design in Your Programs (The Pragmatic Programmers) cover

22. Your Code as a Crime Scene: Use Forensic Techniques to Arrest Defects, Bottlenecks, and Bad Design in Your Programs (The Pragmatic Programmers)

by Adam Tornhill

Permutation City: A Novel cover

23. Permutation City: A Novel

by Greg Egan

Basic Structures of Matter: Supergravitation Unified Theory cover

24. Basic Structures of Matter: Supergravitation Unified Theory

by Stoyan Sarg

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Dangerous Personalities: An FBI Profiler Shows You How to Identify and Protect Yourself from Harmful People cover

25. Dangerous Personalities: An FBI Profiler Shows You How to Identify and Protect Yourself from Harmful People

by Joe Navarro, Toni Sciarra Poynter

Eurozone Dystopia: Groupthink and Denial on a Grand Scale cover

26. Eurozone Dystopia: Groupthink and Denial on a Grand Scale

by William Mitchell

Principles of Constraint Programming cover

27. Principles of Constraint Programming

by Krzysztof Apt

Windows Internals: System architecture, processes, threads, memory management, and more, Part 1 (Developer Reference) cover

28. Windows Internals: System architecture, processes, threads, memory management, and more, Part 1 (Developer Reference)

by Pavel Yosifovich, Mark E. Russinovich, Alex Ionescu, David A. Solomon

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Mathematica®: A Problem-Centered Approach (Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series) cover

29. Mathematica®: A Problem-Centered Approach (Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series)

by Roozbeh Hazrat

Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence cover

30. Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence

by David Benatar

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What Makes It Page?: The Windows 7 (x64) Virtual Memory Manager cover

31. What Makes It Page?: The Windows 7 (x64) Virtual Memory Manager

by Enrico Martignetti

Wisdom Wide and Deep: A Practical Handbook for Mastering Jhana and Vipassana cover

32. Wisdom Wide and Deep: A Practical Handbook for Mastering Jhana and Vipassana

by Shaila Catherine

Discrete Mathematics and Functional Programming cover

33. Discrete Mathematics and Functional Programming

by Thomas VanDrunen

Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? cover

34. Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?

by Dave Eggers

Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages cover

35. Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages

by Carlota Perez

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Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction cover

36. Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

by Philip E. Tetlock, Dan Gardner

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Swift Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (Big Nerd Ranch Guides) cover

37. Swift Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (Big Nerd Ranch Guides)

by Matthew Mathias, John Gallagher