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21st Century C cover

1. 21st Century C

by Ben Klemens

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How to Lie with Statistics (Penguin Business) cover

2. How to Lie with Statistics (Penguin Business)

by Darrell Huff

The Arsenic Century: How Victorian Britain was Poisoned at Home, Work, and Play cover

3. The Arsenic Century: How Victorian Britain was Poisoned at Home, Work, and Play

by James C. Whorton

The Great Siege: Malta 1565 cover

4. The Great Siege: Malta 1565

by Ernle Bradford

Angels, Dragons and Vultures: How to Tame the Venture Capital Beasts . . . and Not Lose Your Company cover

5. Angels, Dragons and Vultures: How to Tame the Venture Capital Beasts . . . and Not Lose Your Company

by Simon Acland

Don't Sleep, There are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle cover

6. Don't Sleep, There are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle

by Daniel Everett, Daniel Leonard Everett

The Wisdom of Crowds cover

7. The Wisdom of Crowds

by James Surowiecki

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Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator cover

8. Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator

by Ryan Holiday

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Zero to a Billion: 61 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know to Grow a Government Contracting Business cover

9. Zero to a Billion: 61 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know to Grow a Government Contracting Business

by David Kreigman

Exercises in Programming Style cover

10. Exercises in Programming Style

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The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet cover

11. The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet

by David Kahn

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The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles) cover

12. The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)

by Bruce Cumings

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Real-Time Collision Detection (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3-D Technology) cover

13. Real-Time Collision Detection (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3-D Technology)

by Christer Ericson

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Physically Based Rendering, Second Edition: From Theory to Implementation cover

14. Physically Based Rendering, Second Edition: From Theory to Implementation

by Matt Pharr, Greg Humphreys

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Effective Modern C++ cover

15. Effective Modern C++

by Scott Meyers

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Seizing the Enigma: The Race to Break the German U-Boats Codes, 1939-1943 cover

16. Seizing the Enigma: The Race to Break the German U-Boats Codes, 1939-1943

by David Kahn

At Day's Close: Night in Times Past cover

17. At Day's Close: Night in Times Past

by A. Roger Ekirch

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Software Architecture Patterns cover

18. Software Architecture Patterns

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The Enzyme Factor cover

19. The Enzyme Factor

by Hiromi Shinya

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Respecting Truth: Willful Ignorance in the Internet Age cover

20. Respecting Truth: Willful Ignorance in the Internet Age

by Lee C. McIntyre

The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger cover

21. The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger

by Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett

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The File: A Personal History cover

22. The File: A Personal History

by Timothy Garton Ash

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A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power cover

23. A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power

by Paul Fischer

Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works cover

24. Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works

by A. G. Lafley

Reinventing Organizations cover

25. Reinventing Organizations

by Frederic Laloux

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The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-4A Boxed Set cover

26. The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-4A Boxed Set

by Donald Knuth

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Million Dollar Slots cover

27. Million Dollar Slots

by Peter Liston

The Machinery of Life cover

28. The Machinery of Life

by David S. Goodsell

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Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves cover

29. Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves

by George M. Church, Ed Regis

Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (2nd Edition) cover

30. Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (2nd Edition)

by Alfred V. Aho

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The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail--but Some Don't cover

31. The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail--but Some Don't

by Nate Silver

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