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Site Reliability Engineering cover

1. Site Reliability Engineering

by Betsy Beyer, Chris Jones, Jennifer Petoff, Niall Richard Murphy

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Comprehensive Functional Verification: The Complete Industry Cycle (Systems on Silicon) cover

2. Comprehensive Functional Verification: The Complete Industry Cycle (Systems on Silicon)

by Bruce Wile, John Goss, Wolfgang Roesner

Electronic Principles cover

3. Electronic Principles

by Albert Paul Malvino, Dr., David J. Bates

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Digital Design with RTL Design, VHDL, and Verilog cover

4. Digital Design with RTL Design, VHDL, and Verilog

by Frank Vahid

VLSI Test Principles and Architectures: Design for Testability (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Systems on Silicon) cover

5. VLSI Test Principles and Architectures: Design for Testability (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Systems on Silicon)

by Laung-Terng Wang, Cheng-Wen Wu (EE Ph. D.), Xiaoqing Wen

Digital Systems Engineering cover

6. Digital Systems Engineering

by William J. Dally, John W. Poulton

Introduction to 64 Bit Assembly Programming for Linux and OS X: Third Edition - for Linux and OS X cover

7. Introduction to 64 Bit Assembly Programming for Linux and OS X: Third Edition - for Linux and OS X

by Ray Seyfarth

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Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream cover

8. Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream

by Adam W. Shepard

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Edison: A Biography cover

9. Edison: A Biography

by Matthew Josephson

In Praise of Commercial Culture cover

10. In Praise of Commercial Culture

by Tyler Cowen

The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else cover

11. The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else

by Hernando De Soto

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The Speed of Dark (Ballantine Reader's Circle) cover

12. The Speed of Dark (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

by Elizabeth Moon

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined cover

13. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

by Steven Pinker

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Java Performance cover

14. Java Performance

by Charlie Hunt, Binu John

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The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness cover

15. The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness

by Sy Montgomery

More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws, Third Edition (Studies in Law and Economics) cover

16. More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws, Third Edition (Studies in Law and Economics)

by John R. Lott

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Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems cover

17. Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems

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Latex Document Preparation System Users cover

18. Latex Document Preparation System Users

by Leslie Lamport

Equal Is Unfair: America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality cover

19. Equal Is Unfair: America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality

by Don Watkins, Yaron Brook

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PC Intern: System Programming : The Encyclopedia of DOS Programming Know How (Developer's Series/Book and Disk) cover

20. PC Intern: System Programming : The Encyclopedia of DOS Programming Know How (Developer's Series/Book and Disk)

by Michael Tischer

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The Gluten Lie: And Other Myths About What You Eat cover

21. The Gluten Lie: And Other Myths About What You Eat

by Alan Levinovitz

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The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done cover

22. The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done

by Ph.D. Steel, Piers

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Genes, Peoples, and Languages cover

23. Genes, Peoples, and Languages

by Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza

The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (Robert C. Martin Series) cover

24. The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (Robert C. Martin Series)

by Robert C. Martin

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Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health cover

25. Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health

by Gary Taubes

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The Power of a Positive No: Save The Deal Save The Relationship and Still Say No cover

26. The Power of a Positive No: Save The Deal Save The Relationship and Still Say No

by William Ury

Media Planning: A Practical Guide cover

27. Media Planning: A Practical Guide

by Jim Surmanek

Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works (Lean (O'Reilly)) cover

28. Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works (Lean (O'Reilly))

by Ash Maurya

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Calm Technology: Principles and Patterns for Non-Intrusive Design cover

29. Calm Technology: Principles and Patterns for Non-Intrusive Design

by Amber Case

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Steeltown, USSR: Soviet Society in the Gorbachev Era cover

30. Steeltown, USSR: Soviet Society in the Gorbachev Era

by Stephen Kotkin

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The Other Brain: The Scientific and Medical Breakthroughs That Will Heal Our Brains and Revolutionize Our Health cover

31. The Other Brain: The Scientific and Medical Breakthroughs That Will Heal Our Brains and Revolutionize Our Health

by R. Douglas Fields

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The Age of Wonder: The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science cover

32. The Age of Wonder: The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science

by Richard Holmes

Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ cover

33. Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++

by Bjarne Stroustrup

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