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The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) cover

1. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)

by Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)

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Modern Money Theory: A Primer on Macroeconomics for Sovereign Monetary Systems cover

2. Modern Money Theory: A Primer on Macroeconomics for Sovereign Monetary Systems

by L. Randall Wray

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Schild's Ladder: A Novel cover

3. Schild's Ladder: A Novel

by Greg Egan

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Diaspora: A Novel cover

4. Diaspora: A Novel

by Greg Egan

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UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, 4th Edition cover

5. UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, 4th Edition

by Evi Nemeth

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The Human Zoo: A Zoologist's Study of the Urban Animal (Kodansha Globe) cover

6. The Human Zoo: A Zoologist's Study of the Urban Animal (Kodansha Globe)

by Desmond Morris

In Search Of Planet Vulcan: The Ghost In Newton's Clockwork Universe cover

7. In Search Of Planet Vulcan: The Ghost In Newton's Clockwork Universe

by Richard Baum, William Sheehan

Falling Over Backwards cover

8. Falling Over Backwards

by Arun Shourie

The Peripheral cover

9. The Peripheral

by William Gibson

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Introducing Meteor cover

10. Introducing Meteor

by Josh Robinson, Aaron Gray, David Titarenco

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Functional JavaScript: Introducing Functional Programming with Underscore.js cover

11. Functional JavaScript: Introducing Functional Programming with Underscore.js

by Michael Fogus

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Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (3rd Edition) cover

12. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (3rd Edition)

by Stuart Jonathan Russell, Peter Norvig, Ernest Davis

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Welcome to the Zoo cover

13. Welcome to the Zoo

by Alison Jay

F'd Companies: Spectacular Dot-com Flameouts cover

14. F'd Companies: Spectacular Dot-com Flameouts

by Philip J. Kaplan

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Climate Change 2013 - The Physical Science Basis: Working Group I Contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change cover

15. Climate Change 2013 - The Physical Science Basis: Working Group I Contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Embodiment and the inner life: Cognition and Consciousness in the Space of Possible Minds cover

16. Embodiment and the inner life: Cognition and Consciousness in the Space of Possible Minds

by Murray Shanahan

The Bet: Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble over Earth’s Future cover

17. The Bet: Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble over Earth’s Future

by Paul Sabin

The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win cover

18. The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford

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Missions, methodes, techniques speciales des services secrets au 21e siecle (French Edition) cover

19. Missions, methodes, techniques speciales des services secrets au 21e siecle (French Edition)

by Lieutenant-Colonel X., Jacques Léger

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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software cover

20. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

by Charles Petzold

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Learning Akka cover

21. Learning Akka

by Jason Goodwin

Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality cover

22. Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality

by Edward Frenkel

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The Human Factor: Inside the CIA's Dysfunctional Intelligence Culture cover

23. The Human Factor: Inside the CIA's Dysfunctional Intelligence Culture

by Ishmael Jones

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The Decision Book: 50 Models for Strategic Thinking cover

24. The Decision Book: 50 Models for Strategic Thinking

by Mikael Krogerus, Roman Tschäppeler, Philip Earnhart

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The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology) cover

25. The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology)

by Joseph Tainter

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The Hunt for Zero Point: Inside the Classified World of Antigravity Technology cover

26. The Hunt for Zero Point: Inside the Classified World of Antigravity Technology

by Nick Cook

Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making cover

27. Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making

by David Rothkopf

The Art of Memory cover

28. The Art of Memory

by Frances Amelia Yates

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Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence cover

29. Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

by Gavin De Becker

The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth's Past) cover

30. The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth's Past)

by Cixin Liu

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Regression Modeling Strategies: With Applications to Linear Models, Logistic Regression, and Survival Analysis (Springer Series in Statistics) cover

31. Regression Modeling Strategies: With Applications to Linear Models, Logistic Regression, and Survival Analysis (Springer Series in Statistics)

by Frank E. Harrell

Debt: The First 5,000 Years cover

32. Debt: The First 5,000 Years

by David Graeber

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The Halo Effect: . . . and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers cover

33. The Halo Effect: . . . and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers

by Phil Rosenzweig

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The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language cover

34. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language

by Rodney D. Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum

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Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy cover

35. Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy

by John DeFrancis

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The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life cover

36. The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life

by Nick Lane

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Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe cover

37. Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe

by Peter D. Ward, Donald Brownlee

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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship cover

38. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Robert C. Martin

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The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band Who Burned a Million Pounds cover

39. The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band Who Burned a Million Pounds

by John Higgs

How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease cover

40. How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

by Michael Greger, Gene Stone

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I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to Be Destroyed By Me: Emblems from the Pentagon's Black World cover

41. I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to Be Destroyed By Me: Emblems from the Pentagon's Black World

by Trevor Paglen

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Remembering Simplified Hanzi 1: How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Chinese Characters cover

42. Remembering Simplified Hanzi 1: How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Chinese Characters

by James W. Heisig, Timothy W. Richardson

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

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

by Carlota Perez

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Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols (2nd Edition) cover

44. Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols (2nd Edition)

by Radia Perlman

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Working Effectively with Legacy Code cover

45. Working Effectively with Legacy Code

by Michael C. Feathers

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The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

46. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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