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The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 (The Fear and Loathing Letters, Vol. 1) cover

1. The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 (The Fear and Loathing Letters, Vol. 1)

by Hunter S. Thompson

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The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time cover

2. The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time

by Hunter S. Thompson

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But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past cover

3. But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past

by Chuck Klosterman

Deep Learning: A Practitioner's Approach cover

4. Deep Learning: A Practitioner's Approach

by Adam Gibson, Josh Patterson

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How to Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable about Anything: Yes Anything! cover

5. How to Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable about Anything: Yes Anything!

by Albert Ellis

The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America, Fourth Edition cover

6. The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America, Fourth Edition

by Warren Buffett

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The Way to Wealth (Little Books of Wisdom) cover

7. The Way to Wealth (Little Books of Wisdom)

by Benjamin Franklin

Devil Take the Hindmost: a History of Financial Speculation cover

8. Devil Take the Hindmost: a History of Financial Speculation

by Edward Chancellor

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A Short History of Financial Euphoria (Penguin business) cover

9. A Short History of Financial Euphoria (Penguin business)

by John Kenneth Galbraith

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The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition) (Collins Business Essentials) cover

10. The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition) (Collins Business Essentials)

by Benjamin Graham, Jason Zweig, Atsuhiro Dokō, Kazumi Masuzawa, Miwa Niimi, Warren Buffett, Yonatan Bar

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Up the Organization: How to Stop the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling Profits cover

11. Up the Organization: How to Stop the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling Profits

by Robert C. Townsend, Warren Bennis

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THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST cover

12. THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST

by Tim Harford

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Computers & Typesetting, Volume B: TeX: The Program cover

13. Computers & Typesetting, Volume B: TeX: The Program

by Donald Ervin Knuth

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3D Engine Design for Virtual Globes cover

14. 3D Engine Design for Virtual Globes

by Patrick Cozzi, Kevin Ring

Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler)) cover

15. Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))

by Jez Humble

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

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

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

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Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel cover

17. Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel

by Rolf Potts

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What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry cover

18. What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry

by John Markoff

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Fundamentals of Financial Management (Finance Titles in the Brigham Family) cover

19. Fundamentals of Financial Management (Finance Titles in the Brigham Family)

by Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston

Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm (14th Edition) cover

20. Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm (14th Edition)

by Kenneth C. Laudon, Jane Price Laudon

Marketing Management (15th Edition) cover

21. Marketing Management (15th Edition)

by Philip Kotler, Kevin Lane Keller

Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections (8th Edition) cover

22. Campbell Biology: Concepts & Connections (8th Edition)

by Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor, Eric J. Simon, Jean L. Dickey, Kelly A. Hogan

Psychology, 11th Edition cover

23. Psychology, 11th Edition

by C. Nathan DeWall, David G. Myers

The Tao of Power: Lao Tzu's Classic Guide to Leadership, Influence, and Excellence [A new translation of the Tao Te Ching] cover

24. The Tao of Power: Lao Tzu's Classic Guide to Leadership, Influence, and Excellence [A new translation of the Tao Te Ching]

by Lao zi

Spy Handler: Memoir of a KGB Officer - The True Story of the Man Who Recruited Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames cover

25. Spy Handler: Memoir of a KGB Officer - The True Story of the Man Who Recruited Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames

by Victor Cherkashin, Gregory Feifer

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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto) cover

26. Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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PowerPC Programming for Intel Programmers cover

27. PowerPC Programming for Intel Programmers

by Kip McClanahan

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World cover

28. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

by Cal Newport

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

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

by Adam W. Shepard

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Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage cover

30. Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage

by Kathryn Edin, Maria Kefalas

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Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise cover

31. Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

by Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool

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1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History) cover

32. 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History)

by Eric H. Cline

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Special Interest: Teachers Unions and America's Public Schools cover

33. Special Interest: Teachers Unions and America's Public Schools

by Terry M. Moe

The Neural Basis of Free Will: Criterial Causation (MIT Press) cover

34. The Neural Basis of Free Will: Criterial Causation (MIT Press)

by Peter Ulric Tse

FYI: For Your Improvement, A Guide for Development and Coaching (4th edition) cover

35. FYI: For Your Improvement, A Guide for Development and Coaching (4th edition)

by Michael M. Lombardo

Fatal Defect: Chasing Killer Computer Bugs cover

36. Fatal Defect: Chasing Killer Computer Bugs

by Ivars Peterson

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The Culture Code: An Ingenious Way to Understand Why People Around the World Live and Buy as They Do cover

37. The Culture Code: An Ingenious Way to Understand Why People Around the World Live and Buy as They Do

by Clotaire Rapaille

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Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure cover

38. Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure

by Jerry Kaplan

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How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in It cover

39. How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in It

by Arthur Herman

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Walking the High-Tech High Wire: The Technical Entrepreneur's Guide to Running a Successful Enterprise cover

40. Walking the High-Tech High Wire: The Technical Entrepreneur's Guide to Running a Successful Enterprise

by David Adamson

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The E Myth: Why Most Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It cover

41. The E Myth: Why Most Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

by Michael E. Gerber

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The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It cover

42. The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

by Michael E. Gerber

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Game Over: From Pick-Up Artist to Social Heartist cover

43. Game Over: From Pick-Up Artist to Social Heartist

by John Cooper

Calendrical Calculations cover

44. Calendrical Calculations

by Nachum Dershowitz, Edward M. Reingold

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Introduction to Information Retrieval cover

45. Introduction to Information Retrieval

by Christopher D. Manning, Prabhakar Raghavan, Hinrich Schütze

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Building Microservices cover

46. Building Microservices

by Sam Newman

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Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules cover

47. Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules

by Steve McConnell

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Real-World Functional Programming: With Examples in F# and C# cover

48. Real-World Functional Programming: With Examples in F# and C#

by Tomas Petricek, Jon Skeet

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Applying Domain-Driven Design and Patterns: With Examples in C# and .NET cover

49. Applying Domain-Driven Design and Patterns: With Examples in C# and .NET

by Jimmy Nilsson

The Power of Concentration cover

50. The Power of Concentration

by Theron Q. Dumont

Patterns, Principles, and Practices of Domain-Driven Design cover

51. Patterns, Principles, and Practices of Domain-Driven Design

by Scott Millett, Nick Tune

Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency cover

52. Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency

by Tom DeMarco

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CLR via C# (4th Edition) (Developer Reference) cover

53. CLR via C# (4th Edition) (Developer Reference)

by Jeffrey Richter

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The Practice of Cloud System Administration: Designing and Operating Large Distributed Systems, Volume 2 cover

54. The Practice of Cloud System Administration: Designing and Operating Large Distributed Systems, Volume 2

by Tom Limoncelli, Thomas Limoncelli, Strata R. Chalup, Christina J. Hogan

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The Practice of System and Network Administration, Second Edition cover

55. The Practice of System and Network Administration, Second Edition

by Thomas A. Limoncelli, Tom Limoncelli, Christina J. Hogan, Strata R. Chalup

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Small Time Operator: How to Start Your Own Business, Keep Your Books, Pay Your Taxes, and Stay Out of Trouble (Small Time Operator: How to Start Your ... Keep Yourbooks, Pay Your Taxes, & Stay Ou) cover

56. Small Time Operator: How to Start Your Own Business, Keep Your Books, Pay Your Taxes, and Stay Out of Trouble (Small Time Operator: How to Start Your ... Keep Yourbooks, Pay Your Taxes, & Stay Ou)

by Bernard Kamoroff

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The Wonder Weeks: How to Stimulate Your Baby's Mental Development and Help Him Turn His 10 Predictable, Great, Fussy Phases into Magical Leaps Forward cover

57. The Wonder Weeks: How to Stimulate Your Baby's Mental Development and Help Him Turn His 10 Predictable, Great, Fussy Phases into Magical Leaps Forward

by Hetty Van de Rijt, Frans X. Plooij

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains cover

58. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

by Nicholas Carr

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Adaptive Code: Agile coding with design patterns and SOLID principles (2nd Edition) (Developer Best Practices) cover

59. Adaptive Code: Agile coding with design patterns and SOLID principles (2nd Edition) (Developer Best Practices)

by Gary McLean Hall

Effective Java (2nd Edition) cover

60. Effective Java (2nd Edition)

by Joshua Bloch

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Adaptive Code via C#: Agile coding with design patterns and SOLID principles (Developer Reference) cover

61. Adaptive Code via C#: Agile coding with design patterns and SOLID principles (Developer Reference)

by Gary McLean Hall