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DAEMON cover

1. DAEMON

by Daniel Suarez

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

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

by Cal Newport

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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

3. 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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Measurement cover

4. Measurement

by Paul Lockhart

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The Math Gene: How Mathematical Thinking Evolved And Why Numbers Are Like Gossip cover

5. The Math Gene: How Mathematical Thinking Evolved And Why Numbers Are Like Gossip

by Keith Devlin

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Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base cover

6. Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base

by Annie Jacobsen

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Government against Itself: Public Union Power and Its Consequences cover

7. Government against Itself: Public Union Power and Its Consequences

by Daniel DiSalvo

Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition cover

8. Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition

by Marc Reisner

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Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy cover

9. Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy

by Carl Shapiro, Hal R. Varian

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The Making of Karateka: Journals 1982-1985 cover

10. The Making of Karateka: Journals 1982-1985

by Jordan Mechner

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The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985 - 1993 cover

11. The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985 - 1993

by Jordan Mechner

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Ready Player One: A Novel cover

12. Ready Player One: A Novel

by Ernest Cline

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Models of Oculomotor Control cover

13. Models of Oculomotor Control

by Curtis E. A. Karnow

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Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft cover

14. Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft

by G. Pascal Zachary

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

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

by Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)

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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies cover

16. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

by Nick Bostrom

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How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day cover

17. How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day

by Michael J. Gelb

Breaking the Maya Code (Third Edition) cover

18. Breaking the Maya Code (Third Edition)

by Michael D Coe

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The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer cover

19. The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer

by Doron Swade

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Jacquard's Web: How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age cover

20. Jacquard's Web: How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age

by James Essinger

Cuneiform (Reading the Past) cover

21. Cuneiform (Reading the Past)

by C. B. F. Walker

Programming in Lua cover

22. Programming in Lua

In My Father's Name cover

23. In My Father's Name

by Mark Arax

The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich cover

24. The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

by Timothy Ferriss

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

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

by Donald Knuth

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26. The Tongue-Tied American: Confronting the Foreign Language Crisis

by Paul Simon

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Quantum Mechanics and Path Integrals: Emended Edition (Dover Books on Physics) cover

27. Quantum Mechanics and Path Integrals: Emended Edition (Dover Books on Physics)

by Richard P. Feynman, Albert R. Hibbs, Daniel F. Styer

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Molecular Biology of the Cell, 5th Edition cover

28. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 5th Edition

by Bruce Alberts

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Feynman's Thesis: A New Approach to Quantum Theory cover

29. Feynman's Thesis: A New Approach to Quantum Theory

by Richard Phillips Feynman

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Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State cover

30. Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State

by Dana Priest, William M. Arkin

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Herzog on Herzog cover

31. Herzog on Herzog

by Paul Cronin

The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism cover

32. The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism

by Olivia Fox Cabane

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Realistic Ray Tracing, Second Edition cover

33. Realistic Ray Tracing, Second Edition

by Peter Shirley, R. Keith Morley

Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, Fourth Edition cover

34. Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, Fourth Edition

by Steve Marschner, Peter Shirley

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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 cover

35. Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

by Steve Coll

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I Will Teach You To Be Rich cover

36. I Will Teach You To Be Rich

by Ramit Sethi

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Another Day of Life cover

37. Another Day of Life

by Ryszard Kapuscinski

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: An Updated Guide to Stress, Stress Related Diseases, and Coping (2nd Edition) cover

38. Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: An Updated Guide to Stress, Stress Related Diseases, and Coping (2nd Edition)

by Robert M. Sapolsky

Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective cover

39. Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective

by Ha-Joon Chang

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Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It cover

40. Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It

by Gary Taubes

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Prototype-Based Programming: Concepts, Languages and Applications cover

41. Prototype-Based Programming: Concepts, Languages and Applications

by James Noble, Antero Taivalsaari, Ivan Moore

Man's Search for Meaning cover

42. Man's Search for Meaning

by Viktor Emil Frankl

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Zig Ziglar's Secrets of Closing the Sale cover

43. Zig Ziglar's Secrets of Closing the Sale

by Zig Ziglar

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