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Code cover

1. Code

by Charles Petzold

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All the Mathematics You Missed: But Need to Know for Graduate School cover

2. All the Mathematics You Missed: But Need to Know for Graduate School

by Thomas A. Garrity

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Introduction to Hilbert Space and the Theory of Spectral Multiplicity cover

3. Introduction to Hilbert Space and the Theory of Spectral Multiplicity

by Paul R. Halmos

Finite-Dimensional Vector Spaces cover

4. Finite-Dimensional Vector Spaces

by Paul Richard Halmos

Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction cover

5. Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

by Philip E. Tetlock, Dan Gardner

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Toward a Truly Free Market: A Distributist Perspective on the Role of Government, Taxes, Health Care, Deficits, and More (Culture of Enterprise) cover

6. Toward a Truly Free Market: A Distributist Perspective on the Role of Government, Taxes, Health Care, Deficits, and More (Culture of Enterprise)

by John Medaille

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Napoleon (Signet Classics) cover

7. Napoleon (Signet Classics)

by Felix Markham

The Sirens of Titan: A Novel cover

8. The Sirens of Titan: A Novel

by Kurt Vonnegut

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion cover

9. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

by Jonathan Haidt

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Proving History: Bayes's Theorem and the Quest for the Historical Jesus cover

10. Proving History: Bayes's Theorem and the Quest for the Historical Jesus

by Richard C. Carrier

How Google Works cover

11. How Google Works

by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg

Designing Data-Intensive Applications cover

12. Designing Data-Intensive Applications

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Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less cover

13. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

by Greg McKeown

Principles of Biostatistics (with CD-ROM) cover

14. Principles of Biostatistics (with CD-ROM)

by Kimberlee Gauvreau

When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management cover

15. When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

by Roger Lowenstein

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Following the Trend: Diversified Managed Futures Trading (Wiley Trading) cover

16. Following the Trend: Diversified Managed Futures Trading (Wiley Trading)

by Andreas F. Clenow

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Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age cover

17. Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

by Paul Graham

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The Ghosts Of Evolution: Nonsensical Fruit, Missing Partners, and Other Ecological Anachronisms cover

18. The Ghosts Of Evolution: Nonsensical Fruit, Missing Partners, and Other Ecological Anachronisms

by Connie Barlow

Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent cover

19. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

by Harvey Silverglate

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Python for Data Analysis, 2nd Edition cover

20. Python for Data Analysis, 2nd Edition

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The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age cover

21. The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

by James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg, Lord William Rees-Mogg

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The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education cover

22. The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

by Diane Ravitch

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Nonlinear Dynamics And Chaos: With Applications To Physics, Biology, Chemistry, And Engineering (Studies in Nonlinearity) cover

23. Nonlinear Dynamics And Chaos: With Applications To Physics, Biology, Chemistry, And Engineering (Studies in Nonlinearity)

by Steven H. Strogatz, Steven Strogatz, Steven H. Strogatz

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Think Like a Programmer: An Introduction to Creative Problem Solving cover

24. Think Like a Programmer: An Introduction to Creative Problem Solving

by V. Anton Spraul

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The Joy Of X: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity cover

25. The Joy Of X: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity

by Steven Henry Strogatz

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The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics (Oxford Landmark Science) cover

26. The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics (Oxford Landmark Science)

by Penguin Penguin India

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The Self-Aware Universe: How Consciousness Creates the Material World cover

27. The Self-Aware Universe: How Consciousness Creates the Material World

by Amit Goswami

Functional Programming Application and Implementation cover

28. Functional Programming Application and Implementation

by R. D. Tennent

Lisp cover

29. Lisp

by Patrick Henry Winston, Berthold Horn

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How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading cover

30. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

by Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren

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Explaining Consciousness: The Hard Problem cover

31. Explaining Consciousness: The Hard Problem

by Jonathan Shear

Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier cover

32. Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier

by Edward Glaeser

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The Audio Programming Book cover

33. The Audio Programming Book

by Richard Boulanger, Victor Lazzarini

The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering cover

34. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering

by Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty cover

35. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

by Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

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Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (Prentice Hall Series in Artificial Intelligence) cover

36. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (Prentice Hall Series in Artificial Intelligence)

by Stuart Jonathan Russell, Peter Norvig, Ernest Davis

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The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd Ed. cover

37. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd Ed.

by Edward R. Tufte

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An Introduction to Robot Programming: Programming Sumo Robots with the MRK-1 cover

38. An Introduction to Robot Programming: Programming Sumo Robots with the MRK-1

by Eric Ryan Harrison

Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal cover

39. Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal

by Nick Bilton

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The C++ Programming Language, 4th Edition cover

40. The C++ Programming Language, 4th Edition

by Bjarne Stroustrup

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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid cover

41. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

by Douglas R. Hofstadter

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

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

by Steven Pinker

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

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

by David Adamson

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The Art of War cover

44. The Art of War

by Sunzi

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American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964 cover

45. American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964

by William Manchester

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Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices) cover

46. Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices)

by Steve McConnell

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The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker (Chicago Studies in American Politics) cover

47. The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker (Chicago Studies in American Politics)

by Joanne L. Goodwin

Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior) cover

48. Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior)

by Christopher H. Achen, Larry M. Bartels

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The Great Suppression: Voting Rights, Corporate Cash, and the Conservative Assault on Democracy cover

49. The Great Suppression: Voting Rights, Corporate Cash, and the Conservative Assault on Democracy

by Zachary Roth

Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy cover

50. Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy

by David Daley

How To DJ Properly cover

51. How To DJ Properly

by Frank Broughton, Bill Brewster

The Man Who Pushed America to War: The Extraordinary Life, Adventures, and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi cover

52. The Man Who Pushed America to War: The Extraordinary Life, Adventures, and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi

by Aram Roston

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

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

by Tom DeMarco

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English Grammar for Students of German: The Study Guide for Those Learning German cover

54. English Grammar for Students of German: The Study Guide for Those Learning German

by Cecile Zorach

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English Grammar for Students of Spanish cover

55. English Grammar for Students of Spanish

by Emily Spinelli

A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka cover

56. A School for My Village: A Promise to the Orphans of Nyaka

by Twesigye Jackson Kaguri, Susan Urbanek Linville

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation cover

57. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

by Lynne Truss

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How the News Makes Us Dumb: The Death of Wisdom in an Information Society cover

58. How the News Makes Us Dumb: The Death of Wisdom in an Information Society

by C. John Sommerville

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War of the Flea: The Classic Study of Guerrilla Warfare cover

59. War of the Flea: The Classic Study of Guerrilla Warfare

by Robert Taber

Light on Yoga: The Classic Guide to Yoga by the World's Foremost Author cover

60. Light on Yoga: The Classic Guide to Yoga by the World's Foremost Author

by B. K. S. Iyengar