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Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice (3rd Edition) cover

1. Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice (3rd Edition)

by John F. Hughes

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

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

by Radia Perlman

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Transactional Information Systems: Theory, Algorithms, and the Practice of Concurrency Control and Recovery (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

3. Transactional Information Systems: Theory, Algorithms, and the Practice of Concurrency Control and Recovery (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by Gerhard Weikum, Gottfried Vossen

An Introduction to Database Systems (8th Edition) cover

4. An Introduction to Database Systems (8th Edition)

by C.J. Date

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Konz cover

5. Konz

Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, Fourth Edition cover

6. Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, Fourth Edition

by Steve Marschner, Peter Shirley

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The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future cover

7. The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future

by Kevin Kelly

Hack and HHVM cover

8. Hack and HHVM

by Owen Yamauchi

Treasure Tales Of Rockies cover

9. Treasure Tales Of Rockies

by Perry Eberhart

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

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

by Warren Buffett

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Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders cover

11. Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders

by Warren Buffett

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

12. 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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Russian Stories: A Dual-Language Book (English and Russian Edition) cover

13. Russian Stories: A Dual-Language Book (English and Russian Edition)

by Gleb Struve

21st Century C cover

14. 21st Century C

by Ben Klemens

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Nomadic Furniture cover

15. Nomadic Furniture

by James Hennessey

Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism cover

16. Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism

by Richard D. Wolff

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Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich cover

17. Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich

by Kevin Phillips

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Learning the vi Editor cover

18. Learning the vi Editor

by Linda Lamb, Arnold Robbins

A History of Psychiatry: From the Era of the Asylum to the Age of Prozac cover

19. A History of Psychiatry: From the Era of the Asylum to the Age of Prozac

by Edward Shorter

Beautiful Code cover

20. Beautiful Code

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson

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8 Minute Meditation Expanded: Quiet Your Mind. Change Your Life. cover

21. 8 Minute Meditation Expanded: Quiet Your Mind. Change Your Life.

by Victor Davich

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Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything cover

22. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

by Joshua Foer

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Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety cover

23. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

by Eric Schlosser

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The Illuminatus! Trilogy: The Eye in the Pyramid, The Golden Apple, Leviathan cover

24. The Illuminatus! Trilogy: The Eye in the Pyramid, The Golden Apple, Leviathan

by Robert Shea

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Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street cover

25. Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street

by Sheelah Kolhatkar

The Killing of History: How Literary Critics and Social Theorists Are Murdering Our Past cover

26. The Killing of History: How Literary Critics and Social Theorists Are Murdering Our Past

by Keith Windschuttle

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The Unconscious Civilization cover

27. The Unconscious Civilization

by John Ralston Saul

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Computability and Logic cover

28. Computability and Logic

by George Boolos, Richard C. Jeffrey, George S. Boolos, John P. Burgess

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Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software cover

29. Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

by Eric Evans

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Mavericks on the Border: The Early Southwest in Historical Fiction and Film cover

30. Mavericks on the Border: The Early Southwest in Historical Fiction and Film

by J. Douglas Canfield

Programming Game AI By Example (Wordware Game Developers Library) cover

31. Programming Game AI By Example (Wordware Game Developers Library)

by Mat Buckland

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Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters cover

32. Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters

by Kathryn L. Brown

Refactoring: Ruby Edition: Ruby Edition (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby) cover

33. Refactoring: Ruby Edition: Ruby Edition (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby)

by Jay Fields, Shane Harvie, Martin Fowler, Kent Beck

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow cover

34. Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

by Yuval Noah Harari

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The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career cover

35. The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career

by Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha

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Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance cover

36. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

by Angela Duckworth

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StrengthsFinder 2.0 cover

37. StrengthsFinder 2.0

by Tom Rath

Ignition!: An informal history of liquid rocket propellants cover

38. Ignition!: An informal history of liquid rocket propellants

by John Drury Clark

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About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior cover

39. About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior

by David H. Hackworth, Julie Sherman

Advanced Rockcraft cover

40. Advanced Rockcraft

by Royal Robbins