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The Practice of Programming (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

1. The Practice of Programming (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike

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The Vertical World of Yosemite: A Collection of Writings and Photographs on Rock Climbing in Yosemite cover

2. The Vertical World of Yosemite: A Collection of Writings and Photographs on Rock Climbing in Yosemite

by Galen A. Rowell

So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love cover

3. So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

by Cal Newport

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

4. 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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Programmers at Work: Interviews With 19 Programmers Who Shaped the Computer Industry (Tempus) cover

5. Programmers at Work: Interviews With 19 Programmers Who Shaped the Computer Industry (Tempus)

by Susan Lammers

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SQL Design Patterns: Expert Guide to SQL Programming (IT In-Focus series) (Volume 4) cover

6. SQL Design Patterns: Expert Guide to SQL Programming (IT In-Focus series) (Volume 4)

by Vadim Tropashko

The Underachiever's Manifesto: The Guide to Accomplishing Little and Feeling Great cover

7. The Underachiever's Manifesto: The Guide to Accomplishing Little and Feeling Great

by Ray Bennett

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The Effective Engineer: How to Leverage Your Efforts In Software Engineering to Make a Disproportionate and Meaningful Impact cover

8. The Effective Engineer: How to Leverage Your Efforts In Software Engineering to Make a Disproportionate and Meaningful Impact

by Edmond Lau

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The Healthy Programmer: Get Fit, Feel Better, and Keep Coding (Pragmatic Programmers) cover

9. The Healthy Programmer: Get Fit, Feel Better, and Keep Coding (Pragmatic Programmers)

by Joe Kutner

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

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

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

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Data Flow Analysis: Theory and Practice cover

11. Data Flow Analysis: Theory and Practice

by Uday Khedker, Amitabha Sanyal, Bageshri Sathe

The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers cover

12. The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers

by Robert C. Martin

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Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide cover

13. Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide

by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson, Elisabeth Freeman, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates

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Types and Programming Languages (MIT Press) cover

14. Types and Programming Languages (MIT Press)

by Benjamin C. Pierce

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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship cover

15. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Robert C. Martin

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The Art of Unit Testing: with examples in C# cover

16. The Art of Unit Testing: with examples in C#

by Roy Osherove

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Zen of Graphics Programming: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Fast PC Graphics cover

17. Zen of Graphics Programming: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Fast PC Graphics

by Michael Abrash

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Genetic Programming: An Introduction cover

18. Genetic Programming: An Introduction

by Wolfgang Banzhaf, Peter Nordin, Robert E. Keller, Frank D. Francone

Working Effectively with Legacy Code cover

19. Working Effectively with Legacy Code

by Michael C. Feathers

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

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

by Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)

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Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming cover

21. Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming

by Peter Seibel

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Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective cover

22. Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective

by Randal E. Bryant, David R. O'Hallaron

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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master cover

23. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

by Andy Hunt, David Thomas, Dave Thomas, David . Thomas

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Operating Systems Design and Implementat: Design and Implementation cover

24. Operating Systems Design and Implementat: Design and Implementation

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Albert S. Wookhull

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Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools cover

25. Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools

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Implementing Domain-Driven Design cover

26. Implementing Domain-Driven Design

by Vaughn Vernon

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Programming Pearls cover

27. Programming Pearls

by Jon Louis Bentley

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The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 3: Sorting and Searching (2nd Edition) cover

28. The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 3: Sorting and Searching (2nd Edition)

by Donald Ervin Knuth

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The Psychology of Computer Programming: Silver Anniversary Edition cover

29. The Psychology of Computer Programming: Silver Anniversary Edition

by Gerald M. Weinberg

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Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition cover

30. Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition

by Steve McConnell

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Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition cover

31. Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition

by W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago

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Let Over Lambda cover

32. Let Over Lambda

by Doug Hoyte

Software Runaways: Monumental Software Disasters cover

33. Software Runaways: Monumental Software Disasters

by Robert L. Glass

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The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition cover

34. The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition

by Thomas E. Pearsall

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Fundamentals of Wireless Communication cover

35. Fundamentals of Wireless Communication

by David Tse, Pramod Viswanath

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) cover

36. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman

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Understanding MySQL Internals: Discovering and Improving a Great Database cover

37. Understanding MySQL Internals: Discovering and Improving a Great Database

by Alexander Pachev

Dependency Injection in .NET cover

38. Dependency Injection in .NET

by Mark Seemann

Parsing Techniques: A Practical Guide (Monographs in Computer Science) cover

39. Parsing Techniques: A Practical Guide (Monographs in Computer Science)

by Dick Grune

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Software Process Design: Out of the Tar Pit (Mcgraw-Hill International Software Quality Assurance) cover

40. Software Process Design: Out of the Tar Pit (Mcgraw-Hill International Software Quality Assurance)

by Jacqueline Holdsworth

Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms and Source Code in C cover

41. Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms and Source Code in C

by Bruce Schneier

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Introduction to Algorithms, Third Edition (International Edition) cover

42. Introduction to Algorithms, Third Edition (International Edition)

by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein

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An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Silver Anniversary Edition) cover

43. An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Silver Anniversary Edition)

by Gerald M. Weinberg

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The Art of UNIX Programming (The Addison-Wesley Professional Computng Series) cover

44. The Art of UNIX Programming (The Addison-Wesley Professional Computng Series)

by Eric S. Raymond

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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure) cover

45. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure)

by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein

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

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

by Eric Evans

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Algorithmics: The Spirit of Computing cover

47. Algorithmics: The Spirit of Computing

by David Harel, Yishai Feldman

The Joy of Clojure cover

48. The Joy of Clojure

by Michael Fogus, Chris Houser

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The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook cover

49. The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook

by Michael Kerrisk

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How To Photograph an Atomic Bomb cover

50. How To Photograph an Atomic Bomb

by Peter Kuran

Catastrophic Care: Why Everything We Think We Know about Health Care Is Wrong cover

51. Catastrophic Care: Why Everything We Think We Know about Health Care Is Wrong

by David Goldhill

Calendrical Calculations cover

52. Calendrical Calculations

by Nachum Dershowitz, Edward M. Reingold

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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software cover

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

by Charles Petzold

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Mastering Algorithms with C: Useful Techniques from Sorting to Encryption cover

54. Mastering Algorithms with C: Useful Techniques from Sorting to Encryption

by Kyle Loudon

The Unix Programming Environment (Prentice-Hall Software Series) cover

55. The Unix Programming Environment (Prentice-Hall Software Series)

by Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike

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Mathematical Proofs: A Transition to Advanced Mathematics (3rd Edition) (Featured Titles for Transition to Advanced Mathematics) cover

56. Mathematical Proofs: A Transition to Advanced Mathematics (3rd Edition) (Featured Titles for Transition to Advanced Mathematics)

by Gary Chartrand, Albert D. Polimeni, Ping Zhang

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How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World cover

57. How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

by Steven Johnson

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Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames cover

58. Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames

by Thich Nhat Hanh

The Art of Reasoning: An Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking (Fourth Edition) cover

59. The Art of Reasoning: An Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking (Fourth Edition)

by David Kelley

Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices cover

60. Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices

by Robert C. Martin

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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values cover

61. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

by Robert M. Pirsig

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Think Stats cover

62. Think Stats

by Allen B. Downey

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Spy Catcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer cover

63. Spy Catcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer

by Peter Wright

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My 5 Cambridge Friends: Burgess, Maclean, Philby, Blunt, and Cairncross by Their KGB Controller cover

64. My 5 Cambridge Friends: Burgess, Maclean, Philby, Blunt, and Cairncross by Their KGB Controller

by Yuri Modin, Jean-Charles Deniau, Aguieszka Ziarek

Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Gödel (Great Discoveries) cover

65. Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Gödel (Great Discoveries)

by Rebecca Goldstein

Intelligence: All That Matters cover

66. Intelligence: All That Matters

by Stuart Ritchie

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Adaptive Software Development: A Collaborative Approach to Managing Complex Systems cover

67. Adaptive Software Development: A Collaborative Approach to Managing Complex Systems

by Norman L. Kerth

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Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections are Bad for America (Controversies in Electoral Democracy and Representation) cover

68. Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections are Bad for America (Controversies in Electoral Democracy and Representation)

by Thomas Lloyd Brunell

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

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

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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The Art of Piano Playing cover

70. The Art of Piano Playing

by Genrikh Gustavovich Neĭgauz, Heinrich Neuhaus

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The Backroom Boys: The Secret Return of the British Boffin cover

71. The Backroom Boys: The Secret Return of the British Boffin

by Francis Spufford

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The Wizards Of Langley: Inside The Cia's Directorate Of Science And Technology cover

72. The Wizards Of Langley: Inside The Cia's Directorate Of Science And Technology

by Jeffrey Richelson

Building Virtual Machine Labs: A Hands-On Guide cover

73. Building Virtual Machine Labs: A Hands-On Guide

by Tony V. Robinson

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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies cover

74. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

by Nick Bostrom

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

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

by Donald Knuth

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Complex Algebraic Curves (London Mathematical Society Student Texts) cover

76. Complex Algebraic Curves (London Mathematical Society Student Texts)

by Frances Clare Kirwan

Knowledge And Decisions cover

77. Knowledge And Decisions

by Thomas Sowell

The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires cover

78. The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

by Tim Wu

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Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche cover

79. Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche

by Ethan Watters

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The Data Warehouse Toolkit: The Complete Guide to Dimensional Modeling cover

80. The Data Warehouse Toolkit: The Complete Guide to Dimensional Modeling

by Ralph Kimball, Margy Ross

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Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking cover

81. Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking

by Christopher Hadnagy

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The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future cover

82. The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future

by Gretchen Bakke

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Lucky Strikes...Again: (Feats and Foibles of Engineers) cover

83. Lucky Strikes...Again: (Feats and Foibles of Engineers)

by R. W. Lucky

Empire of Cotton: A Global History cover

84. Empire of Cotton: A Global History

by Sven Beckert

The Weather Experiment: The Pioneers Who Sought to See the Future cover

85. The Weather Experiment: The Pioneers Who Sought to See the Future

by Peter Moore

The MMIX Supplement: Supplement to The Art of Computer Programming Volumes 1, 2, 3 by Donald E. Knuth cover

86. The MMIX Supplement: Supplement to The Art of Computer Programming Volumes 1, 2, 3 by Donald E. Knuth

by Martin Ruckert

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The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4A: Combinatorial Algorithms, Part 1 cover

87. The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4A: Combinatorial Algorithms, Part 1

by Donald Ervin Knuth

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The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4, Fascicle 6: Satisfiability cover

88. The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4, Fascicle 6: Satisfiability

by Donald Ervin Knuth

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Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4B, Fascicle 5: The: Mathematical Preliminaries Redux; Backtracking; Dancing Links cover

89. Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4B, Fascicle 5: The: Mathematical Preliminaries Redux; Backtracking; Dancing Links

by Donald E. Knuth

.NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference, Volume 1 (paperback) cover

90. .NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference, Volume 1 (paperback)

by Brad Abrams

From Bauhaus to Our House cover

91. From Bauhaus to Our House

by Tom Wolfe

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The Corporation That Changed the World: How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational cover

92. The Corporation That Changed the World: How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational

by Nick Robins

Small Homes, Grand Living: Interior Design for Compact Spaces cover

93. Small Homes, Grand Living: Interior Design for Compact Spaces

by Gestalten

Wired For Joy!: A Revolutionary Method for Creating Happiness from Within cover

94. Wired For Joy!: A Revolutionary Method for Creating Happiness from Within

by Laurel Mellin

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) cover

95. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)

by Richard Phillips Feynman, Ralph Leighton

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The Nature of Economies cover

96. The Nature of Economies

by Jane Jacobs

Alan Turing: The Enigma: The Book That Inspired the Film

97. Alan Turing: The Enigma: The Book That Inspired the Film "The Imitation Game"

by Andrew Hodges

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