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Term Sheets & Valuations - A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Term Sheets & Valuations (Bigwig Briefs) cover

1. Term Sheets & Valuations - A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Term Sheets & Valuations (Bigwig Briefs)

by Alex Wilmerding

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Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist cover

2. Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

by Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson

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Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation, 2nd Edition cover

3. Venture Capital and the Finance of Innovation, 2nd Edition

by Andrew Metrick, Ayako Yasuda

The Grammar of Graphics (Statistics and Computing) cover

4. The Grammar of Graphics (Statistics and Computing)

by Leland Wilkinson

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Elements of Programming cover

5. Elements of Programming

by Alexander A. Stepanov, Paul McJones

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Scala for Machine Learning cover

6. Scala for Machine Learning

by Patrick R. Nicolas

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Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP: Implement Robust, Fault-Tolerant Systems cover

7. Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP: Implement Robust, Fault-Tolerant Systems

by Francesco Cesarini, Simon Thompson, Steve Vinoski

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Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques for Building Intelligent Systems cover

8. Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques for Building Intelligent Systems

by Aurélien Géron

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A First Course in Network Theory cover

9. A First Course in Network Theory

by Ernesto Estrada, Philip Knight

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Markov Logic: An Interface Layer for Artificial Intelligence (Synthesis Lectures on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning) cover

10. Markov Logic: An Interface Layer for Artificial Intelligence (Synthesis Lectures on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning)

by Pedro Domingos, Daniel Lowd

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The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language cover

11. The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language

by Melvyn Bragg

Deep Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series) cover

12. Deep Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series)

by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, Aaron Courville

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Applied Microsoft® .NET Framework Programming (Developer Reference) cover

13. Applied Microsoft® .NET Framework Programming (Developer Reference)

by Jeffrey Richter

The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System (2nd Edition) cover

14. The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System (2nd Edition)

by Marshall Kirk McKusick, George V. Neville-Neil, Robert N. M. Watson

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems cover

15. Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

by Martin Kleppmann

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PostgreSQL 9 High Availability Cookbook cover

16. PostgreSQL 9 High Availability Cookbook

by Shaun

PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance cover

17. PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance

by Gregory Smith

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High Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backups, and Replication cover

18. High Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backups, and Replication

by Baron Schwartz, Peter Zaitsev, Vadim Tkachenko

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MySQL High Availability: Tools for Building Robust Data Centers cover

19. MySQL High Availability: Tools for Building Robust Data Centers

by Charles Bell, Mats Kindahl, Lars Thalmann

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Python in a Nutshell, Second Edition (In a Nutshell) cover

20. Python in a Nutshell, Second Edition (In a Nutshell)

by Alex Martelli

Liquidated: An Ethnography of Wall Street (a John Hope Franklin Center Book) cover

21. Liquidated: An Ethnography of Wall Street (a John Hope Franklin Center Book)

by Karen Ho

The Shoelace Book: A Mathematical Guide to the Best (And Worst) Ways to Lace Your Shoes (Mathematical World) cover

22. The Shoelace Book: A Mathematical Guide to the Best (And Worst) Ways to Lace Your Shoes (Mathematical World)

by Burkard Polster

Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties, Fourth Edition: Advanced SQL Programming (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

23. Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties, Fourth Edition: Advanced SQL Programming (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by Joe Celko

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Database Design for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Relational Database Design (2nd Edition) cover

24. Database Design for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Relational Database Design (2nd Edition)

by Michael James Hernandez

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Alphabetical: How Every Letter Tells a Story cover

25. Alphabetical: How Every Letter Tells a Story

by Michael Rosen

Good Math: A Geek's Guide to the Beauty of Numbers, Logic, and Computation (Pragmatic Programmers) cover

26. Good Math: A Geek's Guide to the Beauty of Numbers, Logic, and Computation (Pragmatic Programmers)

by Mark C. Chu-Carroll

The Leader's Handbook: Making Things Happen, Getting Things Done cover

27. The Leader's Handbook: Making Things Happen, Getting Things Done

by Peter R. Scholtes

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SQL Antipatterns: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Database Programming (Pragmatic Programmers) cover

28. SQL Antipatterns: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Database Programming (Pragmatic Programmers)

by Bill Karwin

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The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' cover

29. The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error'

by Professor Sidney Dekker

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Game Engine Architecture, Second Edition cover

30. Game Engine Architecture, Second Edition

by Jason Gregory

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Game Programming Patterns cover

31. Game Programming Patterns

by Robert Nystrom

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WebGL Programming Guide: Interactive 3D Graphics Programming with WebGL (OpenGL) cover

32. WebGL Programming Guide: Interactive 3D Graphics Programming with WebGL (OpenGL)

by Kouichi Matsuda, Rodger Lea

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

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

by John F. Hughes

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Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life cover

34. Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life

by Peter Gray

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Physically Based Rendering, Third Edition: From Theory to Implementation cover

35. Physically Based Rendering, Third Edition: From Theory to Implementation

by Matt Pharr, Greg Humphreys, Wenzel Jakob

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The Luck Factor cover

36. The Luck Factor

by Richard Wiseman

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The Annotated Turing: A Guided Tour Through Alan Turing's Historic Paper on Computability and the Turing Machine cover

37. The Annotated Turing: A Guided Tour Through Alan Turing's Historic Paper on Computability and the Turing Machine

by Charles Petzold

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C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software cover

38. C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software

by David R. Hanson

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Light Science & Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting cover

39. Light Science & Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting

by Fil Hunter, Steven Biver, Paul Fuqua

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How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life cover

40. How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life

by Scott Adams

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Solitude: A Return to the Self cover

41. Solitude: A Return to the Self

by Anthony Storr

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

42. 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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Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing cover

43. Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing

by Kai Hwang, Fayé Alayé Briggs

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Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia cover

44. Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia

by Peter Pomerantsev

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Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation cover

45. Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation

by Edward Chancellor

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Star Schema The Complete Reference cover

46. Star Schema The Complete Reference

by Christopher Adamson

Programming the Z80 cover

47. Programming the Z80

by Rodnay Zaks

The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom cover

48. The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom

by Evgeny Morozov

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Probability Theory: The Logic of Science cover

49. Probability Theory: The Logic of Science

by E. T. Jaynes

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Godel's Theorem Simplified cover

50. Godel's Theorem Simplified

by Harry J. Gensler

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SQL Performance Explained Everything Developers Need to Know about SQL Performance cover

51. SQL Performance Explained Everything Developers Need to Know about SQL Performance

by Markus Winand

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Spin cover

52. Spin

by Robert Charles Wilson

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Fluent Python cover

53. Fluent Python

by Luciano Ramalho

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Thinking and Deciding, 4th Edition cover

54. Thinking and Deciding, 4th Edition

by Jonathan Baron

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Understanding Computation: From Simple Machines to Impossible Programs cover

55. Understanding Computation: From Simple Machines to Impossible Programs

by Tom Stuart

Innovators in Digital News (RISJ Challenges Series) cover

56. Innovators in Digital News (RISJ Challenges Series)

by Lucy Küng

Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know? cover

57. Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know?

by Philip E. Tetlock

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How to Lie with Statistics cover

58. How to Lie with Statistics

by Darrell Huff

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Fluent Python: Clear, Concise, and Effective Programming cover

59. Fluent Python: Clear, Concise, and Effective Programming

by Luciano Ramalho

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Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions cover

60. Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions

by Gary A. Klein

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Chess Middlegame Planning cover

61. Chess Middlegame Planning

by Pëtr Arsenʹevič Romanovskij

How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop, The Machine Speaks cover

62. How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop, The Machine Speaks

by Dave Tompkins

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UNIX Made Easy cover

63. UNIX Made Easy

by John Muster

UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, 4th Edition cover

64. UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, 4th Edition

by Evi Nemeth

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The Official Ubuntu Server Book (3rd Edition) cover

65. The Official Ubuntu Server Book (3rd Edition)

by Kyle Rankin, Benjamin Mako Hill

Assembly Language and Computer Architecture Using C++ and JavaTM cover

66. Assembly Language and Computer Architecture Using C++ and JavaTM

by Anthony J. Dos Reis

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Practical C Programming: Why Does 2+2 = 5986? (Nutshell Handbooks) cover

67. Practical C Programming: Why Does 2+2 = 5986? (Nutshell Handbooks)

by Steve Oualline

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

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

by Michael Kerrisk

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Modern Art 1851-1929: Capitalism and Representation (Oxford History of Art) cover

69. Modern Art 1851-1929: Capitalism and Representation (Oxford History of Art)

by Richard R. Brettell

C in Depth cover

70. C in Depth

by Deepali Srivastava

Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley cover

71. Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley

by Antonio Garcia Martinez

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Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II cover

72. Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II

by Stephen Budiansky

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Pointers on C cover

73. Pointers on C

by Kenneth A. Reek

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Network Security Through Data Analysis cover

74. Network Security Through Data Analysis

by Michael Collins