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The Pc is not a typewriter cover

1. The Pc is not a typewriter

by Robin Williams

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The Mac is Not a Typewriter, 2nd Edition cover

2. The Mac is Not a Typewriter, 2nd Edition

by Robin Williams

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Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgment to Calculation cover

3. Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgment to Calculation

by Joseph Weizenbaum

The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads cover

4. The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads

by Tim Wu

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Infinite Distraction (Theory Redux) cover

5. Infinite Distraction (Theory Redux)

by Dominic Pettman

Ogilvy on Advertising cover

6. Ogilvy on Advertising

by David Ogilvy

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

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

by Cal Newport

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The Science of Interstellar cover

8. The Science of Interstellar

by Kip Thorne

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The Secret Chief Revealed cover

9. The Secret Chief Revealed

by Myron J. Stolaroff

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The Little Schemer - 4th Edition cover

10. The Little Schemer - 4th Edition

by Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen

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Crossing an Ocean Under Power cover

11. Crossing an Ocean Under Power

by Ken Williams

Translucent Databases 2Nd Edition: Confusion, Misdirection, Randomness, Sharing, Authentication And Steganography To Defend Privacy cover

12. Translucent Databases 2Nd Edition: Confusion, Misdirection, Randomness, Sharing, Authentication And Steganography To Defend Privacy

by Peter Wayner

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The Economic Nature of the Firm: A Reader cover

13. The Economic Nature of the Firm: A Reader

by Randall S. Kroszner, Louis Putterman

Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy cover

14. Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

by Cathy O'Neil

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Environmental Inequalities: Class, Race, and Industrial Pollution in Gary, Indiana, 1945-1980 cover

15. Environmental Inequalities: Class, Race, and Industrial Pollution in Gary, Indiana, 1945-1980

by Andrew Hurley

A Prison Diary cover

16. A Prison Diary

by Jeffrey Archer

Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror cover

17. Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror

by Michael Vincent Hayden

Battle for the Mind: A Physiology of Conversion and Brainwashing - How Evangelists, Psychiatrists, Politicians, and Medicine Men Can Change Your Beliefs and Behavior cover

18. Battle for the Mind: A Physiology of Conversion and Brainwashing - How Evangelists, Psychiatrists, Politicians, and Medicine Men Can Change Your Beliefs and Behavior

by William Sargant

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The Goal: A Business Graphic Novel cover

19. The Goal: A Business Graphic Novel

by Dwight Jon Zimmerman, Eliyahu M. Goldratt

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Shibumi: A Novel cover

20. Shibumi: A Novel

by Trevanian

Deep Learning: A Practitioner's Approach cover

21. Deep Learning: A Practitioner's Approach

by Adam Gibson, Josh Patterson

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Picturing Quantum Processes: A First Course in Quantum Theory and Diagrammatic Reasoning cover

22. Picturing Quantum Processes: A First Course in Quantum Theory and Diagrammatic Reasoning

by Bob Coecke, Aleks Kissinger

NLP: The Essential Guide to Neuro-Linguistic Programming cover

23. NLP: The Essential Guide to Neuro-Linguistic Programming

by Tom Hoobyar, Tom Dotz, Susan Sanders

Imaginary Magnitude cover

24. Imaginary Magnitude

by Stanisław Lem

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The Case Against Sugar cover

25. The Case Against Sugar

by Gary Taubes

The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives cover

26. The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives

by Jesse Eisinger

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Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons cover

27. Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

by Phyllis Haddox, Siegfried Engelmann, Elaine Bruner

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Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative cover

28. Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative

by Edward R. Tufte

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Proofiness: How You're Being Fooled by the Numbers cover

29. Proofiness: How You're Being Fooled by the Numbers

by Charles Seife

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Working Effectively with Legacy Code cover

30. Working Effectively with Legacy Code

by Michael C. Feathers

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CAMILLE CLAUDEL: A Life cover

31. CAMILLE CLAUDEL: A Life

by Odile Ayral-Clause

Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life cover

32. Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life

by William Deresiewicz

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The Halo Effect: . . . and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers cover

33. The Halo Effect: . . . and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers

by Phil Rosenzweig

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Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas cover

34. Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas

by Natasha Dow Schüll

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The Death and Life of Great American Cities cover

35. The Death and Life of Great American Cities

by Jane Jacobs

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The Visual Display of Quantitative Information cover

36. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

by Edward R. Tufte

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