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Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow cover

1. Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow

by Aurélien Géron

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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media cover

2. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

by Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky

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The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living: An Expert Guide to Making the Life-Saving Benefits of Carbohydrate Restriction Sustainable and Enjoyable cover

3. The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living: An Expert Guide to Making the Life-Saving Benefits of Carbohydrate Restriction Sustainable and Enjoyable

by Jeff S. Volek, Phd Stephen D. Phinney MD, Rd Jeff S. Volek Phd, Stephen D. Phinney

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The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance cover

4. The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance

by Jeff Volek, Stephen D. Phinney

Relativity: The Special and General Theory cover

5. Relativity: The Special and General Theory

by Albert Einstein

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The New Rational Manager cover

6. The New Rational Manager

by Charles Higgins Kepner, Benjamin B. Tregoe

So What?: How to Communicate What Really Matters to Your Audience cover

7. So What?: How to Communicate What Really Matters to Your Audience

by Mark Magnacca

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SPIN Selling cover

8. SPIN Selling

by Neil Rackham

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Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces cover

9. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces

by Radley Balko

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The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle cover

10. The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle

by Steven Pressfield

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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk cover

11. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish

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Statistical Analysis with Missing Data cover

12. Statistical Analysis with Missing Data

by Roderick J. A. Little, Donald B. Rubin

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The Reasoned Schemer (MIT Press) cover

13. The Reasoned Schemer (MIT Press)

by Daniel P. Friedman, William E. Byrd, Oleg Kiselyov

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Purely Functional Data Structures cover

14. Purely Functional Data Structures

by Chris Okasaki

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C++ Primer (5th Edition) cover

15. C++ Primer (5th Edition)

by Stanley B. Lippman

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A Tour of C++ (C++ In Depth SERIES) cover

16. A Tour of C++ (C++ In Depth SERIES)

by Bjarne Stroustrup

Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ (2nd Edition) cover

17. Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ (2nd Edition)

by Bjarne Stroustrup

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Writing An Interpreter In Go cover

18. Writing An Interpreter In Go

by Thorsten Ball

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The Cheating of America: How Tax Avoidance and Evasion by the Super Rich Are Costing the Country Billions--and What You Can Do About It cover

19. The Cheating of America: How Tax Avoidance and Evasion by the Super Rich Are Costing the Country Billions--and What You Can Do About It

by Charles Lewis

Linear Algebra Done Right (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

20. Linear Algebra Done Right (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Sheldon Jay Axler

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Python for Data Analysis: Data Wrangling with Pandas, NumPy, and IPython cover

21. Python for Data Analysis: Data Wrangling with Pandas, NumPy, and IPython

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Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech cover

22. Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech

by Sara Wachter-Boettcher

Elegant Objects (Volume 2) cover

23. Elegant Objects (Volume 2)

by Yegor Bugayenko

Elegant Objects (Volume 1) cover

24. Elegant Objects (Volume 1)

by Yegor Bugayenko

Effective Java (3rd Edition) cover

25. Effective Java (3rd Edition)

by Joshua Bloch

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Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap -- and What Women Can Do About It cover

26. Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap -- and What Women Can Do About It

by Warren Farrell

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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from a Secret World cover

27. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from a Secret World

by Peter Wohlleben

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Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula cover

28. Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula

by Bram Stoker, Valdimar Ásmundsson

Working with Coders: A Guide to Software Development for the Perplexed Non-Techie cover

29. Working with Coders: A Guide to Software Development for the Perplexed Non-Techie

by Patrick Gleeson

Flight: My Life in Mission Control cover

30. Flight: My Life in Mission Control

by Christopher C. Kraft

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Living with Complexity (MIT Press) cover

31. Living with Complexity (MIT Press)

by Donald A. Norman

Handbook for William: A Carolingian Woman's Counsel for Her Son, trans. by Carol Neel (Medieval Texts in Translation) cover

32. Handbook for William: A Carolingian Woman's Counsel for Her Son, trans. by Carol Neel (Medieval Texts in Translation)

by Dhuoda

Modern Monopolies: What It Takes to Dominate the 21st Century Economy cover

33. Modern Monopolies: What It Takes to Dominate the 21st Century Economy

by Alex Moazed, Nicholas L. Johnson

The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa cover

34. The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa

by Deborah Brautigam

Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash cover

35. Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash

by Elizabeth Royte

Algorithmic Program Debugging (ACM Distinguished Dissertation) cover

36. Algorithmic Program Debugging (ACM Distinguished Dissertation)

by Ehud Y. Shapiro

Lean Software Strategies: Proven Techniques for Managers and Developers cover

37. Lean Software Strategies: Proven Techniques for Managers and Developers

by Peter Middleton, James Sutton

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Das Curry-Buch - Funktional programmieren lernen mit JavaScript cover

38. Das Curry-Buch - Funktional programmieren lernen mit JavaScript

by Hannes Mehnert, Jens Ohlig, Stefanie Schirmer

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Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening cover

39. Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening

by Stephen Batchelor

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War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier cover

40. War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

by Smedley Darlington Butler

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China's Guaranteed Bubble: How implicit government support has propelled China's economy while creating systemic risk cover

41. China's Guaranteed Bubble: How implicit government support has propelled China's economy while creating systemic risk

by Ning Zhu

Object-Oriented Software Construction (Book/CD-ROM) (2nd Edition) cover

42. Object-Oriented Software Construction (Book/CD-ROM) (2nd Edition)

by Bertrand Meyer

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The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition) (Collins Business Essentials) cover

43. The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition) (Collins Business Essentials)

by Benjamin Graham, Jason Zweig, Atsuhiro Dokō, Kazumi Masuzawa, Miwa Niimi, Warren Buffett, Yonatan Bar

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The Investment Checklist: The Art of In-Depth Research cover

44. The Investment Checklist: The Art of In-Depth Research

by Michael Shearn