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A Retargetable C Compiler: Design and Implementation cover

1. A Retargetable C Compiler: Design and Implementation

by Christopher W. Fraser, David R. Hanson

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3D Game Engine Architecture: Engineering Real-Time Applications with Wild Magic (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3d Technology) cover

2. 3D Game Engine Architecture: Engineering Real-Time Applications with Wild Magic (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3d Technology)

by David H. Eberly

Make: Analog Synthesizers cover

3. Make: Analog Synthesizers

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

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

by Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike

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Tricks of the 3D Game Programming Gurus-Advanced 3D Graphics and Rasterization (Other Sams) cover

5. Tricks of the 3D Game Programming Gurus-Advanced 3D Graphics and Rasterization (Other Sams)

by André LaMothe

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Compiler Construction Using Java, JavaCC, and Yacc cover

6. Compiler Construction Using Java, JavaCC, and Yacc

by Anthony J. Dos Reis

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Algorithms in C, Parts 1-4: Fundamentals, Data Structures, Sorting, Searching (3rd Edition) (Pts. 1-4) cover

7. Algorithms in C, Parts 1-4: Fundamentals, Data Structures, Sorting, Searching (3rd Edition) (Pts. 1-4)

by Robert Sedgewick

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The Algorithm Design Manual cover

8. The Algorithm Design Manual

by Steven S Skiena

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

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

by Matt Pharr, Greg Humphreys, Wenzel Jakob

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Flights of Fantasy: Programming 3d Video Games in C++/Book and Disk cover

10. Flights of Fantasy: Programming 3d Video Games in C++/Book and Disk

by Christopher Lampton

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Assembly Language for the Pc/Book and Disk (Brady programming library) cover

11. Assembly Language for the Pc/Book and Disk (Brady programming library)

by John Socha, Peter Norton

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Enough Rope to Shoot Yourself in the Foot: Rules for C and C++ Programming (Unix/C) cover

12. Enough Rope to Shoot Yourself in the Foot: Rules for C and C++ Programming (Unix/C)

by Allen I. Holub

Operating Systems Design and Implementation (3rd Edition) cover

13. Operating Systems Design and Implementation (3rd Edition)

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Albert S. Woodhull

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Build Your Own Metal Working Shop From Scrap (Complete 7 Book Series) cover

14. Build Your Own Metal Working Shop From Scrap (Complete 7 Book Series)

by David J. Gingery

Learning TensorFlow cover

15. Learning TensorFlow

by Tom Hope, Yehezkel S. Resheff, Itay Lieder

The Road to Hell cover

16. The Road to Hell

by Michael Maren

The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality cover

17. The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality

by Angus Deaton

Algorithms (4th Edition) cover

18. Algorithms (4th Edition)

by Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne

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Elixir in Action cover

19. Elixir in Action

by Saša Juric

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PHP and MySQL by Example cover

20. PHP and MySQL by Example

by Ellie Quigley, Marko Gargenta

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software cover

21. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides

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The AWK Programming Language cover

22. The AWK Programming Language

by Alfred V. Aho, Brian W. Kernighan, Peter J. Weinberger

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Peter Norton's Assembly Language Book for the IBM PC cover

23. Peter Norton's Assembly Language Book for the IBM PC

by Peter Norton, John Socha

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Build Your Own Flight Sim in C++: Programming a 3d Flight Simulator Using Oop cover

24. Build Your Own Flight Sim in C++: Programming a 3d Flight Simulator Using Oop

by Michael Radtke, Christopher Lampton

Flask Web Development cover

25. Flask Web Development

by Miguel Grinberg

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Everyday Calculus: Discovering the Hidden Math All Around Us cover

26. Everyday Calculus: Discovering the Hidden Math All Around Us

by Oscar E. Fernandez

Programming from the Ground Up cover

27. Programming from the Ground Up

by Jonathan Bartlett, Dominick Bruno

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Learning Swift cover

28. Learning Swift

by Jon Manning, Paris Buttfield-Addison, Tim Nugent

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Octopus: The Ocean's Intelligent Invertebrate cover

29. Octopus: The Ocean's Intelligent Invertebrate

by Roland C. Anderson, Jennifer A. Mather, James B. Wood

Infinitesimal Calculus (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

30. Infinitesimal Calculus (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by James M. Henle, Eugene M. Kleinberg

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The Go Programming Language (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

31. The Go Programming Language (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by Alan A. A. Donovan, Brian W. Kernighan

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Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology cover

32. Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology

by Kentaro Toyama

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Tradigital Blender: A CG Animator's Guide to Applying the Classic Principles of Animation cover

33. Tradigital Blender: A CG Animator's Guide to Applying the Classic Principles of Animation

by Roland Hess

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive, 4th Edition cover

34. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive, 4th Edition

by Betty Edwards

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Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press) cover

35. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press)

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

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Algorithms Unlocked (MIT Press) cover

36. Algorithms Unlocked (MIT Press)

by Thomas H. Cormen

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Freedom from the Known cover

37. Freedom from the Known

by Jiddu Krishnamurti

Lauren Ipsum: A Story About Computer Science and Other Improbable Things cover

38. Lauren Ipsum: A Story About Computer Science and Other Improbable Things

by Carlos Bueno

A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra) cover

39. A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)

by Barbara A. Oakley

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind cover

40. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari

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Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging cover

41. Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging

by Sebastian Junger

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

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

by Bjarne Stroustrup

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Triumphs in Early Autism Treatment cover

43. Triumphs in Early Autism Treatment

by Ennio Cipani

Digital Fortress: A Thriller cover

44. Digital Fortress: A Thriller

by Dan Brown

Programming Rust cover

45. Programming Rust

by Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff

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Unix Network Programming, Volume 1: The Sockets Networking API (3rd Edition) cover

46. Unix Network Programming, Volume 1: The Sockets Networking API (3rd Edition)

by W. Richard Stevens, Bill Fenner, Andrew M. Rudoff

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1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History) cover

47. 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History)

by Eric H. Cline

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Masterminds of Programming: Conversations with the Creators of Major Programming Languages (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly)) cover

48. Masterminds of Programming: Conversations with the Creators of Major Programming Languages (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))

by Federico Biancuzzi, Chromatic

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Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency cover

49. Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency

by James Bamford

The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization cover

50. The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization

by James Bamford

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MEAN Web Development cover

51. MEAN Web Development

by Amos Q. Haviv

Topological Signal Processing (Mathematical Engineering) cover

52. Topological Signal Processing (Mathematical Engineering)

by Michael Robinson

Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture cover

53. Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

by David Kushner

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How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking cover

54. How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

by Jordan Ellenberg

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How Round Is Your Circle?: Where Engineering and Mathematics Meet cover

55. How Round Is Your Circle?: Where Engineering and Mathematics Meet

by John Bryant, Chris Sangwin

1421: The Year China Discovered America cover

56. 1421: The Year China Discovered America

by Gavin Menzies

The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success cover

57. The Up Side of Down: Why Failing Well Is the Key to Success

by Megan McArdle

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Corrections & Clarifications 2002 cover

58. Corrections & Clarifications 2002

by Ian Mayes

Operation Wagner cover

59. Operation Wagner

by Manuela Hoelterhoff

Only Correct: The Best of Corrections and Clarifications cover

60. Only Correct: The Best of Corrections and Clarifications

by Ian Mayes

Obfuscation: A User's Guide for Privacy and Protest (MIT Press) cover

61. Obfuscation: A User's Guide for Privacy and Protest (MIT Press)

by Finn Brunton, Helen Nissenbaum

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Between Human and Machine: Feedback, Control, and Computing before Cybernetics (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology) cover

62. Between Human and Machine: Feedback, Control, and Computing before Cybernetics (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)

by David A. Mindell

Heisenberg's War: The Secret History Of The German Bomb cover

63. Heisenberg's War: The Secret History Of The German Bomb

by Thomas Powers

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