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HTML5 Games: Novice to Ninja: Create Smash Hit Games in HTML5 cover

1. HTML5 Games: Novice to Ninja: Create Smash Hit Games in HTML5

by Earle Castledine

Test Driven Development: By Example cover

2. Test Driven Development: By Example

by Kent Beck

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In Search of Stupidity: Over Twenty Years of High Tech Marketing Disasters cover

3. In Search of Stupidity: Over Twenty Years of High Tech Marketing Disasters

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Modern Compiler Implementation in ML cover

4. Modern Compiler Implementation in ML

by Andrew W. Appel

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Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much For Health Care cover

5. Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much For Health Care

by Charles Silver, David A. Hyman

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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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Behind Bars: The Definitive Guide to Music Notation (Faber Edition) cover

7. Behind Bars: The Definitive Guide to Music Notation (Faber Edition)

by Elaine Gould

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Last and First Men (Dover Books on Literature & Drama) cover

8. Last and First Men (Dover Books on Literature & Drama)

by Olaf Stapledon

The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution cover

9. The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution

by Francis Fukuyama

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The third industrial revolution cover

10. The third industrial revolution

by George Harry Stine

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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master cover

11. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

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

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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship cover

12. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Robert C. Martin

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The Art of Readable Code: Simple and Practical Techniques for Writing Better Code cover

13. The Art of Readable Code: Simple and Practical Techniques for Writing Better Code

by Dustin Boswell, Trevor Foucher

Software Engineering, 10th Edition cover

14. Software Engineering, 10th Edition

by Ian Sommerville

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

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

by Steve McConnell

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A Philosophy of Software Design cover

16. A Philosophy of Software Design

by John Ousterhout

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Pontius Pilate: A Novel cover

17. Pontius Pilate: A Novel

by Paul L. Maier

Thinking in Systems: A Primer cover

18. Thinking in Systems: A Primer

by Donella Meadows

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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice cover

19. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

by Shunryū Suzuki

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Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware (Pragmatic Programmers) cover

20. Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware (Pragmatic Programmers)

by Andrew Hunt

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The Futures: The Rise of the Speculator and the Origins of the World's Biggest Markets cover

21. The Futures: The Rise of the Speculator and the Origins of the World's Biggest Markets

by Emily Lambert

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

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

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

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Sviatoslav Richter: Notebooks and Conversations cover

23. Sviatoslav Richter: Notebooks and Conversations

by Bruno Monsaingeon

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Text and Act: Essays on Music and Performance cover

24. Text and Act: Essays on Music and Performance

by Richard Taruskin

Causal Inference for Statistics, Social, and Biomedical Sciences: An Introduction cover

25. Causal Inference for Statistics, Social, and Biomedical Sciences: An Introduction

by Guido W. Imbens, Donald B. Rubin

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Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt cover

26. Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt

by Michael Lewis

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The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone cover

27. The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone

by Brian Merchant

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Man Without A Face cover

28. Man Without A Face

by Markus Wolf, Anne McElvoy

Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy cover

29. Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy

by Francis Fukuyama

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The Bicycle Wheel 3rd Edition cover

30. The Bicycle Wheel 3rd Edition

by Jobst Brandt

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

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

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams cover

32. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

by Matthew Walker

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Next of Kin: What My Conversations with Chimpanzees Have Taught Me About Intelligence, Compassion and Being Human cover

33. Next of Kin: What My Conversations with Chimpanzees Have Taught Me About Intelligence, Compassion and Being Human

by Roger Fouts, Stephen Tukel Mills

Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (2nd Edition) cover

34. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (2nd Edition)

by Stuart Jonathan Russell, Peter Norvig

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The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction, Second Edition (Springer Series in Statistics) cover

35. The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction, Second Edition (Springer Series in Statistics)

by Jerome Friedman, Robert Tibshirani

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Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules cover

36. Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules

by Steve McConnell

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