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Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution cover

1. Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution

by KLAUS & DAVIS SCHWAB (NICHOLAS.)

Breaking the Maya Code (Third Edition) cover

2. Breaking the Maya Code (Third Edition)

by Michael D Coe

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Britain's War Machine cover

3. Britain's War Machine

by David Edgerton

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The Schopenhauer Cure: A Novel cover

4. The Schopenhauer Cure: A Novel

by Irvin Yalom

Class: A Guide Through the American Status System cover

5. Class: A Guide Through the American Status System

by Paul Fussell

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Global Derivative Debacles: From Theory to Malpractice cover

6. Global Derivative Debacles: From Theory to Malpractice

by Laurent L. Jacque

Computer Organization and Design, Fourth Edition: The Hardware/Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

7. Computer Organization and Design, Fourth Edition: The Hardware/Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

by David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy

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Molecular Biology of the Cell cover

8. Molecular Biology of the Cell

by Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter

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The Story of Decipherment: From Egyptian Hieroglyphs to Maya Script cover

9. The Story of Decipherment: From Egyptian Hieroglyphs to Maya Script

by Maurice Pope

Using Docker cover

10. Using Docker

by Adrian Mouat

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Aramis, or the Love of Technology cover

11. Aramis, or the Love of Technology

by Bruno Latour

The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development cover

12. The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development

by Donald G. Reinertsen

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When to Jump: If the Job You Have Isn't the Life You Want cover

13. When to Jump: If the Job You Have Isn't the Life You Want

by Mike Lewis

A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age cover

14. A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age

by Jimmy Soni, Rob Goodman

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Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look at Making More Magic Real cover

15. Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look at Making More Magic Real

by The Imagineers

The Haunted Mansion: Imagineering a Disney Classic (From the Magic Kingdom) cover

16. The Haunted Mansion: Imagineering a Disney Classic (From the Magic Kingdom)

by Jason Surrell

So You Want to Talk About Race cover

17. So You Want to Talk About Race

by Ijeoma Oluo

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Data Science at the Command Line: Facing the Future with Time-Tested Tools cover

18. Data Science at the Command Line: Facing the Future with Time-Tested Tools

by Jeroen Janssens

Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962 cover

19. Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962

by Frank Dikötter

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Teach Your Kids to Code: A Parent-Friendly Guide to Python Programming cover

20. Teach Your Kids to Code: A Parent-Friendly Guide to Python Programming

by Bryson Payne

Flowers in the Blood: The Story of Opium cover

21. Flowers in the Blood: The Story of Opium

by Jeff Goldberg

Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts, 2nd Edition cover

22. Laboratory Life: The Construction of Scientific Facts, 2nd Edition

by Bruno Latour, Steve Woolgar

Cognition in the Wild (MIT Press) cover

23. Cognition in the Wild (MIT Press)

by Edwin Hutchins

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

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

by Aurélien Géron

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The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb cover

25. The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb

by R. Crumb

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Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design cover

26. Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design

by Brett McLaughlin, Gary Pollice, David West

How to Be Miserable: 40 Strategies You Already Use cover

27. How to Be Miserable: 40 Strategies You Already Use

by Randy J. Paterson

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Minitel: Welcome to the Internet (Platform Studies) cover

28. Minitel: Welcome to the Internet (Platform Studies)

by Julien Mailland, Kevin Driscoll

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) cover

29. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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20 Python Libraries You Aren't Using (But Should) cover

30. 20 Python Libraries You Aren't Using (But Should)

DBT® Skills Training Manual, Second Edition cover

31. DBT® Skills Training Manual, Second Edition

by Marsha Linehan

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Defensive Security Handbook: Best Practices for Securing Infrastructure cover

32. Defensive Security Handbook: Best Practices for Securing Infrastructure

by Lee Brotherston, Amanda Berlin

Introducing Go: Build Reliable, Scalable Programs cover

33. Introducing Go: Build Reliable, Scalable Programs

by Caleb Doxsey