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How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps cover

1. How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps

by Natalie Sidner, Lawrence Krubner

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The Explorer cover

2. The Explorer

by Katherine Rundell

The Guggenheim Mystery cover

3. The Guggenheim Mystery

by Robin Stevens, Siobhan Dowd

The London Eye Mystery cover

4. The London Eye Mystery

by Siobhan Dowd

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The Odyssey cover

5. The Odyssey

by Homer

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What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods cover

6. What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods

by Richard Courant, Herbert Robbins

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Hands-On Programming with R cover

7. Hands-On Programming with R

by Garrett Grolemund

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Burn Math Class: And Reinvent Mathematics for Yourself cover

8. Burn Math Class: And Reinvent Mathematics for Yourself

by Jason Wilkes

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How to Read and Do Proofs: An Introduction to Mathematical Thought Processes cover

9. How to Read and Do Proofs: An Introduction to Mathematical Thought Processes

by Daniel Solow

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Game Engine Architecture, Second Edition cover

10. Game Engine Architecture, Second Edition

by Jason Gregory

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Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques cover

11. Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques

by Alan H. Watt, Mark Watt

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Game Engine Architecture cover

12. Game Engine Architecture

by Jason Gregory

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Parallel and Concurrent Programming in Haskell cover

13. Parallel and Concurrent Programming in Haskell

by Simon Marlow

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The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 cover

14. The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914

by Christopher Clark

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Secrets Of The Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect and Communicate with your Baby cover

15. Secrets Of The Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect and Communicate with your Baby

by Tracy Hogg, Melinda Blau

Calculus Made Easy cover

16. Calculus Made Easy

by Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner

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Why We Fail: Learning from Experience Design Failures cover

17. Why We Fail: Learning from Experience Design Failures

by Victor Lombardi

Applied Geometry for Computer Graphics and CAD (Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series) cover

18. Applied Geometry for Computer Graphics and CAD (Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series)

by Duncan Marsh

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship cover

19. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Robert C. Martin

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Maths for Mums and Dads cover

20. Maths for Mums and Dads

by Robert Eastaway, Mike Askew

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More Maths for Mums and Dads cover

21. More Maths for Mums and Dads

by Robert Eastaway, Mike Askew

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INSPIRED: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love cover

22. INSPIRED: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love

by Marty Cagan

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The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself cover

23. The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself

by Sean Carroll

The Algorithm Design Manual cover

24. The Algorithm Design Manual

by Steven S Skiena

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Origami Design Secrets: Mathematical Methods for an Ancient Art, Second Edition cover

25. Origami Design Secrets: Mathematical Methods for an Ancient Art, Second Edition

by Robert J. Lang

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Buddhist Warfare cover

26. Buddhist Warfare

by Michael Jerryson, Mark Juergensmeyer

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

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

by Frank Dikötter

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The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World) cover

28. The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)

by Robert J. Gordon

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The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error cover

29. The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error

by Sidney Dekker

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Let's Read: A Linguistic Approach cover

30. Let's Read: A Linguistic Approach

by Leonard Bloomfield, Clarence Lewis Barnhart

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Aftermath: The Remnants of War: From Landmines to Chemical Warfare--The Devastating Effects of Modern Combat cover

31. Aftermath: The Remnants of War: From Landmines to Chemical Warfare--The Devastating Effects of Modern Combat

by Donovan Webster

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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst cover

32. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

by Robert M. Sapolsky

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Java Puzzlers: Traps, Pitfalls, and Corner Cases cover

33. Java Puzzlers: Traps, Pitfalls, and Corner Cases

by Joshua Bloch, Neal Gafter

What Happy Couples Do: Belly Button Fuzz & Bare-Chested Hugs--The Loving Little Rituals of Romance cover

34. What Happy Couples Do: Belly Button Fuzz & Bare-Chested Hugs--The Loving Little Rituals of Romance

by Carol J. Bruess, Anna D. H. Kudak

A Universal History of the Destruction of Books: From Ancient Sumer to Modern-day Iraq cover

35. A Universal History of the Destruction of Books: From Ancient Sumer to Modern-day Iraq

by Fernando Báez

The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change cover

36. The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change

by Camille Fournier

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Be Obsessed or Be Average cover

37. Be Obsessed or Be Average

by Grant Cardone

Sell or Be Sold: How to Get Your Way in Business and in Life cover

38. Sell or Be Sold: How to Get Your Way in Business and in Life

by Grant Cardone

If You're Not First, You're Last: Sales Strategies to Dominate Your Market and Beat Your Competition cover

39. If You're Not First, You're Last: Sales Strategies to Dominate Your Market and Beat Your Competition

by Grant Cardone

The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure cover

40. The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure

by Grant Cardone

How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of

41. How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of "Intangibles" in Business

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