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Basic Mathematics cover

1. Basic Mathematics

by Serge Lang

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The 27 Challenges Managers Face: Step-by-Step Solutions to (Nearly) All of Your Management Problems cover

2. The 27 Challenges Managers Face: Step-by-Step Solutions to (Nearly) All of Your Management Problems

by Bruce Tulgan

The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, Updated and Expanded cover

3. The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, Updated and Expanded

by Michael Watkins

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Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager cover

4. Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

by Michael Lopp

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The Mobile MBA: 112 Skills to Take You Further, Faster cover

5. The Mobile MBA: 112 Skills to Take You Further, Faster

by Jo Owen

Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach cover

6. Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach

by Tom DeMarco

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Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto cover

7. Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto

by Alan Stern, David Grinspoon

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Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design (Robert C. Martin Series) cover

8. Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design (Robert C. Martin Series)

by Robert C. Martin

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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master cover

9. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

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

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Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture cover

10. Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

by Martin Fowler

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Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software cover

11. Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

by Eric Evans

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The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) cover

12. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)

by Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)

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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship cover

13. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Robert C. Martin

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

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

by Steve McConnell

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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler)) cover

15. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))

by Martin Fowler

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So You Want to Talk About Race cover

16. So You Want to Talk About Race

by Ijeoma Oluo

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Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism cover

17. Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

by James W. Loewen

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How to Win Friends & Influence People cover

18. How to Win Friends & Influence People

by Dale Carnegie

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What They Teach You at Harvard Business School: My Two Years Inside the Cauldron of Capitalism cover

19. What They Teach You at Harvard Business School: My Two Years Inside the Cauldron of Capitalism

by Philip Delves Broughton

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Statistical Rethinking: A Bayesian Course with Examples in R and Stan (Chapman & Hall/CRC Texts in Statistical Science) cover

20. Statistical Rethinking: A Bayesian Course with Examples in R and Stan (Chapman & Hall/CRC Texts in Statistical Science)

by Richard McElreath

The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology) cover

21. The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology)

by K. Anders Ericsson, Neil Charness, Paul J. Feltovich, Robert R. Hoffman

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Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise cover

22. Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

by Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool

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The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure cover

23. The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

by Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt

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The Science of Leadership: Lessons from Research for Organizational Leaders cover

24. The Science of Leadership: Lessons from Research for Organizational Leaders

by Julian Barling

Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics) cover

25. Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics)

by Christopher M. Bishop

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Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (3rd Edition) cover

26. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (3rd Edition)

by Stuart Jonathan Russell, Peter Norvig, Ernest Davis

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Probabilistic Graphical Models: Principles and Techniques (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series) cover

27. Probabilistic Graphical Models: Principles and Techniques (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series)

by Daphne Koller, Nir Friedman

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Research In Psychology Methods and Design 8E: Methods and Design cover

28. Research In Psychology Methods and Design 8E: Methods and Design

by Kerri A. Goodwin, C. James Goodwin

Thinking about Mathematics: The Philosophy of Mathematics cover

29. Thinking about Mathematics: The Philosophy of Mathematics

by Stewart Shapiro

Strange Brains and Genius: The Secret Lives Of Eccentric Scientists And Madmen cover

30. Strange Brains and Genius: The Secret Lives Of Eccentric Scientists And Madmen

by Clifford A. Pickover

Oliver Heaviside: The Life, Work, and Times of an Electrical Genius of the Victorian Age cover

31. Oliver Heaviside: The Life, Work, and Times of an Electrical Genius of the Victorian Age

by Paul J. Nahin

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Electricity and Magnetism for Mathematicians cover

32. Electricity and Magnetism for Mathematicians

by Thomas A. Garrity

Uplink-Downlink: A History of the Deep Space Network, 1957-1997 (The NASA History Series) cover

33. Uplink-Downlink: A History of the Deep Space Network, 1957-1997 (The NASA History Series)

by Douglas J. Mudgway

Safe as Houses?: A Historical Analysis of Property Prices cover

34. Safe as Houses?: A Historical Analysis of Property Prices

by Neil Monnery

Strategy: A History cover

35. Strategy: A History

by Lawrence Freedman

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722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York cover

36. 722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York

by Clifton Hood

The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God (A Theology of Lordship) cover

37. The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God (A Theology of Lordship)

by John M. Frame

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The All-New Switch Book: The Complete Guide to LAN Switching Technology cover

38. The All-New Switch Book: The Complete Guide to LAN Switching Technology

by Rich Seifert, James Edwards

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The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play cover

39. The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play

by Harry Lorayne, Jerry Lucas

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Neural Network Methods in Natural Language Processing (Synthesis Lectures on Human Language Technologies) cover

40. Neural Network Methods in Natural Language Processing (Synthesis Lectures on Human Language Technologies)

by Yoav Goldberg

Reckoning With Risk : Learning to Live With Uncertainty cover

41. Reckoning With Risk : Learning to Live With Uncertainty

by Gerd Gigerenzer

The Revolutionary Phenotype: The amazing story of how life begins and how it ends cover

42. The Revolutionary Phenotype: The amazing story of how life begins and how it ends

by J. F. Gariépy

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The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in

43. The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in "Healthy" Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain

by Dr. Steven R. Gundry, M.D.

Explore/Create: My Life in Pursuit of New Frontiers, Hidden Worlds, and the Creative Spark cover

44. Explore/Create: My Life in Pursuit of New Frontiers, Hidden Worlds, and the Creative Spark

by Richard Garriott, David Fisher

You Don't Always Get What You Pay For: The Economics of Privatization (A Century Foundation Book) cover

45. You Don't Always Get What You Pay For: The Economics of Privatization (A Century Foundation Book)

by Elliott Sclar

The Royal Physician's Visit cover

46. The Royal Physician's Visit

by Per Olov Enquist

Snow Crash cover

47. Snow Crash

by Neal Stephenson

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Database Design for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Relational Database Design (2nd Edition) cover

48. Database Design for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Relational Database Design (2nd Edition)

by Michael James Hernandez

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Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer cover

49. Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer

by Helen Caldicott

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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future cover

50. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

by Peter Thiel, Blake Masters

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