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

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

by André LaMothe

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The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care cover

2. The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care

by T. R. Reid

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21st Century C cover

3. 21st Century C

by Ben Klemens

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Designing Games: A Guide to Engineering Experiences cover

4. Designing Games: A Guide to Engineering Experiences

by Tynan Sylvester

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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity cover

5. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

by David Allen

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Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life cover

6. Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life

by Peter Gray

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The Mammoth Book of Chess: With Internet Chess [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2009] Graham Burgess cover

7. The Mammoth Book of Chess: With Internet Chess [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2009] Graham Burgess

by Graham Burgess

Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (3rd Edition) cover

8. Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (3rd Edition)

by Randal E. Bryant, David R. O'Hallaron

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Threaded Interpretive Languages: Their Design and Implementation cover

9. Threaded Interpretive Languages: Their Design and Implementation

by R. G. Loeliger

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The Operator: The Seal Team Operative And The Mission That Changed The World cover

10. The Operator: The Seal Team Operative And The Mission That Changed The World

by Robert O'Neill

Metasploit: The Penetration Tester's Guide cover

11. Metasploit: The Penetration Tester's Guide

by David Kennedy, Jim O'Gorman, Devon Kearns, Mati Aharoni

Advanced Penetration Testing: Hacking the World's Most Secure Networks cover

12. Advanced Penetration Testing: Hacking the World's Most Secure Networks

by Wil Allsopp

Starting Out with C++: Early Objects (9th Edition) cover

13. Starting Out with C++: Early Objects (9th Edition)

by Tony Gaddis, Judy Walters, Godfrey Muganda

Computer Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach cover

14. Computer Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach

by Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne

Introduction to Java Programming and Data Structures, Comprehensive Version (11th Edition) cover

15. Introduction to Java Programming and Data Structures, Comprehensive Version (11th Edition)

by Y. Daniel Liang

The Man With the $100,000 Breasts: And Other Gambling Stories cover

16. The Man With the $100,000 Breasts: And Other Gambling Stories

by Michael Konik

Introduction to Linear Algebra, Fifth Edition cover

17. Introduction to Linear Algebra, Fifth Edition

by Gilbert Strang

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The Craft of Scientific Presentations: Critical Steps to Succeed and Critical Errors to Avoid cover

18. The Craft of Scientific Presentations: Critical Steps to Succeed and Critical Errors to Avoid

by Michael Alley

Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal cover

19. Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal

by Nick Bilton

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The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small cover

20. The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small

by John Gall

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Galatea 2.2 cover

21. Galatea 2.2

by Richard Powers

Work Clean: The life-changing power of mise-en-place to organize your life, work, and mind cover

22. Work Clean: The life-changing power of mise-en-place to organize your life, work, and mind

by Dan Charnas

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

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

by Jordan Ellenberg

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Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies cover

24. Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies

by Reid Hoffman, Chris Yeh

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Dawning of Clear Light: A Western Approach to Tibetan Dark Retreat Meditation cover

25. Dawning of Clear Light: A Western Approach to Tibetan Dark Retreat Meditation

by Martin Lowenthal

Einstein's Shadow: A Black Hole, a Band of Astronomers, and the Quest to See the Unseeable cover

26. Einstein's Shadow: A Black Hole, a Band of Astronomers, and the Quest to See the Unseeable

by Seth Fletcher

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Stalin's Aviation Gulag. A Memoir of Andrei Tupolev and the Purge Era cover

27. Stalin's Aviation Gulag. A Memoir of Andrei Tupolev and the Purge Era

by Leonid Lʹvovich Kerber

Legalize This!: The Case for Decriminalizing Drugs (Practical Ethics Series) cover

28. Legalize This!: The Case for Decriminalizing Drugs (Practical Ethics Series)

by Douglas N. Husak

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The Overstory: A Novel cover

29. The Overstory: A Novel

by Richard Powers

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Statistics for Mathematicians: A Rigorous First Course (Compact Textbooks in Mathematics) cover

30. Statistics for Mathematicians: A Rigorous First Course (Compact Textbooks in Mathematics)

by Victor M. Panaretos

A Course in Modern Mathematical Physics: Groups, Hilbert Space and Differential Geometry cover

31. A Course in Modern Mathematical Physics: Groups, Hilbert Space and Differential Geometry

by Peter Szekeres

Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

32. Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Kristopher Tapp

An Introduction to Analysis (4th Edition) cover

33. An Introduction to Analysis (4th Edition)

by W. R. Wade

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Linear Algebra: Step by Step cover

34. Linear Algebra: Step by Step

by Kuldeep Singh

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A Visual Introduction to Differential Forms and Calculus on Manifolds cover

35. A Visual Introduction to Differential Forms and Calculus on Manifolds

by Jon Pierre Fortney

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Advanced Engineering Mathematics cover

36. Advanced Engineering Mathematics

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Engineering Mathematics cover

37. Engineering Mathematics

by K. A. Stroud, Dexter J. Booth

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Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer cover

38. Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer

by Helen Caldicott

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The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win cover

39. The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford

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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right cover

40. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

by Atul Gawande

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Code Simplicity: The Fundamentals of Software cover

41. Code Simplicity: The Fundamentals of Software

by Max Kanat-Alexander

The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Oxford World's Classics) cover

42. The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Oxford World's Classics)

by Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome), Arthur Spenser Loat Farquharson

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

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

by Steve McConnell

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Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions cover

44. Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell

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