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The Art of SQL cover

1. The Art of SQL

by Stephane Faroult, Peter Robson

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Doing Data Science cover

2. Doing Data Science

by Cathy O'Neil, Rachel Schutt

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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think cover

3. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund

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

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

by Peter Thiel, Blake Masters

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The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems cover

5. The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems

by Jef Raskin

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50 Facts about Space cover

6. 50 Facts about Space

by Mark Lambert

The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes: Second Edition cover

7. The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes: Second Edition

by Jonathan Rose

Automata, Computability and Complexity: Theory and Applications cover

8. Automata, Computability and Complexity: Theory and Applications

by Elaine Rich

The Cult of Mac cover

9. The Cult of Mac

by Leander Kahney

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Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties cover

10. Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties

by Joe Celko

Joe Celko's Thinking in Sets: Auxiliary, Temporal, and Virtual Tables in SQL (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

11. Joe Celko's Thinking in Sets: Auxiliary, Temporal, and Virtual Tables in SQL (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by Joe Celko

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SQL Performance Explained Everything Developers Need to Know about SQL Performance cover

12. SQL Performance Explained Everything Developers Need to Know about SQL Performance

by Markus Winand

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The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb cover

13. The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb

by R. Crumb

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Magnetic Marketing: How To Attract A Flood Of New Customers That Pay, Stay, and Refer cover

14. Magnetic Marketing: How To Attract A Flood Of New Customers That Pay, Stay, and Refer

by Dan S. Kennedy

In Search of Stardust: Amazing Micrometeorites and Their Terrestrial Imposters cover

15. In Search of Stardust: Amazing Micrometeorites and Their Terrestrial Imposters

by Jon Larsen

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Fearless Symmetry: Exposing the Hidden Patterns of Numbers - New Edition cover

16. Fearless Symmetry: Exposing the Hidden Patterns of Numbers - New Edition

by Avner Ash, Robert Gross

Radical Focus: Achieving Your Most Important Goals with Objectives and Key Results cover

17. Radical Focus: Achieving Your Most Important Goals with Objectives and Key Results

by Christina R Wodtke

Zen of Code Optimization: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Software That Pushes PCs to the Limit cover

18. Zen of Code Optimization: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Software That Pushes PCs to the Limit

by Michael Abrash

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Zen of Assembly Language: Knowledge (Scott Foresman Assembly Language Programming Series) cover

19. Zen of Assembly Language: Knowledge (Scott Foresman Assembly Language Programming Series)

by Michael Abrash

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Out of the Nightmare: Recovery from Depression and Suicidal Pain cover

20. Out of the Nightmare: Recovery from Depression and Suicidal Pain

by David L. Conroy

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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma cover

21. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

by Bessel A. Van der Kolk

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Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems cover

22. Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems

by Sam Newman

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UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (5th Edition) cover

23. UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (5th Edition)

by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Ben Whaley, Trent Hein

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The Go Programming Language (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

24. The Go Programming Language (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by Alan A. A. Donovan, Brian W. Kernighan

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems cover

25. Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

by Martin Kleppmann

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Learning React: Functional Web Development with React and Redux cover

26. Learning React: Functional Web Development with React and Redux

by Alex Banks, Eve Porcello

React Design Patterns and Best Practices: Build easy to scale modular applications using the most powerful components and design patterns cover

27. React Design Patterns and Best Practices: Build easy to scale modular applications using the most powerful components and design patterns

by Michele Bertoli

Designing Distributed Systems: Patterns and Paradigms for Scalable, Reliable Services cover

28. Designing Distributed Systems: Patterns and Paradigms for Scalable, Reliable Services

by Brendan Burns

Kotlin Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide cover

29. Kotlin Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

by Josh Skeen, David Greenhalgh

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The True Beauty Of Math: Volume 1, The Foundations cover

30. The True Beauty Of Math: Volume 1, The Foundations

by Michael Enciso

The True Beauty Of Math: Volume 2, Giving Life To Sets cover

31. The True Beauty Of Math: Volume 2, Giving Life To Sets

by Michael Enciso

The Art of UNIX Programming (The Addison-Wesley Professional Computng Series) cover

32. The Art of UNIX Programming (The Addison-Wesley Professional Computng Series)

by Eric S. Raymond

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The Four Steps to the Epiphany cover

33. The Four Steps to the Epiphany

by Steve Blank

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