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The Design of the UNIX Operating System cover

1. The Design of the UNIX Operating System

by Maurice J. Bach

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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship cover

2. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Robert C. Martin

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Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace) cover

3. Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace)

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The Guns of August: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Classic About the Outbreak of World War I cover

4. The Guns of August: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Classic About the Outbreak of World War I

by Barbara W. Tuchman

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Probability Theory: The Logic of Science cover

5. Probability Theory: The Logic of Science

by E. T. Jaynes

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The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error cover

6. The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error

by Sidney Dekker

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

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

by Tom DeMarco

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Deep Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series) cover

8. Deep Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series)

by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, Aaron Courville

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Digital Computer Electronics cover

9. Digital Computer Electronics

by Malvino

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The Boy Who Played with Fusion cover

10. The Boy Who Played with Fusion

by Tom Clynes

Draft Standard C++ Library, The cover

11. Draft Standard C++ Library, The

by P. J. Plauger

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Original Sin: A Cultural History cover

12. Original Sin: A Cultural History

by Alan Jacobs

Measurement in Psychology: A Critical History of a Methodological Concept (Ideas in Context) cover

13. Measurement in Psychology: A Critical History of a Methodological Concept (Ideas in Context)

by Joel Michell

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C++ Primer (5th Edition) cover

14. C++ Primer (5th Edition)

by Stanley B. Lippman

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HBR's 10 Must Reads for New Managers (with bonus article “How Managers Become Leaders” by Michael D. Watkins) (HBR's 10 Must Reads) cover

15. HBR's 10 Must Reads for New Managers (with bonus article “How Managers Become Leaders” by Michael D. Watkins) (HBR's 10 Must Reads)

by Harvard Business Review, Linda A. Hill, Herminia Ibarra, Robert B. Cialdini, Daniel Goleman

Cocktail Codex: Fundamentals, Formulas, Evolutions cover

16. Cocktail Codex: Fundamentals, Formulas, Evolutions

by Alex Day, Nick Fauchald, David Kaplan

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Death & Co: Modern Classic Cocktails cover

17. Death & Co: Modern Classic Cocktails

by David Kaplan, Nick Fauchald, Alex Day

Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (Rutgers University Press Classics) cover

18. Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (Rutgers University Press Classics)

by John Drury Clark

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Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration—and How to Achieve Real Reform cover

19. Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration—and How to Achieve Real Reform

by John Pfaff

A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing (12th Edition) cover

20. A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing (12th Edition)

by Burton G Malkiel

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

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

by Eric Evans

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

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

by Robert C. Martin

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

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

by Martin Kleppmann

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3264 and All That: A Second Course in Algebraic Geometry cover

24. 3264 and All That: A Second Course in Algebraic Geometry

by David Eisenbud, Joe Harris

McNamara's Folly cover

25. McNamara's Folly

by Hamilton Gregory

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The CEO Pay Machine: How it Trashes America and How to Stop it cover

26. The CEO Pay Machine: How it Trashes America and How to Stop it

by Steven Clifford

10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness cover

27. 10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness

by Alanna Collen

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Common LISP. The Language. Second Edition cover

28. Common LISP. The Language. Second Edition

by Guy Steele

How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities cover

29. How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities

by John Cassidy

Programming in Haskell cover

30. Programming in Haskell

by Graham Hutton

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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) cover

31. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman

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Introduction to functional programming (Prentice Hall international series in computer science) cover

32. Introduction to functional programming (Prentice Hall international series in computer science)

by Richard J. Bird, Philip Wadler

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

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

by Camille Fournier

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The Alchemy of Finance cover

34. The Alchemy of Finance

by George Soros

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

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

by Bessel A. Van der Kolk

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

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

by David L. Conroy

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37. Crying Wolf: Hate Crime Hoaxes in America

by Laird Wilcox

Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter cover

38. Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter

by Scott Adams

Ta Today: A New Introduction to Transactional Analysis. (Second Edition) Ian Stewart, Vann Joines cover

39. Ta Today: A New Introduction to Transactional Analysis. (Second Edition) Ian Stewart, Vann Joines

by Ian Stewart, Vann Joines

Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World [With CD (Audio)] cover

40. Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World [With CD (Audio)]

by J. Mark G. Williams, Mark Williams, Danny Penman

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

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

by Christopher M. Bishop

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The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book cover

42. The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book

by Andriy Burkov

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You Are the Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter cover

43. You Are the Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter

by Joe Dispenza