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Server-Side Javascript: Developing Integrated Web Applications cover

1. Server-Side Javascript: Developing Integrated Web Applications

Server-Side JavaScript(TM): Developing Integrated Web Applications cover

2. Server-Side JavaScript(TM): Developing Integrated Web Applications

by Robert Husted, J. J. Kuslich

Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming cover

3. Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming

by Peter Seibel

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Where the Crawdads Sing cover

4. Where the Crawdads Sing

by Delia Owens

Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story cover

5. Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story

by John Yorke

Floating Off the Page: The Best Stories from The Wall Street Journal's

6. Floating Off the Page: The Best Stories from The Wall Street Journal's "Middle Column" (Wall Street Journal Book)

by Ken Wells

Wiseguy cover

7. Wiseguy

by Nicholas Pileggi

Mr. Nice: An Autobiography cover

8. Mr. Nice: An Autobiography

by Howard Marks

The World of Mathematics: A Four-Volume Set cover

9. The World of Mathematics: A Four-Volume Set

by James R. Newman

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Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas cover

10. Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

by Seymour A. Papert

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Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence cover

11. Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence

by Rory Miller

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Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science (2nd Edition) cover

12. Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science (2nd Edition)

by Ronald L. Graham, Donald Ervin Knuth, Oren Patashnik

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Prof. E. McSquared's Calculus Primer: Expanded Intergalactic Version! (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

13. Prof. E. McSquared's Calculus Primer: Expanded Intergalactic Version! (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Swann, Howard, Johnson, John

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The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures cover

14. The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures

by Malba Tahan

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Number Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

15. Number Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by George E. Andrews

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On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen cover

16. On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

by Harold McGee

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The Incredible Clay Book. Klutz Press cover

17. The Incredible Clay Book. Klutz Press

by Sherri Haab, Laura Torres

No bullshit guide to math and physics cover

18. No bullshit guide to math and physics

by Ivan Savov

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life cover

19. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

by Mark Manson

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Who Is Fourier? A Mathematical Adventure 2nd Edition cover

20. Who Is Fourier? A Mathematical Adventure 2nd Edition

by Transnational College of Lex

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The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time cover

21. The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time

by Jonathan Weiner

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Chaos: Making a New Science cover

22. Chaos: Making a New Science

by James Gleick

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Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel cover

23. Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel

by Tom Wainwright

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Mathographics cover

24. Mathographics

by Robert Dixon

First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently cover

25. First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently

by Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman

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The Symmetries of Things cover

26. The Symmetries of Things

by John Horton Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim Goodman-Strauss

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An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Vol. 1, 3rd Edition cover

27. An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Vol. 1, 3rd Edition

by William Feller

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Surfing Uncertainty: Prediction, Action, and the Embodied Mind cover

28. Surfing Uncertainty: Prediction, Action, and the Embodied Mind

by Andy Clark

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Burn Math Class: And Reinvent Mathematics for Yourself cover

29. Burn Math Class: And Reinvent Mathematics for Yourself

by Jason Wilkes

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In Search of Stupidity: Over Twenty Years of High Tech Marketing Disasters cover

30. In Search of Stupidity: Over Twenty Years of High Tech Marketing Disasters

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JavaScript: The Good Parts cover

31. JavaScript: The Good Parts

by Douglas Crockford, Ke luo ke fu de, Yan xue kun, Douglas Crockford

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Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World cover

32. Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

by DAVID. EPSTEIN

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The Rich Are Different: A Priceless Treasury of Quotations and Anecdotes About the Affluent, the Posh, a nd the Just Plain Loaded cover

33. The Rich Are Different: A Priceless Treasury of Quotations and Anecdotes About the Affluent, the Posh, a nd the Just Plain Loaded

by Jon Winokur

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Genso Shūki: Moete Oboeru Kagaku No Kihon Element Girls cover

34. Genso Shūki: Moete Oboeru Kagaku No Kihon Element Girls

by スタジオハードデラックス

The Firecracker Boys: H-Bombs, Inupiat Eskimos, and the Roots of the Environmental Movement cover

35. The Firecracker Boys: H-Bombs, Inupiat Eskimos, and the Roots of the Environmental Movement

by Dan O'Neill

Mathematical Circles: Russian Experience (Mathematical World, Vol. 7) cover

36. Mathematical Circles: Russian Experience (Mathematical World, Vol. 7)

by Sergeĭ Aleksandrovich Genkin, Dmitriĭ Vladimirovich Fomin, Ilʹi︠a︡ Vladimirovich Itenberg

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The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity cover

37. The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity

by Toby Ord

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Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies cover

38. Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies

by Alastair Bonnett

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Robert Maxwell, Israel's Superspy: The Life and Murder of a Media Mogul cover

39. Robert Maxwell, Israel's Superspy: The Life and Murder of a Media Mogul

by Gordon Thomas, Martin Dillon

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The Medici Effect: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation cover

40. The Medici Effect: What Elephants and Epidemics Can Teach Us About Innovation

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains cover

41. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

by Nicholas Carr

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Werner Herzog – A Guide for the Perplexed cover

42. Werner Herzog – A Guide for the Perplexed

by Paul Cronin

Parallax: The Race to Measure the Cosmos cover

43. Parallax: The Race to Measure the Cosmos

by Alan Hirshfeld

Starlight Detectives: How Astronomers, Inventors, and Eccentrics Discovered the Modern Universe cover

44. Starlight Detectives: How Astronomers, Inventors, and Eccentrics Discovered the Modern Universe

by Alan Hirshfeld

Elements of Programming Interviews in Python: The Insiders' Guide cover

45. Elements of Programming Interviews in Python: The Insiders' Guide

by Adnan Aziz, Tsung-Hsien Lee, Amit Prakash

RIVER CAFE COOK BOOK EASY cover

46. RIVER CAFE COOK BOOK EASY

by Rose Gray, Ruth Rogers

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds cover

47. Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds

by Charles MacKay

More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite (Council on Foreign Relations Books (Penguin Press)) cover

48. More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite (Council on Foreign Relations Books (Penguin Press))

by Sebastian Mallaby

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How To Draw: Drawing And Sketching Objects And Environments From Your Imagination cover

49. How To Draw: Drawing And Sketching Objects And Environments From Your Imagination

by Scott Robertson, Thomas Bertling