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QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter cover

1. QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

Yeager: An Autobiography cover

2. Yeager: An Autobiography

Harry Potter: Slytherin Glass Votive Candle (Luminaries) cover

3. Harry Potter: Slytherin Glass Votive Candle (Luminaries)

Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era cover

4. Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era

Black Rednecks and White Liberals cover

5. Black Rednecks and White Liberals

The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison – An Oracle Biography of Ruthless Ambition and Silicon Valley Fame cover

6. The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison – An Oracle Biography of Ruthless Ambition and Silicon Valley Fame

Strata + Hadoop World 2016 - San Jose, California: Video Compilation cover

7. Strata + Hadoop World 2016 - San Jose, California: Video Compilation

Abandoned Ship: An intimate account of the Costa Concordia shipwreck cover

8. Abandoned Ship: An intimate account of the Costa Concordia shipwreck

Incident Response & Computer Forensics, Third Edition cover

9. Incident Response & Computer Forensics, Third Edition

Sophie's World (Sophie Series, Book 1) cover

10. Sophie's World (Sophie Series, Book 1)

What Every Economics Student Needs to Know and Doesn't Get in the Usual Principles Text cover

11. What Every Economics Student Needs to Know and Doesn't Get in the Usual Principles Text

Planet Water: Investing in the World's Most Valuable Resource cover

12. Planet Water: Investing in the World's Most Valuable Resource

The Cheap Video Cookbook cover

13. The Cheap Video Cookbook

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition cover

14. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition

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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

15. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

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Questioning the Lambda Architecture cover

16. Questioning the Lambda Architecture

Piracy is progressive taxation, and other thoughts on the evolution of online distribution cover

17. Piracy is progressive taxation, and other thoughts on the evolution of online distribution

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Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers cover

18. Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers

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Art of Computer Programming, The: Combinatorial Algorithms, Volume 4A, Part 1 cover

19. Art of Computer Programming, The: Combinatorial Algorithms, Volume 4A, Part 1

The Fifth Risk cover

20. The Fifth Risk

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Harmonic Experience: Tonal Harmony from Its Natural Origins to Its Modern Expression cover

21. Harmonic Experience: Tonal Harmony from Its Natural Origins to Its Modern Expression

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Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage cover

22. Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage

Observations Upon The Prophecies Of Daniel And The Apocalypse Of St. John cover

23. Observations Upon The Prophecies Of Daniel And The Apocalypse Of St. John

Isaac Newton cover

24. Isaac Newton

Through the Language Glass cover

25. Through the Language Glass

If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho (Vintage Contemporaries) cover

26. If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho (Vintage Contemporaries)

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk! cover

27. The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk!

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The Boron Letters cover

28. The Boron Letters

The Lady or the Tiger?: and Other Logic Puzzles (Dover Recreational Math) cover

29. The Lady or the Tiger?: and Other Logic Puzzles (Dover Recreational Math)

Effective Debugging: 66 Specific Ways to Debug Software and Systems (Effective Software Development Series) cover

30. Effective Debugging: 66 Specific Ways to Debug Software and Systems (Effective Software Development Series)

Debugging: The 9 Indispensable Rules for Finding Even the Most Elusive Software and Hardware Problems cover

31. Debugging: The 9 Indispensable Rules for Finding Even the Most Elusive Software and Hardware Problems

Guide to the Good Life, A cover

32. Guide to the Good Life, A

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The Human Element: Productivity, Self-Esteem, and the Bottom Line (Jossey Bass Business & Management Series) cover

33. The Human Element: Productivity, Self-Esteem, and the Bottom Line (Jossey Bass Business & Management Series)

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What Is Total Quality Control?: The Japanese Way (Business Management) (English and Japanese Edition) cover

34. What Is Total Quality Control?: The Japanese Way (Business Management) (English and Japanese Edition)

The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance (Owner's and Instruction Manual) cover

35. The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance (Owner's and Instruction Manual)

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The Back of the Napkin (Expanded Edition): Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures cover

36. The Back of the Napkin (Expanded Edition): Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures

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

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

Unix Power Tools, 3rd Edition cover

38. Unix Power Tools, 3rd Edition

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Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations cover

39. Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

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Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models cover

40. Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models

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The Elements of Computing Systems, second edition: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

41. The Elements of Computing Systems, second edition: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

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The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

42. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

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