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QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter cover

1. QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

by Richard Phillips Feynman, A. Zee

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Yeager: An Autobiography cover

2. Yeager: An Autobiography

by Chuck Yeager, Leo Janos

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

by Thomas C. Leonard

Black Rednecks and White Liberals cover

5. Black Rednecks and White Liberals

by Thomas Sowell

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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

by Mike Wilson

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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

by Benji Smith

Incident Response & Computer Forensics, Third Edition cover

9. Incident Response & Computer Forensics, Third Edition

by Kevin Mandia, Matthew Pepe, Jason T. Luttgens

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

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

by Nancy N. Rue

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

by John Komlos

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

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

by Steve Hoffmann

The Cheap Video Cookbook cover

13. The Cheap Video Cookbook

by Don Lancaster

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

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

by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, Stephen R. Covey

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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

15. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen

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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

by Andy Greenberg

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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

by Donald Ervin Knuth

The Fifth Risk cover

20. The Fifth Risk

by Michael Lewis

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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

by W. A. Mathieu

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Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage cover

22. Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage

by Kenneth Silverman

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

by Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton cover

24. Isaac Newton

by James Gleick

Through the Language Glass cover

25. Through the Language Glass

by Guy Deutscher

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

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

by Sappho

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!

by Jack Trout

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The Boron Letters cover

28. The Boron Letters

by Gary Halbert, Bond Halbert

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)

by Raymond M. Smullyan

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)

by Diomidis Spinellis

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

by David J. Agans

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Guide to the Good Life, A cover

32. Guide to the Good Life, A

by William B. Irvine, James Patrick Cronin

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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)

by Will Schutz

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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)

by Kaoru Ishikawa

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)

by Louis Borgenicht M.D., Joe Borgenicht

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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

by Dan Roam

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

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

by David Allen

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Unix Power Tools, 3rd Edition cover

38. Unix Power Tools, 3rd Edition

by Shelley Powers

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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

by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim

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Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models cover

40. Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models

by Gabriel Weinberg, Lauren McCann

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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

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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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

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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