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Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming (ACM Press) cover

1. Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming (ACM Press)

by Clemens Szyperski

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Getting Started with Dwarf Fortress: Learn to play the most complex video game ever made cover

2. Getting Started with Dwarf Fortress: Learn to play the most complex video game ever made

by Peter Tyson

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Coding the Matrix: Linear Algebra through Applications to Computer Science cover

3. Coding the Matrix: Linear Algebra through Applications to Computer Science

by Philip N. Klein

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No bullshit guide to linear algebra cover

4. No bullshit guide to linear algebra

by Ivan Savov

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Linear Algebra and Learning from Data cover

5. Linear Algebra and Learning from Data

by Gilbert Strang

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The Norton Anthology of English Literature cover

6. The Norton Anthology of English Literature

by Greenblatt, Stephen

Differential And Integral Calculus Vol 1 (Pb 1996) cover

7. Differential And Integral Calculus Vol 1 (Pb 1996)

by N. Piskunov

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Calculus cover

8. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Calculus

by W. Michael Kelley

Programming Rust: Fast, Safe Systems Development cover

9. Programming Rust: Fast, Safe Systems Development

by Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff

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Sikunder Burnes: Master of the Great Game cover

10. Sikunder Burnes: Master of the Great Game

by Craig Murray

The Surprising Science of Meetings: How You Can Lead Your Team to Peak Performance cover

11. The Surprising Science of Meetings: How You Can Lead Your Team to Peak Performance

by Steven G. Rogelberg

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Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons cover

12. Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

by Phyllis Haddox, Siegfried Engelmann, Elaine Bruner

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How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler cover

13. How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler

by Ryan North

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The Fifth Generation: Artificial Intelligence & Japan's Computer Challenge to the World cover

14. The Fifth Generation: Artificial Intelligence & Japan's Computer Challenge to the World

by Edward A. Feigenbaum, Pamela McCorduck

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The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires cover

15. The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

by Tim Wu

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Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism cover

16. Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism

by Ann Coulter

An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management cover

17. An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management

by Will Larson

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DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model cover

18. DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model

by Jeremy Keith, Jeffrey Sambells

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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't cover

19. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't

by Jim Collins

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War Before Civilization: The Myth of the Peaceful Savage cover

20. War Before Civilization: The Myth of the Peaceful Savage

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The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding cover

21. The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding

by Al Ries, Laura Ries

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Differentiate or Die: Survival in Our Era of Killer Competition cover

22. Differentiate or Die: Survival in Our Era of Killer Competition

by Jack Trout

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What Sticks: Why Most Advertising Fails and How to Guarantee yours Succeeds cover

23. What Sticks: Why Most Advertising Fails and How to Guarantee yours Succeeds

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die cover

24. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

by Chip Heath, Dan Heath

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The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, Second Edition with a new chapter by the author cover

25. The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, Second Edition with a new chapter by the author

by Marc Levinson

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Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her cover

26. Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her

by Rowland White

Have Fun at Work cover

27. Have Fun at Work

by William L. Livingston

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