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Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition cover

1. Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition

by W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago

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Development and Deployment of Multiplayer Online Games, Vol. I: GDD, Authoritative Servers, Communications (Development and Deployment of Multiplayer Games) cover

2. Development and Deployment of Multiplayer Online Games, Vol. I: GDD, Authoritative Servers, Communications (Development and Deployment of Multiplayer Games)

by 'No Bugs' Hare

Computer Graphics from Scratch: An Introduction to 3D Rendering cover

3. Computer Graphics from Scratch: An Introduction to 3D Rendering

by Gabriel Gambetta

Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice (3rd Edition) cover

4. Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice (3rd Edition)

by John F. Hughes

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The New York Times Page One: One Hundred Years of Headlines As Presented in the New York Times cover

5. The New York Times Page One: One Hundred Years of Headlines As Presented in the New York Times

by New York Times, New York Times Company

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Understanding UNIX/LINUX Programming: A Guide to Theory and Practice cover

6. Understanding UNIX/LINUX Programming: A Guide to Theory and Practice

by Bruce Molay

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Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections cover

7. Stephen Biesty's Incredible Cross-Sections

by Richard Platt

Legalize This!: The Case for Decriminalizing Drugs (Practical Ethics Series) cover

8. Legalize This!: The Case for Decriminalizing Drugs (Practical Ethics Series)

by Douglas N. Husak

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

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

by John Drury Clark

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Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior, 4) cover

10. Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior, 4)

by Christopher H. Achen, Larry M. Bartels

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Avogadro Corp: The Singularity Is Closer Than It Appears cover

11. Avogadro Corp: The Singularity Is Closer Than It Appears

by William Hertling

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The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World cover

12. The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World

by Vincent Bevins

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The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance cover

13. The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance

by W. Timothy Gallwey

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We cover

14. We

by Yevgeny Zamyatin

The Road Chose Me Volume 2: Three years and 54,000 miles around Africa cover

15. The Road Chose Me Volume 2: Three years and 54,000 miles around Africa

by Dan Grec

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Microsoft Windows User Experience (Microsoft Professional Editions) cover

16. Microsoft Windows User Experience (Microsoft Professional Editions)

by Microsoft Press

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The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt (Pantheon Graphic Library) cover

17. The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt (Pantheon Graphic Library)

by Andrea Wulf

WALKABLE CITY: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time cover

18. WALKABLE CITY: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time

by Jeff Speck

The Tartar Khan's Englishman cover

19. The Tartar Khan's Englishman

by Gabriel Ronay

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The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare cover

20. The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare

by Christian Brose

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Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old cover

21. Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old

by Andrew Steele

52 Random Weekend Projects: For Budding Inventors and Backyard Builders cover

22. 52 Random Weekend Projects: For Budding Inventors and Backyard Builders

by Grant Thompson

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23. Build Your Own Z80 Computer

by Steve Ciarcia

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