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Where Is My Flying Car? cover

1. Where Is My Flying Car?

by J. Storrs Hall

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GENOMICS AND PERSONALIZED MEDICINE: What Everyone Needs to Know® cover

2. GENOMICS AND PERSONALIZED MEDICINE: What Everyone Needs to Know®

by Michael Snyder

Why We Talk: The Evolutionary Origins of Language (Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language) cover

3. Why We Talk: The Evolutionary Origins of Language (Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language)

by Jean-Louis Dessalles

The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood cover

4. The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood

by James Gleick

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Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective cover

5. Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective

by Kenneth O. Stanley, Joel Lehman

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Jung's Thoughts on God: Religious Depths of Our Psyches (The Jung on the Hudson Book series) cover

6. Jung's Thoughts on God: Religious Depths of Our Psyches (The Jung on the Hudson Book series)

by Donald R. Dyer

Xi Jinping: The Governance of China (English Version) cover

7. Xi Jinping: The Governance of China (English Version)

by 习近平

The New Phrenology: The Limits of Localizing Cognitive Processes in the Brain (Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology) cover

8. The New Phrenology: The Limits of Localizing Cognitive Processes in the Brain (Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology)

by William R. Uttal

Mind and Brain: A Critical Appraisal of Cognitive Neuroscience cover

9. Mind and Brain: A Critical Appraisal of Cognitive Neuroscience

by William R. Uttal

Head First Design Patterns: Building Extensible and Maintainable Object-Oriented Software 2nd Edition cover

10. Head First Design Patterns: Building Extensible and Maintainable Object-Oriented Software 2nd Edition

by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson

Head First Git: A Learner's Guide to Understanding Git from the Inside Out cover

11. Head First Git: A Learner's Guide to Understanding Git from the Inside Out

by Raju Gandhi

The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web cover

12. The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web

by Dave Shea, Molly E. Holzschlag

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Everything in Its Place: The Power of Mise-En-Place to Organize Your Life, Work, and Mind cover

13. Everything in Its Place: The Power of Mise-En-Place to Organize Your Life, Work, and Mind

by Dan Charnas

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Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed cover

14. Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

by James C. Scott

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Payments Systems in the U.S.: A Guide for the Payments Professional cover

15. Payments Systems in the U.S.: A Guide for the Payments Professional

by Carol Coye Benson, Scott Loftesness, Russ Jones

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Computer Age Statistical Inference: Algorithms, Evidence, and Data Science (Institute of Mathematical Statistics Monographs, Series Number 5) cover

16. Computer Age Statistical Inference: Algorithms, Evidence, and Data Science (Institute of Mathematical Statistics Monographs, Series Number 5)

by Bradley Efron, Trevor Hastie

The Making of the Atomic Bomb: 25th Anniversary Edition cover

17. The Making of the Atomic Bomb: 25th Anniversary Edition

by Richard Rhodes

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Scientist: E. O. Wilson: A Life in Nature cover

18. Scientist: E. O. Wilson: A Life in Nature

by Richard Rhodes

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Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions cover

19. Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell

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Carboniferous Giants and Mass Extinction: The Late Paleozoic Ice Age World cover

20. Carboniferous Giants and Mass Extinction: The Late Paleozoic Ice Age World

by George R. McGhee

Software Architecture: The Hard Parts cover

21. Software Architecture: The Hard Parts

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The Jazz Masters: Setting the Record Straight (American Made Music Series) cover

22. The Jazz Masters: Setting the Record Straight (American Made Music Series)

by Peter C. Zimmerman

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) cover

23. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Managing Mission - Critical Domains and DNS: Demystifying nameservers, DNS, and domain names cover

24. Managing Mission - Critical Domains and DNS: Demystifying nameservers, DNS, and domain names

by Mark Jeftovic

Positive Discipline: The First Three Years, Revised and Updated Edition: From Infant to Toddler--Laying the Foundation for Raising a Capable, Confident cover

25. Positive Discipline: The First Three Years, Revised and Updated Edition: From Infant to Toddler--Laying the Foundation for Raising a Capable, Confident

by Jane Nelsen, Cheryl Erwin, MA, Roslyn Ann Duffy

A Guide to Rational Living cover

26. A Guide to Rational Living

by Albert Ellis, Robert Allan Harper

Bioinformatics Data Skills cover

27. Bioinformatics Data Skills

by Vince Buffalo

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Stronghold: One Man's Quest to Save the World's Wild Salmon cover

28. Stronghold: One Man's Quest to Save the World's Wild Salmon

by Tucker Malarkey

25 Scratch 3 Games for Kids: A Playful Guide to Coding cover

29. 25 Scratch 3 Games for Kids: A Playful Guide to Coding

by Max Wainewright

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How I Wish I Had Taught Maths: Reflections on research, conversations with experts, and 12 years of mistakes cover

30. How I Wish I Had Taught Maths: Reflections on research, conversations with experts, and 12 years of mistakes

by Craig Barton

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Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending cover

31. Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending

by Elizabeth Dunn, Michael Norton

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Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons And Teachings From A Lifetime In Golf cover

32. Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons And Teachings From A Lifetime In Golf

by Harvey Penick