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Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer cover

1. Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer

by Rob Manning, William L. Simon

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The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' cover

2. The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error'

by Professor Sidney Dekker

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

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

by Clemens Szyperski

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Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software cover

4. Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

by Eric Evans

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Quartz: The Objects That Power the Global Economy cover

5. Quartz: The Objects That Power the Global Economy

by Quartz

Building Parallel, Embedded, and Real-Time Applications with Ada cover

6. Building Parallel, Embedded, and Real-Time Applications with Ada

by John W. McCormick, Frank Singhoff, Jérôme Hugues

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Slant: A Novel cover

7. Slant: A Novel

by Greg Bear

Drugs without the hot air: Making sense of legal and illegal drugs (3) cover

8. Drugs without the hot air: Making sense of legal and illegal drugs (3)

by David Nutt

The Logic Of Failure: Recognizing And Avoiding Error In Complex Situations cover

9. The Logic Of Failure: Recognizing And Avoiding Error In Complex Situations

by Dietrich Dorner

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The Word Exchange: Anglo-Saxon Poems in Translation cover

10. The Word Exchange: Anglo-Saxon Poems in Translation

by Greg Delanty, Michael Matto

Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement cover

11. Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement

by Thomas Szasz

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Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America's Enemies cover

12. Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America's Enemies

by Medford Stanton Evans

Wrong: Why experts* keep failing us--and how to know when not to trust them *Scientists, finance wizards, doctors, relationship gurus, celebrity CEOs, ... consultants, health officials and more cover

13. Wrong: Why experts* keep failing us--and how to know when not to trust them *Scientists, finance wizards, doctors, relationship gurus, celebrity CEOs, ... consultants, health officials and more

by David H. Freedman

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Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe cover

14. Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe

by George Dyson

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Are You Missing the Real Estate Boom?: The Boom Will Not Bust and Why Property Values Will Continue to Climb Through the End of the Decade - And How to Profit From Them cover

15. Are You Missing the Real Estate Boom?: The Boom Will Not Bust and Why Property Values Will Continue to Climb Through the End of the Decade - And How to Profit From Them

by David A. Lereah

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Purely Functional Data Structures cover

16. Purely Functional Data Structures

by Chris Okasaki

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Slanted: How the News Media Taught Us to Love Censorship and Hate Journalism cover

17. Slanted: How the News Media Taught Us to Love Censorship and Hate Journalism

by Sharyl Attkisson

Asian Godfathers: Money and Power in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia cover

18. Asian Godfathers: Money and Power in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia

by Joe Studwell

A Philosophy of Software Design cover

19. A Philosophy of Software Design

by John Ousterhout

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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship cover

20. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Robert C. Martin

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The Mind Doesn't Work That Way: The Scope and Limits of Computational Psychology cover

21. The Mind Doesn't Work That Way: The Scope and Limits of Computational Psychology

by Jerry A. Fodor

Death (The Open Yale Courses Series) cover

22. Death (The Open Yale Courses Series)

by Shelly Kagan

3D Math Primer for Graphics and Game Development, 2nd Edition cover

23. 3D Math Primer for Graphics and Game Development, 2nd Edition

by Fletcher Dunn, Ian Parberry

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Big Ideas for Curious Minds: An Introduction to Philosophy cover

24. Big Ideas for Curious Minds: An Introduction to Philosophy

by The School of Life

Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth cover

25. Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth

by Gabriel Weinberg, Justin Mares

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The Four Steps to the Epiphany cover

26. The Four Steps to the Epiphany

by Steve Blank

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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think cover

27. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund

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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) cover

28. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman

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Coding for Kids: Python: Learn to Code with 50 Awesome Games and Activities cover

29. Coding for Kids: Python: Learn to Code with 50 Awesome Games and Activities

by Adrienne B. Tacke

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) cover

30. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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Remote: Office Not Required cover

31. Remote: Office Not Required

by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

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It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work cover

32. It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work

by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

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Rework cover

33. Rework

by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

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The Customer Rules: The 39 Essential Rules for Delivering Sensational Service cover

34. The Customer Rules: The 39 Essential Rules for Delivering Sensational Service

by Lee Cockerell

Gap Selling: Getting the Customer to Yes: How Problem-Centric Selling Increases Sales by Changing Everything You Know About Relationships, Overcoming Objections, Closing and Price cover

35. Gap Selling: Getting the Customer to Yes: How Problem-Centric Selling Increases Sales by Changing Everything You Know About Relationships, Overcoming Objections, Closing and Price

by Keenan

Platform Strategy: How to Unlock the Power of Communities and Networks to Grow Your Business cover

36. Platform Strategy: How to Unlock the Power of Communities and Networks to Grow Your Business

by Laure Claire Reillier, Benoit Reillier

Content Inc.: How Entrepreneurs Use Content to Build Massive Audiences and Create Radically Successful Businesses cover

37. Content Inc.: How Entrepreneurs Use Content to Build Massive Audiences and Create Radically Successful Businesses

by Joe Pulizzi