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Trading at the Speed of Light: How Ultrafast Algorithms Are Transforming Financial Markets cover

1. Trading at the Speed of Light: How Ultrafast Algorithms Are Transforming Financial Markets

by Donald MacKenzie

Algorithmic Trading and DMA: An introduction to direct access trading strategies cover

2. Algorithmic Trading and DMA: An introduction to direct access trading strategies

by Barry Johnson

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Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again cover

3. Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again

by Johann Hari

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San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities cover

4. San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities

by Michael Shellenberger

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Status Anxiety cover

5. Status Anxiety

by Alain De Botton

The Illustrated Network: How TCP/IP Works in a Modern Network cover

6. The Illustrated Network: How TCP/IP Works in a Modern Network

by Walter Goralski

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Grandma, Tell Me Your Memories cover

7. Grandma, Tell Me Your Memories

by Kathy Lashier

300 Questions to Ask Your Parents Before It's Too Late cover

8. 300 Questions to Ask Your Parents Before It's Too Late

by Shannon Alder

Computer Networks cover

9. Computer Networks

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum

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The All-New Switch Book: The Complete Guide to LAN Switching Technology cover

10. The All-New Switch Book: The Complete Guide to LAN Switching Technology

by Rich Seifert, James Edwards

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Computer Networking [Global Edition] cover

11. Computer Networking [Global Edition]

by JAMES. ROSS KUROSE (KEITH.), Keith Ross

Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam cover

12. Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam

by Vivek Ramaswamy

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The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (Revised Edition) cover

13. The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (Revised Edition)

by Fareed Zakaria

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Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly)) cover

14. Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson

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Creating Cool HTML 4 Web Pages cover

15. Creating Cool HTML 4 Web Pages

by Dave Taylor

Using Turbo BASIC cover

16. Using Turbo BASIC

by Mike James, Kay Ewbank

Turtle Geometry: The Computer as a Medium for Exploring Mathematics (Artificial Intelligence) cover

17. Turtle Geometry: The Computer as a Medium for Exploring Mathematics (Artificial Intelligence)

by Harold Abelson, Andrea Disessa

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Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations cover

18. 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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Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML 4 in 21 Days, Professional Reference Edition, Second Edition (Teach Yourself -- Days) cover

19. Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML 4 in 21 Days, Professional Reference Edition, Second Edition (Teach Yourself -- Days)

by Laura Lemay, Denise Tyler

Mastering Quickbasic cover

20. Mastering Quickbasic

by Rita Belserene

The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives cover

21. The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives

by Alan Turner

A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms, Second Edition: Level Up Your Core Programming Skills cover

22. A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms, Second Edition: Level Up Your Core Programming Skills

by Jay Wengrow

How to Edit Technical Documents: cover

23. How to Edit Technical Documents:

by Donald Bush

Infinitesimal Calculus (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

24. Infinitesimal Calculus (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by James M. Henle, Eugene M. Kleinberg

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UNIX: A History and a Memoir cover

25. UNIX: A History and a Memoir

by Brian W. Kernighan

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The Visual Display of Quantitative Information cover

26. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

by Edward R. Tufte

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Writing Without Bullshit: Boost Your Career by Saying What You Mean cover

27. Writing Without Bullshit: Boost Your Career by Saying What You Mean

by Josh Bernoff

Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works (Interactive Technologies) cover

28. Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works (Interactive Technologies)

by Janice Redish

How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps cover

29. How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps

by Natalie Sidner, Lawrence Krubner

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Supplemento al dizionario italiano. Ediz. multilingue (Opera Munari) cover

30. Supplemento al dizionario italiano. Ediz. multilingue (Opera Munari)

by Bruno Munari

The Algebra of Programming (Prentice-hall International Series in Computer Science) cover

31. The Algebra of Programming (Prentice-hall International Series in Computer Science)

by Richard Bird, Oege de Moor

The Society of Mind cover

32. The Society of Mind

by Marvin Minsky

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The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change) cover

33. The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change)

by Clayton M. Christensen

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Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil cover

34. Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil

by Tom Mueller

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Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating and What You Can Do About It cover

35. Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating and What You Can Do About It

by Larry Olmsted

Quantum Mechanics cover

36. Quantum Mechanics

by Dennis Morris

Mindworks Brain Training: Right-Brain Puzzles cover

37. Mindworks Brain Training: Right-Brain Puzzles

Mindworks Brain Training Over 320 puzzles Bind-up Left Brain 2019 Year Edition Paperback cover

38. Mindworks Brain Training Over 320 puzzles Bind-up Left Brain 2019 Year Edition Paperback

Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life cover

39. Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life

by Luke Burgis

Fundamentals of Inflammation cover

40. Fundamentals of Inflammation

by Charles N. Serhan, Peter A. Ward, Derek W. Gilroy

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The Historical Performance of the Federal Reserve: The Importance of Rules (695) cover

41. The Historical Performance of the Federal Reserve: The Importance of Rules (695)

by Michael D. Bordo

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable cover

42. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Discrete-Time Signal Processing (3rd Edition) (Prentice-Hall Signal Processing Series) cover

43. Discrete-Time Signal Processing (3rd Edition) (Prentice-Hall Signal Processing Series)

by Alan V. Oppenheim, Ronald W. Schafer

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Central Banking: Theory and Practice in Sustaining Monetary and Financial Stability (Wiley Finance) cover

44. Central Banking: Theory and Practice in Sustaining Monetary and Financial Stability (Wiley Finance)

by Thammarak Moenjak

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The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money cover

45. The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money

by Bryan Caplan

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LORDS OF THE DECCAN : Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas cover

46. LORDS OF THE DECCAN : Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas

by Anirudh Kanisetti

Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection cover

47. Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection

by John E. Sarno

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The Site Reliability Workbook: Practical Ways to Implement SRE cover

48. The Site Reliability Workbook: Practical Ways to Implement SRE

by Betsy Beyer, Niall Richard Murphy, David K. Rensin, Stephen Thorne, Kent Kawahara

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How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One cover

49. How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One

by Stanley Fish