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

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

by Bryan Caplan

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Advanced Visual Basic 6: Power Techniques for Everyday Programs cover

2. Advanced Visual Basic 6: Power Techniques for Everyday Programs

by Matthew J. Curland

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The Japanese Have a Word for It: The Complete Guide to Japanese Thought and Culture cover

3. The Japanese Have a Word for It: The Complete Guide to Japanese Thought and Culture

by Boye Lafayette De Mente

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard cover

4. Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard

by Chip Heath, Dan Heath

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Starting Agile: Finding Your Path cover

5. Starting Agile: Finding Your Path

by Mark Shead

In Search of Stardust: Amazing Micrometeorites and Their Terrestrial Imposters cover

6. In Search of Stardust: Amazing Micrometeorites and Their Terrestrial Imposters

by Jon Larsen

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Trading on Sentiment: The Power of Minds Over Markets (Wiley Finance) cover

7. Trading on Sentiment: The Power of Minds Over Markets (Wiley Finance)

by Richard L. Peterson

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The Java Programming Language, 4th Edition cover

8. The Java Programming Language, 4th Edition

by James Gosling, David Holmes, Ken Arnold

A worker in a worker's state: Piece-rates in Hungary (Pelican books) cover

9. A worker in a worker's state: Piece-rates in Hungary (Pelican books)

by Miklós Haraszti

The Fifth Generation cover

10. The Fifth Generation

by Edward A. Feigenbaum, Pamela McCorduck

Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) cover

11. Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

by Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, Gregory G. Colomb

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The Friendly Orange Glow: The Untold Story of the PLATO System and the Dawn of Cyberculture cover

12. The Friendly Orange Glow: The Untold Story of the PLATO System and the Dawn of Cyberculture

by Brian Dear

Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past cover

13. Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past

by Sarah Parcak

The Maker of Dune: Insights of a Master of Science Fiction cover

14. The Maker of Dune: Insights of a Master of Science Fiction

by Frank Herbert

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Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students cover

15. Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students

by Allan Bloom

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The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers cover

16. The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers

by Tom Standage

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Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers cover

17. Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers

by Richard Evans Schultes, Albert Hofmann, Christian Rätsch

The Soul of A New Machine cover

18. The Soul of A New Machine

by Tracy Kidder

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Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution cover

19. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

by Steven Levy

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SuperCooperators: Altruism, Evolution, and Why We Need Each Other to Succeed cover

20. SuperCooperators: Altruism, Evolution, and Why We Need Each Other to Succeed

by Martin Nowak, Roger Highfield

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Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming cover

21. Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming

by Peter Seibel

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Business Planning: Closely Held Enterprises (American Casebook Series) cover

22. Business Planning: Closely Held Enterprises (American Casebook Series)

by Dwight Drake

Matter and Interactions cover

23. Matter and Interactions

by Ruth W. Chabay, Bruce A. Sherwood