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Les fous du son cover

1. Les fous du son

by Laurent de Wilde

QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter cover

2. QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

by Richard Phillips Feynman

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Applied Machine Learning and AI for Engineers: Solve Business Problems That Can't Be Solved Algorithmically cover

3. Applied Machine Learning and AI for Engineers: Solve Business Problems That Can't Be Solved Algorithmically

by Jeff Prosise

The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke cover

4. The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke

by Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi

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A Philosophy of Software Design cover

5. A Philosophy of Software Design

by John Ousterhout

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Intelligence: All That Matters cover

6. Intelligence: All That Matters

by Stuart Ritchie

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SQL for Professionals cover

7. SQL for Professionals

by Kishore

UNIX Shell Programming (Hayden UNIX System Library) cover

8. UNIX Shell Programming (Hayden UNIX System Library)

by Stephen G. Kochan, Patrick H. Wood

Designing Object-Oriented Software cover

9. Designing Object-Oriented Software

by Rebecca Wirfs-Brock, Brian Wilkerson, Lauren Wiener

Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications cover

10. Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications

by Grady Booch

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The Object Primer: Agile Model-Driven Development with UML 2.0 cover

11. The Object Primer: Agile Model-Driven Development with UML 2.0

by Scott W. Ambler

The Field Guide to Global Payments cover

12. The Field Guide to Global Payments

by Sophia Goldberg

The Anatomy of the Swipe: Making Money Move cover

13. The Anatomy of the Swipe: Making Money Move

by Ahmed Siddiqui

Developing Your Own 32-Bit Operating System/Book and Cd-Rom cover

14. Developing Your Own 32-Bit Operating System/Book and Cd-Rom

by Richard A. Burgess

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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History cover

15. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

by S. C. Gwynne

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Mac OS X and iOS Internals: To the Apple's Core cover

16. Mac OS X and iOS Internals: To the Apple's Core

by Jonathan Levin

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How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them--A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide cover

17. How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them--A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide

by Howard Mittelmark, Sandra Newman

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How to Entertain With Your Pocket Calculator: Pastimes, Diversions, Games, and Magic Tricks cover

18. How to Entertain With Your Pocket Calculator: Pastimes, Diversions, Games, and Magic Tricks

by Oleg D. Jefimenko

The Pattern on the Stone (Science Masters) cover

19. The Pattern on the Stone (Science Masters)

by W. Daniel Hillis

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Disciplined Minds: A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals and the Soul-battering System That Shapes Their Lives cover

20. Disciplined Minds: A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals and the Soul-battering System That Shapes Their Lives

by Jeff Schmidt

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The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution cover

21. The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution

by Gregory Zuckerman

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Beat the Market: A Scientific Stock Market System cover

22. Beat the Market: A Scientific Stock Market System

by Edward O. Thorp, Sheen T. Kassouf

Immune: A Journey into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive cover

23. Immune: A Journey into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive

by Philipp Dettmer

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How to Win Friends & Influence People cover

24. How to Win Friends & Influence People

by Dale Carnegie

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Operation Antarctica (S-Squad) cover

25. Operation Antarctica (S-Squad)

by William Meikle

Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers: The Secrets of Ancient Fermentation cover

26. Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers: The Secrets of Ancient Fermentation

by Stephen Harrod Buhner

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Mushroom: The story of the A-bomb kid cover

27. Mushroom: The story of the A-bomb kid

by John Aristotle Phillips, David Michaelis

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Tanya Grotter i pensne Noya cover

28. Tanya Grotter i pensne Noya

The Seltzer Man cover

29. The Seltzer Man

by Ken Rush

Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules cover

30. Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules

by Steve McConnell

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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code cover

31. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code

by Martin Fowler, Kent Beck

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The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human cover

32. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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The Pentagon Catalog: Ordinary Products at Extraordinary Prices cover

33. The Pentagon Catalog: Ordinary Products at Extraordinary Prices

by Christopher Cerf