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But How Do It Know? - The Basic Principles of Computers for Everyone cover

1. But How Do It Know? - The Basic Principles of Computers for Everyone

by J. Clark Scott

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Introducing Meteor cover

2. Introducing Meteor

by Josh Robinson, Aaron Gray, David Titarenco

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Never Lost Again: The Google Mapping Revolution That Sparked New Industries and Augmented Our Reality cover

3. Never Lost Again: The Google Mapping Revolution That Sparked New Industries and Augmented Our Reality

by Bill Kilday

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

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

by Richard A. Burgess

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Inside the Company: CIA Diary cover

5. Inside the Company: CIA Diary

by Philip Agee

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The Aleutian Kayak: Origins, Construction, and Use of the Traditional Seagoing Baidarka cover

6. The Aleutian Kayak: Origins, Construction, and Use of the Traditional Seagoing Baidarka

by Wolfgang Brinck

Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety cover

7. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

by Eric Schlosser

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Wiring A House: Sixth Edition cover

8. Wiring A House: Sixth Edition

by Rex Cauldwell

Metal Programming Guide: Tutorial and Reference via Swift cover

9. Metal Programming Guide: Tutorial and Reference via Swift

by Janie Clayton

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Stop Reading the News: A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life cover

10. Stop Reading the News: A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life

by Rolf Dobelli

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Zip-Line cover

11. Zip-Line

by David Humpherys

Ugly’s Electrical References, 2020 Edition cover

12. Ugly’s Electrical References, 2020 Edition

by Charles R. Miller

Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life cover

13. Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life

by Dacher Keltner

The Underground History of American Education, Volume I: An Intimate Investigation Into the Prison of Modern Schooling cover

14. The Underground History of American Education, Volume I: An Intimate Investigation Into the Prison of Modern Schooling

by John Taylor Gatto

Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions cover

15. Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

by Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths

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Say Good Night to Insomnia: The Six-Week, Drug-Free Program Developed At Harvard Medical School cover

16. Say Good Night to Insomnia: The Six-Week, Drug-Free Program Developed At Harvard Medical School

by Gregg D. Jacobs

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Thought as a System cover

17. Thought as a System

by David Bohm

NSHipster: Obscure Topics in Cocoa & Objective C cover

18. NSHipster: Obscure Topics in Cocoa & Objective C

by Mattt Thompson

Mathematical Methods for Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems cover

19. Mathematical Methods for Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems

by Edward R. Dougherty, Charles Robert Giardina

Erased: The Untold Story of the Panama Canal cover

20. Erased: The Untold Story of the Panama Canal

by Marixa Lasso

An Introduction to Solid Modeling cover

21. An Introduction to Solid Modeling

by Martti Mäntylä

Kleptopia cover

22. Kleptopia

by Tom Burgis

The Curse of the Mogul: What's Wrong with the World's Leading Media Companies cover

23. The Curse of the Mogul: What's Wrong with the World's Leading Media Companies

by Jonathan A. Knee, Bruce C. Greenwald, Ava Seave

The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures) cover

24. The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)

by Leonard Bernstein

The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics cover

25. The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics

by Richard Hanania

The Three Jaguars: A Comic About Business, Art, and Life cover

26. The Three Jaguars: A Comic About Business, Art, and Life

by M. C. A. Hogarth

Business for the Right-Brained: (A Guide for Artists, Writers, Musicians, Dancer, Crafters, and all the other Dreamers) cover

27. Business for the Right-Brained: (A Guide for Artists, Writers, Musicians, Dancer, Crafters, and all the other Dreamers)

by M. C. A. Hogarth