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Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software cover

1. Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software

by Nadia Eghbal
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Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date cover

2. Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date

by Robert X. Cringely
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Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution cover

3. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

by Steven Levy
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Laces: 100s of Ways to Pimp Your Kicks cover

4. Laces: 100s of Ways to Pimp Your Kicks

by Ian Fieggen
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The Fifth Generation: Artificial Intelligence and Japan's Computer Challenge to the World cover

5. The Fifth Generation: Artificial Intelligence and Japan's Computer Challenge to the World

by Edward A. Feigenbaum, Pamela McCorduck
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The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life cover

6. The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life

by Eugenia Cheng
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The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom cover

7. The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom

by James Burnham
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How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between cover

8. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between

by Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner
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Systemantics: How Systems Work and Especially How They Fail cover

9. Systemantics: How Systems Work and Especially How They Fail

by John Gall
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THE COMING COLLAPSE OF AMERICA: HOW TO BALANCE THE FEDERAL BUDGET: SECOND EDITION 2023 cover

10. THE COMING COLLAPSE OF AMERICA: HOW TO BALANCE THE FEDERAL BUDGET: SECOND EDITION 2023

by Ken Casey
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This Land is My Land: A Graphic History of Big Dreams, Micronations, and Other Self-Made States cover

11. This Land is My Land: A Graphic History of Big Dreams, Micronations, and Other Self-Made States

by Andy Warner, Sofie Louise Dam
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time cover

12. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

by Dava Sobel
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Nine Nights with the Taoist Master: Deluxe Study Edition cover

13. Nine Nights with the Taoist Master: Deluxe Study Edition

by Waysun Liao
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The Ancient Egyptian Netherworld Books (Writings from the Ancient World 39) cover

14. The Ancient Egyptian Netherworld Books (Writings from the Ancient World 39)

by John Coleman Darnell, Colleen Manassa Darnell
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Turning Oil Into Salt: Energy Independence Through Fuel Choice cover

15. Turning Oil Into Salt: Energy Independence Through Fuel Choice

by Gal Luft, Anne Korin
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The LaTeX Companion: Parts I & II, 3rd Edition (Tools and Techniques for Computer Typesetting) cover

16. The LaTeX Companion: Parts I & II, 3rd Edition (Tools and Techniques for Computer Typesetting)

by Frank Mittelbach, Ulrike Fischer, Joseph Wright
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Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults cover

17. Messengers of Deception: UFO Contacts and Cults

by Jacques Vallee
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