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Mathematics Form and Function cover

1. Mathematics Form and Function

by Saunders MacLane

The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss cover

2. The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss

by David Bentley Hart

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The quintessential dictionary cover

3. The quintessential dictionary

by I. Moyer Hunsberger

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams cover

4. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

by Matthew Walker

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Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques: Theory and Practice cover

5. Advanced Animation and Rendering Techniques: Theory and Practice

by Alan H. Watt, Mark Watt

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The Nineties: A Book cover

6. The Nineties: A Book

by Chuck Klosterman

Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will cover

7. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

by Robert M. Sapolsky

Docs for Developers: An Engineer’s Field Guide to Technical Writing cover

8. Docs for Developers: An Engineer’s Field Guide to Technical Writing

by Jared Bhatti, Heidi Waterhouse

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Biophysics of Computation: Information Processing in Single Neurons (Computational Neuroscience Series) cover

9. Biophysics of Computation: Information Processing in Single Neurons (Computational Neuroscience Series)

by Christof Koch

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Software Architect's Handbook cover

10. Software Architect's Handbook

Short Calculus: The Original Edition of “A First Course in Calculus” (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

11. Short Calculus: The Original Edition of “A First Course in Calculus” (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Serge Lang

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Schizotypy and Schizophrenia: The View from Experimental Psychopathology cover

12. Schizotypy and Schizophrenia: The View from Experimental Psychopathology

by Mark F. Lenzenweger

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Loners cover

13. Loners

by Sula Wolff

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Ishmael:A Novel cover

14. Ishmael:A Novel

by Daniel Quinn

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Lao-tzu's Taoteching cover

15. Lao-tzu's Taoteching

by Laozi

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Tao Te Ching cover

16. Tao Te Ching

by Laozi, Gia-fu Feng

Tao Te Ching: A Literal Translation With an Introduction, Notes, and Commentary (English and Chinese Edition) cover

17. Tao Te Ching: A Literal Translation With an Introduction, Notes, and Commentary (English and Chinese Edition)

by Laozi

Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know? cover

18. Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know?

by Philip E. Tetlock

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Classical Indian Philosophy: A history of philosophy without any gaps, Volume 5 cover

19. Classical Indian Philosophy: A history of philosophy without any gaps, Volume 5

by Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri

The Surprising Science of Meetings: How You Can Lead Your Team to Peak Performance cover

20. The Surprising Science of Meetings: How You Can Lead Your Team to Peak Performance

by Steven G. Rogelberg

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Merchants of Despair: Radical Environmentalists, Criminal Pseudo-Scientists, and the Fatal Cult of Antihumanism cover

21. Merchants of Despair: Radical Environmentalists, Criminal Pseudo-Scientists, and the Fatal Cult of Antihumanism

by Robert Zubrin

Prisoners of Hate: The Cognitive Basis of Anger, Hostility, and Violence – The Father of Cognitive Therapy's Revolutionary Blueprint for Preventing Genocide, War, and Ethnic Conflict cover

22. Prisoners of Hate: The Cognitive Basis of Anger, Hostility, and Violence – The Father of Cognitive Therapy's Revolutionary Blueprint for Preventing Genocide, War, and Ethnic Conflict

by Aaron T. Beck

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After the Gold Rush: Creating a True Profession of Software Engineering (Best Practices) cover

23. After the Gold Rush: Creating a True Profession of Software Engineering (Best Practices)

by Steve McConnell

Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition) cover

24. Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Bilingual Edition)

by Seamus Heaney

Zhuangzi Speaks: The Music of Nature cover

25. Zhuangzi Speaks: The Music of Nature

by Zhizhong Cai

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Herakleitos and Diogenes cover

26. Herakleitos and Diogenes

by Heraclitus (of Ephesus.), Diogenes

Programming Rust, 2nd Edition cover

27. Programming Rust, 2nd Edition

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Online Learning Platform Pricing - O'Reilly Media cover

28. Online Learning Platform Pricing - O'Reilly Media

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