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Joe Celko's Trees and Hierarchies in SQL for Smarties cover

1. Joe Celko's Trees and Hierarchies in SQL for Smarties

by Joe Celko

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

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

by Richard A. Burgess

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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (3rd Edition) cover

3. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (3rd Edition)

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams cover

4. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

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The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products That Win cover

5. The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products That Win

by Steve Blank

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Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value cover

6. Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value

by Melissa Perri

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Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love cover

7. Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love

by Marty Cagan

Exercises in Programming Style cover

8. Exercises in Programming Style

by Cristina Videira Lopes

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The Art of Leadership: Small Things, Done Well cover

9. The Art of Leadership: Small Things, Done Well

by Michael Lopp

On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War cover

10. On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War

by Harry G. Summers

The Engineering Executive's Primer cover

11. The Engineering Executive's Primer

Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations cover

12. Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim

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Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow cover

13. Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow

by Matthew Skelton, Manuel Pais

Making Work Visible, 2nd Edition: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow cover

14. Making Work Visible, 2nd Edition: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow

by Dominica Degrandis

The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics cover

15. The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics

by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith

Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP cover

16. Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP

by Francesco Cesarini, Steve Vinoski

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A Practical Guide to Data Analysis for Physical Science Students cover

17. A Practical Guide to Data Analysis for Physical Science Students

by Brian Arnold, Hannah Kingston, Emma Poole

Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States cover

18. Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States

by James C. Scott

Driven to Distraction (Revised): Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder cover

19. Driven to Distraction (Revised): Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder

by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., John J. Ratey, M.D.

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Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work cover

20. Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work

by Steven Kotler, Jamie Wheal