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1. Theory of Wing Sections: Including a Summary of Airfoil Data (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering)
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2. In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon (The Teachings of the Buddha)
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3. The triumph of the West
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4. How Parliament Works
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5. Blowing up Russia
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6. Introduction to Information Retrieval
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7. JavaScript: The Definitive Guide: Master the World's Most-Used Programming Language
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8. Philosophy of Physics: Quantum Theory (Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy, 19)
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9. Situations and Attitudes
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10. Dragon Ball, Vol. 1
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11. Django RESTful Web Services: The easiest way to build Python RESTful APIs and web services with Django
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12. How to Raise a Healthy Gamer: End Power Struggles, Break Bad Screen Habits, and Transform Your Relationship with Your Kids
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13. Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot
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14. Massive: The Missing Particle That Sparked the Greatest Hunt in Science
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15. DBT® Skills Training Manual, Second Edition
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16. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
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17. Consciousness Explained
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18. The Tankship Tromedy: The Impending Disasters in Tankers
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19. Crime and Punishment (Penguin Classics)
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20. The Definitive Guide to How Computers Do Math : Featuring the Virtual DIY Calculator
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21. Crime by Computer
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22. Designing Visual Interfaces: Communication Oriented Techniques
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23. Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies
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24. "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character
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25. Les tueurs de la République: Assassinats ciblés et opérations spéciales des services secrets de De Gaulle à Macron
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26. Physics from Symmetry (Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics)
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27. Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do About It Now
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28. Machinery's Handbook: Toolbox
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29. Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House
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30. The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are
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31. An Introduction to Systems Biology: Design Principles of Biological Circuits (Chapman & Hall/CRC Mathematical and Computational Biology)
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32. Radar Handbook, Third Edition
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33. Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
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34. Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft
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35. Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents
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36. A Philosophy of Software Design
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37. How to Solve It: Modern Heuristics
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38. The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream
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39. The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone
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40. Fundamentals of Astrodynamics: Second Edition (Dover Books on Physics)
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41. Tactical and Strategic Missile Guidance, Seventh Edition (Two Volume Set)
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42. Tactical Missile Warheads (Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics)
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43. Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire
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44. Impact: The History Of Germany's V-weapons In World War II
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45. Code-Name Downfall: The Secret Plan to Invade Japan-And Why Truman Dropped the Bomb
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46. The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills
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47. Mental Models: Aligning Design Strategy with Human Behavior
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48. The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition
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49. A Gentle Introduction to the Art of Mathematics, version 3.1
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50. Humankind: A Hopeful History
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51. The Illustrated Network: How TCP/IP Works in a Modern Network
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52. The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley
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53. Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan
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54. The Algorithm Design Manual (Texts in Computer Science)
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55. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
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56. The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change
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57. Effective Python: 135 Specific Ways to Write Better Python (Effective Software Development)
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58. Discovering Scarfolk
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59. Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
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60. Sauces: Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making, 3rd Edition
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61. Game Engine Black Book: Wolfenstein 3D
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62. The Best of Greg Egan: 20 Stories of Hard Science Fiction
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63. Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python, 4th Edition
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64. The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition
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65. Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++
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66. Skärmhjärnan : hur en hjärna i osynk med sin tid kan göra oss stressade, de
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67. Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols (2nd Edition)
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68. The Old New Thing: Practical Development Throughout the Evolution of Windows
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69. How We Test Software at Microsoft
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70. TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
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71. Cochrane: Britannia's Sea Wolf
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72. The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD UNIX Operating System
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73. Understanding Software Dynamics (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
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74. Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and in Life
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75. Curmudgeon: How to Succeed as an Industry Analyst
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76. Der Klang der Familie: Berlin, Techno and the Fall of the Wall
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77. Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
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78. Game AI Pro 2: Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals
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79. Hell to Pay: Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947
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80. The Society of Mind
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81. The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change)
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82. Journal of a Cruise (CLASSICS OF NAVAL LITERATURE)
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83. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
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84. The Machinist's Bedside Reader: Projects, hints, tips and anecdotes of the trade (The Machinist's Bedside Readers)
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85. Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society)
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86. Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets, The (What's New in Economics)
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87. Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company
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88. Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
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89. Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire
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90. Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin
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91. Fighter Combat: Tactics and Maneuvering
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92. The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn
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93. Common Lisp Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach
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94. Design of Rockets and Space Launch Vehicles, Second Edition (Aiaa Education)
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95. Jet Engines: Fundamentals of Theory, Design and Operation
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96. Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (2024): FAA-H-8083-25C (ASA FAA Handbook Series)
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97. The Scarfolk Annual
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98. Small Is Beautiful [Paperback] [Jan 01, 1993] E F Schumacher
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99. Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
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100. The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
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