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Django RESTful Web Services: The easiest way to build Python RESTful APIs and web services with Django cover

1. Django RESTful Web Services: The easiest way to build Python RESTful APIs and web services with Django

by Gastón C. Hillar

2. "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character

by Richard Phillips Feynman, Ralph Leighton

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Machinery's Handbook: Toolbox cover

3. Machinery's Handbook: Toolbox

by Erik Oberg, Franklin D. Jones, Holbrook Lynedon Horton, Henry H. Ryffel

An Introduction to Systems Biology: Design Principles of Biological Circuits (Chapman & Hall/CRC Mathematical and Computational Biology) cover

4. An Introduction to Systems Biology: Design Principles of Biological Circuits (Chapman & Hall/CRC Mathematical and Computational Biology)

by Uri Alon

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Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition (Principles of Neural Science (Kandel)) cover

5. Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition (Principles of Neural Science (Kandel))

by Eric R. Kandel

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End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration cover

6. End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration

by Peter Turchin

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Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction (5th Edition) cover

7. Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction (5th Edition)

by Ben Shneiderman, Catherine Plaisant

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The Illustrated Network: How TCP/IP Works in a Modern Network cover

8. The Illustrated Network: How TCP/IP Works in a Modern Network

by Walter Goralski

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Digital Signal Processing in Modern Communication Systems cover

9. Digital Signal Processing in Modern Communication Systems

by Andreas O. Schwarzinger

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Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols (2nd Edition) cover

10. Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols (2nd Edition)

by Radia Perlman

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TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

11. TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by Kevin R. Fall, W. Richard Stevens

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The Society of Mind cover

12. The Society of Mind

by Marvin Minsky

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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success cover

13. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

by Carol S. Dweck

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Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon cover

14. Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon

by Kim Zetter

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The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism cover

15. The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism

by Clara E. Mattei

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The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken cover

16. The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken

by The Secret Barrister

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Dynamic Programming for Coding Interviews: A Bottom-Up approach to problem solving cover

17. Dynamic Programming for Coding Interviews: A Bottom-Up approach to problem solving

by Meenakshi, Kamal Rawat

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Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America cover

18. Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

by Annie Jacobsen

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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon cover

19. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

by David Grann

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So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love cover

20. So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

by Cal Newport

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Polar Bear Evolution: A Model for How New Species Arise cover

21. Polar Bear Evolution: A Model for How New Species Arise

by Susan J Crockford

Shut Out: How a Housing Shortage Caused the Great Recession and Crippled Our Economy (Mercatus Center at George Mason University) cover

22. Shut Out: How a Housing Shortage Caused the Great Recession and Crippled Our Economy (Mercatus Center at George Mason University)

by Kevin Erdmann

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Defeat in the East cover

23. Defeat in the East

by Jürgen Thorwald

UNIX: A History and a Memoir cover

24. UNIX: A History and a Memoir

by Brian W. Kernighan

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Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age (Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation series) cover

25. Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age (Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation series)

by Kurt W. Beyer

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The Computer Boys Take Over: Computers, Programmers, and the Politics of Technical Expertise (History of Computing) cover

26. The Computer Boys Take Over: Computers, Programmers, and the Politics of Technical Expertise (History of Computing)

by Nathan Ensmenger

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From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog: A History of the Software Industry (History of Computing) cover

27. From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog: A History of the Software Industry (History of Computing)

by Martin Campbell-Kelly

Kafka Troubleshooting in Production: Stabilizing Kafka Clusters in the Cloud and On-premises cover

28. Kafka Troubleshooting in Production: Stabilizing Kafka Clusters in the Cloud and On-premises

by Elad Eldor

Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland cover

29. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

by Christopher R. Browning

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Stand Out of Our Light cover

30. Stand Out of Our Light

by James Williams

Demystifying Reincarnation [Paperback] cover

31. Demystifying Reincarnation [Paperback]

by Chaitanya Charan