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The Complete Calvin and Hobbes [BOX SET] cover

1. The Complete Calvin and Hobbes [BOX SET]

by Bill Watterson

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Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp cover

2. Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp

by Peter Norvig

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Lingua ex Machina: Reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the Human Brain cover

3. Lingua ex Machina: Reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the Human Brain

by William H. Calvin, Derek Bickerton

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Injustice, Inc.: How America's Justice System Commodifies Children and the Poor cover

4. Injustice, Inc.: How America's Justice System Commodifies Children and the Poor

by Daniel L. Hatcher

Programming Pearls (2nd Edition) cover

5. Programming Pearls (2nd Edition)

by Jon Louis Bentley

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More Programming Pearls: Confessions of a Coder cover

6. More Programming Pearls: Confessions of a Coder

by Jon Louis Bentley

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A Philosophy of Software Design cover

7. A Philosophy of Software Design

by John Ousterhout

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MVS JCL (2nd Edition) cover

8. MVS JCL (2nd Edition)

by Doug Lowe

The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 cover

9. The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914

by David McCullough

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The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition cover

10. The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition

by Don Norman

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In Praise of Shadows cover

11. In Praise of Shadows

by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Junʼichirō Tanizaki

Three Degrees Above Zero: Bell Labs in the Information Age (Mentor) cover

12. Three Degrees Above Zero: Bell Labs in the Information Age (Mentor)

by Jeremy Bernstein

The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix It cover

13. The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix It

by W. Chris Winter

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth cover

14. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

by Zoë Schlanger

The Hidden Spring: A Journey to the Source of Consciousness cover

15. The Hidden Spring: A Journey to the Source of Consciousness

by Mark Solms

How Emotions Are Made cover

16. How Emotions Are Made

by Lisa Feldman Barrett

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The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation cover

17. The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

by Jon Gertner

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Life Saving Sleep: New Horizons in Mental Health Treatment cover

18. Life Saving Sleep: New Horizons in Mental Health Treatment

by MD Barry Krakow

Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets cover

19. Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets

by Peter Van der Linden

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Business Communication (Harvard Business Essentials) cover

20. Business Communication (Harvard Business Essentials)

by Harvard Business Review

Nixon Agonistes: The Crisis of the Self-Made Man cover

21. Nixon Agonistes: The Crisis of the Self-Made Man

by Garry Wills

The Political Economy of Dictatorship cover

22. The Political Economy of Dictatorship

by Ronald Wintrobe

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The Oxford History of the Prison: The Practice of Punishment in Western Society cover

23. The Oxford History of the Prison: The Practice of Punishment in Western Society

by Norval Morris, David J. Rothman

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