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101. Ideas That Created the Future: Classic Papers of Computer Science
by Harry R. Lewis
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102. Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir
by Nick Flynn
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103. Tolstoy and the Genesis of "War and Peace"
by Kathryn Beliveau Feuer
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104. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
by James Nestor
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105. Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition
by Paul Scherz, Simon Monk
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106. Global Catastrophic Risks
by Nick Bostrom, Milan M. Cirkovic
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107. High Stakes, No Prisoners : A Winner's Tale of Greed and Glory in the Internet Wars
by Charles H. Ferguson
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108. Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It: The Classic Exposure of Monetary Abuse by Banks, Trusts, Wall Street, and Predator Monopolies
by Louis Brandeis
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109. The Hobbit Facsimile Gift Edition [Lenticular cover]: The Classic Bestselling Fantasy Novel
by J. R. R. Tolkien
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110. Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition: The Hardware Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)
by David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy
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111. Who Is Fourier?: A Mathematical Adventure
by Transnational College of Lex
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112. The Conquest of Happiness
by Bertrand Russell
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113. Version Control with Git, 3rd Edition
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114. Solaris™ Internals: Core Kernel Components
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115. SQL and Relational Theory, 3rd Edition
by C. J. Date
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116. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen
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117. Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing
by Sarah Brayne
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118. Ultralearning: The Essential Guide To Mastering Hard Skills And Future-Proofing Your Career
by Scott Young
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119. Against Creativity
by Oli Mould
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120. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
by David D. Burns
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121. termcap & terminfo (O'Reilly Nutshell)
by John Strang, Linda Mui, Tim O'Reilly
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122. The Autism Matrix
by Gil Eyal
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123. Meditations (A Penguin Classics Hardcover)
by Marcus Aurelius
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124. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
by Atul Gawande
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125. Talking Nets: An Oral History of Neural Networks
by James A. Anderson, Edward Rosenfeld
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126. Space Shuttle, The History of Developing the National Space Transportation System
by Dennis R. Jenkins
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127. Roaring Silence: Discovering the Mind of Dzogchen
by Ngakpa Chogyam, Khandro Dechen
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128. Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation
by Edward Chancellor
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129. The Pyramid Principle:Logic in Writing and Thinking
by Barbara Minto
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130. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
by J. K. Rowling
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131. To Mock a Mockingbird
by Raymond M. Smullyan
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132. Physics of Finance: Gauge Modelling in Non-Equilibrium Pricing
by Kirill Ilinski
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133. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
by Chris Miller
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134. Nature Loves to Hide: Quantum Physics and Reality, a Western Perspective
by Shimon Malin
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135. Altered Harvest
by Jack Doyle
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136. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
by Michael Pollan
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137. C Programming Language, 2nd Edition
by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie
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138. The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism
by Clara E. Mattei
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139. The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
by Eric Ries
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140. Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street
by John Brooks
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141. War in Human Civilization
by Azar Gat
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142. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
by Lynne Truss
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143. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto)
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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144. An Introduction to the Study of Stellar Structure (Dover Books on Astronomy)
by Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, S. Chandrasekhar
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145. The Diversity Myth : Multiculturalism and Political Intolerance on Campus
by David O. Sacks, Peter A. Thiel
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146. Better Data Visualizations: A Guide for Scholars, Researchers, and Wonks
by Arash Azizi
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147. Three Days at Camp David: How a Secret Meeting in 1971 Transformed the Global Economy
by Jeffrey E. Garten
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148. Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems
by Stephen T. Thornton, Jerry B. Marion
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149. Classical Mechanics
by Herbert Goldstein, Charles P. Poole, John L. Safko
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150. McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War
by Hamilton Gregory
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151. CRC Handbook of tables for Probability & Statistics
by William H. Beyer
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152. Shell Scripting: Expert Recipes for Linux, Bash, and More
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153. Linda Mui
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154. The Handbook of Artificial Intelligence, Volume IV
by Avron Barr, Edward A. Feigenbaum, Paul R. Cohen
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155. The Mathematical Experience: A National Book Award Winner – Exploring Mathematics: History, Philosophy, and Personalities for Lay Readers
by Philip J. Davis, Reuben Hersh
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156. Foundations of Constructive Analysis
by Errett Bishop
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157. Mathematica: A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity
by David Bessis
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158. There Is No Antimemetics Division: A Novel
by qntm
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159. Working Effectively with Legacy Code (Robert C. Martin Series)
by Michael C. Feathers
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160. An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Volume 1
by William Feller
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161. Designing Elixir Systems With OTP: Write Highly Scalable, Self-healing Software with Layers
by James Edward Gray, Bruce A. Tate
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162. Elixir in Action, Third Edition
by Saša Juric
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163. Programming Phoenix: Productive |> Reliable |> Fast
by Chris McCord, Bruce Tate, José Valim
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164. Parallel and Concurrent Programming in Haskell
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165. How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library)
by George Polya
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166. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
by James Clear
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167. Modern Structured Analysis
by Edward Yourdon
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168. Calculus and Analysis in Euclidean Space (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)
by Jerry Shurman
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169. Linear Algebra, 4th Edition
by Stephen H. Friedberg, Arnold J. Insel, Lawrence E. Spence
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170. Ultra-Processed People: The Food We Eat That Isn't Food and Why We Can't Stop
by Chris van Tulleken
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171. The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
by Leonard Mlodinow
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172. Man's Worldly Goods - The Story of The Wealth of Nations
by Leo Huberman
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173. Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley's Quiet Revolutionary
by Arnold Thackray, David C. Brock, Rachel Jones
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174. Anti-vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement
by Jonathan M. Berman
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175. Perl Best Practices
by Damian Conway
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176. The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing: A Guide to Growing More Profitably
by Thomas T. Nagle, John E. Hogan (Ph. D.)
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177. Confessions of the Pricing Man: How Price Affects Everything
by Hermann Simon
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178. Opposed Piston Engines: Evolution, Use, and Future Applications
by Jean-Pierre Pirault, Martin LS Flint
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179. Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One)
by Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Andre? Nikolaevich Kolmogorov, M. A. Lavrent'ev
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180. Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing
by Peter Robison
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181. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
by Charles Petzold
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182. Cyber Sale 2025 - O'Reilly Media
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183. Intuitive IC Electronics: A Sophisticated Primer for Engineers and Technicians
by Thomas M. Frederiksen
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184. Naive Lie Theory (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)
by John Stillwell
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185. The Exodus
by Richard Elliott Friedman
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186. LIE GROUPS OGTM:NCS PAPER: An Introduction through Linear Groups (Oxford Graduate Texts in Mathematics)
by Wulf Rossmann
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187. The Goal: 40th Anniversary Edition: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox, David Whitford
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188. The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
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189. Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value
by Melissa Perri
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190. Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway
by Clifford Stoll
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191. The Staff Engineer's Path
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192. Consultant & Independent Contractor Agreements
by Stephen Fishman
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193. Learn Greek in 25 Years
by Brian Church
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194. When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . .: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life
by Steven Pinker
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195. Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator
by Ryan Holiday
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196. SSA-based Compiler Design
by Fabrice Rastello, Florent Bouchez Tichadou
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197. Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying; A Guide for Kids and Teens
by Barbara Oakley, PhD, Terrence Sejnowski, PhD, Alistair McConville
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198. The Secret War Against Sweden: US and British Submarine Deception in the 1980s (Cass Series: Naval Policy and History)
by Ola Tunander
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199. Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking
by Nicolas Collins
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200. Exercises in Programming Style
by Cristina Videira Lopes
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