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SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL, 4th Edition cover

1. SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL, 4th Edition

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Software Engineering Mathematics (Sei Series in Software Engineering) cover

2. Software Engineering Mathematics (Sei Series in Software Engineering)

by Jim Woodcock, Martin Loomes
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Practical TLA+: Planning Driven Development cover

3. Practical TLA+: Planning Driven Development

by Hillel Wayne
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The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature cover

4. The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

by Matt Ridley
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Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think i… cover

5. Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think i…

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Thinking in Postscript cover

6. Thinking in Postscript

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

7. The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith
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The Curve of Binding Energy: A Journey into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. Taylor cover

8. The Curve of Binding Energy: A Journey into the Awesome and Alarming World of Theodore B. Taylor

by John McPhee
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The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest … cover

9. The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest …

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Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective cover

10. Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare: An Ecologist's Perspective

by Paul Colinvaux
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Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968 cover

11. Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968

by Thomas E. Ricks
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Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech cover

12. Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech

by Brian Merchant
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The Long Ships (New York Review Books Classics) cover

13. The Long Ships (New York Review Books Classics)

by Frans G. Bengtsson, Michael Meyer, Michael Chabon
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Writing Archetypal Character Arcs: The Hero's Journey and Beyond (Helping Writers Become Authors) cover

14. Writing Archetypal Character Arcs: The Hero's Journey and Beyond (Helping Writers Become Authors)

by K. M. Weiland
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Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story cover

15. Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story

by John Yorke
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Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier cover

16. Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier

by Edward Glaeser
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