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The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers cover

1. The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers

by Tom Standage
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The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance cover

2. The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance

by Henry Petroski
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Make Your Own Web Page!, A Guide for Kids - 1998 publication cover

3. Make Your Own Web Page!, A Guide for Kids - 1998 publication

by Ted Pedersen, Francis Moss
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The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes: [A Cookbook] cover

4. The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes: [A Cookbook]

by Sam Sifton
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The CIA World Factbook 2026-2027 cover

5. The CIA World Factbook 2026-2027

by Central Intelligence Agency
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Byrne's Euclid: The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid with Coloured Diagrams cover

6. Byrne's Euclid: The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid with Coloured Diagrams

by Oliver Byrne
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Writing a C Compiler: Build a Real Programming Language from Scratch cover

7. Writing a C Compiler: Build a Real Programming Language from Scratch

by Nora Sandler
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The CIA World Factbook 2025-2026 cover

8. The CIA World Factbook 2025-2026

by Central Intelligence Agency
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