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Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior) cover

201. Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior)

by Christopher H. Achen, Larry M. Bartels
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The Gene: An Intimate History cover

202. The Gene: An Intimate History

by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature, 1) cover

203. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature, 1)

by Peter Wohlleben
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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business cover

204. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

by Charles Duhigg
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Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond cover

205. Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

by Gene Kranz
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Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies cover

206. Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies

by Charles Perrow
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Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

207. Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Ian Stewart
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A short history of the O'Reilly animals cover

208. A short history of the O'Reilly animals

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

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

by Tom Standage
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Fluent Python cover

210. Fluent Python

by Luciano Ramalho
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America cover

211. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

by Richard Rothstein
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Introduction to the Theory of Computation cover

212. Introduction to the Theory of Computation

by Michael Sipser
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Good to Great: A Study of Management Strategies of Companies with Lasting Growth cover

213. Good to Great: A Study of Management Strategies of Companies with Lasting Growth

by Jim Collins
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Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys cover

214. Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys

by Michael Collins
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Art of Computer Programming, The: Combinatorial Algorithms, Volume 4B cover

215. Art of Computer Programming, The: Combinatorial Algorithms, Volume 4B

by Donald Knuth
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Data Smart: Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight cover

216. Data Smart: Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight

by John W. Foreman
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life cover

217. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

by Mark Manson
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity cover

218. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

by David Allen
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Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency cover

219. Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency

by Tom DeMarco
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Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System, The cover

220. Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System, The

by Marshall Kirk McKusick, George V. Neville-Neil, Robert N. M. Watson
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Peter Norton's Assembly Language Book for the IBM PC cover

221. Peter Norton's Assembly Language Book for the IBM PC

by Peter Norton, John Socha
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The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance cover

222. The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance

by W. Timothy Gallwey
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Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (Prentice Hall Series in Artificial Intelligence) cover

223. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (Prentice Hall Series in Artificial Intelligence)

by Stuart Jonathan Russell, Peter Norvig, Ernest Davis
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The Non-Designer's Design Book cover

224. The Non-Designer's Design Book

by Robin Williams
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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen cover

225. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

by Christopher McDougall
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Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World (Pulitzer Prize Winner) cover

226. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

by Liaquat Ahamed
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High Speed Digital Design: A Handbook of Black Magic (Prentice Hall Modern Semiconductor Design) cover

227. High Speed Digital Design: A Handbook of Black Magic (Prentice Hall Modern Semiconductor Design)

by Howard W. Johnson, Martin Graham
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The Princeton Companion to Mathematics cover

228. The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

by Timothy Gowers, June Barrow-Green, Imre Leader
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The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke cover

229. The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke

by Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi
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Programming Rust: Fast, Safe Systems Development cover

230. Programming Rust: Fast, Safe Systems Development

by Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff
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The Cult of the Fox: Power, Gender, and Popular Religion in Late Imperial and Modern China cover

231. The Cult of the Fox: Power, Gender, and Popular Religion in Late Imperial and Modern China

by Xiaofei Kang
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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition cover

232. Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition

by Marc Reisner
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Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software cover

233. Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

by Eric Evans
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A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, 2) cover

234. A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, 2)

by Vernor Vinge
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation cover

235. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

by Lynne Truss
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Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow cover

236. Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow

by Aurélien Géron
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Java Concurrency in Practice cover

237. Java Concurrency in Practice

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

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

by Peter Norvig
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The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play cover

239. The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play

by Neil Fiore
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Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics) cover

240. Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics)

by Christopher M. Bishop
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An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

241. An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by John Robinson Pierce
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Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations cover

242. Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim
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Linux Kernel Development cover

243. Linux Kernel Development

by Robert Love
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Discrete Mathematics with Applications cover

244. Discrete Mathematics with Applications

by Susanna S. Epp
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An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Silver Anniversary Edition) cover

245. An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Silver Anniversary Edition)

by Gerald M. Weinberg
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Site Reliability Engineering cover

246. Site Reliability Engineering

by Betsy Beyer, Jones, Chris (Computer engineer), Jennifer Petoff, Niall Richard Murphy
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Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software cover

247. Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software

by Scott Rosenberg
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Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft cover

248. Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft

by Paul Allen
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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time cover

249. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

by Dava Sobel
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The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership cover

250. The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership

by Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh
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How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease cover

251. How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

by Michael Greger, Gene Stone
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Laces: 100s of Ways to Pimp Your Kicks cover

252. Laces: 100s of Ways to Pimp Your Kicks

by Ian Fieggen
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In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives cover

253. In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives

by Steven Levy
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Programming TypeScript: Making Your JavaScript Applications Scale cover

254. Programming TypeScript: Making Your JavaScript Applications Scale

by Boris Cherny
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Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety (ALA Notable Books for Adults) cover

255. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety (ALA Notable Books for Adults)

by Eric Schlosser
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All the Mathematics You Missed: But Need to Know for Graduate School cover

256. All the Mathematics You Missed: But Need to Know for Graduate School

by Thomas A. Garrity
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The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature cover

257. The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

by Steven Pinker
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Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes cover

258. Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes

by Alfie Kohn
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business cover

259. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

by Neil Postman
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Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence cover

260. Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence

by David Benatar
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Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty cover

261. Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty

by David Kadavy
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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It―Unlock Your Persuasion Potential in Professional and Personal Life cover

262. Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It―Unlock Your Persuasion Potential in Professional and Personal Life

by Chris Voss, Tahl Raz
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Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective cover

263. Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective

by Ha-Joon Chang
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Effective Modern C++ cover

264. Effective Modern C++

by Scott Meyers
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Head First Design Patterns cover

265. Head First Design Patterns

by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson, Elisabeth Freeman, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates
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Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In cover

266. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

by Roger Fisher, William Ury, Bruce Patton
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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice cover

267. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

by Shunryū Suzuki
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Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques to Build Intelligent Systems cover

268. Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques to Build Intelligent Systems

by Aurélien Géron
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Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) cover

269. Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

by Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, Gregory G. Colomb
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Mathematics for the Nonmathematician cover

270. Mathematics for the Nonmathematician

by Morris Kline
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The Design of the UNIX Operating System cover

271. The Design of the UNIX Operating System

by Maurice J. Bach
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Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System (Platform Studies) cover

272. Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System (Platform Studies)

by Nick Montfort, Ian Bogost
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Probability Theory: The Logic of Science cover

273. Probability Theory: The Logic of Science

by E. T. Jaynes
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The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium cover

274. The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium

by Martin Gurri
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The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology) cover

275. The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology)

by Joseph Tainter
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Building Scalable Web Sites cover

276. Building Scalable Web Sites

by Cal Henderson
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Anarchy, State, and Utopia cover

277. Anarchy, State, and Utopia

by Robert Nozick
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CYBERPUNK: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier, Revised cover

278. CYBERPUNK: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier, Revised

by Katie Hafner, John Markoff
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Programming Pearls (ACM Press) cover

279. Programming Pearls (ACM Press)

by Jon Louis Bentley
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How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entreprene… cover

280. How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entreprene…

by Felix Dennis
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Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To cover

281. Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To

by David A. Sinclair, Matthew D. LaPlante
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Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

282. Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Richard W. Hamming
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Test Driven Development: By Example (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck)) cover

283. Test Driven Development: By Example (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck))

by Kent Beck
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The Timeless Way of Building cover

284. The Timeless Way of Building

by Christopher Alexander
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Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition cover

285. Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition

by Jon Erickson
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No bullshit guide to linear algebra cover

286. No bullshit guide to linear algebra

by Ivan Savov
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The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully cover

287. The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully

by Gerald M. Weinberg
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The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet cover

288. The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet

by Nina Teicholz
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8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back (Remember When It Didn't Hurt) cover

289. 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back (Remember When It Didn't Hurt)

by Esther Gokhale
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The Pyramid Principle:Logic in Writing and Thinking cover

290. The Pyramid Principle:Logic in Writing and Thinking

by Barbara Minto
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SPIN Selling cover

291. SPIN Selling

by Neil Rackham
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An Introduction to Functional Programming Through Lambda Calculus (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

292. An Introduction to Functional Programming Through Lambda Calculus (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Greg Michaelson
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Quantum Computing for Computer Scientists cover

293. Quantum Computing for Computer Scientists

by Noson S. Yanofsky, Mirco A. Mannucci
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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products cover

294. Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

by Nir Eyal
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Why it's too early to get excited about Web3 cover

295. Why it's too early to get excited about Web3

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Time Management for System Administrators cover

296. Time Management for System Administrators

by Tom Limoncelli
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Counterexamples in Analysis cover

297. Counterexamples in Analysis

by Bernard R. Gelbaum, John M. H. Olmsted
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Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition cover

298. Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition

by Tomas Möller, Eric Haines, Naty Hoffman
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Parallel and Concurrent Programming in Haskell cover

299. Parallel and Concurrent Programming in Haskell

by Simon Marlow
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Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age cover

300. Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

by Paul Graham
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