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Database Design and Implementation: Second Edition (Data-Centric Systems and Applications) cover

3101. Database Design and Implementation: Second Edition (Data-Centric Systems and Applications)

by Edward Sciore

What is hardcore data science--in practice? cover

3102. What is hardcore data science--in practice?

Fallacy of Fine-Tuning: Why the Universe Is Not Designed for Us cover

3103. Fallacy of Fine-Tuning: Why the Universe Is Not Designed for Us

by Victor J. Stenger

Democracy Despite Itself: Why a System That Shouldn't Work at All Works So Well cover

3104. Democracy Despite Itself: Why a System That Shouldn't Work at All Works So Well

by Danny Oppenheimer, Mike Edwards

Developing Quality Technical Information: A Handbook for Writers and Editors, Third Edition cover

3105. Developing Quality Technical Information: A Handbook for Writers and Editors, Third Edition

by Michelle Carey, Michelle Carey. Moira McFadden Lanyi. Deirdre Longo. Eric Radzinski. Shannon Rouiller. Elizabeth Wilde

Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women cover

3106. Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women

by Susan Faludi

An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp cover

3107. An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp

by Richard Stallman

Fluent C cover

3108. Fluent C

by Rebecca Riordan

Reckoning with Risk: Learning to Live with Uncertainty cover

3109. Reckoning with Risk: Learning to Live with Uncertainty

by Gerd Gigerenzer

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The Economics Anti-Textbook: A Critical Thinker's Guide to Microeconomics cover

3110. The Economics Anti-Textbook: A Critical Thinker's Guide to Microeconomics

by Rod Hill

Calculus and Analysis in Euclidean Space (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

3111. Calculus and Analysis in Euclidean Space (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Jerry Shurman

The Eudaemonic Pie cover

3112. The Eudaemonic Pie

by Thomas A. Bass

Ultra-Processed People: The Food We Eat That Isn't Food and Why We Can't Stop cover

3113. Ultra-Processed People: The Food We Eat That Isn't Food and Why We Can't Stop

by Chris van Tulleken

Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction cover

3114. Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction

by Samir Okasha

Understanding UNIX/LINUX Programming: A Guide to Theory and Practice cover

3115. Understanding UNIX/LINUX Programming: A Guide to Theory and Practice

by Bruce Molay

From Alice to Ocean: Alone Across the Outback cover

3116. From Alice to Ocean: Alone Across the Outback

by Robyn Davidson

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The Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP CBK Reference cover

3117. The Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP CBK Reference

by John Warsinske, Mark Graff, Kevin Henry, Christopher Hoover, Ben Malisow, Sean Murphy, C. Paul Oakes, George Pajari, Jeff T. Parker, David Seidl, Mike Vasquez

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Body, Mind, And Sport: The Mind/Body Guide to Lifelong Fitness and Your Personal Best cover

3118. Body, Mind, And Sport: The Mind/Body Guide to Lifelong Fitness and Your Personal Best

by John Douillard

The Measure of Man and Woman: Human Factors in Design cover

3119. The Measure of Man and Woman: Human Factors in Design

by Alvin R. Tilley, Henry Dreyfuss Associates

Boys Among Men: How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution cover

3120. Boys Among Men: How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA and Sparked a Basketball Revolution

by Jonathan Abrams

The CIA World Factbook 2026-2027 cover

3121. The CIA World Factbook 2026-2027

by Central Intelligence Agency

Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas cover

3122. Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas

by Natasha Dow Schüll

Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C cover

3123. Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C

by Lincoln Stein, Doug MacEachern

The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer cover

3124. The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer

by Steven Kotler

Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia (DK Children's Illustrated Reference) cover

3125. Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia (DK Children's Illustrated Reference)

by DK

The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer cover

3126. The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

by Jeffrey K. Liker

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How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success cover

3127. How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success

by Julie Lythcott-Haims

Bombs Over Bikini: The World's First Nuclear Disaster cover

3128. Bombs Over Bikini: The World's First Nuclear Disaster

by Connie Goldsmith

Blood Medicine: Blowing the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever cover

3129. Blood Medicine: Blowing the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever

by Kathleen Sharp

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Balancing Agility and Discipline: A Guide for the Perplexed cover

3130. Balancing Agility and Discipline: A Guide for the Perplexed

by Barry W. Boehm, Richard Turner

Loners cover

3131. Loners

by Sula Wolff

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Thinking with a Pencil cover

3132. Thinking with a Pencil

by Henning Nelms

Quaternions for Computer Graphics cover

3133. Quaternions for Computer Graphics

by John Vince

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Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving cover

3134. Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving

by Sanjoy Mahajan

Possible Worlds: An Introduction to Logic and Its Philosophy (English and German Edition) cover

3135. Possible Worlds: An Introduction to Logic and Its Philosophy (English and German Edition)

by Raymond Bradley, Norman Swartz

The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering: Mastering Complexity (Mit Press) cover

3136. The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering: Mastering Complexity (Mit Press)

by Sanjoy Mahajan

Advanced UNIX Programming, Second Edition cover

3137. Advanced UNIX Programming, Second Edition

by Marc J. Rochkind

A Manual for Creating Atheists cover

3138. A Manual for Creating Atheists

by Peter Boghossian

JFK: The Smoking Gun cover

3139. JFK: The Smoking Gun

The Ridiculous Race: 26,000 Miles, 2 Guides, 1 Globe, No Airplanes cover

3140. The Ridiculous Race: 26,000 Miles, 2 Guides, 1 Globe, No Airplanes

by Vali Chandrasekaran

The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time cover

3141. The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time

by Jonathan Weiner

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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness cover

3142. Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

by William Styron

Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States cover

3143. Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

by Bill Bryson

Tales of the Teahouse Retold: Investiture of the Gods cover

3144. Tales of the Teahouse Retold: Investiture of the Gods

by Katherine Liang Chew

Being And Event cover

3145. Being And Event

by Alain Badiou

MongoDB: The Definitive Guide cover

3146. MongoDB: The Definitive Guide

by Michael Dirolf, Kristina Chodorow

Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary cover

3147. Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary

by Linus Torvalds, David Diamond

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Nationalism cover

3148. Nationalism

by Elie Kedourie

The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) cover

3149. The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)

by Seth Godin

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What Is Relativity?: An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter cover

3150. What Is Relativity?: An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter

by Jeffrey O. Bennett

Radio Congo: Signals of Hope from Africa's Deadliest War cover

3151. Radio Congo: Signals of Hope from Africa's Deadliest War

by Ben Rawlence

Modern Compiler Design cover

3152. Modern Compiler Design

by Dick Grune, Kees van Reeuwijk, Henri E. Bal, Ceriel J.H. Jacobs, Koen Langendoen

Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method cover

3153. Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method

by Gerald M. Weinberg

Tokyo Nobody (English and Japanese Edition) cover

3154. Tokyo Nobody (English and Japanese Edition)

by 中野正貴

Building Green: A Complete How-to Guide To Alternative Building Methods - Earth Plaster, Straw Bale, Cordwood, Cob, Living Roofs cover

3155. Building Green: A Complete How-to Guide To Alternative Building Methods - Earth Plaster, Straw Bale, Cordwood, Cob, Living Roofs

by Clarke Snell, Tim Callahan

The Human Factor cover

3156. The Human Factor

by Kim J. Vicente

The Science of Fear: How the Culture of Fear Manipulates Your Brain cover

3157. The Science of Fear: How the Culture of Fear Manipulates Your Brain

by Daniel Gardner

Nine Kinds Of Naked: A Wildly Entertaining Surreal Comedy – Funny Satire Exploring Chaos Theory cover

3158. Nine Kinds Of Naked: A Wildly Entertaining Surreal Comedy – Funny Satire Exploring Chaos Theory

by Tony Vigorito

Still Life with Woodpecker: A Novel cover

3159. Still Life with Woodpecker: A Novel

by Tom Robbins

Everything Is Obvious: How Common Sense Fails Us cover

3160. Everything Is Obvious: How Common Sense Fails Us

by Duncan J. Watts

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Web Security, Privacy & Commerce, 2nd Edition cover

3161. Web Security, Privacy & Commerce, 2nd Edition

Once-A-Month Cooking, Revised Edition: A Proven System for Spending Less Time in the Kitchen and Enjoying Delicious, Homemade Meals Every Day cover

3162. Once-A-Month Cooking, Revised Edition: A Proven System for Spending Less Time in the Kitchen and Enjoying Delicious, Homemade Meals Every Day

by Mimi Wilson, Mary Beth Lagerborg

On Power: The Natural History of Its Growth cover

3163. On Power: The Natural History of Its Growth

by Bertrand de Jouvenel

The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Course: A Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering 2300 Characters cover

3164. The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Course: A Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering 2300 Characters

by Andrew Scott Conning

Man's Worldly Goods - The Story of The Wealth of Nations cover

3165. Man's Worldly Goods - The Story of The Wealth of Nations

by Leo Huberman

Basketry: Webster's Timeline History, 7000BC - 2006 cover

3166. Basketry: Webster's Timeline History, 7000BC - 2006

Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales cover

3167. Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales

by Penn Jillette

Chess skill in man and machine (Texts and monographs in computer science) cover

3168. Chess skill in man and machine (Texts and monographs in computer science)

by Peter William Frey

A Case Study in Community-Driven Software Adoption cover

3169. A Case Study in Community-Driven Software Adoption

Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I: 50th Anniversary Edition: A Cookbook cover

3170. Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I: 50th Anniversary Edition: A Cookbook

by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck

Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking cover

3171. Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking

by Mark Bittman

Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone cover

3172. Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone

by Deborah Madison

Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World (Belfer Center Studies in International Security) cover

3173. Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World (Belfer Center Studies in International Security)

by Kuan Yew Lee, Graham Allison, Robert D. Blackwill, Ali Wyne

The China Dream: Great Power Thinking and Strategic Posture in the Post-American Era cover

3174. The China Dream: Great Power Thinking and Strategic Posture in the Post-American Era

by Mingfu Liu

More Work For Mother: The Ironies Of Household Technology From The Open Hearth To The Microwave cover

3175. More Work For Mother: The Ironies Of Household Technology From The Open Hearth To The Microwave

by Ruth Schwartz Cowan

Probabilistic Machine Learning: Advanced Topics (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series) cover

3176. Probabilistic Machine Learning: Advanced Topics (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series)

by Kevin P. Murphy

In Our Hands : A Plan To Replace The Welfare State cover

3177. In Our Hands : A Plan To Replace The Welfare State

by Charles A. Murray

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The Dark cover

3178. The Dark

by Lemony Snicket

CSS: The Definitive Guide: Web Layout and Presentation cover

3179. CSS: The Definitive Guide: Web Layout and Presentation

by Eric A. Meyer, Estelle Weyl

Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity cover

3180. Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity

by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke

Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement with the Occult cover

3181. Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement with the Occult

by Peter Levenda

New Religions and the Nazis cover

3182. New Religions and the Nazis

by Karla O. Poewe

The Moral Lives of Animals cover

3183. The Moral Lives of Animals

by Dale Peterson

Can Animals Be Moral? cover

3184. Can Animals Be Moral?

by Mark Rowlands

Active Portfolio Management: A Quantitative Approach for Producing Superior Returns and Controlling Risk cover

3185. Active Portfolio Management: A Quantitative Approach for Producing Superior Returns and Controlling Risk

by Richard Grinold, Ronald Kahn

Anti-vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement cover

3186. Anti-vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement

by Jonathan M. Berman

The Scientist as Rebel (New York Review Books (Paperback)) cover

3187. The Scientist as Rebel (New York Review Books (Paperback))

by Freeman Dyson

The Art of Atari cover

3188. The Art of Atari

by Tim Lapetino

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Introducing Foucault: A Graphic Guide cover

3189. Introducing Foucault: A Graphic Guide

by Chris Horrocks

The Theory of Critical Phenomena: An Introduction to the Renormalization Group (Oxford Science Publications) cover

3190. The Theory of Critical Phenomena: An Introduction to the Renormalization Group (Oxford Science Publications)

by James Binney, J.J. Binney, N. J. Dowrick, A. J. Fisher, M. E. J. Newman, N.J. Dowrick, A.J. Fisher, M.E.J. Newman, J. J. Binney

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Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals cover

3191. Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals

by Hiroki Azuma

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My Adventures in Sillyville cover

3192. My Adventures in Sillyville

by Richard Klein

Kea, Bird of Paradox: The Evolution and Behavior of a New Zealand Parrot cover

3193. Kea, Bird of Paradox: The Evolution and Behavior of a New Zealand Parrot

by Judy Diamond, Alan B. Bond

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The gospel of selfless action, or, The Gita according to Gandhi: Translation of the original in Gujarati, with an additional introduction and commentary (English and Sanskrit Edition) cover

3194. The gospel of selfless action, or, The Gita according to Gandhi: Translation of the original in Gujarati, with an additional introduction and commentary (English and Sanskrit Edition)

by Mahatma Gandhi, Mahadev Haribhai Desai

The Cheating of America: How Tax Avoidance and Evasion by the Super Rich Are Costing the Country Billions--and What You Can Do About It cover

3195. The Cheating of America: How Tax Avoidance and Evasion by the Super Rich Are Costing the Country Billions--and What You Can Do About It

by Charles Lewis

Breaking the Mishap Chain: Human Factors Lessons Learned from Aerospace Accidents and Incidents in Research, Flight Test, and Development (NASA Aeronoutics Book) cover

3196. Breaking the Mishap Chain: Human Factors Lessons Learned from Aerospace Accidents and Incidents in Research, Flight Test, and Development (NASA Aeronoutics Book)

by Peter W. Merlin, Gregg A. Bendrick, Dwight A. Holland

Modern Perl Best Practices cover

3197. Modern Perl Best Practices

A compiler generator (Prentice-Hall series in automatic computation) cover

3198. A compiler generator (Prentice-Hall series in automatic computation)

by William Marshall McKeeman, James J. Horning, David B. Wortman

Radical, Religious, and Violent: The New Economics of Terrorism (Mit Press) cover

3199. Radical, Religious, and Violent: The New Economics of Terrorism (Mit Press)

by Eli Berman

Confessions of the Pricing Man: How Price Affects Everything cover

3200. Confessions of the Pricing Man: How Price Affects Everything

by Hermann Simon