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Caveman Chemistry: 28 Projects, from the Creation of Fire to the Production of Plastics cover

3901. Caveman Chemistry: 28 Projects, from the Creation of Fire to the Production of Plastics

Scientific Soapmaking: The Chemistry of the Cold Process cover

3902. Scientific Soapmaking: The Chemistry of the Cold Process

by Kevin M. Dunn

The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the JunkBond Raiders cover

3903. The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the JunkBond Raiders

by Connie Bruck

Applied Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

3904. Applied Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Cornelius Lanczos

Dancing Naked in the Mind Field cover

3905. Dancing Naked in the Mind Field

by Kary Mullis

The Power of Frameworks: For Windows and Os/2 cover

3906. The Power of Frameworks: For Windows and Os/2

by Taligent, Inc

Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law cover

3907. Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law

by Lawrence E. Rosen

Unifying Business, Data, and Code cover

3908. Unifying Business, Data, and Code

by Ron Itelman, Juan Viotti

Poland cover

3909. Poland

by James Albert Michener

Observations Upon The Prophecies Of Daniel And The Apocalypse Of St. John cover

3910. Observations Upon The Prophecies Of Daniel And The Apocalypse Of St. John

by Isaac Newton

Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 cover

3911. Stalin: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928

by Stephen Kotkin

Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea cover

3912. Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea

by Steven Callahan

How China Escaped Shock Therapy (Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy) cover

3913. How China Escaped Shock Therapy (Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy)

by Isabella Weber

Riemannian Geometry cover

3914. Riemannian Geometry

by Manfredo P. do Carmo

C: A Reference Manual, 5th Edition cover

3915. C: A Reference Manual, 5th Edition

by Samuel P. Harbison, Guy L. Steele

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Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew: Citizen Singapore: How to Build a Nation (Conversations with Giants of Asia) cover

3916. Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew: Citizen Singapore: How to Build a Nation (Conversations with Giants of Asia)

by Tom Plate

Isaac Newton cover

3917. Isaac Newton

by James Gleick

The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? cover

3918. The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?

by Michael J. Sandel

Heuristics and the Law (Dahlem Workshop Reports) cover

3919. Heuristics and the Law (Dahlem Workshop Reports)

by Gerd Gigerenzer, Christoph Engel

3D Game Programming for Kids: Create Interactive Worlds with JavaScript cover

3920. 3D Game Programming for Kids: Create Interactive Worlds with JavaScript

by Chris Strom

The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy cover

3921. The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy

by J. Adam Tooze

On Rhetoric: A Theory of Civic Discourse cover

3922. On Rhetoric: A Theory of Civic Discourse

by Aristotle

Son Rise: The Miracle Continues cover

3923. Son Rise: The Miracle Continues

by Barry Neil Kaufman

Moorish Spain cover

3924. Moorish Spain

by Richard A. Fletcher, Richard Fletcher

Introduction to Natural Language Processing (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series) cover

3925. Introduction to Natural Language Processing (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series)

by Jacob Eisenstein

Record of the Listener: Selected Stories from Hong Mai's Yijian Zhi cover

3926. Record of the Listener: Selected Stories from Hong Mai's Yijian Zhi

by Mai Hong

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Computer Age Statistical Inference: Algorithms, Evidence, and Data Science (Institute of Mathematical Statistics Monographs, Series Number 5) cover

3927. Computer Age Statistical Inference: Algorithms, Evidence, and Data Science (Institute of Mathematical Statistics Monographs, Series Number 5)

by Bradley Efron, Trevor Hastie

Windows XP Annoyances for Geeks, 2nd Edition cover

3928. Windows XP Annoyances for Geeks, 2nd Edition

by David A. Karp

Heechee Rendezvous cover

3929. Heechee Rendezvous

by Frederik Pohl

The Asshole Survival Guide: How to Deal With People Who Treat You Like Dirt cover

3930. The Asshole Survival Guide: How to Deal With People Who Treat You Like Dirt

by Robert I. Sutton

Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings cover

3931. Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings

by Zhuangzi

Translucent Databases 2Nd Edition: Confusion, Misdirection, Randomness, Sharing, Authentication And Steganography To Defend Privacy cover

3932. Translucent Databases 2Nd Edition: Confusion, Misdirection, Randomness, Sharing, Authentication And Steganography To Defend Privacy

by Peter Wayner

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Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings [Illustrated Slipcase Edition] cover

3933. Shahnameh: The Epic of the Persian Kings [Illustrated Slipcase Edition]

by Ferdowsi

The Running Revolution: How to Run Faster, Farther, and Injury-Free--for Life cover

3934. The Running Revolution: How to Run Faster, Farther, and Injury-Free--for Life

by Nicholas S. Romanov

You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself cover

3935. You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself

by David McRaney

Thought as a System cover

3936. Thought as a System

by David Bohm

The Minto Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing, Thinking, & Problem Solving cover

3937. The Minto Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing, Thinking, & Problem Solving

by Barbara Minto

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom cover

3938. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

by Don Miguel Ruiz, Janet Mills

Wyrm cover

3939. Wyrm

by Mark Fabi

Advanced UNIX Programming cover

3940. Advanced UNIX Programming

by Marc J. Rochkind

Bad Education: Debunking Myths In Education cover

3941. Bad Education: Debunking Myths In Education

by Adey, Philip, Dillon, Justin

Eurozone Dystopia: Groupthink and Denial on a Grand Scale cover

3942. Eurozone Dystopia: Groupthink and Denial on a Grand Scale

by William Mitchell

How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby cover

3943. How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby

by Landrum Brewer Shettles, David M. Rorvik

Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline cover

3944. Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline

by Darrell Bricker, John Ibbitson

Moon Lander: How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight (Paperback)) cover

3945. Moon Lander: How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight (Paperback))

by Thomas J. Kelly

Semiology of Graphics: Diagrams, Networks, Maps cover

3946. Semiology of Graphics: Diagrams, Networks, Maps

by Jacques Bertin

The Neuroscience of Language: On Brain Circuits of Words and Serial Order cover

3947. The Neuroscience of Language: On Brain Circuits of Words and Serial Order

by Friedemann Pulvermüller

The Nothing that Is: A Natural History of Zero cover

3948. The Nothing that Is: A Natural History of Zero

by Robert Kaplan, Ellen Kaplan

On-Chip ESD Protection for Integrated Circuits: An IC Design Perspective (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, 663) cover

3949. On-Chip ESD Protection for Integrated Circuits: An IC Design Perspective (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, 663)

by Albert Z. H. Wang

Pyramid cover

3950. Pyramid

by David Macaulay

Independent People (Vintage International) cover

3951. Independent People (Vintage International)

by Halldor Laxness

The Philosophy of Set Theory: An Historical Introduction to Cantor's Paradise (Dover Books on Mathematics);An;Dover Books on Mathematics cover

3952. The Philosophy of Set Theory: An Historical Introduction to Cantor's Paradise (Dover Books on Mathematics);An;Dover Books on Mathematics

by Mary Tiles

Counting Sheep: The Science and Pleasures of Sleep and Dreams cover

3953. Counting Sheep: The Science and Pleasures of Sleep and Dreams

by Paul Martin

Living Language Korean, Complete Edition: Beginner through advanced course, including 3 coursebooks, 9 audio CDs, Korean reading & writing guide, and free online learning cover

3954. Living Language Korean, Complete Edition: Beginner through advanced course, including 3 coursebooks, 9 audio CDs, Korean reading & writing guide, and free online learning

by Jaemin Roh

Basic Korean (Grammar Workbooks) cover

3955. Basic Korean (Grammar Workbooks)

by Andrew Sangpil Byon

Lovability: How to Build a Business That People Love and Be Happy Doing It cover

3956. Lovability: How to Build a Business That People Love and Be Happy Doing It

by Brian De Haaff

The Complete Chess-Player cover

3957. The Complete Chess-Player

by Fred Reinfeld

The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life cover

3958. The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life

by John le Carré

Enough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell – The Comic Chronicle of Linguistic Rebels and Phonetic Reform cover

3959. Enough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Easier to Spell – The Comic Chronicle of Linguistic Rebels and Phonetic Reform

by Gabe Henry

Principles of Constraint Programming cover

3960. Principles of Constraint Programming

by Krzysztof Apt

Presentation Zen Design cover

3961. Presentation Zen Design

by Garr Reynolds

Open-endedness: The last grand challenge you've never heard of cover

3962. Open-endedness: The last grand challenge you've never heard of

42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams cover

3963. 42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams

by Kevin Jon Davies

Date-Onomics: How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game cover

3964. Date-Onomics: How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game

by Jon Birger

The Technological Society cover

3965. The Technological Society

by Jacques Ellul

Civilization: The West and the Rest cover

3966. Civilization: The West and the Rest

by Niall Ferguson

Developing Web Applications with Haskell and Yesod cover

3967. Developing Web Applications with Haskell and Yesod

by Michael Snoyman

The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery cover

3968. The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery

by Ross Douthat

Algorithms cover

3969. Algorithms

by Jeff Erickson

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Haunted Empire: Apple After Steve Jobs ―Insights Into Tim Cook's Leadership, Product Development, and the Future of Apple cover

3970. Haunted Empire: Apple After Steve Jobs ―Insights Into Tim Cook's Leadership, Product Development, and the Future of Apple

by Yukari Iwatani Kane

High And Rising: A Book About De La Soul – The First Cultural Biography and Personal Story of the Era-Defining Trio cover

3971. High And Rising: A Book About De La Soul – The First Cultural Biography and Personal Story of the Era-Defining Trio

by Marcus J Moore

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It cover

3972. Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It

by Chris Voss, Tahl Raz

Miracles of Urine Therapy cover

3973. Miracles of Urine Therapy

by Morarji Desai

Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story Of American Submarine Espionage cover

3974. Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story Of American Submarine Espionage

by Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew, Annette Lawrence Drew

To Sail Beyond the Sunset cover

3975. To Sail Beyond the Sunset

by Robert Anson Heinlein

Maintainable JavaScript cover

3976. Maintainable JavaScript

by Nicholas C. Zakas

Family Unfriendly: A Critical Examination of Overparenting and Its Consequences cover

3977. Family Unfriendly: A Critical Examination of Overparenting and Its Consequences

by Timothy P. Carney

The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy cover

3978. The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy

by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

Hostage Cop cover

3979. Hostage Cop

by Frank Bolz, Edward Hershey

The Big U: A Hilarious Satire of American College Life cover

3980. The Big U: A Hilarious Satire of American College Life

by Neal Stephenson

Oh, the Places You'll Go! cover

3981. Oh, the Places You'll Go!

by Dr. Seuss

Make: Electronics: Learning Through Discovery cover

3982. Make: Electronics: Learning Through Discovery

by Charles Platt

Now It Can Be Told: The Story Of The Manhattan Project cover

3983. Now It Can Be Told: The Story Of The Manhattan Project

by General Leslie R. Groves

30 Essential Typefaces for a Lifetime cover

3984. 30 Essential Typefaces for a Lifetime

by Joshua Berger, Imin Pao

Hotwired Style: Principles for Building Smart Web Sites cover

3985. Hotwired Style: Principles for Building Smart Web Sites

by Jeffrey Veen

The Nature of Paleolithic Art cover

3986. The Nature of Paleolithic Art

by R. Dale Guthrie

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Computer System Organization: The B5700/B6700 Series cover

3987. Computer System Organization: The B5700/B6700 Series

by Elliott I. Organick, Robert L. Ashenhurst

Constructing the User Interface with Statecharts cover

3988. Constructing the User Interface with Statecharts

by Ian Horrocks

How the University Works: Higher Education and the Low-Wage Nation (Cultural Front) cover

3989. How the University Works: Higher Education and the Low-Wage Nation (Cultural Front)

by Marc Bousquet, Cary Nelson

Beautiful Architecture cover

3990. Beautiful Architecture

by Diomidis Spinellis, Georgios Gousios

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The Hobbit: Or, There and Back Again cover

3991. The Hobbit: Or, There and Back Again

by J. R. R. Tolkien

Software Architecture: The Hard Parts cover

3992. Software Architecture: The Hard Parts

by Neal Ford, Mark Richards, Pramod Sadalage, Zhamak Dehghani

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Mass: The quest to understand matter from Greek atoms to quantum fields cover

3993. Mass: The quest to understand matter from Greek atoms to quantum fields

by J. E. Baggott

Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets cover

3994. Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets

by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh

Vedanta Treatise - The Eternities cover

3995. Vedanta Treatise - The Eternities

by Avula Parthasarathy

The ZX Spectrum Ula: How to Design a Microcomputer (ZX Design Retro Computer) cover

3996. The ZX Spectrum Ula: How to Design a Microcomputer (ZX Design Retro Computer)

by Chris Smith

Fractals, Chaos, Power Laws: Minutes from an Infinite Paradise cover

3997. Fractals, Chaos, Power Laws: Minutes from an Infinite Paradise

by Manfred Robert Schroeder

The Sultan's Organ: London to Constantinople in 1599 and adventures on the way cover

3998. The Sultan's Organ: London to Constantinople in 1599 and adventures on the way

by John Mole, Thomas Dallam

On Writing Well, 25th Anniversary: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction cover

3999. On Writing Well, 25th Anniversary: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

by William K. Zinsser, William Zinsser

This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm cover

4000. This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm

by Ted Genoways