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Chaos Engineering cover

1. Chaos Engineering

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Cyberia: Life in the Trenches of Cyberspace cover

2. Cyberia: Life in the Trenches of Cyberspace

by Douglas Rushkoff

Engineering: A Compiler cover

3. Engineering: A Compiler

by Keith D. Cooper

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications cover

4. Designing Data-Intensive Applications

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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York cover

5. The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

by Deborah Blum

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How to Draw Animals (Perigee) cover

6. How to Draw Animals (Perigee)

by Jack Hamm

Citizen game: L'histoire d'un jeune passionné, monté très haut, très vite, qui est tombé une fois mais ne manque p cover

7. Citizen game: L'histoire d'un jeune passionné, monté très haut, très vite, qui est tombé une fois mais ne manque p

by Nicolas Gaume

Gangster Capitalism: The United States and the Globalization of Organized Crime cover

8. Gangster Capitalism: The United States and the Globalization of Organized Crime

by Michael Woodiwiss

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Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality cover

9. Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality

by Lewis C. Epstein, Paul G. Hewitt

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Second Nature: A Gardener's Education cover

10. Second Nature: A Gardener's Education

by Michael Pollan

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The Art of Multiprocessor Programming, Revised Reprint cover

11. The Art of Multiprocessor Programming, Revised Reprint

by Maurice Herlihy

Bayesian Methods for Hackers: Probabilistic Programming and Bayesian Inference cover

12. Bayesian Methods for Hackers: Probabilistic Programming and Bayesian Inference

by Cameron Davidson-Pilon

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Not by Chance: Shattering the Modern Theory of Evolution cover

13. Not by Chance: Shattering the Modern Theory of Evolution

by Lee M. Spetner

Venus Revealed: A New Look Below The Clouds Of Our Mysteriious Twin Planet cover

14. Venus Revealed: A New Look Below The Clouds Of Our Mysteriious Twin Planet

by David Harry Grinspoon

Another Sort of Learning cover

15. Another Sort of Learning

by James V. Schall

The Computer - My Life cover

16. The Computer - My Life

by Konrad Zuse

Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science cover

17. Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science

by Carey Gillam

The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity cover

18. The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity

by Cooper, Alan

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

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

by Chris Voss, Tahl Raz

Hybrid Woodworking: Blending Power & Hand Tools for Quick, Quality Furniture (Popular Woodworking) cover

20. Hybrid Woodworking: Blending Power & Hand Tools for Quick, Quality Furniture (Popular Woodworking)

by Marc Spagnuolo

Essential Joinery: The Fundamental Techniques Every Woodworker Should Know cover

21. Essential Joinery: The Fundamental Techniques Every Woodworker Should Know

by Marc Spagnuolo

Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing. cover

22. Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing.

by Robert Paul Smith

How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps cover

23. How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps

by Lawrence Krubner, Natalie Sidner

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Blue Runa: Edred's Shorter Wporks (1988-1994) cover

24. Blue Runa: Edred's Shorter Wporks (1988-1994)

by Edred Thorsson

Motel of the Mysteries cover

25. Motel of the Mysteries

by David Macaulay

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Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia cover

26. Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia

by Christina Thompson

No More Champagne: Churchill and His Money cover

27. No More Champagne: Churchill and His Money

by David Lough

The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict: Evidence I & II Fully Updated in One Volume To Answer The Questions Challenging Christians in the 21st Century. cover

28. The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict: Evidence I & II Fully Updated in One Volume To Answer The Questions Challenging Christians in the 21st Century.

by Josh McDowell

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition cover

29. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

by Robert B. Cialdini

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The 48 Laws of Power cover

30. The 48 Laws of Power

by Robert Greene

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The Art of Capacity Planning: Scaling Web Resources in the Cloud cover

31. The Art of Capacity Planning: Scaling Web Resources in the Cloud

by Arun Kejariwal, John Allspaw