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But How Do It Know? - The Basic Principles of Computers for Everyone cover

1. But How Do It Know? - The Basic Principles of Computers for Everyone

by J. Clark Scott

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Introducing Meteor cover

2. Introducing Meteor

by Josh Robinson, Aaron Gray, David Titarenco

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Metal Programming Guide: Tutorial and Reference via Swift cover

3. Metal Programming Guide: Tutorial and Reference via Swift

by Janie Clayton

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Never Lost Again: The Google Mapping Revolution That Sparked New Industries and Augmented Our Reality – The Essential Application's Creation Story from Keyhole cover

4. Never Lost Again: The Google Mapping Revolution That Sparked New Industries and Augmented Our Reality – The Essential Application's Creation Story from Keyhole

by Bill Kilday

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Developing Your Own 32-Bit Operating System/Book and Cd-Rom cover

5. Developing Your Own 32-Bit Operating System/Book and Cd-Rom

by Richard A. Burgess

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Inside the Company: CIA Diary cover

6. Inside the Company: CIA Diary

by Philip Agee

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The Aleutian Kayak: Origins, Construction, and Use of the Traditional Seagoing Baidarka cover

7. The Aleutian Kayak: Origins, Construction, and Use of the Traditional Seagoing Baidarka

by Wolfgang Brinck

Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety cover

8. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

by Eric Schlosser

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Wiring a House 6th Edition (For Pros by Pros) cover

9. Wiring a House 6th Edition (For Pros by Pros)

by Rex Cauldwell

How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking cover

10. How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking

by Sönke Ahrens

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Ugly’s Electrical References, 2020 Edition cover

11. Ugly’s Electrical References, 2020 Edition

by Charles R. Miller

Zip-Line cover

12. Zip-Line

by David Humpherys

Stop Reading the News: A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life cover

13. Stop Reading the News: A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life

by Rolf Dobelli

Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life cover

14. Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life

by Dacher Keltner

The Underground History of American Education, Volume I: An Intimate Investigation Into the Prison of Modern Schooling cover

15. The Underground History of American Education, Volume I: An Intimate Investigation Into the Prison of Modern Schooling

by John Taylor Gatto

Thought as a System cover

16. Thought as a System

by David Bohm

Say Good Night To Insomnia cover

17. Say Good Night To Insomnia

by Gregg D. Jacobs

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Nshipster: Obscure Topics in Cocoa & Objective C cover

18. Nshipster: Obscure Topics in Cocoa & Objective C

by Mattt Thompson

Mathematical Methods for Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems cover

19. Mathematical Methods for Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems

by Edward R. Dougherty, Charles Robert Giardina

Erased: The Untold Story of the Panama Canal cover

20. Erased: The Untold Story of the Panama Canal

by Marixa Lasso

An Introduction to Solid Modeling cover

21. An Introduction to Solid Modeling

by Martti Mäntylä

Zero Configuration Networking: The Definitive Guide cover

22. Zero Configuration Networking: The Definitive Guide

by Stuart Cheshire, Daniel Steinberg

The Curse of the Mogul: What's Wrong with the World's Leading Media Companies cover

23. The Curse of the Mogul: What's Wrong with the World's Leading Media Companies

by Jonathan A. Knee, Bruce C. Greenwald, Ava Seave

The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures) cover

24. The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)

by Leonard Bernstein

The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics cover

25. The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics

by Richard Hanania

Designing Data-Intensive Applications cover

26. Designing Data-Intensive Applications

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Business for the Right-Brained: (A Guide for Artists, Writers, Musicians, Dancer, Crafters, and all the other Dreamers) cover

27. Business for the Right-Brained: (A Guide for Artists, Writers, Musicians, Dancer, Crafters, and all the other Dreamers)

by M. C. A. Hogarth

The Three Jaguars: A Comic About Business, Art, and Life cover

28. The Three Jaguars: A Comic About Business, Art, and Life

by M. C. A. Hogarth