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The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition cover

1. The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition

by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

Plentiful Energy: The Story of the Integral Fast Reactor: The complex history of a simple reactor technology, with emphasis on its scientific bases for non-specialists cover

2. Plentiful Energy: The Story of the Integral Fast Reactor: The complex history of a simple reactor technology, with emphasis on its scientific bases for non-specialists

by Charles E. Till, Yoon Il Chang

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Declarative Models of Concurrent Cyclic Processes (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, 438) cover

3. Declarative Models of Concurrent Cyclic Processes (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, 438)

by Grzegorz Bocewicz

Investing Amid Low Expected Returns: Making the Most When Markets Offer the Least cover

4. Investing Amid Low Expected Returns: Making the Most When Markets Offer the Least

by Antti Ilmanen

McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War cover

5. McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War

by Hamilton Gregory

How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library) cover

6. How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library)

by George Polya

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Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying; A Guide for Kids and Teens cover

7. Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying; A Guide for Kids and Teens

by Barbara Oakley, PhD, Terrence Sejnowski, PhD, Alistair McConville

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Jews Don’t Count cover

8. Jews Don’t Count

by David Baddiel

The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison – An Oracle Biography of Ruthless Ambition and Silicon Valley Fame cover

9. The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison – An Oracle Biography of Ruthless Ambition and Silicon Valley Fame

by Mike Wilson

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DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model cover

10. DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model

by Jeremy Keith, Jeffrey Sambells

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CSS Pocket Reference: Visual Presentation for the Web cover

11. CSS Pocket Reference: Visual Presentation for the Web

by Eric A. Meyer

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Definitive Xml Schema cover

12. Definitive Xml Schema

by Priscilla Walmsley