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Ideology and Discontent cover

1. Ideology and Discontent

by David Ernest Apter

Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America cover

2. Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America

by Lee Drutman

Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams cover

3. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

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101 Amazing Sights of the Night Sky: A Guided Tour for Beginners cover

4. 101 Amazing Sights of the Night Sky: A Guided Tour for Beginners

by George Moromisato

Who Is Fourier?: A Mathematical Adventure cover

5. Who Is Fourier?: A Mathematical Adventure

by Transnational College of Lex

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Anti-vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement cover

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

by Jonathan M. Berman

Naive Lie Theory (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

7. Naive Lie Theory (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by John Stillwell

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LIE GROUPS OGTM:NCS PAPER: An Introduction through Linear Groups (Oxford Graduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

8. LIE GROUPS OGTM:NCS PAPER: An Introduction through Linear Groups (Oxford Graduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Wulf Rossmann

The Genesis of the Abstract Group Concept: A Contribution to the History of the Origin of Abstract Group Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

9. The Genesis of the Abstract Group Concept: A Contribution to the History of the Origin of Abstract Group Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Hans Wussing

The Unix Programming Environment (Prentice-Hall Software Series) cover

10. The Unix Programming Environment (Prentice-Hall Software Series)

by Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike

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C Programming Language, 2nd Edition cover

11. C Programming Language, 2nd Edition

by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie

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C# 12 in a Nutshell cover

12. C# 12 in a Nutshell

Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle cover

13. Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle

by Dan Senor, Saul Singer

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Time Management for System Administrators cover

14. Time Management for System Administrators

by Tom Limoncelli

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The Way of Effortless Mindfulness: A Revolutionary Guide for Living an Awakened Life cover

15. The Way of Effortless Mindfulness: A Revolutionary Guide for Living an Awakened Life

by Loch Kelly, M.Div., LCSW