Fiction · 2009
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Fiction · 1977
The Illuminatus! Trilogy
Fiction · 1895
The mysterious island
Programming · 2016
Programming Phoenix
Fiction · 1914
Dubliners
Physics · 2014
Our Mathematical Universe
Systems · 2013
Systems Performance
Fiction · 2013
The Truth of Fact, The Truth of Feeling
Climate energy · 2010
Merchants of Doubt
Psychology · 1999
Maps of Meaning
Economics · 2001
Incerto
Biography · 2005
Let my people go surfing
Programming · 2014
Ruby under a microscope
Philosophy · 2016
The daily stoic
Mathematics · 2006
The Art of Problem Solving
Security · 2011
The tangled Web
Investing · 2005
Fortune's Formula
Fiction · 2012
Nexus
Computer Science · 1993
The (new) turing omnibus
Fiction · 1865
Alice in Wonderland
Science Fiction · 2001
Down and out in the Magic Kingdom
Philosophy · 1945
The Open Society and Its Enemies
Fiction · 1952
The Old Man and the Sea
Programming · 1988
Programming Windows
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