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Abstraction and Specification in Program Development (Mh-Mit Series)



Agency (Jackpot, Bk 2)
Agency (Jackpot, Bk 2)
Author: William Gibson
Book Type: Hardcover
Wish Date: 4/29/2020
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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The Art of Computer Programming. Vol 1: Fundamental Algorithms. 2nd Printing.



The Atrocity Archives
The Atrocity Archives
Author: Charles Stross
Book Type: Paperback
Wish Date: 5/13/2017
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Better with Age: The Psychology of Successful Aging
Better with Age: The Psychology of Successful Aging
Author: Alan D. Castel
Book Type: Hardcover
Wish Date: 6/8/2020
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Beyond Weird: Why Everything You Thought You Knew about Quantum Physics Is Different



Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive  Industry on Earth (Large Print)



Castle
Castle
Author: David MacAulay
Book Type: Library Binding
Wish Date: 3/18/2017
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Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
Author: Kim Zetter
Book Type: Paperback
Wish Date: 1/8/2020
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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Create an Oasis With Greywater: Your Complete Guide to Choosing, Building and Using Greywater Systems



Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Roll Back Global Warming
Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Roll Back Global Warming
Author: Paul Hawken (Editor)
Book Type: Paperback
Wish Date: 5/9/2019
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Election Fraud: Detecting and Deterring Electoral Manipulation (Brookings Series on Election Administration and Reform)



Epidemic: Ebola and the Global Scramble to Prevent the Next Killer Outbreak
Epidemic: Ebola and the Global Scramble to Prevent the Next Killer Outbreak
Author: Reid Wilson
Book Type: Hardcover
Wish Date: 2/10/2020
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Exponential Transformation: Evolve Your Organization (and Change the World) With a 10-Week ExO Sprint



Farmacology: What Innovative Family Farming Can Teach Us About Health and Healing
Farmacology: What Innovative Family Farming Can Teach Us About Health and Healing
Author: Daphne Miller
Book Type: Paperback
Wish Date: 4/18/2017
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed (The MIT Press)



The Fourth Turning
The Fourth Turning
Author: William Strauss, Neil Howe
Book Type: Paperback
Wish Date: 12/6/2019
  • Currently 4.4/5 Stars.
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The Friendly Orange Glow: The Untold Story of the PLATO System and the Dawn of Cyberculture



The Globotics Upheaval: Globalization, Robotics, and the Future of Work



Heraclitean Fire: Sketches from a Life Before Nature
Heraclitean Fire: Sketches from a Life Before Nature
Author: Erwin Chargaff
Book Type: Hardcover
Wish Date: 1/26/2017
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Homeward: Life in the Year After Prison
Homeward: Life in the Year After Prison
Author: Bruce Western
Book Type: Paperback
Wish Date: 10/2/2019
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How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens
How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens
Author: Benedict Carey
Book Type: Paperback
Wish Date: 10/2/2019
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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Identifying the Object: A Collection of Short Stories
Identifying the Object: A Collection of Short Stories
Author: Gwyneth Jones
Book Type: Paperback
Wish Date: 1/21/2010
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The Internet Police: How Crime Went Online, and the Cops Followed
The Internet Police: How Crime Went Online, and the Cops Followed
Author: Nate Anderson
Book Type: Paperback
Wish Date: 2/7/2018
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Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Author: Max Tegmark
Book Type: Hardcover
Wish Date: 6/12/2018
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Lifespan: Why We Age - and Why We Don't Have To



Lilith's Brood: Dawn / Adulthood Rites / Imago
Lilith's Brood: Dawn / Adulthood Rites / Imago
Author: Octavia E. Butler
Book Type: Paperback
Wish Date: 10/14/2019
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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The Long List Anthology, Vol 3: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List



Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization
Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization
Author: Vaclav Smil
Book Type: Paperback
Wish Date: 6/20/2015
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The Mars Room: A Novel
The Mars Room: A Novel
Author: Rachel Kushner
Book Type: Paperback
Wish Date: 10/2/2019
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Midnight Robber
Midnight Robber
Author: Nalo Hopkinson
Book Type: Paperback
Wish Date: 10/14/2019
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty



The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
Author: Daniel Yergin
Book Type: Hardcover
Wish Date: 11/23/2020
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The Next Wave: Using Digital Technology to Further Social and Political Innovation (Brookings FOCUS Book)



Nobody's Victim: Fighting Psychos, Stalkers, Pervs, and Trolls
Nobody's Victim: Fighting Psychos, Stalkers, Pervs, and Trolls
Author: Carrie Goldberg
Book Type: Hardcover
Wish Date: 10/2/2019
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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Parable of the Sower
Parable of the Sower
Author: Octavia E. Butler
Book Type: Paperback
Wish Date: 10/14/2019
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror



The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas (Library of Latin America)
The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas (Library of Latin America)
Author: Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis
Book Type: Paperback
Wish Date: 11/26/2019
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Quakeland: Preparing for America's Next Devastating Earthquake
Quakeland: Preparing for America's Next Devastating Earthquake
Author: Kathryn Miles
Book Type: Hardcover
Wish Date: 9/27/2017
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Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation
Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation
Author: Jonathan Lear
Book Type: Paperback
Wish Date: 6/5/2016
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Roadside Picnic
Roadside Picnic
Author: Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Olena Bormashenko (Translator)
Book Type: Paperback
Wish Date: 10/14/2019
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Author: Yuval Noah Harari
Book Type: Paperback
Wish Date: 6/5/2016
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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Shadow of the Torturer (Urth : Book of the New Sun, Bk 1)
Shadow of the Torturer (Urth : Book of the New Sun, Bk 1)
Author: Gene Wolfe
Book Type: Paperback
Wish Date: 10/14/2019
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Author: Klaus Schwab, Nicholas Davis
Book Type: Paperback
Wish Date: 10/2/2019
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Six Easy Pieces : Easy Rawlins Stories
Six Easy Pieces : Easy Rawlins Stories
Author: Walter Mosley
Book Type: Hardcover
Wish Date: 3/7/2018
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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Six Months, Three Days, Five Others
Six Months, Three Days, Five Others
Author: Charlie Jane Anders
Book Type: Hardcover
Wish Date: 11/17/2020
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Slavery By Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II



Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Author: Nick Bostrom
Book Type: Paperback
Wish Date: 6/12/2018
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Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
Author: Randall Munroe
Book Type: Hardcover
Wish Date: 5/13/2017
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth's Past, Bk 1)
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth's Past, Bk 1)
Author: Cixin Liu
Book Type: Paperback
Wish Date: 10/14/2019
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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