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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
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Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction
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Steve McConnell (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 9,441 ratings
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Introduction to Algorithms
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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-oriented Software / Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development, 2 Volume Set
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4.20 avg rating — 11,852 ratings
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Hacker's Delight
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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
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4.24 avg rating — 8,780 ratings
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The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-4A Boxed Set
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4.74 avg rating — 235 ratings
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The Algorithm Design Manual
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Steven S. Skiena (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 2,671 ratings
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Programming Pearls
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4.20 avg rating — 3,212 ratings
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On Lisp: Advanced Techniques for Common Lisp
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4.30 avg rating — 481 ratings
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Programming Pearls
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Scratch 2.0 Programming
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Denis Golikov (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
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Grokking Algorithms An Illustrated Guide For Programmers and Other Curious People
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Aditya Y. Bhargava (Goodreads Author)
4.42 avg rating — 5,203 ratings
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Practical Common Lisp
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4.15 avg rating — 791 ratings
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Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide
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Dave Thomas (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 1,984 ratings
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Accelerated C++: Practical Programming by Example
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The Practice of Programming (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
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The Little Schemer
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4.29 avg rating — 1,978 ratings
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Com+ Programming: A Practical Guide Using Visual C++ and Atl
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Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time!
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4.16 avg rating — 675 ratings
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The Rails Way
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3.85 avg rating — 271 ratings
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Working Effectively with Legacy Code
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Michael C. Feathers (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 4,649 ratings
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The Little LISPer
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4.29 avg rating — 1,978 ratings
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The C++ Programming Language
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4.10 avg rating — 4,015 ratings
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Responsive Web Design Overview For Beginners
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Brett Romero (Goodreads Author)
3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Your First App: Node.js
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Jim Schubert (Goodreads Author)
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Learn Python Programming the Easy and Fun Way
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Elaiya Iswera Lallan (Goodreads Author)
3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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ZX Spectrum Games Code Club: Twenty fun games to code and learn
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Gary Plowman (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master
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Andy Hunt (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 23,632 ratings
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OOP Concepts Booster : Take Your Coding Skills to the Next Level
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3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Java Concurrency in Practice
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Scratch Programming Lab 01: Detailed step by step guide for middle school students.
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Denis Golikov (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Archie (2015-) #1
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Secure Coding in C And C++
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3.94 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Lost Scrolls Collection
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Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions
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Gayle Laakmann McDowell (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 6,888 ratings
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The Lost Scrolls: Fire
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4.43 avg rating — 834 ratings
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Head First Design Patterns
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4.30 avg rating — 8,952 ratings
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Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 2 (The Search, #2)
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Gene Luen Yang (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 12,970 ratings
score: 96,
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The Promise (Avatar: The Last Airbender, #1)
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4.41 avg rating — 28,815 ratings
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C++ Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design
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4.20 avg rating — 194 ratings
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Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3 (The Promise, #3)
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Gene Luen Yang (Goodreads Author)
4.41 avg rating — 14,557 ratings
score: 94,
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American Born Chinese
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Gene Luen Yang (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 100,451 ratings
score: 93,
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Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Rift, Part 1 (The Rift, #1)
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Gene Luen Yang (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 16,728 ratings
score: 92,
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Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 1 (The Promise, #1)
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Gene Luen Yang (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 33,427 ratings
score: 91,
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Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search, Part 1 (The Search, #1)
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Gene Luen Yang (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 32,444 ratings
score: 90,
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Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 2 (The Promise, #2)
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Gene Luen Yang (Goodreads Author)
4.41 avg rating — 23,758 ratings
score: 89,
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Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Lost Adventures
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Bryan Konietzko (Creator)
4.36 avg rating — 24,568 ratings
score: 88,
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: Journeys Through the Earth Kingdom
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The Last Airbender: Prequel - Zuko's Story
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Dave Roman (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 4,558 ratings
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Avatar Volume 7: The Legend of Aang
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Michael Dante DiMartino (Goodreads Author)
4.61 avg rating — 593 ratings
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Avatar Volume 8: The Last Airbender (Avatar #8)
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Avatar Volume 7: The Last Airbender (Avatar #7)
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Engineering Long-Lasting Software
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Avatar Volume 3: The Last Airbender (Avatar #3)
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Avatar Volume 4: The Last Airbender (Avatar #4)
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Michael Dante DiMartino (Goodreads Author)
4.55 avg rating — 579 ratings
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Avatar Volume 6: The Last Airbender (Avatar #6)
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Bryan Konietzko (Creator)
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Avatar Volume 2: The Last Airbender (Avatar #2)
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Avatar Volume 5: The Last Airbender (Avatar #5)
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4.54 avg rating — 757 ratings
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