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The Art of Computer Programming: v. 1-3: Bd. 1: Fundamental Algorithms / Bd. 2: Seminumerical Algorithms / Bd. 3: Sorting and Searching: Vol 1-3 (Series in Computer Science & Information Processing)
1.  The Art of Computer Programming: v. 1-3: Bd. 1: Fundamental Algorithms / Bd. 2: Seminumerical Algorithms / Bd. 3: Sorting and Searching: Vol 1-3 (Series in Computer Science & Information Processing) by Donald E. Knuth
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  "The works !"
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The C Programming Language (Prentice-Hall Software Series)
2.  The C Programming Language (Prentice-Hall Software Series) by Brian W. Kernighan
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  "The only C book you'll ever need."
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The C++ Programming Language: Third Edition
3.  The C++ Programming Language: Third Edition by Bjarne Stroustrup
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  "C++ from the guy who created it."
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Programming Perl: There's More Than One Way To Do It
4.  Programming Perl: There's More Than One Way To Do It by Larry Wall
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  "How to read a write-only langauge."
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Essential System Administration: Help for Unix System Administrators (Nutshell Handbook)
5.  Essential System Administration: Help for Unix System Administrators (Nutshell Handbook) by Æleen Frisch
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  "For anyone running a *nix system."
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Common LISP: The Language (HP Technologies)
6.  Common LISP: The Language (HP Technologies) by GL STEELE
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  "Cool"
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The Mythical Man Month and Other Essays on Software Engineering
7.  The Mythical Man Month and Other Essays on Software Engineering by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
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  "Brooks Law: Adding programmers to a late project makes it later."
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The Illuminatus!: Trilogy
8.  The Illuminatus!: Trilogy by Robert Shea
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  "One of the funniest books ever written..."
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The Hitchhiker Trilogy
9.  The Hitchhiker Trilogy by Douglas Adams
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  "...The other funniest books ever written."
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (Coronet Books)
10.  The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (Coronet Books) by John le Carre
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  "A bit dated as a spy novel, but as a metaphor for contemporary corporate politics it can't be beaten."
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass(And what Alice Found There) & Alice's Adventures Under Ground: The Centenary Edition (Penguin Classics)
11.  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass(And what Alice Found There) & Alice's Adventures Under Ground: The Centenary Edition (Penguin Classics) by Hugh Haughton
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  "Pure nonesense"
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Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character as Told to Ralph Leighton
12.  Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character as Told to Ralph Leighton by Ralph Leighton
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  "Adventures of a curious character"
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No Logo: No Space. No Choice. No Jobs
13.  No Logo: No Space. No Choice. No Jobs by Naomi Klein
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  "Chomsky for the MTV generation."
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The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy through the Maze of Computer Espionage
14.  The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy through the Maze of Computer Espionage by Cliff Stoll
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  "A fascinating tale of white hats, black hats, and the American security services."
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Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
15.  Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell
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  "A childrens book for adults or an adults book for children?"
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