Merriam-Webster

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Illinois

An essential dictionary for children grades 3-5, ages 8-11.

This dictionary for young students covers the vocabulary needed today, including many new words from the fields of science and technology, such as alternative energy, friend, and STEM. More than 36,000 entry words with clear definitions are enriched with nearly 1,300 quotations from classic and contemporary children's literature.

Over 900 full-color illustrations, photographs, and diagrams will fascinate young readers and improve their understanding of concepts. Word history, word root, and synonym paragraphs help students build vocabulary and improve spelling skills.

This is a great resource for students building vocabulary; perfect for school or home.

Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary

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M. Morris Mano

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Computer Science

Hardware Design

An introduction to the hardware concepts needed to analyze and design digital systems and the principles of computer hardware organization and design.

Computer Engineering

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Peter Dogan

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Instrument Flight Training Manual

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Creative Publishing International Editors

A virtual encyclopedia of vital deck-building information, this comprehensive guide gives readers everything they need to build an attractive, practical wood deck: inspirational ideas, planning information, construction techniques, and finishing touches. 600 photos/illustrations.

The Complete Guide to Decks

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Edward Yourdon

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

In the course of a career, practically every software developer will encounter several projects with outrageous staffing, schedule, budget or feature constraints--projects that seem "doomed to fail". Now, bestselling author Edward Yourdon brings his unique technology and management insight into these "death march" projects, showing how to maximize one's chances of success. This book is essential reading for all software developers, software engineers, and managers.

Death March

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Bill Landreth

A Hacker's Guide to Computer Security

Story of an adolescent computer hacker, apprehended by the FBI, indicted by a Federal Grand Jury, now telling details of the more illustrous capers.

Out of the Inner Circle

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Nicholas Negroponte

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "Succinct and readable.... If you suffer from digital anxiety ... here is a book that lays it all out for you." --Newsday In lively, mordantly witty prose, Negroponte decodes the mysteries--and debunks the hype--surrounding bandwidth, multimedia, virtual reality, and the Internet, and explains why such touted innovations as the fax and the CD-ROM are likely to go the way of the BetaMax.

Being Digital

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Steve M. McConnell

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

A Practical Handbook of Software Construction

This practical handbook of software construction covers the art and science of the most important part of the development process. CODE COMPLETE provides a larger perspective on the software-development process and the role of construction in the process

Code Complete

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Walter Friar Dexter

A Modern Interpretation of A National Ideal

Herbert Hoover and American Individualism

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John B. McClay

Wendy L. Matthews

A Compilation of Outrageous, Unusual, Infamous and Witty Judicial Opinions from 1256 A. D. to the Present

The legal system isn't usually considered a wellspring of laughter, but every once in a while, a jovial judge is faced with a case of such absurdity that it fairly demands an equally amusing response. Presented here are some 100 of the most outrageous cases and judicial rulings ever handed down, dating from the present day back to the 13th century and covering such fertile legal--and laughable--grounds as a blowtorch-wielding hairdresser, the case of the bovine house-wrecker, the man who sued himself for breach of trust and other ticklish torts. From the case of Schwartz vs. Warwick-Philadelphia Corporation, which shows that brotherly love takes a backseat to backside injury when a slip and fall has plaintiffs seeking damages for their dented posteriors, to Aetna Insurance vs. Sachs, concerning a poodle who piddled on a priceless rug, these judicial rulings offer an hilarious perspective on the law and those who administer it.

Corpus Juris Humorous

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Wil Wheaton

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

The actor recalls memories from his life, including meeting William Shatner at a Star Trek convention and his relationship with his Aunt Val.

Dancing Barefoot

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John M. Lannon

English

Technical Writing

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

These are the stories Wil loves to tell, because they are the closest to his heart: stories about being a huge geek, passing his geeky hobbies and values along to his own children, and vividly painting what it meant to grow up in the '70s and come of age in the '80s as part of the video game/D & D/BBS/Star Wars figures generation.

The Happiest Days of Our Lives

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Douglas Adams

Mark Carwardine

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New York Times bestselling author Douglas Adams and zoologist Mark Carwardine take off around the world in search of exotic, endangered creatures.

Join them as they encounter the animal kingdom in its stunning beauty, astonishing variety, and imminent peril: the giant Komodo dragon of Indonesia, the helpless but loveable Kakapo of New Zealand, the blind river dolphins of China, the white rhinos of Zaire, the rare birds of Mauritius island in the Indian Ocean. Hilarious and poignant--as only Douglas Adams can be--Last Chance to See is an entertaining and arresting odyssey through the Earth's magnificent wildlife galaxy.
 
Praise for Last Chance to See
 
"Lively, sharply satirical, brilliantly written . . . shows how human care can undo what human carelessness has wrought."--The Atlantic

"These authors don't hesitate to present the alarming facts: More than 1,000 species of animals (and plants) become extinct every year. . . . Perhaps Adams and Carwardine, with their witty science, will help prevent such misadventures in the future."--Boston Sunday Herald
 
"Very funny and moving . . . The glimpses of rare fauna seem to have enlarged [Adams's] thinking, enlivened his world; and so might the animals do for us all, if we were to help them live."--The Washington Post Book World
 
"[Adams] invites us to enter into a conspiracy of laughter and caring."--Los Angeles Times
 
"Amusing . . . thought-provoking . . . Its details on the heroic efforts being made to save these animals are inspirational."--The New York Times Book Review

Last Chance to See

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Walter Dexter

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Death March

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Being Digital

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Code Complete

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Death March

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Being Digital

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