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1	C Programming Language more books like this by Brian W Kernighan, Dennis Ritchie add to wishlist This book is meant to help the reader learn how to program in C. It is the definitive reference guide, now in a second edition. Although the first edition was written in 1978, it continues to be a worldwide best-seller. This second edition brings the classic original up to date to include the ANSI standard. From the Preface: We have tried to ... see all copies from £5.73! new only from £24.76! \| first editions
2	Don't Know Much about History: Everything You Need to Know about American Histor more books like this by Kenneth C Davis add to wishlist Presented in a user-friendly format, this comprehensive history of America fills in the gaps that we all have, and breaks some new ground, too. Starting off each topic with a string of questions--there are no bad questions, of course, and many of them are interesting--Davis provides insightful reports on key events and personalities from Columbus ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £7.38! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Guinness World Records more books like this by Craig Glenday (Editor) add to wishlist Completely updated for 2008, the undisputed source for amazing records contains hundreds of extraordinary new entries and exciting photos, fascinating features, and information for aspiring record-breakers. Revised reissue. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £3.71!
4	A Handbook to Literature more books like this by Professor William Harmon add to wishlist The definitive reference on literature in English, this handbook provides an alphabetical listing of more than 2,000 important terms and facts in literature, linguistics, rhetoric, criticism, printing, bookselling, and information technology. The website (... offers a handy glossary of key terms, a pronunciation key for select terms, pre- and ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £12.37! \| first editions
5	A dictionary of symbols more books like this by Juan Eduardo Cirlot add to wishlist The unvarying essential meanings of around 1,000 symbols and symbolic themes commonly found in the art, literature and thought of all cultures through the ages are clarified. see all copies from £4.99! new only from £11.33! \| first editions
6	Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge more books like this by Edward Osborne Wilson add to wishlist Harvard scientist Edward O. Wilson argues that the entire world is orderly and can be explained by a number of natural laws. Wilson maintains that the ideas and goals of the Enlightenment have not been discredited and, in fact, are surging back to life. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £8.52! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	A History of Knowledge: Past, Present and Future more books like this by Charles Van Doren add to wishlist A remarkable one-volume history of the human race that interweaves all knowledge and all human achievement. This is the culmination of a lifetime's work by the former editorial director of the Encyclopedia Brittanica. This self-contained work not only provides a history of the discovery of great things, but also of concepts and ideas, placed in ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £8.55! \| first editions
8	Understanding Human Communication more books like this by Ronald B Adler add to wishlist Now in its eighth edition, this classic text by Ronald B. Adler and George Rodman retains the enduring features that have made it the best-selling introductory human communication text on the market: an engaging and reader-friendly writing style; an inviting visual design with marginal quotations, cartoons, photographs, newspaper clippings, and ... see all copies from £1.50! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
9	Numerical recipes the art of scientific computing more books like this by Press add to wishlist Do you want easy access to the latest methods in scientific computing? This greatly expanded third edition of Numerical Recipes has it, with wider coverage than ever before, many new, expanded and updated sections, and two completely new chapters. The executable C++ code, now printed in colour for easy reading, adopts an object-oriented style ... see all copies from £5.32! new only from £22.28! \| first editions
10	Two Cultures more books like this by C P Snow add to wishlist The notion that our society, its education system and its intellectual life, is characterised by a split between two cultures - the arts or humanities on one hand, and the sciences on the other - has a long history. But it was C. P. Snow's Rede lecture of 1959 that brought it to prominence and began a public debate that is still raging in the ... see all copies from £6.07! new only from £7.43! \| first editions
11 view cover	Woman's Dictionary of Symbols & Sacred Objects more books like this by Barbara G Walker add to wishlist A guide to the history and mythology of female-related symbols. The book provides both visual and textual studies of sacred and esoteric symbols including magical, sexual, holy, philosophical, ritualistic, natural and supernatural ideas and objects. see all copies from £6.12! new only from £6.97! \| first editions
12 view cover	Image Music Text more books like this by Professor Roland Barthes add to wishlist These essays include the influential "The Death of the Author." see all copies from £5.14! new only from £5.14! \| first editions
13 view cover	Do Penguins Have Knees?: An Imponderables Book more books like this by David Feldman add to wishlist The highly successful Imponderables series continues with Feldman's best collection yet of questions about everyday life for which encyclopedias and other reference books just don't have answers. Destined to join the ranks of Feldman's earlier bestselling works like Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses? and When Do Fish Sleep?--this is a must for his ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
14 view cover	Programming in C more books like this by Stephen Kochan add to wishlist Learn C programming from one of the best. Stephen Kochan's Programming in C is thorough with easy-to-follow instructions that are sure to benefit beginning programmers. In its third edition, the style in this book remains true to the simple, instructional style of previous editions. It provides you with updated and relevant examples of how C ... see all copies from £4.95! new only from £19.08! \| first editions
15 view cover	The Art of Being Human: The Humanities as a Technique for Living more books like this by Richard Paul Janaro add to wishlist Ideal for the one-semester humanities course, this text Introduces students to the ways in which the humanities can broaden their perspectives, enhance their ability to think critically, and enrich their lives. This book is organized by themes: religion; morality; happiness; love; death and life affirmation; controversial themes; and freedom. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £36.52!
16 view cover	Guinness World Records 2008 more books like this by Guinness World Records add to wishlist "Guinness World Records 2008" continues to build on the intriguing, informative, and inspiring records and superlatives that have made Guinness World Records one of the most famous brands and books in the world. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £12.75!
17 view cover	An Incomplete Education more books like this by Judy Jones add to wishlist What was so important about the Dred Scott decision? Why aren't all Shakespearean comedies necessarily thigh-slappers? What happened inside Plato's cave? What's the difference between a fade-out and a dissolve? Fission and fusion? Shi'ites and Sunnis? The apostles and the disciples? Is postmodernism dead or just having a bad hair day? And for ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
18 view cover	When Do Fish Sleep more books like this by David Feldman add to wishlist Following the success of his Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? and Who Put the Butter in Butterfyly? Feldman offers a third collection of answers to everyday conundrums, now available in paperback. Feldman tackles such unsolved riddles as" Why are tennis balls fuzzy? and Why do the English drink warm beer? see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Basics of Speech: Learning to Be a Competent Communicator more books like this by Kathleen M Galvin add to wishlist A textbook describing the communication process and skills needed for effective interpersonal communication and public speaking. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
20 view cover	C, a Reference Manual more books like this by Samuel P Harbison, III add to wishlist For programmers interested in programming in C++ and the future of C. This fourth edition of the bestselling C reference covers two important developments: the ISO C Amendment 1 (1994), which specifies new facilities for writing portable, international programs in C; and a discussion of how to write C programs that are compatible with C++. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £7.42! \| first editions
21 view cover	Orality and Literacy more books like this by Walter J Ong, J Ong Walter add to wishlist This classic work explores the vast differences between oral and literate cultures and offers a brilliantly lucid account of the intellectual, literary and social effects of writing, print and electronic technology. In the course of his study, Walter J. Ong offers fascinating insights into oral genres across the globe and through time and ... see all copies from £14.34! new only from £14.34!
22 view cover	Conversationally Speaking more books like this by Alan Garner add to wishlist In this text on improving interpersonal speaking skills, Alan Garner has included ways of asking questions that elicit further conversation, ways of listening that encourage others to talk and techniques for reducing anxiety in social situations. see all copies from £2.45! new only from £5.59! \| first editions
23 view cover	Software engineering more books like this by Ian Sommerville add to wishlist Software Engineering presents a broad perspective on software systems engineering, concentrating on widely used techniques for developing large-scale systems. The objectives of this seventh edition are to include new material on iterative software development, component-based software engineering and system architectures, to emphasize that system ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
24 view cover	Mass Media Research: An Introduction more books like this by Roger D Wimmer, PH.D. add to wishlist MASS MEDIA RESEARCH begins with an overview of mass communication research and ethics of research. It then explores each major approach to research, including qualitative research, content analysis, survey research, longitudinal research, and experimental research. The text continues with a section on data analysis and concludes with a forward ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.16! \| first editions
25 view cover	Book of Answers: The New York Public Library Telephone Reference Service's Most Unusual and Enter more books like this by Barbara Berliner, Melinda Corey add to wishlist The dedicated and quick-witted staff of librarians from the New York Public Library Telephone Reference Service has compiled some of its strangest and most-asked questions into this delightfully readable book. Subjects range from history and culture to language and science, and a special section on trick questions and popular delusions in also ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.95! \| first editions

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