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  The Art of Computer Programming: Book 3

  Art of Computer Programming, Volume 3: Sorting and Searching (2nd Edition)

  by Donald E. Knuth

  The first revision of this third volume is the most comprehensive survey of classical computer techniques for sorting and searching. It extends the treatment of data structures in Volume 1 to consider both large and small databases and internal and external memories. The book contains a selection of carefully checked computer methods, with a quantitative analysis of their efficiency. Outstanding ... (more)
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  Orientalism

  by Edward W. Said

  The noted critic and a Palestinian now teaching at Columbia University,examines the way in which the West observes the Arabs.
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  The Cross in the New Testament

  by Mr. Leon Morris

  Explores the New Testament books showing what each contributes to our understanding of the atonement.
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  Sold for Silver (Oxford in Asia paperbacks)

  by Janet Lim

  "I was looked at, criticized, and after much bargaining sold for $250." So begins Janet Lim’s ordeal as a slave girl in 1930s Singapore. But this is only the beginning of a remarkable journey, which sees the author freed from child bondage to assume a position of leadership, and obtain true happiness, in later life. After gaining her freedom, Janet is educated by missionaries, she embraces the Christian... (more)
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  Arms Bazaar: From Lebanon to Lockheed

  by Anthony Sampson

  A wide-open free market of exchange, for good or ill, from the smallest gun to the largest munitions and equipment, for the right price, anything is available.
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  The War Business: The International Trade in Armaments.

  by George Thayer