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	Valley of Our Fathers by J. Alt, Justin Alt (Goodreads Author) 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Values-Driven Allowance by Justin Alt (Goodreads Author), J. Alt (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization

by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Goodreads Author)

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Database Internals: A deep-dive into how distributed data systems work

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AI Engineering: Building Applications with Foundation Models

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