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Our distinctive covers make it easy to spot a Manning book. Many come from a compendium of regional dress published a year before the French Revolution--a time when you could tell a lot about a person by their clothing. In the same way, we hope you can tell a lot about a Manning book just by seeing one of our quirky covers.

Ninjas and Samurais

The cover for Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja comes from an eighteenth-century print that was hanging on our production director's kitchen wall. Many of you have pointed out that this particular Japanese warrior isn't really a ninja, although we're certain that authors John Resig and Bear Bibeault are. [Available in pBook, PDF, ePub, and Kindle]

The Art of Unit Testing, Second Edition author Roy Osherove tested several images on his blog before choosing this contemplative Samurai ready to do battle with whatever defects turn up in his code. Several readers have pointed out that he's the world's only left-handed Samurai. [Now in MEAP]

Working hard

The hard-working blacksmith on Redis in Action appears to be taking a break from the hot forge. We hope that author Josiah Carlson's arduous effort on this book will make your work easier as you take on the challenge of using Redis for your next data-intensive project. [Available in pBook, PDF, ePub, and Kindle]

50 Android Hacks is all about using innovative techniques to work as efficiently as possible. The inventive cargo carrier this guy rigged up to lighten his load is no match for the cool tips, tricks, and techniques author Carlos Sessa serves up in this concise and instantly-useful book.[Available in pBook, PDF, ePub, and Kindle]

Who's the Man about Town?

Some of our more interesting covers get pet names. We love the dapper "Man about Town" on Node.js in Action and the mysterious "Lady in Red" on The Well Grounded Rubyist. Check out "Genghis Khan on Holiday" from Arduino in Action, "Banjo Man," from C# in Depth, Third Edition, "Sir Percival" from BDD in Action, and "The Sage" from Windows PowerShell in Action, Second Edition.

The payoff

At a time when it can be hard to tell one computer book from another, Manning celebrates the inventiveness of the modern age through the rich diversity of the world of two centuries ago. Celebrate with us by saving 42% off any book this week. Just use promo code wm080813cc when you check out at manning.com.

BESTSELLERS WEEK ENDING August 8, 2013

MEAP

  1. Making Sense of NoSQL
  2. Functional Programming in Scala
  3. Practical Data Science with R
  4. Gradle in Action
  5. Solr in Action
  6. Big Data
  7. Elasticsearch in Action
  8. Node.js in Action
  9. Play for Scala
  10. iOS in Action 

pBook

  1. Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja
  2. Learn Windows PowerShell 3 in a Month of Lunches
  3. OCA Java SE 7 Programmer I Certification Guide 
  4. The Quick Python Book 
  5. Mahout in Action
  6. Hello! Python
  7. Hello World! Computer Programming for Kids and Other Beginner
  8. Hadoop in Practice
  9. Groovy in Action
  10. Spring in Action, Third Edition 

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