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The Modern World-System I: Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century cover

1. The Modern World-System I: Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century

by Immanuel Wallerstein

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History cover

2. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

by S. C. Gwynne

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Chromatopia: An Illustrated History of Color cover

3. Chromatopia: An Illustrated History of Color

by David Coles

Cybersecurity Career Manual: Pass Security+ Fast, Build a Home Lab, Write a Cyber Resume, Prep for Interviews, Land an Entry-Level Job, and Succeed in Your First 90 Days — No Experience Needed cover

4. Cybersecurity Career Manual: Pass Security+ Fast, Build a Home Lab, Write a Cyber Resume, Prep for Interviews, Land an Entry-Level Job, and Succeed in Your First 90 Days — No Experience Needed

by Winston Knowles

True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define… cover

5. True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define…

by Kory Stamper

Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation cover

6. Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation

by Bryan Caplan, Ady Branzei

The Magician and the Cardsharp: The Search for America's Greatest Sleight-of-Hand Artist cover

7. The Magician and the Cardsharp: The Search for America's Greatest Sleight-of-Hand Artist

by Karl Johnson

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our M… cover

8. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our M…

by Merlin Sheldrake

Losing Military Supremacy: The Myopia of American Strategic Planning cover

9. Losing Military Supremacy: The Myopia of American Strategic Planning

by Andrei Martyanov

The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-Eight Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning cover

10. The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-Eight Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning

by Nathaniel Bluedorn, Hans Bluedorn, Rob Corley, Tim Hodge

Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy cover

11. Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy

by Jostein Gaarder, Paulette Moller

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