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1. The Illuminatus! Trilogy: The Eye in the Pyramid, The Golden Apple, Leviathan
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2. Lifetime Conversation Guide
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3. The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
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4. Understanding SEO: A Systematic Approach to Search Engine Optimization
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5. The Structures of Everyday Life: Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century Volume 1
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6. The Perspective of the World: Civilization and Capitalism 15Th-18th Century, Vol. 3
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7. The Gun
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8. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
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9. Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
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10. Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age
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11. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
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12. Game Theory and Strategy (New Mathematical Library, No. 36)
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13. The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics
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14. How to Fight a Hydra: Face Your Fears, Pursue Your Ambitions, and Become the Hero You Are Destined to Be
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15. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition
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16. The Compound Effect
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17. Become What You Are
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18. Riding the Waves of Culture: Understanding Diversity in Global Business 3/E
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19. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
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20. Finite and Infinite Games
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21. The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life
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22. Master and Margarita: A Critical Companion (AATSEEL)
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23. The Right to Earn a Living: Economic Freedom and the Law
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24. I See Satan Fall Like Lightning
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25. LED Lighting: A Primer to Lighting the Future
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26. Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students
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27. The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
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28. Republic, Lost: Version 2.0
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29. Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences
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30. Wealth, Poverty, and Politics
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31. Wealth and Democracy: How Great Fortunes and Government Created America's Aristocracy
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32. The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
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33. The Gap: The Science of What Separates Us from Other Animals
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34. The Not So Big House: A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live (Susanka)
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35. Programming Rust
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36. Refactoring Databases: Evolutionary Database Design (paperback) (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))
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37. OF, BY, AND FOR THE HANGED MAN
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38. The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
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39. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: Book (1) One: The Fellowship of the Ring; Book (2) Two: The Two Towers; Book (3) Three: The Return of the King - Collector's Edition
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40. Mind Full to Mindful: Zen Wisdom From a Monk's Bowl
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41. Amazing Ourselves to Death: Neil Postman’s Brave New World Revisited (A Critical Introduction to Media and Communication Theory)
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42. Hacker's Delight
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43. Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)
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44. The Big Shift: The Seismic Change In Canadian Politics, Business
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45. Notebooks of the Mind: Explorations of Thinking
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46. The Miracle of Mindfulness (Gift edition)
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47. Legalize This!: The Case for Decriminalizing Drugs (Practical Ethics Series)
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48. Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems
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49. Inside the Minds: Leading Chief Technology Officers: CTOs from GE, Novell, Boeing, BMC, BEA, Peoplesoft & More on the Future of Technology
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50. Building Evolutionary Architectures: Support Constant Change
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51. Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems
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52. Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success
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53. The Healing Power of the Breath: Simple Techniques to Reduce Stress and Anxiety, Enhance Concentration, and Balance Your Emotions
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54. The Higgs Fake: How Particle Physicists Fooled the Nobel Committee
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55. Basal diet to create a strong child ISBN: 4072292281 (2000) [Japanese Import]
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56. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World
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57. The 1-Page Marketing Plan: Get New Customers, Make More Money, And Stand Out From The Crowd
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