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Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (Rutgers University Press Classics) cover

101. Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (Rutgers University Press Classics)

by John Drury Clark
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The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains cover

102. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

by Nicholas Carr
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Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World cover

103. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

by David Epstein
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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion cover

104. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

by Jonathan Haidt
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Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices) cover

105. Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices)

by Steve McConnell
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Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution cover

106. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

by Steven Levy
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The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation cover

107. The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

by Jon Gertner
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How to Win Friends & Influence People cover

108. How to Win Friends & Influence People

by Dale Carnegie
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Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup (Volume 1) cover

109. Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup (Volume 1)

by Rob Walling
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The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook cover

110. The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook

by Michael Kerrisk
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Software Engineering at Google cover

111. Software Engineering at Google

by Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, Hyrum Wright
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Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions cover

112. Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

by Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths
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Quantum Computing Since Democritus cover

113. Quantum Computing Since Democritus

by Scott Aaronson
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Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning cover

114. Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel
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This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race cover

115. This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race

by Nicole Perlroth
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Debt: The First 5,000 Years cover

116. Debt: The First 5,000 Years

by David Graeber
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UNIX: A History and a Memoir cover

117. UNIX: A History and a Memoir

by Brian W Kernighan
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The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success cover

118. The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success

by William Thorndike
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The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy cover

119. The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

by Thomas J. Stanley Ph.D., William D. Danko Ph.D
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Coding the Matrix: Linear Algebra through Applications to Computer Science cover

120. Coding the Matrix: Linear Algebra through Applications to Computer Science

by Philip N. Klein
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Class: A Guide Through the American Status System cover

121. Class: A Guide Through the American Status System

by Paul Fussell
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Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition cover

122. Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition

by Mark Rippetoe, Lon Kilgore
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Rise of the Warrior Cop cover

123. Rise of the Warrior Cop

by Radley Balko
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition cover

124. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition

by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, Stephen R. Covey
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience cover

125. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity cover

126. The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity

by Cooper, Alan
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Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets cover

127. Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets

by Peter Van der Linden
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Perl Best Practices cover

128. Perl Best Practices

by Damian Conway
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Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection cover

129. Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection

by John E. Sarno
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Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions cover

130. Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell
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Basic Economics cover

131. Basic Economics

by Thomas Sowell
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Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life cover

132. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

by Marshall B. Rosenberg
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Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager cover

133. Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

by Michael Lopp
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Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web cover

134. Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web

by Tim Berners-Lee
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The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness cover

135. The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness

by John Yates, Matthew Immergut, Jeremy Graves
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Mythical Man-Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition cover

136. Mythical Man-Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition

by Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)
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The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' cover

137. The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error'

by Professor Sidney Dekker
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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think cover

138. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund
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Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming cover

139. Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming

by Peter Van Roy, Seif Haridi
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The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, 2nd Edition cover

140. The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, 2nd Edition

by Clair Davies, Amber Davies
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The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics cover

141. The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith
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Who Is Fourier?: A Mathematical Adventure cover

142. Who Is Fourier?: A Mathematical Adventure

by Transnational College of Lex
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Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future cover

143. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

by Ashlee Vance
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Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective cover

144. Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective

by Kenneth O. Stanley, Joel Lehman
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Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition cover

145. Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition

by Paul Scherz, Simon Monk
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Calculus by Michael Spivak - 4th Edition (Calculus 4th edition by Michael Spivak) cover

146. Calculus by Michael Spivak - 4th Edition (Calculus 4th edition by Michael Spivak)

by Michael Spivak
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Animal Menagerie - O'Reilly Media cover

147. Animal Menagerie - O'Reilly Media

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Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain cover

148. Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

by John J. Ratey
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Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions cover

149. Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

by Dan Ariely
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Conceptual Mathematics: A First Introduction to Categories cover

150. Conceptual Mathematics: A First Introduction to Categories

by F. William Lawvere, Stephen H. Schanuel
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb: 25th Anniversary Edition cover

151. The Making of the Atomic Bomb: 25th Anniversary Edition

by Richard Rhodes
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The Effective Engineer: How to Leverage Your Efforts In Software Engineering to Make a Disproportionate and Meaningful Impact cover

152. The Effective Engineer: How to Leverage Your Efforts In Software Engineering to Make a Disproportionate and Meaningful Impact

by Edmond Lau
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Hacker's Delight cover

153. Hacker's Delight

by Henry S. Warren
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Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces cover

154. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces

by Radley Balko
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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media cover

155. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

by Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid cover

156. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

by Douglas R. Hofstadter
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Making Software cover

157. Making Software

by Andrew Oram, Greg Wilson
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Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life cover

158. Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

by Martin Elias Pete Seligman
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Algorithms (4th Edition) cover

159. Algorithms (4th Edition)

by Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne
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C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software cover

160. C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software

by David R. Hanson
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Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly)) cover

161. Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson
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Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon cover

162. Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon

by Kim Zetter
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Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP cover

163. Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP

by Francesco Cesarini, Steve Vinoski
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DAEMON cover

164. DAEMON

by Daniel Suarez
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Machine Learning: A Probabilistic Perspective (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series) cover

165. Machine Learning: A Probabilistic Perspective (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series)

by Kevin P. Murphy
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Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics cover

166. Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics

by Henry Hazlitt
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21st Century C cover

167. 21st Century C

by Ben Klemens
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How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life cover

168. How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life

by Scott Adams
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The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (A Brief History of the Natural World) cover

169. The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (A Brief History of the Natural World)

by Richard Dawkins
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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones cover

170. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

by James Clear
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Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet cover

171. Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet

by Yasha Levine
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Andy Grove: The Life and Times of an American cover

172. Andy Grove: The Life and Times of an American

by Richard S. Tedlow
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Python for Data Analysis cover

173. Python for Data Analysis

by Wes McKinney
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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (Addison-wesley Object Technology Series) cover

174. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (Addison-wesley Object Technology Series)

by Martin Fowler, Kent Beck
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The Elements of Computing Systems, second edition: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

175. The Elements of Computing Systems, second edition: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken
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Corporate Confidential cover

176. Corporate Confidential

by Cynthia Shapiro
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The Goal: 40th Anniversary Edition: A Process of Ongoing Improvement cover

177. The Goal: 40th Anniversary Edition: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox, David Whitford
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma cover

178. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

by Bessel A. Van der Kolk
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The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed.: The Definitive Book on Value Investing cover

179. The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed.: The Definitive Book on Value Investing

by Benjamin Graham
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But How Do It Know? - The Basic Principles of Computers for Everyone cover

180. But How Do It Know? - The Basic Principles of Computers for Everyone

by J. Clark Scott
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Crossing the Chasm, 3rd Edition: The Updated Version of the Insightful Guide on Bringing Cutting-Edge Products to the Mainstream (Collins Business Essentials) cover

181. Crossing the Chasm, 3rd Edition: The Updated Version of the Insightful Guide on Bringing Cutting-Edge Products to the Mainstream (Collins Business Essentials)

by Geoffrey A. Moore
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Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software cover

182. Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software

by Nadia Eghbal
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Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War cover

183. Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

by Robert Coram
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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software cover

184. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus cover

185. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

by Charles C. Mann
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Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire cover

186. Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire

by James Wallace, Jim Erickson
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How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence cover

187. How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

by Michael Pollan
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Feynman Lectures On Computation (Frontiers in Physics) cover

188. Feynman Lectures On Computation (Frontiers in Physics)

by Richard Phillips Feynman
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Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation cover

189. Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation

by Edward Chancellor
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The Manager's Path cover

190. The Manager's Path

by Camille Fournier
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Learning From Data cover

191. Learning From Data

by Yaser S. Abu-Mostafa, Malik Magdon-Ismail, Hsuan-Tien Lin
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Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well cover

192. Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well

by Douglas Stone, Sheila Heen
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Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition cover

193. Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition

by W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago
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The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting cover

194. The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting

by Jason Fung
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The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting cover

195. The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting

by Jimmy Moore, Jason Fung
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The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win cover

196. The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win

by Steven Gary Blank
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The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses cover

197. The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

by Eric Ries
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The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution cover

198. The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution

by Gregory Zuckerman
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Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior) cover

199. Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior)

by Christopher H. Achen, Larry M. Bartels
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The Gene: An Intimate History cover

200. The Gene: An Intimate History

by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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