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War, Wine, and Taxes: The Political Economy of Anglo-French Trade, 1689-1900 (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World) cover

1. War, Wine, and Taxes: The Political Economy of Anglo-French Trade, 1689-1900 (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)

by John V. C. Nye

What Is Intelligence?: Beyond the Flynn Effect cover

2. What Is Intelligence?: Beyond the Flynn Effect

by James Robert Flynn

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Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness cover

3. Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

by Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein

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What Intelligence Tests Miss: The Psychology of Rational Thought cover

4. What Intelligence Tests Miss: The Psychology of Rational Thought

by Keith E. Stanovich

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IQ and Human Intelligence cover

5. IQ and Human Intelligence

by Nicholas Mackintosh

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The Essentials of Living Aboard a Boat, Revised & Updated cover

6. The Essentials of Living Aboard a Boat, Revised & Updated

by Mark Nicholas

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition cover

7. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

by Robert B. Cialdini

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Programming Collective Intelligence cover

8. Programming Collective Intelligence

by Toby Segaran

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How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method cover

9. How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method

by George Pólya

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Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius cover

10. Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius

by Michael Michalko

Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques (2nd Edition) cover

11. Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques (2nd Edition)

by Michael Michalko

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You Can't Teach a Kid to Ride a Bike at a Seminar : The Sandler Sales Institute's 7-Step System for Successful Selling cover

12. You Can't Teach a Kid to Ride a Bike at a Seminar : The Sandler Sales Institute's 7-Step System for Successful Selling

by David H. Sandler

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The Star Diaries cover

13. The Star Diaries

by Stanisław Lem

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't cover

14. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't

by Jim Collins

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Creative Sparks: An Index of 150+ Concepts, Images and Exercises to Ignite Your Design Ingenuity cover

15. Creative Sparks: An Index of 150+ Concepts, Images and Exercises to Ignite Your Design Ingenuity

by Jim Krause

A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative cover

16. A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative

by Roger von Oech

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Organizing from the Right Side of the Brain: A Creative Approach to Getting Organized cover

17. Organizing from the Right Side of the Brain: A Creative Approach to Getting Organized

by Lee Silber

Caffeine for the Creative Mind: 250 Exercises to Wake Up Your Brain cover

18. Caffeine for the Creative Mind: 250 Exercises to Wake Up Your Brain

by Stefan Mumaw

The Definitive Book of Body Language: The Hidden Meaning Behind People's Gestures and Expressions cover

19. The Definitive Book of Body Language: The Hidden Meaning Behind People's Gestures and Expressions

by Barbara Pease, Allan Pease

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You Can Negotiate Anything: The World's Best Negotiator Tells You How To Get What You Want cover

20. You Can Negotiate Anything: The World's Best Negotiator Tells You How To Get What You Want

by Herb Cohen

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The Geek Atlas cover

21. The Geek Atlas

by John Graham-Cumming

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Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science (2nd Edition) cover

22. Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science (2nd Edition)

by Ronald L. Graham, Donald Ervin Knuth, Oren Patashnik

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Mathematics: A Discrete Introduction cover

23. Mathematics: A Discrete Introduction

by Edward A. Scheinerman

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Let's Get Real or Let's Not Play: The Demise of Dysfunctional Selling and the Advent of Helping Clients Succeed cover

24. Let's Get Real or Let's Not Play: The Demise of Dysfunctional Selling and the Advent of Helping Clients Succeed

by Mahan Khalsa

Corporations: Examples and Explanations (Examples & Explanations) cover

25. Corporations: Examples and Explanations (Examples & Explanations)

by Alan R. Palmiter

The deadly fuze: The secret weapon of World War II cover

26. The deadly fuze: The secret weapon of World War II

by Ralph Belknap Baldwin

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Incerto) cover

27. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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