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2010
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1. Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men And Mountains
by Jon Krakauer
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2. The Interrogator's War : Breaking Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan
by Chris Mackey, Greg Miller
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3. The Making of the Atomic Bomb
by Richard Rhodes
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4. Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
by Steven Johnson
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5. NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children
by Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman
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6. Topgrading: How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching and Keeping the Best People
by Bradford D. Smart
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7. The Millionaire Next Door
by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko
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8. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
by William B. Irvine
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9. Lincoln the Unknown
by Dale Carnegie
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10. Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws' Bloody Reign
by Stephan Talty
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11. A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)
by George R. R. Martin
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12. Energy, the Subtle Concept: The discovery of Feynman's blocks from Leibniz to Einstein
by Jennifer Coopersmith
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13. Kitchen Confidential Updated Edition: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.)
by Anthony Bourdain
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14. Why Don't Students Like School?
by Daniel T. Willingham
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15. The New Quotable Einstein
by Albert Einstein, Alice Calaprice
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16. Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering
by Eldad Eilam
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17. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
by Jon Krakauer
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18. Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
by Douglas A. Blackmon
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19. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander
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20. The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, 2nd Edition
by Clair Davies, Amber Davies
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21. Self-Made Man: One Woman's Year Disguised as a Man
by Norah Vincent
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22. Godel's Proof
by Ernest Nagel, James R. Newman
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23. Land of Lisp
by Conrad Barski
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24. The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
by Alice Schroeder
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25. Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
by David Kushner
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26. The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep
by William C. Dement
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27. Breakfast of Champions: A Novel
by Kurt Vonnegut
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28. The Non-Designer's Design Book: Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice
by Robin Williams
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29. Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd
by Youngme Moon
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30. The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play
by Neil Fiore
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31. The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology)
by K. Anders Ericsson, Robert R. Hoffman, Aaron Kozbelt, A. Mark Williams
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32. World Without End (Kingsbridge)
by Ken Follett
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33. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)
by Richard Phillips Feynman, Ralph Leighton
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34. Make: Electronics
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35. The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition
by Thomas E. Pearsall
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36. The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: A Course in Enhancing Creativity and Artistic Confidence
by Betty Edwards
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37. The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History
by David Hackett Fischer
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38. Modern Operating Systems (3rd Edition)
by Andrew S. Tanenbaum
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39. Musashi
by 吉川英治
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40. Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
by Seth Godin
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41. Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear. Dan Gardner
by Dan Gardner
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42. Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss
by Pat Schwiebert, Chuck DeKlyen
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43. Designing Social Interfaces: Principles, Patterns, and Practices for Improving the User Experience (Animal Guide)
by Christian Crumlish, Erin Malone
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44. Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware (Pragmatic Programmers)
by Andrew Hunt
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45. Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
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46. Scalable Internet Architectures
by Theo Schlossnagle
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47. Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality (Science Masters)
by Jared M. Diamond
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48. 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back (Remember When It Didn't Hurt)
by Esther Gokhale
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49. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed
by Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos
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50. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan
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51. The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe (Compass)
by Arthur Koestler
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52. Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose
by Tony Hsieh
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53. More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws (Studies in Law and Economics)
by John R. Lott (Jr.)
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54. Proust Was a Neuroscientist
by Jonah Lehrer
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55. The Non-Designer's Design Book
by Robin Williams
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56. The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
by David Emanuel Hoffman
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57. Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food
by Jeff Potter
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58. Cuckoo's Egg
by Clifford Stoll
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59. Let's Read, a Linguistic Approach,
by Leonard Bloomfield, Clarence Lewis Barnhart
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60. Java: The Good Parts: Unearthing the Excellence in Java
by Jim Waldo
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61. PHP: The Good Parts: Delivering the Best of PHP
by Peter MacIntyre
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62. Don't Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate--The Essential Guide for Progressives
by George Lakoff
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63. The Emperor of Scent: A Story of Perfume, Obsession, and the Last Mystery of the Senses
by Chandler Burr
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64. Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry
by Marc Benioff, Carlye Adler
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65. Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming
by Peter Seibel
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66. Micromotives and Macrobehavior
by Thomas C. Schelling
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67. Never Enough: America's Limitless Welfare State
by William J. Voegeli
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68. Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership
by Lewis Hyde
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69. Prefactoring
by Ken Pugh, Kenneth Pugh
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70. How to Win Friends & Influence People
by Dale Carnegie
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71. An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp
by Richard Stallman
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72. The Eudaemonic Pie
by Thomas A. Bass
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73. Understanding UNIX/LINUX Programming: A Guide to Theory and Practice
by Bruce Molay
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74. The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values
by Sam Harris
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75. The Ridiculous Race: 26,000 Miles, 2 Guides, 1 Globe, No Airplanes
by Vali Chandrasekaran
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76. MongoDB: The Definitive Guide
by Michael Dirolf, Kristina Chodorow
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77. The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance
by Josh Waitzkin
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78. The Human Factor
by Kim J. Vicente
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79. The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman
by Timothy Ferriss
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80. On Power: The Natural History of Its Growth
by Bertrand de Jouvenel
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81. Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I: 50th Anniversary Edition: A Cookbook
by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck
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82. Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking
by Mark Bittman
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83. Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone
by Deborah Madison
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84. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition
by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein
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85. Apple
by Jim Carlton
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86. The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse
by Gregg Easterbrook
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87. Death March (2nd Edition)
by Edward Yourdon
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88. Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices
by Peter F. Drucker
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89. The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
by Marc Levinson
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90. Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics
by Henry Hazlitt
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91. The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity
by Richard Florida
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92. But How Do It Know? - The Basic Principles of Computers for Everyone
by J. Clark Scott
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93. The Best Software Writing I: Selected and Introduced by Joel Spolsky
by Joel Spolsky
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94. Awaken the Giant Within : How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny!
by Tony Robbins
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95. Contextual Design: Defining Customer-Centered Systems (Interactive Technologies)
by Hugh Beyer, Karen Holtzblatt
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96. Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks
by Arthur Benjamin, Michael Shermer
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97. Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger, 3rd Edition
by Peter Bevelin
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98. The Stars: A New Way to See Them
by Hans Augusto Rey
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99. The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, Day
by Elie Wiesel
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100. How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
by Pierre Bayard
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