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Preußen und die Marktwirtschaft cover

1. Preußen und die Marktwirtschaft

by Ehrhardt Bödecker

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The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities cover

2. The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities

by Mancur Olson

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Mathematical Methods for Physicists, 6th Edition cover

3. Mathematical Methods for Physicists, 6th Edition

by George B. Arfken, Hans J. Weber, Frank E. Harris

Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences, 2nd Edition cover

4. Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences, 2nd Edition

by Mary L. Boas

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The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car! cover

5. The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!

by Tim Harford

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Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics/Book and Windows Disk Edition cover

6. Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics/Book and Windows Disk Edition

by Claude Garrod

SAS Survival Handbook, Revised Edition: For Any Climate, in Any Situation cover

7. SAS Survival Handbook, Revised Edition: For Any Climate, in Any Situation

by John 'Lofty' Wiseman

Choosing the Right Pond: Human Behavior and the Quest for Status cover

8. Choosing the Right Pond: Human Behavior and the Quest for Status

by Robert H. Frank

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Happiness: Lessons from a New Science cover

9. Happiness: Lessons from a New Science

by Richard Layard

War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires cover

10. War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires

by Peter Turchin

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Easy Spanish Reader w/CD-ROM: A Three-Part Text for Beginning Students (Easy Reader Series) cover

11. Easy Spanish Reader w/CD-ROM: A Three-Part Text for Beginning Students (Easy Reader Series)

by William Tardy

Easy Spanish Reader cover

12. Easy Spanish Reader

by William Tardy

Million Dollar Mailings cover

13. Million Dollar Mailings

by Denison Hatch

Intellectual Property and Open Source cover

14. Intellectual Property and Open Source

by Van Lindberg

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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right cover

15. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

by Atul Gawande

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The Check Is Not in the Mail: How to Get Paid More in Full, on Time, at Less Cost and Without Losing Valued Customers cover

16. The Check Is Not in the Mail: How to Get Paid More in Full, on Time, at Less Cost and Without Losing Valued Customers

by Leonard Sklar

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Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear cover

17. Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear

by Dan Gardner

Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time cover

18. Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

by Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz

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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice cover

19. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

by Shunryū Suzuki

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Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press) cover

20. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press)

by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein

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Pro Excel Financial Modeling: Building Models for Technology Startups (Expert's Voice in Office) cover

21. Pro Excel Financial Modeling: Building Models for Technology Startups (Expert's Voice in Office)

by Tom Y. Sawyer

One Two Three . . . Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

22. One Two Three . . . Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by George Gamow

Influence: Science and Practice (5th Edition) cover

23. Influence: Science and Practice (5th Edition)

by Robert B. Cialdini

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Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days cover

24. Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days

by Jessica Livingston

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iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It cover

25. iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It

by Steve Wozniak, Gina Smith

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Tao Te Ching cover

26. Tao Te Ching

by Stephen Mitchell

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The Seven Laws of Money cover

27. The Seven Laws of Money

by Michael Phillips

High Tech Start Up, Revised and Updated: The Complete Handbook For Creating Successful New High Tech Companies cover

28. High Tech Start Up, Revised and Updated: The Complete Handbook For Creating Successful New High Tech Companies

by John L. Nesheim

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Alan Turing: The Enigma cover

29. Alan Turing: The Enigma

by Andrew Hodges

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The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life cover

30. The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

by Philip Zimbardo, John Boyd

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution cover

31. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

by Steven Levy

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Out of their Minds: The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists cover

32. Out of their Minds: The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists

by Dennis Shasha, Cathy Lazere

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Portraits In Silicon cover

33. Portraits In Silicon

by Robert Slater

Programmers at Work: Interviews With 19 Programmers Who Shaped the Computer Industry (Tempus) cover

34. Programmers at Work: Interviews With 19 Programmers Who Shaped the Computer Industry (Tempus)

by Susan Lammers

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The Soul of A New Machine cover

35. The Soul of A New Machine

by Tracy Kidder

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John von Neumann and the Origins of Modern Computing (History of Computing) cover

36. John von Neumann and the Origins of Modern Computing (History of Computing)

by William Aspray

Computer Science Reconsidered: The Invocation Model of Process Expression cover

37. Computer Science Reconsidered: The Invocation Model of Process Expression

by Karl M. Fant

Logically Determined Design: Clockless System Design with NULL Convention Logic cover

38. Logically Determined Design: Clockless System Design with NULL Convention Logic

by Karl M. Fant

Jeff Bezos: King Of Amazon.Com (Techies) cover

39. Jeff Bezos: King Of Amazon.Com (Techies)

by Josepha Sherman

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The Last Lecture cover

40. The Last Lecture

by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow

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Boundary Representation Modelling Techniques cover

41. Boundary Representation Modelling Techniques

by Ian Stroud

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa cover

42. How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

by Walter Rodney