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The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business cover

1. The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business

by Clayton M. Christensen

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Over the Himalaya cover

2. Over the Himalaya

by Kōichirō Ōmori

Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent cover

3. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

by Harvey Silverglate

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Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff between Privacy and Security cover

4. Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff between Privacy and Security

by Daniel J. Solove

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Hacking The LSAT: Full Explanations For LSATs 29-38 (Volume I: LSATs 29-33): An LSAT Prep and Study Guide For The Next Ten Actual Official LSATs (Includes Logic Games Diagrams) cover

5. Hacking The LSAT: Full Explanations For LSATs 29-38 (Volume I: LSATs 29-33): An LSAT Prep and Study Guide For The Next Ten Actual Official LSATs (Includes Logic Games Diagrams)

by Graeme Blake

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Buttonless: Incredible iPhone and iPad Games and the Stories Behind Them cover

6. Buttonless: Incredible iPhone and iPad Games and the Stories Behind Them

by Ryan Rigney

Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days cover

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

by Jessica Livingston

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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society cover

8. On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

by Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman

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Proofs from THE BOOK cover

9. Proofs from THE BOOK

by Martin Aigner, Günter M. Ziegler

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Modern Multivariate Statistical Techniques: Regression, Classification, and Manifold Learning (Springer Texts in Statistics) cover

10. Modern Multivariate Statistical Techniques: Regression, Classification, and Manifold Learning (Springer Texts in Statistics)

by Alan J. Izenman

Beginning Sous Vide: Low Temperature Recipes and Techniques for Getting Started at Home cover

11. Beginning Sous Vide: Low Temperature Recipes and Techniques for Getting Started at Home

by Jason Logsdon

Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution cover

12. Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution

by Brent Berlin, Paul Kay

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The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan cover

13. The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan

by Robert Kanigel

The Indian Clerk: A Novel cover

14. The Indian Clerk: A Novel

by David Leavitt

The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

15. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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The Hobbit: Or, There and Back Again cover

16. The Hobbit: Or, There and Back Again

by J. R. R. Tolkien

Programming F# 3.0, 2nd Edition cover

17. Programming F# 3.0, 2nd Edition

The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition cover

18. The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition

by Donald C. Shoup

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Why Photography Matters as Art as Never Before cover

19. Why Photography Matters as Art as Never Before

by Michael Fried

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The Photobook: A History - Volume 2 cover

20. The Photobook: A History - Volume 2

by Martin Parr, Gerry Badger

Code cover

21. Code

by Charles Petzold

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Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C cover

22. Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C

by Bruce Schneier

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The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain cover

23. The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain

by John E. Sarno

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The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders cover

24. The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders

by John E. Sarno

Deep Space Propulsion: A Roadmap to Interstellar Flight (Astronomers' Universe) cover

25. Deep Space Propulsion: A Roadmap to Interstellar Flight (Astronomers' Universe)

by K. F. Long

Probability Theory in Finance: A Mathematical Guide to the Black-Scholes Formula (Graduate Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 70) cover

26. Probability Theory in Finance: A Mathematical Guide to the Black-Scholes Formula (Graduate Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 70)

by Seán Dineen

UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging cover

27. UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging

by Scott Stratten

Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

28. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman, Daniel Kahneman

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The Mapmakers, Revised Edition cover

29. The Mapmakers, Revised Edition

by John Noble Wilford

Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else cover

30. Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

by Geoff Colvin

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Debunking Economics - Revised and Expanded Edition: The Naked Emperor Dethroned? cover

31. Debunking Economics - Revised and Expanded Edition: The Naked Emperor Dethroned?

by Steve Keen

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The Mathematical Coloring Book: Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of its Creators cover

32. The Mathematical Coloring Book: Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of its Creators

by Alexander Soifer

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) cover

33. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software cover

34. Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

by Eric Evans

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The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded American is Tearing Us Apart cover

35. The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded American is Tearing Us Apart

by Bill Bishop, Robert G. Cushing

Iterating Infusion: Clearer Views of Objects, Classes, and Systems cover

36. Iterating Infusion: Clearer Views of Objects, Classes, and Systems

by Greg Anthony

Unix Power Tools, 3rd Edition cover

37. Unix Power Tools, 3rd Edition

by Shelley Powers

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Once-A-Month Cooking: A Proven System for Spending Less Time in the Kitchen and Enjoying Delicious, Homemade Meals Everyday cover

38. Once-A-Month Cooking: A Proven System for Spending Less Time in the Kitchen and Enjoying Delicious, Homemade Meals Everyday

by Mimi Wilson, Mary Beth Lagerborg

Objective-C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (Big Nerd Ranch Guides) cover

39. Objective-C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (Big Nerd Ranch Guides)

by Aaron Hillegass

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Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X (3rd Edition) cover

40. Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X (3rd Edition)

by Aaron Hillegass

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