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Anglo-American Establishment cover

1. Anglo-American Establishment

by Carroll Quigley

Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance cover

2. Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

by Atul Gawande

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Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition cover

3. Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition

by Steve Krug

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Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World [With CD (Audio)] cover

4. Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World [With CD (Audio)]

by J. Mark G. Williams, Mark Williams, Danny Penman

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You Are Going To Prison cover

5. You Are Going To Prison

by Jim Hogshire

Driven to Distraction (Revised): Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder cover

6. Driven to Distraction (Revised): Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder

by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., John J. Ratey, M.D.

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Metaphors We Live By cover

7. Metaphors We Live By

by George Lakoff, Mark Johnson

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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success cover

8. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

by Carol S. Dweck

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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction cover

9. On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

by William Zinsser

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Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do About It Now cover

10. Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do About It Now

by Jane B. Burka, Lenora M. Yuen

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Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time cover

11. Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time

by Brian Tracy

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Mastering the Mfc for Windows 95 Using Symantec C++ cover

12. Mastering the Mfc for Windows 95 Using Symantec C++

by Richard O. Parker

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

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

by Harvey Silverglate

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Engineer-In-Training Reference Manual cover

14. Engineer-In-Training Reference Manual

by Michael R. Lindeburg

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas cover

15. Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

by Seymour A. Papert

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Newton's Principia, The Central Argument: Translation, Notes, Expanded Proofs cover

16. Newton's Principia, The Central Argument: Translation, Notes, Expanded Proofs

by Isaac Newton, Dana Densmore

The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play cover

17. The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play

by Neil Fiore

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The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined cover

18. The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined

by Salman Khan

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Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy cover

19. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

by David D. Burns

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After War: The Political Economy of Exporting Democracy cover

20. After War: The Political Economy of Exporting Democracy

by Christopher J. Coyne

The Elements of Networking Style: And Other Essays & Animadversions on the Art of Intercomputer Networking cover

21. The Elements of Networking Style: And Other Essays & Animadversions on the Art of Intercomputer Networking

by M. A. Padlipsky

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Understanding and Using C Pointers cover

22. Understanding and Using C Pointers

by Richard Reese

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Functional JavaScript cover

23. Functional JavaScript

by Michael Fogus

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APL: An Interactive Approach cover

24. APL: An Interactive Approach

by Leonard Gilman

The Driver: My Dangerous Pursuit of Speed and Truth in the Outlaw Racing World cover

25. The Driver: My Dangerous Pursuit of Speed and Truth in the Outlaw Racing World

by Alexander Roy

Makers: The New Industrial Revolution cover

26. Makers: The New Industrial Revolution

by Chris Anderson

The Secret State: Whitehall and the Cold War cover

27. The Secret State: Whitehall and the Cold War

by Peter Hennessy

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Anatomy of Lisp (McGraw-Hill computer science series) cover

28. Anatomy of Lisp (McGraw-Hill computer science series)

by John Allen

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Collected Fictions cover

29. Collected Fictions

by Jorge Luis Borges

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In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives cover

30. In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives

by Steven Levy

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Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World cover

31. Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World

by Dan Koeppel

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Borges: Selected Non-Fictions cover

32. Borges: Selected Non-Fictions

by Jorge Luis Borges

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The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade cover

33. The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade

by Alfred W. McCoy

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The Feeling Good Handbook cover

34. The Feeling Good Handbook

by David D. Burns

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Team Geek cover

35. Team Geek

by Brian Fitzpatrick, Ben Collins-Sussman

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Art2-D2's Guide to Folding and Doodling (An Origami Yoda Activity Book) cover

36. Art2-D2's Guide to Folding and Doodling (An Origami Yoda Activity Book)

by Tom Angleberger

So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love cover

37. So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

by Cal Newport

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An Introduction to Database Systems (8th Edition) cover

38. An Introduction to Database Systems (8th Edition)

by C.J. Date

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The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition) (Collins Business Essentials) cover

39. The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition) (Collins Business Essentials)

by Benjamin Graham, Jason Zweig, Atsuhiro Dokō, Kazumi Masuzawa, Miwa Niimi, Warren Buffett, Yonatan Bar

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Where Good Ideas Come From cover

40. Where Good Ideas Come From

by Steven Johnson

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