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It's Raining Cats and Dogs: An Autism Spectrum Guide to the Confusing World of Idioms, Metaphors and Everyday Expressions cover

1. It's Raining Cats and Dogs: An Autism Spectrum Guide to the Confusing World of Idioms, Metaphors and Everyday Expressions

by Michael Barton

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Modern Classics One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich (Penguin Modern Classics) cover

2. Modern Classics One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich (Penguin Modern Classics)

by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age (Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation series) cover

3. Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age (Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation series)

by Kurt W. Beyer

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The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag cover

4. The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag

by Chol-hwan Kang, Pierre Rigoulot

The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom cover

5. The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom

by Evgeny Morozov

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JavaScript: The Good Parts cover

6. JavaScript: The Good Parts

by Douglas Crockford, Ke luo ke fu de, Yan xue kun, Douglas Crockford

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Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success cover

7. Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success

by Ken Segall

Endgame: The End of the Debt Supercycle and How It Changes Everything cover

8. Endgame: The End of the Debt Supercycle and How It Changes Everything

by John Mauldin, Jonathan Tepper

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

9. 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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Core Java, Volume I--Fundamentals (8th Edition) cover

10. Core Java, Volume I--Fundamentals (8th Edition)

by Cay S. Horstmann, Gary Cornell

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The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness (Book & CD) cover

11. The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness (Book & CD)

by John D. Teasdale, Zindel V. Segal

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A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy cover

12. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

by William B Irvine

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How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer cover

13. How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer

by Sarah Bakewell

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The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts cover

14. The Imp of the Mind: Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts

by Lee Baer

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Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice (Morality and Society Series) cover

15. Rationality and Power: Democracy in Practice (Morality and Society Series)

by Bent Flyvbjerg

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The Death and Life of Great American Cities (50th Anniversary Edition) (Modern Library) cover

16. The Death and Life of Great American Cities (50th Anniversary Edition) (Modern Library)

by Jane Jacobs

Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work cover

17. Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work

by Paul Babiak, Robert D. Hare

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Divided Minds: Twin Sisters and Their Journey Through Schizophrenia cover

18. Divided Minds: Twin Sisters and Their Journey Through Schizophrenia

by Pamela Spiro Wagner, Carolyn Spiro

America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible cover

19. America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible

by Stephan Thernstrom, Abigail Thernstrom

Six Quantum Pieces: A First Course in Quantum Physics cover

20. Six Quantum Pieces: A First Course in Quantum Physics

by Martha E. Shenton, Bruce I. Turetsky

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness cover

21. Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

by William Styron

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The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape cover

22. The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape

by James Howard Kunstler

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Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time cover

23. Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time

by Jeff Speck

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Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Comprehensive Grammars) cover

24. Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Comprehensive Grammars)

by Po-ching Yip

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A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language (General Grammar) cover

25. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language (General Grammar)

by Randolph Quirk

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Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference Grammar cover

26. Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference Grammar

by Charles N. Li, Sandra A. Thompson

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The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language cover

27. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language

by Rodney D. Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum

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Remembering the Kanji 1: A Complete Course on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters cover

28. Remembering the Kanji 1: A Complete Course on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters

by James W. Heisig

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Computers, Pattern, Chaos and Beauty: Graphics from an Unseen World cover

29. Computers, Pattern, Chaos and Beauty: Graphics from an Unseen World

by Clifford A. Pickover

Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (2nd Edition) cover

30. Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (2nd Edition)

by Randal E. Bryant, Davie Richard O'Hallaron

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The Big Book of Birth cover

31. The Big Book of Birth

by Erica Lyon

Kanji ABC: A Systematic Approach to Japanese Characters (English and Japanese Edition) cover

32. Kanji ABC: A Systematic Approach to Japanese Characters (English and Japanese Edition)

by Andreas Foerster, Naoko Tamura

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action cover

33. Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

by Simon Sinek

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Inspired: How To Create Products Customers Love cover

34. Inspired: How To Create Products Customers Love

by Marty Cagan

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The Seashell on the Mountaintop: A Story of Science Sainthood and the Humble Genius Who Discovered a New History of the Earth cover

35. The Seashell on the Mountaintop: A Story of Science Sainthood and the Humble Genius Who Discovered a New History of the Earth

by Alan Cutler

The Northern Lights: The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis cover

36. The Northern Lights: The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis

by Lucy Jago

Parkinson's Law cover

37. Parkinson's Law

by Cyril Northcote Parkinson

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Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties, Fourth Edition: Advanced SQL Programming (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

38. Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties, Fourth Edition: Advanced SQL Programming (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by Joe Celko

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Always Be Testing: The Complete Guide to Google Website Optimizer cover

39. Always Be Testing: The Complete Guide to Google Website Optimizer

by Bryan Eisenberg

What Is Sustainable: Remembering Our Way Home cover

40. What Is Sustainable: Remembering Our Way Home

by Richard Adrian Reese