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Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions cover

1. Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

by Dan Ariely

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The Art of War cover

2. The Art of War

by Sunzi

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Algorithms (4th Edition) cover

3. Algorithms (4th Edition)

by Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne

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Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

4. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman, Daniel Kahneman

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Living Language Korean, Complete Edition: Beginner through advanced course, including 3 coursebooks, 9 audio CDs, Korean reading & writing guide, and free online learning cover

5. Living Language Korean, Complete Edition: Beginner through advanced course, including 3 coursebooks, 9 audio CDs, Korean reading & writing guide, and free online learning

by Jaemin Roh

Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition cover

6. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition

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

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The harried leisure class cover

7. The harried leisure class

by Staffan Burenstam Linder

In Our Hands : A Plan To Replace The Welfare State cover

8. In Our Hands : A Plan To Replace The Welfare State

by Charles A. Murray

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From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 cover

9. From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000

by Lee Kuan Yew

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How to Avoid Huge Ships cover

10. How to Avoid Huge Ships

by John W. Trimmer

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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) cover

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

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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

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

by Harvey Silverglate

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Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation cover

13. Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation

by John E. Hopcroft, Rajeev Motwani, Jeffrey D. Ullman

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Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Markets, Speculation and the State cover

14. Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Markets, Speculation and the State

by William H. Janeway

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How to Be Idle: A Loafer's Manifesto cover

15. How to Be Idle: A Loafer's Manifesto

by Tom Hodgkinson

Behavioral Genetics cover

16. Behavioral Genetics

by Robert Plomin

The Book of Five Rings: Including The Book of Family Traditions on the Art of War by Yagyu Munenori (Shambhala Library) cover

17. The Book of Five Rings: Including The Book of Family Traditions on the Art of War by Yagyu Munenori (Shambhala Library)

by Miyamoto Musashi

Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century, Twentieth Anniversary Edition cover

18. Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century, Twentieth Anniversary Edition

by Greil Marcus

Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

19. Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

by John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson, Krste Asanović

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Assembly Language for Intel-Based Computers (5th Edition) cover

20. Assembly Language for Intel-Based Computers (5th Edition)

by Kip R. Irvine

Professional Assembly Language (Programmer to Programmer) cover

21. Professional Assembly Language (Programmer to Programmer)

by Richard Blum

Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings cover

22. Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings

by Zhuangzi

Basic Korean (Grammar Workbooks) cover

23. Basic Korean (Grammar Workbooks)

by Andrew Sangpil Byon

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas cover

24. Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

by Seymour A. Papert

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The Unix Programming Environment (Prentice-Hall Software Series) cover

25. The Unix Programming Environment (Prentice-Hall Software Series)

by Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike

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C Programming Language, 2nd Edition cover

26. C Programming Language, 2nd Edition

by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie

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Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy cover

27. Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy

by Matthew R. Simmons

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us cover

28. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

by Daniel H. Pink

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Computer Crime Law (American Casebook) cover

29. Computer Crime Law (American Casebook)

by Orin S. Kerr

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The Chair: Rethinking Culture, Body, and Design cover

30. The Chair: Rethinking Culture, Body, and Design

by Galen Cranz

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Anarchy, State, and Utopia cover

31. Anarchy, State, and Utopia

by Robert Nozick

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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History cover

32. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

by S. C. Gwynne

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Integrated Korean: Beginning 1, 2nd Edition (Klear Textbooks in Korean Language) cover

33. Integrated Korean: Beginning 1, 2nd Edition (Klear Textbooks in Korean Language)

by Young-mee Yu Cho, Hyo Sang Lee, Carol Schulz, Ho-min Sohn, Sung-Ock Sohn

Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print cover

34. Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print

by Lawrence Block

How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World: A Handbook for Personal Liberty cover

35. How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World: A Handbook for Personal Liberty

by Harry Browne

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Class: A Guide Through the American Status System cover

36. Class: A Guide Through the American Status System

by Paul Fussell

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Automate This: How Algorithms Took Over Our Markets, Our Jobs, and the World cover

37. Automate This: How Algorithms Took Over Our Markets, Our Jobs, and the World

by Christopher Steiner