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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business cover

1. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

by Charles Duhigg

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

2. 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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Fractals: Images of Chaos (Penguin Press Science) cover

3. Fractals: Images of Chaos (Penguin Press Science)

by Hans Lauwerier, Hendrik Adolf Lauwerier

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Mathographics (Dover Recreational Math) cover

4. Mathographics (Dover Recreational Math)

by Robert A. Dixon

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Computers, Pattern, Chaos and Beauty cover

5. Computers, Pattern, Chaos and Beauty

by Clifford A. Pickover

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High Performance JavaScript cover

6. High Performance JavaScript

by Nicholas Zakas

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Tcl and the Tk Toolkit (2nd Edition) cover

7. Tcl and the Tk Toolkit (2nd Edition)

by John K. Ousterhout, Ken Jones

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Science and Relativism: Some Key Controversies in the Philosophy of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series) cover

8. Science and Relativism: Some Key Controversies in the Philosophy of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)

by Larry Laudan

Earth's Climate: Past and Future cover

9. Earth's Climate: Past and Future

by William F. Ruddiman

The Measure of Man and Woman: Human Factors in Design cover

10. The Measure of Man and Woman: Human Factors in Design

by Alvin R. Tilley, Henry Dreyfuss Associates

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The Scientist as Rebel (New York Review Books (Paperback)) cover

11. The Scientist as Rebel (New York Review Books (Paperback))

by Freeman Dyson

Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain cover

12. Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

by John J. Ratey

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Inside Isapi cover

13. Inside Isapi

by Kevin Clements

The Nature of Paleolithic Art cover

14. The Nature of Paleolithic Art

by R. Dale Guthrie

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Zidbits: Learn something new today! Volume 1 cover

15. Zidbits: Learn something new today! Volume 1

by Z. B. Charles

Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980 cover

16. Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980

by Charles Murray

Million Dollar Consulting cover

17. Million Dollar Consulting

by Alan Weiss

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Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It cover

18. Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It

by Gary Taubes

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How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes cover

19. How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes

by Peter D. Schiff, Andrew J. Schiff

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Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

20. Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Ian Stewart

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The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation cover

21. The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation

by Matthew Dixon, Brent Adamson

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The Cross-Time Engineer (Adventures of Conrad Stargard, Book 1) cover

22. The Cross-Time Engineer (Adventures of Conrad Stargard, Book 1)

by Leo Frankowski

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When Money Dies: The Nightmare of Deficit Spending, Devaluation, and Hyperinflation in Weimar Germany cover

23. When Money Dies: The Nightmare of Deficit Spending, Devaluation, and Hyperinflation in Weimar Germany

by Adam Fergusson

Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle (Vintage Departures) cover

24. Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle (Vintage Departures)

by Daniel Leonard Everett

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Programming Collective Intelligence cover

25. Programming Collective Intelligence

by Toby Segaran

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Modern Times Revised Edition: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties (Perennial Classics) cover

26. Modern Times Revised Edition: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties (Perennial Classics)

by Paul Johnson

Measuring and Managing Performance in Organizations cover

27. Measuring and Managing Performance in Organizations

by Karl Eugene Wiegers

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Becoming a Supple Leopard: The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance cover

28. Becoming a Supple Leopard: The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance

by Kelly Starrett, Glen Cordoza

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The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History cover

29. The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History

by Gregory Zuckerman

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine cover

30. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

by Michael M. Lewis

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The Dating Game: One Man's Search for the Age of the Earth cover

31. The Dating Game: One Man's Search for the Age of the Earth

by Cherry Lewis

Foundation cover

32. Foundation

by Isaac Asimov

Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond cover

33. Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond

by Deepak Malhotra, Max H. Bazerman

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Lucifer's Hammer cover

34. Lucifer's Hammer

by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle