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The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section:

1. The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility" (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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An Introduction to Stochastic Processes with Biology Applications cover

2. An Introduction to Stochastic Processes with Biology Applications

by Linda J. S. Allen

A World of Babies: Imagined Childcare Guides for Seven Societies cover

3. A World of Babies: Imagined Childcare Guides for Seven Societies

by Judy S. DeLoache

Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre cover

4. Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre

by Keith Johnstone

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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen cover

5. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

by Christopher McDougall

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Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima cover

6. Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima

by James A. Mahaffey

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A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! cover

7. A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!

by Harry Harrison

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

8. 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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Bad Data Handbook cover

9. Bad Data Handbook

by Q. Ethan McCallum

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Writing GNU Emacs Extensions cover

10. Writing GNU Emacs Extensions

by Bob Glickstein

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The Modern Gentleman, 2nd Edition: A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy, and Vice cover

11. The Modern Gentleman, 2nd Edition: A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy, and Vice

by Phineas Mollod, Jason Tesauro

The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos cover

12. The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos

by Deborah Heiligman

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Plundering the Public Sector: How New Labour are Letting Consultants Run off with GBP70 Billion of Our Money cover

13. Plundering the Public Sector: How New Labour are Letting Consultants Run off with GBP70 Billion of Our Money

by David Craig, Richard Brooks

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Principles of Economics cover

14. Principles of Economics

by N. Gregory Mankiw

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The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing cover

15. The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing

by Michael J. Mauboussin

Fortress Rochester: The Inside Story of the IBM iSeries cover

16. Fortress Rochester: The Inside Story of the IBM iSeries

by Frank G. Soltis

The Evolution of Cooperation: Revised Edition cover

17. The Evolution of Cooperation: Revised Edition

by Robert Axelrod

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The Complexity of Cooperation: Agent-Based Models of Competition and Collaboration cover

18. The Complexity of Cooperation: Agent-Based Models of Competition and Collaboration

by Robert Axelrod

Gweilo: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood cover

19. Gweilo: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood

by Martin Booth

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African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design cover

20. African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design

by Ron Eglash

The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter cover

21. The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter

by Colin Tudge

The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science cover

22. The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

by Norman Doidge

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Managing Gigabytes: Compressing and Indexing Documents and Images, Second Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems) cover

23. Managing Gigabytes: Compressing and Indexing Documents and Images, Second Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems)

by Ian H. Witten, Alistair Moffat, Timothy C. Bell

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Geometric Approximation Algorithms (Mathematical Surveys and Monographs) cover

24. Geometric Approximation Algorithms (Mathematical Surveys and Monographs)

by Sariel Har-Peled

The Soviet Experiment: Russia, the USSR, and the Successor States cover

25. The Soviet Experiment: Russia, the USSR, and the Successor States

by Ronald Grigor Suny

The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? cover

26. The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?

by Jared Diamond

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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers, Third Edition cover

27. Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers, Third Edition

by Robert M. Sapolsky

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Brain Rules (Updated and Expanded): 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School cover

28. Brain Rules (Updated and Expanded): 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School

by John Medina

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The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking cover

29. The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking

by Oliver Burkeman

The Secret Life of Plants: a Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man cover

30. The Secret Life of Plants: a Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man

by Peter Tompkins

India: A History. Revised and Updated cover

31. India: A History. Revised and Updated

by John Keay

Disturbing The Universe (Sloan Foundation Science Series) cover

32. Disturbing The Universe (Sloan Foundation Science Series)

by Freeman Dyson

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy cover

33. The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

by John J. Mearsheimer, Stephen M. Walt

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Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers cover

34. Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers

by Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur

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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity cover

35. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

by David Allen

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

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

by Neil Fiore

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Mere Christianity cover

37. Mere Christianity

by C. S. Lewis

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Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church cover

38. Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church

by N. T. Wright

Tao Te Ching cover

39. Tao Te Ching

by Stephen Mitchell

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Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense cover

40. Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense

by N. T. Wright

Meditations (Dover Thrift Editions) cover

41. Meditations (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Marcus Aurelius

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The Great Divorce cover

42. The Great Divorce

by C. S. Lewis