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The Art of Profitability cover

1. The Art of Profitability

by Adrian Slywotzky

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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 cover

2. Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883

by Simon Winchester

The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet cover

3. The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet

by David Kahn

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Enigma: The Battle for the Code cover

4. Enigma: The Battle for the Code

by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore

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Maths 1001 cover

5. Maths 1001

by Richard Elwes

Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One) cover

6. Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One)

by Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Andre? Nikolaevich Kolmogorov, M. A. Lavrent'ev

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Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb cover

7. Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb

by Richard Rhodes

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Metaprogramming Ruby 2: Program Like the Ruby Pros (Facets of Ruby) cover

8. Metaprogramming Ruby 2: Program Like the Ruby Pros (Facets of Ruby)

by Paolo Perrotta

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

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

by John J. Ratey

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The Making of the Atomic Bomb cover

10. The Making of the Atomic Bomb

by Richard Rhodes

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The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How. cover

11. The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How.

by Daniel Coyle

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Basic Mathematics cover

12. Basic Mathematics

by Serge Lang

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The Making of the Atomic Bomb: 25th Anniversary Edition cover

13. The Making of the Atomic Bomb: 25th Anniversary Edition

by Richard Rhodes

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Five Myths About Nuclear Weapons cover

14. Five Myths About Nuclear Weapons

by Ward Wilson

The Complete Book of Zen cover

15. The Complete Book of Zen

by Wong Kiew Kit

Peter Norton's Assembly Language Book for the IBM PC cover

16. Peter Norton's Assembly Language Book for the IBM PC

by Peter Norton, John Socha

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Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works, Third Edition (3rd Edition) (Graphic Design & Visual Communication Courses) cover

17. Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works, Third Edition (3rd Edition) (Graphic Design & Visual Communication Courses)

by Erik Spiekermann

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The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger cover

18. The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger

by Marc Levinson

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Beginning Perl (Programmer to Programmer) cover

19. Beginning Perl (Programmer to Programmer)

by COZENS, Peter Wainwright

Advanced Perl Programming cover

20. Advanced Perl Programming

by Simon Cozens

Total Resistance cover

21. Total Resistance

by H. Von Dach

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The Third Reich at War cover

22. The Third Reich at War

by Richard J. Evans

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The Coming of the Third Reich cover

23. The Coming of the Third Reich

by Richard J. Evans

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Build Your Own Metalworking Shop from Scrap: Series Set cover

24. Build Your Own Metalworking Shop from Scrap: Series Set

by David J. Gingery

The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining, and Other Affairs of Plain Living cover

25. The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining, and Other Affairs of Plain Living

by Foxfire Fund, Inc.

Metaprogramming Ruby: Program Like the Ruby Pros cover

26. Metaprogramming Ruby: Program Like the Ruby Pros

by Paolo Perrotta

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The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency cover

27. The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency

by John Seymour

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Rationality and the Reflective Mind cover

28. Rationality and the Reflective Mind

by Keith Stanovich

The Devil's Eye (An Alex Benedict Novel) cover

29. The Devil's Eye (An Alex Benedict Novel)

by Jack McDevitt

Michelangelo: The Complete Sculpture, Painting, Architecture cover

30. Michelangelo: The Complete Sculpture, Painting, Architecture

by William E. Wallace, Michelangelo Buonarroti

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

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

by William B Irvine

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Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients cover

32. Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients

by Ben Goldacre

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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success cover

33. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

by Carol S. Dweck

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Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy cover

34. Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy

by Carl Shapiro, Hal R. Varian

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City Behind A Fence: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1942-1946 cover

35. City Behind A Fence: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1942-1946

by Charles W. Johnson, Charles O. Jackson

The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II cover

36. The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II

by Denise Kiernan

JavaScript: The Good Parts cover

37. JavaScript: The Good Parts

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

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Million Dollar Launch: How to Kick-start a Successful Consulting Practice in 90 Days cover

38. Million Dollar Launch: How to Kick-start a Successful Consulting Practice in 90 Days

by Alan Weiss

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The World Without Us cover

39. The World Without Us

by Alan Weisman

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