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Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety cover

1. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

by Eric Schlosser

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies cover

2. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared M. Diamond

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Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library) cover

3. Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library)

by Marcus Aurelius

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An Introduction to Japanese Society cover

4. An Introduction to Japanese Society

by Yoshio Sugimoto

The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business cover

5. The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business

by Clayton M. Christensen

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James A. Michener's Writer's Handbook: Explorations in Writing and Publishing cover

6. James A. Michener's Writer's Handbook: Explorations in Writing and Publishing

by James A. Michener

One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War (Vintage, 1) cover

7. One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War (Vintage, 1)

by Michael Dobbs (historian), Michael Dobbs

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The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy cover

8. The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy

by David Hoffman

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Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier cover

9. Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier

by Edward Glaeser

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How the End Begins: The Road to a Nuclear World War III cover

10. How the End Begins: The Road to a Nuclear World War III

by Ron Rosenbaum

Programming Language Processors in Java: Compilers and Interpreters cover

11. Programming Language Processors in Java: Compilers and Interpreters

by David A. Watt, Deryck F. Brown, David Watt, Deryck Brown

Designing Data-Intensive Applications cover

12. Designing Data-Intensive Applications

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Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream – An Eye-Opening Social Experiment in American Democracy cover

13. Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream – An Eye-Opening Social Experiment in American Democracy

by Adam W. Shepard

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Code Complete cover

14. Code Complete

by Steve McConnell

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iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It cover

15. iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It

by Steve Wozniak, Gina Smith

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Out of their Minds: The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists cover

16. Out of their Minds: The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists

by Dennis Elliott Shasha

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success cover

17. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

by Carol S. Dweck

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The Physics Of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable – A Persuasive Exploration of Science, Economics, and the 2008 Collapse cover

18. The Physics Of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable – A Persuasive Exploration of Science, Economics, and the 2008 Collapse

by James Owen Weatherall

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La Disparition (French Language Edition) (L'Imaginaire) cover

19. La Disparition (French Language Edition) (L'Imaginaire)

by Georges Perec

On-Chip ESD Protection for Integrated Circuits: An IC Design Perspective (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, 663) cover

20. On-Chip ESD Protection for Integrated Circuits: An IC Design Perspective (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, 663)

by Albert Z. H. Wang

Dr. Pascarelli's Complete Guide to Repetitive Strain Injury: What You Need to Know About RSI and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome cover

21. Dr. Pascarelli's Complete Guide to Repetitive Strain Injury: What You Need to Know About RSI and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

by Emil F. Pascarelli

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Solar System Dynamics cover

22. Solar System Dynamics

by Carl D. Murray

Gravitation cover

23. Gravitation

by Charles W. Misner, Kip S. Thorne, John Archibald Wheeler

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Paul Rand: A Designer`s Art cover

24. Paul Rand: A Designer`s Art

by Paul Rand

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Paul Rand cover

25. Paul Rand

by Steven Heller, Jessica Helfand

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The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert cover

26. The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert

by John Mordechai Gottman, Nan Silver

Programming JavaScript Applications cover

27. Programming JavaScript Applications

The Science of Interstellar cover

28. The Science of Interstellar

by Kip S. Thorne, Christopher Nolan

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong cover

29. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

by James W. Loewen

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

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

by James A. Mahaffey

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The Little Schemer - 4th Edition cover

31. The Little Schemer - 4th Edition

by Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen

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The Ashley Book of Knots cover

32. The Ashley Book of Knots

by Clifford Warren Ashley

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A Short History of Nuclear Folly: Mad Scientists, Dithering Nazis, Lost Nukes, and Catastrophic Cover-ups cover

33. A Short History of Nuclear Folly: Mad Scientists, Dithering Nazis, Lost Nukes, and Catastrophic Cover-ups

by Rudolph Herzog

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship cover

34. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Hugh Wiley Hitchcock

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The Practice of Programming (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

35. The Practice of Programming (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by Brian W. Kernighan

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Writing Solid Code: Microsoft's Techniques for Developing Bug-Free C Programs cover

36. Writing Solid Code: Microsoft's Techniques for Developing Bug-Free C Programs

by Steve Maguire

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A New Stoicism cover

37. A New Stoicism

by Lawrence Becker

Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga cover

38. Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga

by Hunter S. Thompson

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Damn! Why Didn't I Write That?: How Ordinary People Are Raking in $100,000.00... or More Writing Nonfiction Books & How You Can Too! cover

39. Damn! Why Didn't I Write That?: How Ordinary People Are Raking in $100,000.00... or More Writing Nonfiction Books & How You Can Too!

by Marc McCutcheon