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Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It's Intended to Help, and Why Universities Won't Admit It cover

1. Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It's Intended to Help, and Why Universities Won't Admit It

by Richard Sander, Stuart Taylor Jr.

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Topsy: The Startling Story of the Crooked Tailed Elephant, P.T. Barnum, and the American Wizard, Thomas Edison cover

2. Topsy: The Startling Story of the Crooked Tailed Elephant, P.T. Barnum, and the American Wizard, Thomas Edison

by Michael Daly

Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition cover

3. Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition

by Jon Erickson

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A Mathematician Plays The Stock Market cover

4. A Mathematician Plays The Stock Market

by John Allen Paulos

Expected Returns: An Investor's Guide to Harvesting Market Rewards (The Wiley Finance Series) cover

5. Expected Returns: An Investor's Guide to Harvesting Market Rewards (The Wiley Finance Series)

by Antti Ilmanen

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Jackass Investing: Don't do it. Profit from it. cover

6. Jackass Investing: Don't do it. Profit from it.

by Michael Dever

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Quantitative Value, + Web Site: A Practitioner's Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Errors (Wiley Finance) cover

7. Quantitative Value, + Web Site: A Practitioner's Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Errors (Wiley Finance)

by Tobias Carlisle

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Consider Your Options: Get the Most from Your Equity Compensation cover

8. Consider Your Options: Get the Most from Your Equity Compensation

by Kaye A. Thomas

Case Study Research: Design and Methods (Applied Social Research Methods) cover

9. Case Study Research: Design and Methods (Applied Social Research Methods)

by Robert K. Yin

Mindfulness in Plain English: 20th Anniversary Edition cover

10. Mindfulness in Plain English: 20th Anniversary Edition

by Henepola Gunaratana

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Zen in the Art of Archery cover

11. Zen in the Art of Archery

by Eugen Herrigel

The Intelligent Asset Allocator: How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk cover

12. The Intelligent Asset Allocator: How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk

by William Bernstein

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The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry cover

13. The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry

by Jon Ronson

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice cover

14. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

by Shunryū Suzuki

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Functional JavaScript cover

15. Functional JavaScript

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Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion cover

16. Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

by Sam Harris

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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) cover

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

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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

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

by Norman Doidge

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Space Shuttle Operator's Manual, Revised Edition cover

19. Space Shuttle Operator's Manual, Revised Edition

by Kerry Mark Joëls

Software Architecture: Perspectives on an Emerging Discipline cover

20. Software Architecture: Perspectives on an Emerging Discipline

by Mary Shaw, David Garlan

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

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

by James A. Mahaffey

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Cusp cover

22. Cusp

by Robert A. Metzger

Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace cover

23. Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace

by Ricardo Semler

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Breaking the Mishap Chain: Human Factors Lessons Learned from Aerospace Accidents and Incidents in Research, Flight Test, and Development (NASA Aeronoutics Book) cover

24. Breaking the Mishap Chain: Human Factors Lessons Learned from Aerospace Accidents and Incidents in Research, Flight Test, and Development (NASA Aeronoutics Book)

by Peter W. Merlin, Gregg A. Bendrick, Dwight A. Holland

Patterns in Nature cover

25. Patterns in Nature

by Peter S. Stevens

Java Concurrency in Practice cover

26. Java Concurrency in Practice

by Brian Goetz

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A Guide to Kernel Exploitation: Attacking the Core cover

27. A Guide to Kernel Exploitation: Attacking the Core

by Enrico Perla, Massimiliano Oldani

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Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia (Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages) cover

28. Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia (Routledge Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages)

by Josef W. Meri

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

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

by Harvey Silverglate

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Cryptography: A New Dimension in Computer Data Security--A Guide for the Design and Implementation of Secure Systems cover

30. Cryptography: A New Dimension in Computer Data Security--A Guide for the Design and Implementation of Secure Systems

by Carl H. Meyer

Class: A Guide Through the American Status System cover

31. Class: A Guide Through the American Status System

by Paul Fussell

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Digital Design and Computer Architecture cover

32. Digital Design and Computer Architecture

by David Money Harris, Sarah L. Harris

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Computer Organization and Design MIPS Edition: The Hardware/Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

33. Computer Organization and Design MIPS Edition: The Hardware/Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

by David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy

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Meet Your Happy Chemicals: Dopamine, Endorphin, Oxytocin, Serotonin cover

34. Meet Your Happy Chemicals: Dopamine, Endorphin, Oxytocin, Serotonin

by Loretta Breuning

Learning Spark cover

35. Learning Spark

How to Acquire Clients: Powerful Techniques for the Successful Practitioner cover

36. How to Acquire Clients: Powerful Techniques for the Successful Practitioner

by Alan Weiss

Bedtime Math: A Fun Excuse to Stay Up Late (Bedtime Math Series) cover

37. Bedtime Math: A Fun Excuse to Stay Up Late (Bedtime Math Series)

by Laura Overdeck

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Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms cover

38. Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms

by Miriam Lichtheim

From Distant Days: Myths, Tales, and Poetry of Ancient Mesopotamia cover

39. From Distant Days: Myths, Tales, and Poetry of Ancient Mesopotamia

by Benjamin R. Foster

Gilgamesh: A New English Version cover

40. Gilgamesh: A New English Version

by Stephen Mitchell, Mitchell, Stephen

The Literature of Ancient Sumer cover

41. The Literature of Ancient Sumer

by Jeremy Black, Graham Cunningham, Eleanor Robson, Gabor Zolyomi

Purely Functional Data Structures (Volume 0) cover

42. Purely Functional Data Structures (Volume 0)

by Chris Okasaki

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Adventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Road Trip cover

43. Adventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Road Trip

by Jim Rogers

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How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library) cover

44. How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library)

by George Polya

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The Princeton Companion to Mathematics cover

45. The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

by Timothy Gowers, June Barrow-Green, Imre Leader

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To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others cover

46. To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others

by Daniel H. Pink

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How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd Edition cover

47. How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd Edition

by Daniel J. Velleman

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

48. 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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How to Win Friends & Influence People cover

49. How to Win Friends & Influence People

by Dale Carnegie

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Lord Chesterfield's Letters (Oxford World's Classics) cover

50. Lord Chesterfield's Letters (Oxford World's Classics)

by David Roberts

Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja cover

51. Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja

by John Resig, Bear Bibeault

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New Sales. Simplified.: The Essential Handbook for Prospecting and New Business Development cover

52. New Sales. Simplified.: The Essential Handbook for Prospecting and New Business Development

by Mike Weinberg

A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra) cover

53. A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)

by Barbara A. Oakley

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River of Gods cover

54. River of Gods

by Ian McDonald

The Peripheral cover

55. The Peripheral

by William Gibson