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Algebra and Trigonometry cover

1. Algebra and Trigonometry

by Sheldon Axler

The Trusted Advisor cover

2. The Trusted Advisor

by David H. Maister, Charles H. Green, Robert M. Galford

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Splitting an Order cover

3. Splitting an Order

by Ted Kooser

Winning Through Intimidation cover

4. Winning Through Intimidation

by Robert J. Ringer

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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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The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It cover

6. The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

by Michael E. Gerber

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Million Dollar Consulting cover

7. Million Dollar Consulting

by Alan Weiss

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Software Architecture Patterns cover

8. Software Architecture Patterns

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Meatonomics: How the Rigged Economics of Meat and Dairy Make You Consume Too Much_and How to Eat Better, Live Longer, and Spend Smarter cover

9. Meatonomics: How the Rigged Economics of Meat and Dairy Make You Consume Too Much_and How to Eat Better, Live Longer, and Spend Smarter

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

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

by Edward Ludwig Glaeser

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The Complete Joy of Homebrewing Fourth Edition: Fully Revised and Updated cover

11. The Complete Joy of Homebrewing Fourth Edition: Fully Revised and Updated

by Charlie Papazian

Basic Mathematics for the Physical Sciences cover

12. Basic Mathematics for the Physical Sciences

by Robert Lambourne, Michael Tinker

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Further Mathematics for the Physical Sciences cover

13. Further Mathematics for the Physical Sciences

by Michael Tinker, Robert Lambourne

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The King Of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of A Secret American Empire cover

14. The King Of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of A Secret American Empire

by Mark Arax, Rick Wartzman

Mathematics of Physics and Modern Engineering cover

15. Mathematics of Physics and Modern Engineering

by Ivan Stephen Sokolnikoff, Raymond M. Redheffer

Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries (2nd Edition) cover

16. Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries (2nd Edition)

by Krzysztof Cwalina, Brad Abrams

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Effective Modern C++ cover

17. Effective Modern C++

by Scott Meyers

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The Great Rebalancing: Trade, Conflict, and the Perilous Road Ahead for the World Economy cover

18. The Great Rebalancing: Trade, Conflict, and the Perilous Road Ahead for the World Economy

The Theory of Money and Credit cover

19. The Theory of Money and Credit

by Ludwig Von Mises

The Last Empty Places: A Past and Present Journey Through the Blank Spots on the American Map cover

20. The Last Empty Places: A Past and Present Journey Through the Blank Spots on the American Map

by Peter Stark

The Feynman Lectures on Physics, boxed set: The New Millennium Edition cover

21. The Feynman Lectures on Physics, boxed set: The New Millennium Edition

by Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, Matthew Sands

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Mastering CMake cover

22. Mastering CMake

by Ken Martin, Billy Hoffman

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The Science of Discworld cover

23. The Science of Discworld

by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen

Conceptual Physics (9th edition) cover

24. Conceptual Physics (9th edition)

by Paul G. Hewitt

Den of Thieves cover

25. Den of Thieves

by James B. Stewart

The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) cover

26. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)

by Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)

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Data Visualization with JavaScript cover

27. Data Visualization with JavaScript

by Stephen A. Thomas

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Euell Gibbons' Handbook of Edible Wild Plants cover

28. Euell Gibbons' Handbook of Edible Wild Plants

by Euell Gibbons, Gordon Charles Tucker

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

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

by Barbara A. Oakley

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Real-Time Strategy Game Programming Using MS DIRECTX 6.0 (Wordware Game Developer's Library) cover

30. Real-Time Strategy Game Programming Using MS DIRECTX 6.0 (Wordware Game Developer's Library)

by Mickey Kawick

Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life cover

31. Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life

by Peter Gray

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The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance cover

32. The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance

by Josh Waitzkin

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The Neptune File: A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting cover

33. The Neptune File: A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting

by Tom Standage

The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers cover

34. The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers

by Tom Standage

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The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine cover

35. The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine

by Tom Standage

10 Steps to Sales Success: The Proven System That Can Shorten the Selling Cycle, Double Your Close Ratio cover

36. 10 Steps to Sales Success: The Proven System That Can Shorten the Selling Cycle, Double Your Close Ratio

by Tim Breithaupt

Successful Cold Call Selling: Over 100 New Ideas, Scripts, and Examples From the Nation's Foremost Sales Trainer cover

37. Successful Cold Call Selling: Over 100 New Ideas, Scripts, and Examples From the Nation's Foremost Sales Trainer

by Lee Boyan

Intoxication: The Universal Drive for Mind-Altering Substances cover

38. Intoxication: The Universal Drive for Mind-Altering Substances

by Ronald K. Siegel

Badass: Making Users Awesome cover

39. Badass: Making Users Awesome

by Kathy Sierra

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The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined cover

40. The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined

by Salman Khan

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Music: A Mathematical Offering cover

41. Music: A Mathematical Offering

by Dave Benson

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On Rumors: How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done cover

42. On Rumors: How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done

by Cass R. Sunstein

The Partial Constitution cover

43. The Partial Constitution

by Cass R. Sunstein

Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength cover

44. Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength

by Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney

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Uganda's Remittance Corridors from United Kingdom, United States and South Africa: Challenges to Linking Remittances to the Use of Formal Services (World Bank Working Papers) cover

45. Uganda's Remittance Corridors from United Kingdom, United States and South Africa: Challenges to Linking Remittances to the Use of Formal Services (World Bank Working Papers)

by Isaku Endo, Jane Namaaji, Anoma Kulathunga

Sensation Seeking and Risky Behavior cover

46. Sensation Seeking and Risky Behavior

by Marvin Zuckerman