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The Distraction Addiction: Getting the Information You Need and the Communication You Want, Without Enraging Your Family, Annoying Your Colleagues, and Destroying Your Soul cover

1. The Distraction Addiction: Getting the Information You Need and the Communication You Want, Without Enraging Your Family, Annoying Your Colleagues, and Destroying Your Soul

by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

Adversarial Legalism: The American Way of Law cover

2. Adversarial Legalism: The American Way of Law

by Robert A. Kagan

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

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

by Norman Doidge

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Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages (Pragmatic Programmers) cover

4. Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages (Pragmatic Programmers)

by Bruce Tate

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Remote: Office Not Required cover

5. Remote: Office Not Required

by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

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Living Clojure cover

6. Living Clojure

by Carin Meier

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Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets cover

7. Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets

by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh

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The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error cover

8. The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error

by Sidney Dekker

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Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa cover

9. Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa

by Dambisa Moyo

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Windows Internals, Part 1 (6th Edition) (Developer Reference) cover

10. Windows Internals, Part 1 (6th Edition) (Developer Reference)

by Mark E. Russinovich, David A. Solomon, Alex Ionescu

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The Kings Depart: The Tragedy of Germany - Versailles and the German Revolution cover

11. The Kings Depart: The Tragedy of Germany - Versailles and the German Revolution

by Richard M. Watt, Richard watt, Richard M. Watt, R. M. Watt

God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican cover

12. God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican

by Gerald Posner

Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief cover

13. Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

by Lawrence Wright

Mastering CMake cover

14. Mastering CMake

by Ken Martin, Billy Hoffman

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Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection cover

15. Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection

by John T Cacioppo, William Patrick

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Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century cover

16. Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century

by Geoffrey Parker

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Darwin's Theorem cover

17. Darwin's Theorem

by Tj Radcliffe

Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometries: Development and History cover

18. Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometries: Development and History

by Marvin J. Greenberg

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything cover

19. An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything

by Chris Hadfield

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Neural Engineering: Computation, Representation, and Dynamics in Neurobiological Systems (Computational Neuroscience Series) cover

20. Neural Engineering: Computation, Representation, and Dynamics in Neurobiological Systems (Computational Neuroscience Series)

by Chris Eliasmith, Charles H. Anderson

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

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

by Eric Schlosser

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Stretching: 30th Anniversary Edition cover

23. Stretching: 30th Anniversary Edition

by Bob Anderson

Metamagical Themas: Questing For The Essence Of Mind And Pattern cover

24. Metamagical Themas: Questing For The Essence Of Mind And Pattern

by Douglas Hofstadter

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The Ancient Paths: Discovering the Lost Map of Celtic Europe cover

25. The Ancient Paths: Discovering the Lost Map of Celtic Europe

by Graham Robb

Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances cover

26. Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

by Neil Gaiman

Hello! Python cover

27. Hello! Python

by Anthony Briggs

Inside Windows NT (Microsoft Programming Series) cover

28. Inside Windows NT (Microsoft Programming Series)

by David A. Solomon

Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ (2nd Edition) cover

29. Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ (2nd Edition)

by Bjarne Stroustrup

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The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics cover

30. The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics

by William R. Easterly

Language in Thought and Action: Fifth Edition cover

31. Language in Thought and Action: Fifth Edition

by Samuel Ichiyé Hayakawa, Alan R. Hayakawa

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Breakfast at Sotheby's: An A-Z of the Art World cover

32. Breakfast at Sotheby's: An A-Z of the Art World

by Philip Hook

Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler)) cover

33. Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))

by Jez Humble

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The Naked Crowd: Reclaiming Security and Freedom in an Anxious Age cover

34. The Naked Crowd: Reclaiming Security and Freedom in an Anxious Age

by Jeffrey Rosen

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Things Might Go Terribly, Horribly Wrong: A Guide to Life Liberated from Anxiety cover

35. Things Might Go Terribly, Horribly Wrong: A Guide to Life Liberated from Anxiety

by Kelly G. Wilson

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind cover

36. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari

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Meditations: A New Translation cover

37. Meditations: A New Translation

by Marcus Aurelius

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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) cover

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

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Tuva or Bust!: Richard Feynman's Last Journey cover

39. Tuva or Bust!: Richard Feynman's Last Journey

by Ralph Leighton

The Cult of Statistical Significance: How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives (Economics, Cognition, and Society) cover

40. The Cult of Statistical Significance: How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives (Economics, Cognition, and Society)

by Stephen Thomas Ziliak, Deirdre Nansen McCloskey

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Mining the Sky: Untold Riches From The Asteroids, Comets, And Planets (Helix Book) cover

41. Mining the Sky: Untold Riches From The Asteroids, Comets, And Planets (Helix Book)

by John S. Lewis

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Ultimate Secret to Getting Absolutely Everything You Want, The cover

42. Ultimate Secret to Getting Absolutely Everything You Want, The

by Mike Hernacki

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Be Here Now cover

43. Be Here Now

by Ram Dass

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

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

by John J. Ratey

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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind cover

45. The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

by Julian Jaynes

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The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America cover

46. The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America

by David Stockman

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They Know Everything About You: How Data-Collecting Corporations and Snooping Government Agencies Are Destroying Democracy cover

47. They Know Everything About You: How Data-Collecting Corporations and Snooping Government Agencies Are Destroying Democracy

by Robert Scheer

Working Effectively with Legacy Code cover

48. Working Effectively with Legacy Code

by Michael C. Feathers

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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't cover

49. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't

by Jim Collins

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The Best Interface Is No Interface: The simple path to brilliant technology (Voices That Matter) cover

50. The Best Interface Is No Interface: The simple path to brilliant technology (Voices That Matter)

by Golden Krishna

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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master cover

51. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

by Andy Hunt, David Thomas, Dave Thomas, David . Thomas

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How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business cover

52. How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business

by Douglas W. Hubbard

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

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

by Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)

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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition cover

54. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition

by Thomas S. Kuhn

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Dark Star cover

55. Dark Star

by Oliver Langmead

Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics cover

56. Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics

by Henry Hazlitt

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Dow 36,000: The New Strategy for Profiting from the Coming Rise in the Stock Market cover

57. Dow 36,000: The New Strategy for Profiting from the Coming Rise in the Stock Market

by James K. Glassman, Kevin A. Hassett

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Thirty Years that Shook Physics: The Story of Quantum Theory cover

58. Thirty Years that Shook Physics: The Story of Quantum Theory

by George Gamow

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The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance cover

59. The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance

by Laurie Garrett

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Well-Designed: How to Use Empathy to Create Products People Love cover

60. Well-Designed: How to Use Empathy to Create Products People Love

by Jon Kolko

How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer cover

61. How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer

by Debbie Millman

Labyrinths (New Directions Paperbook) cover

62. Labyrinths (New Directions Paperbook)

by Jorge Luis Borges

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Real World OCaml: Functional programming for the masses cover

63. Real World OCaml: Functional programming for the masses

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Head First C cover

64. Head First C

by David Griffiths, Dawn Griffiths

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Teach Like a Champion 2.0: 62 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College cover

65. Teach Like a Champion 2.0: 62 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College

by Doug Lemov

The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must cover

66. The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must

by Robert Zubrin

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Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys cover

67. Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys

by Michael Collins

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Lessons for the Young Economist cover

68. Lessons for the Young Economist

by Robert P. Murphy

C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software cover

69. C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software

by David R. Hanson

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Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets cover

70. Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets

by Peter Van der Linden

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Others in Mind: Social Origins of Self-Consciousness cover

71. Others in Mind: Social Origins of Self-Consciousness

by Philippe Rochat

The Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South cover

72. The Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South

by Bruce Levine

Illustrating C (Ansi/Iso Version) cover

73. Illustrating C (Ansi/Iso Version)

by Donald Alcock

The Commissar Vanishes: The Falsification of Photographs and Art in Stalin’s Russia New Edition cover

74. The Commissar Vanishes: The Falsification of Photographs and Art in Stalin’s Russia New Edition

by David King

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Photo Fakery: A History of Deception and Manipulation cover

75. Photo Fakery: A History of Deception and Manipulation

by Dino A. Brugioni

Handbook of Mathematics cover

76. Handbook of Mathematics

by I. N. Bronshteĭn, I.N. Bronshtein, K.A. Semendyayev, I. N. Bronshtein, K. A. Semendyayev, Gerhard Musiol, Heiner Mühlig

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The Princeton Companion to Mathematics cover

77. The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

by Timothy Gowers, June Barrow-Green, Imre Leader

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Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks cover

78. Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks

by Keith Houston

Secure Coding in C and C++ cover

79. Secure Coding in C and C++

by Robert C. Seacord

Characteristics of Games (MIT Press) cover

80. Characteristics of Games (MIT Press)

by George Skaff Elias, Richard Garfield, K. Robert Gutschera

The C Puzzle Book cover

81. The C Puzzle Book

by Alan R. Feuer

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C: A Reference Manual (5th Edition) cover

82. C: A Reference Manual (5th Edition)

by Samuel P. Harbison, Guy L. Steele

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Buddhism With An Attitude: The Tibetan Seven-Point Mind Training cover

83. Buddhism With An Attitude: The Tibetan Seven-Point Mind Training

by B. Alan Wallace

The Misbehavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence cover

84. The Misbehavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence

by Benoit Mandelbrot, Richard L. Hudson

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Know How: Guided Programs for Inventing Your Own Best Future (Mental Aptitude Patterning Book) cover

85. Know How: Guided Programs for Inventing Your Own Best Future (Mental Aptitude Patterning Book)

by Leslie Cameron-Bandler, David Gordon, Michael Lebeau

Free Will cover

86. Free Will

by Sam Harris

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The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values cover

87. The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values

by Sam Harris

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Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other cover

88. Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other

by Sherry Turkle

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

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

by George Polya

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Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press) cover

90. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press)

by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein

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