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Modern Money Theory: A Primer on Macroeconomics for Sovereign Monetary Systems cover

1. Modern Money Theory: A Primer on Macroeconomics for Sovereign Monetary Systems

by L. Randall Wray
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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) cover

2. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman
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Hell to Pay: Operation Downfall and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947 cover

3. Hell to Pay: Operation Downfall and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947

by D. M. Giangreco
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The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World cover

4. The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World

by Pedro Domingos
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Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets: A Comprehensive Guide to Trading Methods and Applications cover

5. Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets: A Comprehensive Guide to Trading Methods and Applications

by John J. Murphy
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The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed.: The Definitive Book on Value Investing cover

6. The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed.: The Definitive Book on Value Investing

by Benjamin Graham
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Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives (5th Edition) cover

7. Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives (5th Edition)

by John Hull
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Modern PHP cover

8. Modern PHP

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Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency cover

9. Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency

by Tom DeMarco
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Participatory Culture in a Networked Era: A Conversation on Youth, Learning, Commerce, and Politics cover

10. Participatory Culture in a Networked Era: A Conversation on Youth, Learning, Commerce, and Politics

by Henry Jenkins, Mizuko Ito, danah boyd
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Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman cover

11. Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman

by Yvon Chouinard
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Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy cover

12. Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy

by Eri Hotta
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The Virtue of Selfishness: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition (Signet, AE6393) cover

13. The Virtue of Selfishness: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition (Signet, AE6393)

by Ayn Rand
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The End of Science cover

14. The End of Science

by John Horgan
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Living Clojure cover

15. Living Clojure

by Carin Meier
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Ignition!: An informal history of liquid rocket propellants cover

16. Ignition!: An informal history of liquid rocket propellants

by John Drury Clark
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Engineering: A Compiler cover

17. Engineering: A Compiler

by Keith D. Cooper
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The Making of Buddhist Modernism cover

18. The Making of Buddhist Modernism

by David L. McMahan
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Independent People (Vintage International) cover

19. Independent People (Vintage International)

by Halldor Laxness
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Haunted Empire: Apple After Steve Jobs ―Insights Into Tim Cook's Leadership, Product Development, and the Future of Apple cover

20. Haunted Empire: Apple After Steve Jobs ―Insights Into Tim Cook's Leadership, Product Development, and the Future of Apple

by Yukari Iwatani Kane
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Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich cover

21. Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich

by Kevin Phillips
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Who Goes First?: The Story of Self-Experimentation in Medicine cover

22. Who Goes First?: The Story of Self-Experimentation in Medicine

by Lawrence K. Altman
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The Making of Buddhist Modernism cover

23. The Making of Buddhist Modernism

by David L. McMahan
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Orality and Literacy (New Accents) cover

24. Orality and Literacy (New Accents)

by Walter J. Ong, John Hartley
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French Revolution (Revolutions in the Modern World) cover

25. French Revolution (Revolutions in the Modern World)

by J. F. Bosher
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Optimizing Compilers for Modern Architectures: A Dependence-based Approach cover

26. Optimizing Compilers for Modern Architectures: A Dependence-based Approach

by Randy Allen
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Hunting Hitler: New Scientific Evidence That Hitler Escaped Nazi Germany cover

27. Hunting Hitler: New Scientific Evidence That Hitler Escaped Nazi Germany

by Jerome Corsi
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Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche cover

28. Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche

by Ethan Watters
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Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World cover

29. Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World

by Dan Koeppel
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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers, Third Edition cover

30. Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers, Third Edition

by Robert M. Sapolsky
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A History of the World in 6 Glasses cover

31. A History of the World in 6 Glasses

by Tom Standage
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Backroom Boys: The Secret Return of the British Boffin cover

32. Backroom Boys: The Secret Return of the British Boffin

by Francis Spufford
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The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted And the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, And Long-term Health cover

33. The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted And the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, And Long-term Health

by T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell (II.)
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Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools cover

34. Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools

by Alfred V. Aho
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Programming Language Pragmatics cover

35. Programming Language Pragmatics

by Michael Lee Scott
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Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes without Drugs cover

36. Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes without Drugs

by Neal D. Barnard
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The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results cover

37. The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results

by Gary Keller, Jay Papasan
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That Every Man Be Armed: The Evolution of a Constitutional Right (Independent Studies in Political Economy) cover

38. That Every Man Be Armed: The Evolution of a Constitutional Right (Independent Studies in Political Economy)

by Stephen P. Halbrook
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