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The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done cover

1. The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done

by Ph.D. Steel, Piers

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23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism cover

2. 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism

by Ha-Joon Chang

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Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup cover

3. Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup

by Rob Walling

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The Art of Electronics cover

4. The Art of Electronics

by The Wikipedians

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Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea cover

5. Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea

by Mark Blyth

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

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

by Harvey Silverglate

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The Global Minotaur: America, the True Origins of the Financial Crisis and the Future of the World Economy (Economic Controversies) cover

7. The Global Minotaur: America, the True Origins of the Financial Crisis and the Future of the World Economy (Economic Controversies)

by Yanis Varoufakis

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Cognitive Cooking with Chef Watson: Recipes for Innovation from IBM & the Institute of Culinary Education cover

8. Cognitive Cooking with Chef Watson: Recipes for Innovation from IBM & the Institute of Culinary Education

by IBM, Watson (Chef.), Institute of Culinary Education

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Machine Learning: The Art and Science of Algorithms that Make Sense of Data cover

9. Machine Learning: The Art and Science of Algorithms that Make Sense of Data

by Peter Flach

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The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA cover

10. The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA

by Diane Vaughan

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Doing Data Science: Straight Talk from the Frontline cover

11. Doing Data Science: Straight Talk from the Frontline

by Cathy O'Neil, Rachel Schutt

Digital Computer Electronics cover

12. Digital Computer Electronics

by Malvino

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Practical Electronics for Inventors, Third Edition cover

13. Practical Electronics for Inventors, Third Edition

by Paul Scherz, Simon Monk

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Higher-Order Perl: Transforming Programs with Programs cover

14. Higher-Order Perl: Transforming Programs with Programs

by Mark Jason Dominus

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Ideas in Food: Great Recipes and Why They Work cover

15. Ideas in Food: Great Recipes and Why They Work

by Alexander H. Talbot, Aki Kamozawa, H. Alexander Talbot

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Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Invisible Chronic Illness (New Edition) cover

16. Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired: Living with Invisible Chronic Illness (New Edition)

by Paul J Donoghue, Mary E Siegel

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution - 25th Anniversary Edition cover

17. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution - 25th Anniversary Edition

by Steven Levy

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Violent Python: A Cookbook for Hackers, Forensic Analysts, Penetration Testers and Security Engineers cover

18. Violent Python: A Cookbook for Hackers, Forensic Analysts, Penetration Testers and Security Engineers

by TJ O'Connor

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The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985 - 1993 cover

19. The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985 - 1993

by Jordan Mechner

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Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II cover

20. Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II

by William Blum

Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty cover

21. Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty

by Roy F. Baumeister

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Second To None: The Art Of Second Dealing cover

22. Second To None: The Art Of Second Dealing

by Simon Lovell

Hadoop: The Definitive Guide cover

23. Hadoop: The Definitive Guide

by Tom White

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Hadoop Application Architectures cover

24. Hadoop Application Architectures

by Mark Grover, Ted Malaska, Jonathan Seidman, Gwen Shapira

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies cover

25. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

by Nick Bostrom

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Flourishing cover

26. Flourishing

by Maureen Gaffney

Stylish Academic Writing cover

27. Stylish Academic Writing

by Helen Sword

Datastructures and Algorithm Analysis in C, 2/e cover

28. Datastructures and Algorithm Analysis in C, 2/e

by Weiss

Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science (2nd Edition) cover

29. Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science (2nd Edition)

by Ronald L. Graham, Donald Ervin Knuth, Oren Patashnik

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The Algorithm Design Manual cover

30. The Algorithm Design Manual

by Steven S Skiena

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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking cover

31. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

by Susan Cain

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BUGS in Writing, Revised Edition: A Guide to Debugging Your Prose (2nd Edition) cover

32. BUGS in Writing, Revised Edition: A Guide to Debugging Your Prose (2nd Edition)

by Lyn Dupré

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C: A Reference Manual (5th Edition) cover

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

by Samuel P. Harbison, Guy L. Steele

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The Healthy Programmer: Get Fit, Feel Better, and Keep Coding (Pragmatic Programmers) cover

34. The Healthy Programmer: Get Fit, Feel Better, and Keep Coding (Pragmatic Programmers)

by Joe Kutner

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