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The Cinder Spires: the Aeronaut's Windlass cover

1. The Cinder Spires: the Aeronaut's Windlass

by Jim Butcher

We Who Dared to Say No to War: American Antiwar Writing from 1812 to Now cover

2. We Who Dared to Say No to War: American Antiwar Writing from 1812 to Now

by Murray Polner, Thomas E., Jr. Woods

Josh Baxter Levels Up cover

3. Josh Baxter Levels Up

by Gavin Brown

Beautiful Code cover

4. Beautiful Code

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson

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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies cover

5. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

by Nick Bostrom

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

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

by Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)

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IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation-Expanded Edition cover

7. IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation-Expanded Edition

by Edwin Black

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Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business Into a Sales Machine with the $100 Million Best Practices of Salesforce.com cover

8. Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business Into a Sales Machine with the $100 Million Best Practices of Salesforce.com

by Aaron Ross, Marylou Tyler

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The Creative Society: How the Future Can Be Won cover

9. The Creative Society: How the Future Can Be Won

by Lars Tvede

The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success cover

10. The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success

by William Thorndike

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Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer cover

11. Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer

by Thomas Seyfried

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The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World) cover

12. The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)

by Robert J. Gordon

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The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will( Eventually) Feel Better cover

13. The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will( Eventually) Feel Better

by Tyler Cowen

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Boiling Point: Democrats, Republicans, and the Decline of Middle-Class Prosperity cover

14. Boiling Point: Democrats, Republicans, and the Decline of Middle-Class Prosperity

by Kevin Phillips

Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World (Popular Science) cover

15. Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World (Popular Science)

by Nick Lane

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Eternal Treblinka: Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust cover

16. Eternal Treblinka: Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust

by Charles Patterson

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The Design of Everyday Things cover

17. The Design of Everyday Things

by Donald A. Norman

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War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier cover

18. War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

by Smedley Darlington Butler

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Fly by Wire: The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson cover

19. Fly by Wire: The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson

by William Langewiesche

The Secret Chief Revealed cover

20. The Secret Chief Revealed

by Myron J. Stolaroff

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Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Fourth Edition: A Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment cover

21. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Fourth Edition: A Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment

by Russell A. Barkley

The Dice Man cover

22. The Dice Man

by Luke Rhinehart

The Nudist on the Late Shift: And Other True Tales of Silicon Valley cover

23. The Nudist on the Late Shift: And Other True Tales of Silicon Valley

by Po Bronson

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses cover

24. The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

by Eric Ries

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Around the Cragged Hill: A Personal and Political Philosophy cover

25. Around the Cragged Hill: A Personal and Political Philosophy

by George Frost Kennan

The Language of Mathematics: Utilizing Math in Practice cover

26. The Language of Mathematics: Utilizing Math in Practice

by Robert L. Baber

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Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

27. Methods of Mathematics Applied to Calculus, Probability, and Statistics (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Richard W. Hamming

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

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

by George Polya

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

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

by Daniel J. Velleman

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Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects cover

30. Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects

by Peter Menzel, Faith D'Aluisio

The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook, Revised: 40 Ways to Cook Crickets, Grasshoppers, Ants, Water Bugs, Spiders, Centipedes, and Their Kin cover

31. The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook, Revised: 40 Ways to Cook Crickets, Grasshoppers, Ants, Water Bugs, Spiders, Centipedes, and Their Kin

by David George Gordon

Edible: An Adventure into the World of Eating Insects and the Last Great Hope to Save the Planet cover

32. Edible: An Adventure into the World of Eating Insects and the Last Great Hope to Save the Planet

by Daniella Martin

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Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism cover

33. Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism

by Sheldon S. Wolin

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The Crisis of Democracy: Report on the Governability of Democracies to the Trilateral Commission cover

34. The Crisis of Democracy: Report on the Governability of Democracies to the Trilateral Commission

by Michel Crozier, Samuel P. Huntington, Joji Watanuki

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