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Linear Algebra, With Applications (Sixth Edition) cover

1. Linear Algebra, With Applications (Sixth Edition)

The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court cover

2. The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court

by Bob Woodward, Scott Armstrong

Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People cover

3. Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People

by Mahzarin R. Banaji, Anthony G. Greenwald

Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It cover

4. Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It

by Gary Taubes

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Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom cover

5. Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom

by Daniel T. Willingham

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Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future cover

6. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

by Ashlee Vance

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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America cover

7. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

by Barbara Ehrenreich

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The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America cover

8. The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America

by George Packer

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Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens cover

9. Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens

by Nicholas Shaxson

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Understanding Exposure, 3rd Edition: How to Shoot Great Photographs with Any Camera cover

10. Understanding Exposure, 3rd Edition: How to Shoot Great Photographs with Any Camera

by Bryan Peterson

Learner-Centered Design of Computing Education: Research on Computing for Everyone (Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics) cover

11. Learner-Centered Design of Computing Education: Research on Computing for Everyone (Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics)

by Mark Guzdial

Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing (MIT Press) cover

12. Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing (MIT Press)

by Jane Margolis, Allan Fisher

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The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke cover

13. The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke

by Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi

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The Gluten Lie: And Other Myths About What You Eat cover

14. The Gluten Lie: And Other Myths About What You Eat

by Alan Levinovitz

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How to Win Friends & Influence People cover

15. How to Win Friends & Influence People

by Dale Carnegie

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Strong on Defense cover

16. Strong on Defense

by Sanford Strong

Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines cover

17. Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines

by Apple Computer, Inc

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AMIGA User Interface Style Guide cover

18. AMIGA User Interface Style Guide

by Commodore-Amiga, Inc

The Ocean of Life: The Fate of Man and the Sea cover

19. The Ocean of Life: The Fate of Man and the Sea

by Callum Roberts

1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created cover

20. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

by Charles C. Mann

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Jay Shafer's DIY Book of Backyard Sheds & Tiny Houses: Build Your Own Guest Cottage, Writing Studio, Home Office, Craft Workshop, or Personal Retreat cover

21. Jay Shafer's DIY Book of Backyard Sheds & Tiny Houses: Build Your Own Guest Cottage, Writing Studio, Home Office, Craft Workshop, or Personal Retreat

by Jay Shafer

A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal cover

22. A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal

by Ben Macintyre

The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA's Final Showdown with the KGB cover

23. The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA's Final Showdown with the KGB

by Milt Bearden, James Risen

Missions, methodes, techniques speciales des services secrets au 21e siecle (French Edition) cover

24. Missions, methodes, techniques speciales des services secrets au 21e siecle (French Edition)

by Lieutenant-Colonel X., Jacques Léger

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The First Directorate: My 32 Years in Intelligence and Espionage Against the West cover

25. The First Directorate: My 32 Years in Intelligence and Espionage Against the West

by Oleg Kalugin, Fen Montaigne

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The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (Robert C. Martin Series) cover

26. The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (Robert C. Martin Series)

by Robert C. Martin

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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty cover

27. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

by Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

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Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft cover

28. Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft

by G. Pascal Zachary

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Why Not Socialism? cover

29. Why Not Socialism?

by G. A. Cohen

Why Not Capitalism? cover

30. Why Not Capitalism?

by Jason Brennan

Debt: The First 5,000 Years cover

31. Debt: The First 5,000 Years

by David Graeber

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Mushrooms Demystified cover

32. Mushrooms Demystified

by David Arora

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The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures cover

33. The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures

by Dan Roam

The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan: How to Take Charge, Build Your Team, and Get Immediate Results cover

34. The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan: How to Take Charge, Build Your Team, and Get Immediate Results

by George B. Bradt, Jayme A. Check, Jorge E. Pedraza

Ancient Mariner: The Arctic Adventures of Samuel Hearne, the Sailor Who Inspired Coleridge's Masterpiece cover

35. Ancient Mariner: The Arctic Adventures of Samuel Hearne, the Sailor Who Inspired Coleridge's Masterpiece

by Kenneth McGoogan

2. Introduction to Data Analysis with cover

36. 2. Introduction to Data Analysis with

by Sandy Ryza, Uri Laserson, Sean Owen, Josh Wills

The 2-Hour Job Search: Using Technology to Get the Right Job Faster cover

37. The 2-Hour Job Search: Using Technology to Get the Right Job Faster

by Steve Dalton