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The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology) cover

1. The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology)

by Joseph Tainter

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The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry cover

2. The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry

by William K. Black

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The Park Chung Hee Era: The Transformation of South Korea cover

3. The Park Chung Hee Era: The Transformation of South Korea

by Byung-Kook Kim, Ezra F. Vogel

Morir joven, a los 140 cover

4. Morir joven, a los 140

by Maria A. Blasco, Mónica G. Salomone

The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top Traders cover

5. The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top Traders

by Jack D. Schwager

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One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The Market cover

6. One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The Market

by Peter Lynch, John Rothchild

The Naked Trader: How anyone can make money trading shares cover

7. The Naked Trader: How anyone can make money trading shares

How to Read The Financial Pages cover

8. How to Read The Financial Pages

by Peter Passell

Doing Bayesian Data Analysis, Second Edition: A Tutorial with R, JAGS, and Stan cover

9. Doing Bayesian Data Analysis, Second Edition: A Tutorial with R, JAGS, and Stan

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The Minute Men: The First Fight: Myths and Realities of the American Revolution (History of War) cover

10. The Minute Men: The First Fight: Myths and Realities of the American Revolution (History of War)

by John R. Galvin

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

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

by Ph.D. Steel, Piers

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Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners cover

12. Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners

by Larry Harris

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Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering cover

13. Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering

by Robert L. Glass

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The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing cover

14. The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing

by Mel Lindauer, Taylor Larimore, Michael LeBoeuf

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Financial Times Guide to Investing: The Definitive Guide to Investment & the Financial Markets, 3rd ed. (Financial Times Guides) cover

15. Financial Times Guide to Investing: The Definitive Guide to Investment & the Financial Markets, 3rd ed. (Financial Times Guides)

by Glen Arnold

The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio cover

16. The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio

by William Bernstein

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New Light on the Black Death cover

17. New Light on the Black Death

by M. G. L. Baillie

Java Performance: The Definitive Guide cover

18. Java Performance: The Definitive Guide

by Scott Oaks

Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts cover

19. Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

by Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson

Thinking in Systems: A Primer cover

20. Thinking in Systems: A Primer

by Donella Meadows

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Java Performance cover

21. Java Performance

by Charlie Hunt, Binu John

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Adam's Tongue: How Humans Made Language, How Language Made Humans cover

22. Adam's Tongue: How Humans Made Language, How Language Made Humans

by Derek Bickerton

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Life after doomsday: A survivalist guide to nuclear war and other major disasters cover

23. Life after doomsday: A survivalist guide to nuclear war and other major disasters

by Bruce D. Clayton

Bad Times Primer: A Complete Guide to Survival on a Budget cover

24. Bad Times Primer: A Complete Guide to Survival on a Budget

by C. G. Cobb

Total Resistance cover

25. Total Resistance

by H. Von Dach

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Thinking About Survival cover

26. Thinking About Survival

by Bruce Clayton

Nuclear War Survival Skills: Updated and Expanded 1987 Edition cover

27. Nuclear War Survival Skills: Updated and Expanded 1987 Edition

by Cresson H. Kearny

Tappan On Survival cover

28. Tappan On Survival

by Mel Tappan

The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse cover

29. The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse

by Fernando Ferfal Aguirre

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Listomania: A World of Fascinating Facts in Graphic Detail cover

30. Listomania: A World of Fascinating Facts in Graphic Detail

by The Listomaniacs

The Black Death (Manchester Medieval Sources MUP) cover

31. The Black Death (Manchester Medieval Sources MUP)

by Rosemay Horrox

Market Wizards: Interviews with Mark Weinstein, High-Percentage Trader and Brian Gelber, Broken Turned Trader cover

32. Market Wizards: Interviews with Mark Weinstein, High-Percentage Trader and Brian Gelber, Broken Turned Trader

by Jack D. Schwager

The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory cover

33. The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory

by John Seabrook

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Biodesign: The Process of Innovating Medical Technologies cover

34. Biodesign: The Process of Innovating Medical Technologies

by Paul G. Yock

Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets cover

35. Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets

by Peter Van der Linden

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C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software cover

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

by David R. Hanson

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F*ck Feelings: One Shrink's Practical Advice for Managing All Life's Impossible Problems cover

37. F*ck Feelings: One Shrink's Practical Advice for Managing All Life's Impossible Problems

by Michael Bennett, MD, Michael Bennett, Sarah Bennett

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

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

by TJ O'Connor

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Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems cover

39. Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems

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Breaking Clean cover

40. Breaking Clean

by Judy Blunt

Miles from Nowhere: Tales from America's Contemporary Frontier cover

41. Miles from Nowhere: Tales from America's Contemporary Frontier

by Dayton Duncan

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