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The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It cover

1. The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It

by Kelly McGonigal

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Digital Design: With an Introduction to the Verilog HDL cover

2. Digital Design: With an Introduction to the Verilog HDL

by M. Morris Mano, Michael D. Ciletti

Code cover

3. Code

by Charles Petzold

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Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day? (Richard Scarry's Busy World) cover

4. Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day? (Richard Scarry's Busy World)

by Richard Scarry

The Works: Anatomy of a City cover

5. The Works: Anatomy of a City

by Kate Ascher

Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking (Ruhlman's Ratios) cover

6. Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking (Ruhlman's Ratios)

by Michael Ruhlman

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C Programming: A Modern Approach cover

7. C Programming: A Modern Approach

by Kim N. King

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The Voynich Manuscript: Full Color Photographic Edition cover

8. The Voynich Manuscript: Full Color Photographic Edition

by Yavar Ismayilov

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication (with featured article

9. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication (with featured article "The Necessary Art of Persuasion," by Jay A. Conger)

by Harvard Business Review

The Art of Facilitation: The Essentials for Leading Great Meetings and Creating Group Synergy cover

10. The Art of Facilitation: The Essentials for Leading Great Meetings and Creating Group Synergy

by Dale Hunter

Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration cover

11. Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

by Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace

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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, 20th Anniversary Edition cover

12. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, 20th Anniversary Edition

by Patrick M. Lencioni

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Closure: The Definitive Guide cover

13. Closure: The Definitive Guide

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Unlimited Power : The New Science Of Personal Achievement cover

14. Unlimited Power : The New Science Of Personal Achievement

by Tony Robbins

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C Programming Language, 2nd Edition cover

15. C Programming Language, 2nd Edition

by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie

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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business cover

16. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

by Charles Duhigg

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

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

by Barbara Ehrenreich

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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society cover

18. On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

by Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman

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Proofs from THE BOOK cover

19. Proofs from THE BOOK

by Martin Aigner, Günter M. Ziegler

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The Spark in the Machine: How the Science of Acupuncture Explains the Mysteries of Western Medicine cover

20. The Spark in the Machine: How the Science of Acupuncture Explains the Mysteries of Western Medicine

by Daniel Keown

Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc cover

21. Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc

by Hugh Aldersey-Williams

Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself cover

22. Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself

by Sheila Bair

Statistics in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition cover

23. Statistics in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics) cover

24. Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics)

by Christopher M. Bishop

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Adversarial Legalism: The American Way of Law cover

25. Adversarial Legalism: The American Way of Law

by Robert A. Kagan

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On the Grid: A Plot of Land, an Average Neighborhood, and the Systems That Make Our World Work cover

26. On the Grid: A Plot of Land, an Average Neighborhood, and the Systems That Make Our World Work

by Scott Huler

Chemical Warfare Secrets Almost Forgotten: A Personal Story of Medical Testing of Army Volunteers cover

27. Chemical Warfare Secrets Almost Forgotten: A Personal Story of Medical Testing of Army Volunteers

by James S. Ketchum

Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design cover

28. Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design

by Richard Bird

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Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms? when My Lab Tests Are Normal: a Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Hashimoto's Disease and Hypothyroidism cover

29. Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms? when My Lab Tests Are Normal: a Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Hashimoto's Disease and Hypothyroidism

by Datis Kharrazian

The Secret Chief Revealed cover

30. The Secret Chief Revealed

by Myron J. Stolaroff

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Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition cover

31. Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition

by Jon Erickson

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Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, 10th Anniversary Edition cover

32. Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, 10th Anniversary Edition

by John Taylor Gatto

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ARM System Developer's Guide: Designing and Optimizing System Software (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

33. ARM System Developer's Guide: Designing and Optimizing System Software (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

by Andrew Sloss, Dominic Symes, Chris Wright

The Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies cover

34. The Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies

by Ryszard Legutko

Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One) cover

35. Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One)

by Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Andre? Nikolaevich Kolmogorov, M. A. Lavrent'ev

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The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you cover

36. The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

by Rob Fitzpatrick

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DMT: The Spirit Molecule: A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death and Mystical Experiences cover

37. DMT: The Spirit Molecule: A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death and Mystical Experiences

by Rick Strassman MD

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The Voynich Manuscript cover

38. The Voynich Manuscript

by Raymond Clemens, Deborah E. Harkness, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

And Suddenly the Inventor Appeared: TRIZ, the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving cover

39. And Suddenly the Inventor Appeared: TRIZ, the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving

by Genrikh Saulovich Alʹtshuller

The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food cover

40. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food

by Jennifer B. Lee

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Pgp: Source Code and Internals cover

41. Pgp: Source Code and Internals

by Philip R. Zimmermann

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The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy cover

42. The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy

by J. Adam Tooze

On Rhetoric: A Theory of Civic Discourse cover

43. On Rhetoric: A Theory of Civic Discourse

by Aristotle

Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: Expanded Edition cover

44. Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: Expanded Edition

by Lawrence Weschler

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Creative Destruction: How Globalization Is Changing the World's Cultures cover

45. Creative Destruction: How Globalization Is Changing the World's Cultures

by Tyler Cowen

Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health cover

46. Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health

by David Michaels

Self-Directed Behavior: Self-Modification for Personal Adjustment cover

47. Self-Directed Behavior: Self-Modification for Personal Adjustment

by David L. Watson, Roland G. Tharp

Meetings with Remarkable Trees cover

48. Meetings with Remarkable Trees

by Thomas Pakenham

Remarkable Trees of the World cover

49. Remarkable Trees of the World

by Thomas Pakenham

Merchants of Deception: An Insider's Chilling Look at the Worldwide, Multi Billion dollar Conspiracy of lies that is Amway and its Motivational Organizations cover

50. Merchants of Deception: An Insider's Chilling Look at the Worldwide, Multi Billion dollar Conspiracy of lies that is Amway and its Motivational Organizations

by Eric Scheibeler

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success cover

51. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

by Carol S. Dweck

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The Russia I Believe In: The Memoirs of Samuel N. Harper 1902 to 1941 cover

52. The Russia I Believe In: The Memoirs of Samuel N. Harper 1902 to 1941

The American Boy's Handy Book: What to Do and How to Do It, Centennial Edition cover

53. The American Boy's Handy Book: What to Do and How to Do It, Centennial Edition

by Daniel Carter Beard

The Dangerous Book for Boys cover

54. The Dangerous Book for Boys

by Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden

Mathematical Understanding of Nature: Essays on Amazing Physical Phenomena and Their Understanding by Mathematicians cover

55. Mathematical Understanding of Nature: Essays on Amazing Physical Phenomena and Their Understanding by Mathematicians

by V. I. Arnold

Computer Lib/Dream Machines, Revised Edition cover

56. Computer Lib/Dream Machines, Revised Edition

by Theodor H. Nelson

Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models Of The Fundamental Mechanisms Of Thought cover

57. Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models Of The Fundamental Mechanisms Of Thought

by Douglas R. Hofstadter, Fluid Analogies Research Group

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In the Theater of Consciousness: The Workspace of the Mind cover

58. In the Theater of Consciousness: The Workspace of the Mind

by Bernard J. Baars

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Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders cover

59. Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders

by Warren Buffett