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Discrete Mathematics with Applications cover

1. Discrete Mathematics with Applications

by Susanna S. Epp

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The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles cover

2. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

by Steven Pressfield

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Do the Work: Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way cover

3. Do the Work: Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way

by Steven Pressfield

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Docker in Practice cover

4. Docker in Practice

by Ian Miell, Aidan Hobson Sayers

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The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing: A Guide to Growing More Profitably cover

5. The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing: A Guide to Growing More Profitably

by Thomas T. Nagle, John E. Hogan (Ph. D.)

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Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value (and How to Take Advantage of It) cover

6. Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value (and How to Take Advantage of It)

by William Poundstone

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion cover

7. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

by Jonathan Haidt

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Book Yourself Solid: The Fastest, Easiest, and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle Even if You Hate Marketing and Selling cover

8. Book Yourself Solid: The Fastest, Easiest, and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle Even if You Hate Marketing and Selling

by Michael Port

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Getting Started in Consulting cover

9. Getting Started in Consulting

by Alan Weiss

Refinery Town: Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of an American City cover

10. Refinery Town: Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of an American City

by Steve Early

Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light cover

11. Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light

by Jane Brox

The Pot and How to Use It: The Mystery and Romance of the Rice Cooker cover

12. The Pot and How to Use It: The Mystery and Romance of the Rice Cooker

by Roger Ebert

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Authority: Become an Expert, Build a Following, and Gain Financial Independence cover

13. Authority: Become an Expert, Build a Following, and Gain Financial Independence

by Nathan Barry

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Compiling with Continuations cover

14. Compiling with Continuations

by Andrew W. Appel

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The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex cover

15. The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex

by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence INCITE!

Seven Secret Strategies to Launch Successful Startups: Most Effective and Time-tested Strategies Extracted From The DNA of Top Companies like Tesla, Amazon, Uber, Quora & Reddit cover

16. Seven Secret Strategies to Launch Successful Startups: Most Effective and Time-tested Strategies Extracted From The DNA of Top Companies like Tesla, Amazon, Uber, Quora & Reddit

by Akhil Anil

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The Gutenberg Galaxy cover

17. The Gutenberg Galaxy

by Marshall McLuhan, W. Terrence Gordon, Elena Lamberti, Dominique Scheffel-Dunand

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Hiding from the Internet: Eliminating Personal Online Information cover

18. Hiding from the Internet: Eliminating Personal Online Information

by Michael Bazzell

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

19. 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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Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud cover

20. Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud

by Brendan Gregg

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The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement cover

21. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

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Causal Inference in Statistics: A Primer cover

22. Causal Inference in Statistics: A Primer

by Judea Pearl, Madelyn Glymour, Nicholas P. Jewell

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Abstract Algebra: Theory and Applications cover

23. Abstract Algebra: Theory and Applications

by Thomas W. Judson

Contemporary Abstract Algebra Fifth Edition cover

24. Contemporary Abstract Algebra Fifth Edition

by Joseph A. Gallian

The Art of Readable Code: Simple and Practical Techniques for Writing Better Code (Theory in Practice) cover

25. The Art of Readable Code: Simple and Practical Techniques for Writing Better Code (Theory in Practice)

by Dustin Boswell, Trevor Foucher

Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional Designers (German and English Edition) cover

26. Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional Designers (German and English Edition)

by Josef Müller-Brockmann

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Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money cover

27. Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money

by Nathaniel Popper

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Evolutionary Psychology: A Critical Introduction cover

28. Evolutionary Psychology: A Critical Introduction

by Christopher Badcock

Abstract Algebra, 3rd Edition cover

29. Abstract Algebra, 3rd Edition

by David S. Dummit

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Ruby Under a Microscope: An Illustrated Guide to Ruby Internals cover

30. Ruby Under a Microscope: An Illustrated Guide to Ruby Internals

by Pat Shaughnessy

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Metaprogramming Ruby 2: Program Like the Ruby Pros (Facets of Ruby) cover

31. Metaprogramming Ruby 2: Program Like the Ruby Pros (Facets of Ruby)

by Paolo Perrotta

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Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety cover

32. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

by Eric Schlosser

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The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics cover

33. The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics

by Richard Davenport-Hines, Richard Peter Treadwell Davenport-Hines

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The Phenomenon of Science: A Cybernetic Approach to Human Evolution cover

34. The Phenomenon of Science: A Cybernetic Approach to Human Evolution

by Valentin Fedorovich Turchin

Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (2nd Edition) cover

35. Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (2nd Edition)

by Alfred V. Aho

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Algebra: Chapter 0 (Graduate Studies in Mathematics) cover

36. Algebra: Chapter 0 (Graduate Studies in Mathematics)

by Paolo Aluffi

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Funded: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Your First Round cover

37. Funded: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Your First Round

by Katherine Hague

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Leibniz: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) cover

38. Leibniz: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

by Maria Rosa Antognazza

Monetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price cover

39. Monetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price

by Madhavan Ramanujam, Georg Tacke

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Graphic Idea Notebook: A Treasury of Solutions to Visual Problems cover

40. Graphic Idea Notebook: A Treasury of Solutions to Visual Problems

by Jan V. White

Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference cover

41. Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference

by William R. Shadish, Thomas D. Cook, Donald Thomas Campbell

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Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest cover

42. Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest

by Zeynep Tufekci

Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s cover

43. Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s

by Frederick L. Allen

The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz cover

44. The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz

by Aaron Swartz

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The Economic Growth Engine: How Energy and Work Drive Material Prosperity (The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis) cover

45. The Economic Growth Engine: How Energy and Work Drive Material Prosperity (The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis)

by Robert U. Ayres, Benjamin Warr

Buy Jupiter and Other Stories cover

46. Buy Jupiter and Other Stories

by Isaac Asimov

Easy Meat: Inside Britain's Grooming Gang Scandal cover

47. Easy Meat: Inside Britain's Grooming Gang Scandal

by Peter McLoughlin

Technical Blogging: Turn Your Expertise into a Remarkable Online Presence cover

48. Technical Blogging: Turn Your Expertise into a Remarkable Online Presence

by Antonio Cangiano

DK Workbooks: Coding in Scratch: Games Workbook cover

49. DK Workbooks: Coding in Scratch: Games Workbook

by Jon Woodcock, Steve Setford

The Father's Almanac cover

50. The Father's Almanac

by St. Clair Adams Sullivan

Dead on Arrival: How to Avoid the Legal Mistakes That Could Kill Your Start-Up cover

51. Dead on Arrival: How to Avoid the Legal Mistakes That Could Kill Your Start-Up

by Roger Royse

High Output Management cover

52. High Output Management

by Andrew S. Grove

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Cocoa Programming for OS X: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (5th Edition) (Big Nerd Ranch Guides) cover

53. Cocoa Programming for OS X: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (5th Edition) (Big Nerd Ranch Guides)

by Aaron Hillegass, Adam Preble, Nate Chandler

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Swift Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (2nd Edition) (Big Nerd Ranch Guides) cover

54. Swift Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (2nd Edition) (Big Nerd Ranch Guides)

by Matthew Mathias, John Gallagher

Stand Firm: Resisting the Self-Improvement Craze cover

55. Stand Firm: Resisting the Self-Improvement Craze

by Svend Brinkmann