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Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces cover

1. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces

by Radley Balko

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Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet cover

2. Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet

by Katie Hafner, Matthew Lyon

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Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age cover

3. Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age

by Michael A. Hiltzik

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Who Is Fourier? A Mathematical Adventure 2nd Edition cover

4. Who Is Fourier? A Mathematical Adventure 2nd Edition

by Transnational College of Lex

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What is DNA? A Biology Adventure cover

5. What is DNA? A Biology Adventure

by Transnational College of Lex

What is Quantum Mechanics? A Physics Adventure - Second Edition cover

6. What is Quantum Mechanics? A Physics Adventure - Second Edition

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The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal cover

7. The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal

by M. Mitchell Waldrop

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The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels cover

8. The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels

by Alex Epstein

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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products cover

9. Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

by Nir Eyal

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Barefoot Gen, Vol. 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima cover

10. Barefoot Gen, Vol. 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima

by Keiji Nakazawa, Art Spiegelman

Elements of Intuitionism (Oxford Logic Guides) cover

11. Elements of Intuitionism (Oxford Logic Guides)

by Michael Dummett

Religions of Iran: From Prehistory to the Present cover

12. Religions of Iran: From Prehistory to the Present

by Richard Foltz

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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking cover

13. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

by Susan Cain

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The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation cover

14. The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

by Jon Gertner

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The Department of Mad Scientists: How DARPA Is Remaking Our World, from the Internet to Artificial Limbs cover

15. The Department of Mad Scientists: How DARPA Is Remaking Our World, from the Internet to Artificial Limbs

by Michael Belfiore

The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles cover

16. The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles

by Terry Wahls M.D.

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How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less cover

17. How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less

by Cal Newport

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Gentleman Jim cover

18. Gentleman Jim

by Raymond Briggs

When the Wind Blows cover

19. When the Wind Blows

by Raymond Briggs

El Narco: The Bloody Rise of Mexican Drug Cartels cover

20. El Narco: The Bloody Rise of Mexican Drug Cartels

by Ioan Grillo

SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide cover

21. SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide

by Daniel J. Barrett, Richard E. Silverman, Robert G. Byrnes

The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section:

22. The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility" (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass cover

23. Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass

by Theodore Dalrymple

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100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings: How to Get By Without Even Trying cover

24. 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings: How to Get By Without Even Trying

by Sarah Cooper

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Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself cover

25. Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself

by Daniel H. Pink

Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic cover

26. Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic

by Sam Quinones

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The Artist's Complete Guide to Facial Expression cover

27. The Artist's Complete Guide to Facial Expression

by Gary Faigin

Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation: Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged cover

28. Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation: Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged

by Ian Stevenson

Clojure Inside Out cover

29. Clojure Inside Out

High Energy Astrophysics cover

30. High Energy Astrophysics

by Malcolm S. Longair

Trask's Historical Linguistics cover

31. Trask's Historical Linguistics

by Robert McColl Millar

The Power of Intuition: How to Use Your Gut Feelings to Make Better Decisions at Work cover

32. The Power of Intuition: How to Use Your Gut Feelings to Make Better Decisions at Work

by Gary Klein

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Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise cover

33. Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

by Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool

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The Bell Jar cover

34. The Bell Jar

by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar (Modern Classics) cover

35. The Bell Jar (Modern Classics)

by Sylvia Plath

Have Fun at Work cover

36. Have Fun at Work

by William L. Livingston

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