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Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives cover

1. Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives

by Dan Millman

Gestatten: Elite cover

2. Gestatten: Elite

by Julia Friedrichs

Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work cover

3. Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work

by Matthew B. Crawford

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The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil cover

4. The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

by Philip Zimbardo

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Po: Beyond Yes and No cover

5. Po: Beyond Yes and No

by Edward De Bono

Zoning Rules!: The Economics of Land Use Regulation cover

6. Zoning Rules!: The Economics of Land Use Regulation

by William A. Fischel

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On Bullshit cover

7. On Bullshit

by Harry G. Frankfurt

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How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine (HOW - How To) cover

8. How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine (HOW - How To)

by Trisha Greenhalgh

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions) cover

9. Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Henry David Thoreau

Atlanta Nights cover

10. Atlanta Nights

by Travis Tea

The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations cover

11. The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations

by Christopher Lasch

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

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

by Theodore Dalrymple

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Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses cover

13. Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses

by Richard Arum, Josipa Roksa

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Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation cover

14. Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation

by Steven Johnson

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Real-Time Collision Detection (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3-D Technology) cover

15. Real-Time Collision Detection (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3-D Technology)

by Christer Ericson

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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win cover

16. Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

by Jocko Willink, Leif Babin

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Principles of Computational Modelling in Neuroscience cover

17. Principles of Computational Modelling in Neuroscience

by David Sterratt, Bruce Graham, Andrew Gillies, David Willshaw

A Logical Approach to Discrete Math (Texts and Monographs in Computer Science) cover

18. A Logical Approach to Discrete Math (Texts and Monographs in Computer Science)

by David Gries, Fred B. Schneider

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Calculus for the Practical Man cover

19. Calculus for the Practical Man

by J. E. Thompson

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Handbook of Practical Logic and Automated Reasoning cover

20. Handbook of Practical Logic and Automated Reasoning

by John Harrison

Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy (FSG Classics) cover

21. Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy (FSG Classics)

by Jostein Gaarder

The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, the Crossing, Cities of the Plain (Everyman's Library) cover

22. The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, the Crossing, Cities of the Plain (Everyman's Library)

by Cormac McCarthy

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance cover

23. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

by Angela Duckworth

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The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts cover

24. The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts

by Richard E. Susskind, Daniel Susskind

Talk Is Cheap: Sarcasm, Alienation, and the Evolution of Language cover

25. Talk Is Cheap: Sarcasm, Alienation, and the Evolution of Language

by John Haiman

Managing Gigabytes: Compressing and Indexing Documents and Images, Second Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems) cover

26. Managing Gigabytes: Compressing and Indexing Documents and Images, Second Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems)

by Ian H. Witten, Alistair Moffat, Timothy C. Bell

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Bamn: Outlaw Manifestos and Ephemera, 1965-70 cover

27. Bamn: Outlaw Manifestos and Ephemera, 1965-70

by Peter Stansill, David Zane Mairowitz

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Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry in the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth... The Remedy cover

28. Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry in the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth... The Remedy

by Henry George

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The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune cover

29. The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune

by Conor O'Clery

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Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design (Robert C. Martin Series) cover

30. Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design (Robert C. Martin Series)

by Robert C. Martin

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They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions cover

31. They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions

by Paul F. Boller, John H. George

Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West cover

32. Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West

by Cormac McCarthy

Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America cover

33. Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

by Annie Jacobsen

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La Technique: An Illustrated Guide to the Fundamental Techniques of Cooking cover

34. La Technique: An Illustrated Guide to the Fundamental Techniques of Cooking

by Jacques Pépin

Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking cover

35. Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking

by Nathan Myhrvold

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Building a Better Teacher: How Teaching Works (and How to Teach It to Everyone) cover

36. Building a Better Teacher: How Teaching Works (and How to Teach It to Everyone)

by Elizabeth Green

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Effective Modern C++ cover

37. Effective Modern C++

by Scott Meyers

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The C++ Programming Language, 4th Edition cover

38. The C++ Programming Language, 4th Edition

by Bjarne Stroustrup

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Write Mathematics Right: Principles of Professional Presentation, Exemplified with Humor and Thrills cover

39. Write Mathematics Right: Principles of Professional Presentation, Exemplified with Humor and Thrills

by Lanka Radhakrishna

Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (7th Edition) cover

40. Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (7th Edition)

by James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross

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