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Debt: The First 5,000 Years cover

1. Debt: The First 5,000 Years

by David Graeber

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Calendrical Calculations cover

2. Calendrical Calculations

by Nachum Dershowitz, Edward M. Reingold

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Shades of Noir (Haymarket) cover

3. Shades of Noir (Haymarket)

by Joan Copjec

Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. cover

4. Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

by Ron Chernow

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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) cover

5. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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Rediscovering Mathematics: You Do the Math (Classroom Resource Materials) cover

6. Rediscovering Mathematics: You Do the Math (Classroom Resource Materials)

by Shai Simonson

The C Programming Language cover

7. The C Programming Language

by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie

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Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas cover

8. Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

by Seymour A. Papert

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How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (A Touchstone book) cover

9. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (A Touchstone book)

by Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren

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How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life cover

10. How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life

by Thomas Gilovich

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Inequality: What Can Be Done? cover

11. Inequality: What Can Be Done?

by Anthony B. Atkinson

Pay without Performance: The Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation cover

12. Pay without Performance: The Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation

by Lucian Bebchuk, Jesse Fried

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Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right cover

13. Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right

by Jane Mayer

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Confessions of a Wildlife Filmmaker: The Challenges of Staying Honest in an Industry Where Ratings Are King cover

14. Confessions of a Wildlife Filmmaker: The Challenges of Staying Honest in an Industry Where Ratings Are King

by Chris Palmer

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution cover

15. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

by Steven Levy

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Pain Free at Your PC: Using a Computer Doesn't Have to Hurt cover

16. Pain Free at Your PC: Using a Computer Doesn't Have to Hurt

by Pete Egoscue, Roger Gittines

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Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain cover

17. Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain

by Pete Egoscue, Roger Gittines

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Stochastic Processes: Theory for Applications cover

18. Stochastic Processes: Theory for Applications

by Robert G. Gallager

Kofemolka cover

19. Kofemolka

by Михаил Идов

Loving Learning: How Progressive Education Can Save America's Schools cover

20. Loving Learning: How Progressive Education Can Save America's Schools

by Tom Little, Katherine Ellison

The Cannabis Health Index: Combining the Science of Medical Marijuana with Mindfulness Techniques To Heal 100 Chronic Symptoms and Diseases cover

21. The Cannabis Health Index: Combining the Science of Medical Marijuana with Mindfulness Techniques To Heal 100 Chronic Symptoms and Diseases

by Uwe Blesching

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22. Betrayers of the Truth (Oxford Paperback Reference)

by William J. Broad, Nicholas Wade

The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must cover

23. The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must

by Robert Zubrin

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What Customers Want: Using Outcome-Driven Innovation to Create Breakthrough Products and Services cover

24. What Customers Want: Using Outcome-Driven Innovation to Create Breakthrough Products and Services

by Anthony Ulwick

Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP cover

25. Designing for Scalability with Erlang/OTP

by Francesco Cesarini, Simon Thompson, Steve Vinoski

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Make It So: Interaction Design Lessons from Science Fiction cover

26. Make It So: Interaction Design Lessons from Science Fiction

by Nathan Shedroff, Christopher Noessel

The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World cover

27. The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World

by David Kirkpatrick

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Cyberspies: The Secret History of Surveillance, Hacking, and Digital Espionage cover

28. Cyberspies: The Secret History of Surveillance, Hacking, and Digital Espionage

by Gordon Corera

FArTHER cover

29. FArTHER

by Grahame Baker-Smith

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Sam and Dave Dig a Hole cover

30. Sam and Dave Dig a Hole

by Mac Barnett

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Programming Perl cover

31. Programming Perl

by Tom Christiansen, brian foy, Larry Wall, Jon Orwant

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