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The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It cover

1. The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

by Michael E. Gerber

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Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life cover

2. Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life

by Jim Benson, Tonianne DeMaria Barry

Donald McLeod's Gloomy memories in the Highlands of Scotland: versus Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's Sunny memories in (England) a foreign land, or, A ... Celtic race from the Highlands of Scotland cover

3. Donald McLeod's Gloomy memories in the Highlands of Scotland: versus Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's Sunny memories in (England) a foreign land, or, A ... Celtic race from the Highlands of Scotland

Microservices vs. Service-Oriented Architecture cover

4. Microservices vs. Service-Oriented Architecture

Elixir in Action cover

5. Elixir in Action

by Saša Juric

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Bayesian Data Analysis, Third Edition (Chapman & Hall/CRC Texts in Statistical Science) cover

6. Bayesian Data Analysis, Third Edition (Chapman & Hall/CRC Texts in Statistical Science)

by Andrew Gelman, John B. Carlin, Hal S. Stern, David B. Dunson, Aki Vehtari, Donald B. Rubin

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The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics cover

7. The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

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Dictator's Handbook: A Practical Manual for the Aspiring Tyrant cover

8. Dictator's Handbook: A Practical Manual for the Aspiring Tyrant

by Randall Wood, Carmine DeLuca

The Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field cover

9. The Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field

by Jacques Hadamard

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Algorithmic Learning in a Random World cover

10. Algorithmic Learning in a Random World

by Vladimir Vovk, Alexander Gammerman, Glenn Shafer

Rtfm: Red Team Field Manual cover

11. Rtfm: Red Team Field Manual

by Ben Clark

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Everest: The Unclimbed Ridge cover

12. Everest: The Unclimbed Ridge

Badass: Making Users Awesome cover

13. Badass: Making Users Awesome

by Kathy Sierra

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A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming (3rd Edition) cover

14. A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming (3rd Edition)

by Mark G. Sobell

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The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism cover

15. The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

by Naoki Higashida

The Aisles Have Eyes: How Retailers Track Your Shopping, Strip Your Privacy, and Define Your Power cover

16. The Aisles Have Eyes: How Retailers Track Your Shopping, Strip Your Privacy, and Define Your Power

by Joseph Turow

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Restart: The Last Chance for the Indian Economy cover

17. Restart: The Last Chance for the Indian Economy

by Mihir S. Sharma

The Grammar of Graphics (Statistics and Computing) cover

18. The Grammar of Graphics (Statistics and Computing)

by Leland Wilkinson

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Cryptography Engineering: Design Principles and Practical Applications cover

19. Cryptography Engineering: Design Principles and Practical Applications

by Niels Ferguson, Bruce Schneier, Tadayoshi Kohno

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Designing Effective Wizards: A Multidisciplinary Approach cover

20. Designing Effective Wizards: A Multidisciplinary Approach

by Daina Pupons Wickham

Silicon Snake Oil cover

21. Silicon Snake Oil

by Clifford Stoll

In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination cover

22. In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination

by Margaret Atwood

Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking cover

23. Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

by David Bayles, Ted Orland

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Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story cover

24. Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story

by Dave Marsh

Shrinking the Technosphere: Getting a Grip on Technologies that Limit our Autonomy, Self-Sufficiency and Freedom cover

25. Shrinking the Technosphere: Getting a Grip on Technologies that Limit our Autonomy, Self-Sufficiency and Freedom

by Dmitry Orlov

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Who Goes First?: The Story of Self-Experimentation in Medicine cover

26. Who Goes First?: The Story of Self-Experimentation in Medicine

by Lawrence K. Altman

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Dhalgren cover

27. Dhalgren

by Samuel R. Delany

HBR Guide to Better Business Writing (HBR Guide Series) cover

28. HBR Guide to Better Business Writing (HBR Guide Series)

by Bryan Garner

The Object Primer: The Application Developer's Guide to Object-Orientation (SIGS: Managing Object Technology) cover

29. The Object Primer: The Application Developer's Guide to Object-Orientation (SIGS: Managing Object Technology)

by Scott W. Ambler

Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (12th Edition) cover

30. Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (12th Edition)

by Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup

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Object-Oriented Software Construction (Book/CD-ROM) (2nd Edition) cover

31. Object-Oriented Software Construction (Book/CD-ROM) (2nd Edition)

by Bertrand Meyer

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How to Disappear: Erase Your Digital Footprint, Leave False Trails, And Vanish Without A Trace cover

32. How to Disappear: Erase Your Digital Footprint, Leave False Trails, And Vanish Without A Trace

by Frank Ahearn, Eileen Horan

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Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business, and the World cover

33. Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business, and the World

by Don Tapscott, Alex Tapscott

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Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies cover

34. Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies

by Andreas M. Antonopoulos

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

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

by Nathaniel Popper

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The Business Blockchain: Promise, Practice, and Application of the Next Internet Technology cover

36. The Business Blockchain: Promise, Practice, and Application of the Next Internet Technology

by William Mougayar

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