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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory cover

1. The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

by Brian Greene

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Working Effectively with Legacy Code cover

2. Working Effectively with Legacy Code

by Michael C. Feathers

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Collected Fictions cover

3. Collected Fictions

by Jorge Luis Borges

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Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition cover

4. Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition

by Mark Rippetoe, Lon Kilgore

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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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High Output Management cover

6. High Output Management

by Andrew S. Grove

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The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires cover

7. The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

by Tim Wu

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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) cover

8. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

9. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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10. "A Disgrace to the Profession"

by Mark Steyn

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

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

by Sam Quinones

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The Master and Margarita. Mikhail Bulgakov cover

12. The Master and Margarita. Mikhail Bulgakov

by Mikhail Bulgakov

Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition cover

13. Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition

by Steve McConnell

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The Kerbal Player's Guide: The Easiest Way to Launch a Space Program cover

14. The Kerbal Player's Guide: The Easiest Way to Launch a Space Program

by Jon Manning, Tim Nugent, Alasdair Allan, Paul Fenwick, Paris Buttfield-Addison

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The Kerbal Player's Guide cover

15. The Kerbal Player's Guide

by Jon Manning, Tim Nugent, Alasdair Allan, Paul Fenwick, Paris Buttfield-Addison

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Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum cover

16. Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum

by Leonard Susskind, Art Friedman

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The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics cover

17. The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics

by Leonard Susskind, George Hrabovsky

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The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top Traders cover

18. The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top Traders

by Jack D. Schwager

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Pit Bull: Lessons from Wall Street's Champion Day Trader cover

19. Pit Bull: Lessons from Wall Street's Champion Day Trader

by Martin Schwartz

Hedge Fund Market Wizards: How Winning Traders Win cover

20. Hedge Fund Market Wizards: How Winning Traders Win

by Jack D. Schwager

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Market Wizards, Updated: Interviews With Top Traders cover

21. Market Wizards, Updated: Interviews With Top Traders

by Jack D. Schwager

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More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite (Council on Foreign Relations Books (Penguin Press)) cover

22. More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite (Council on Foreign Relations Books (Penguin Press))

by Sebastian Mallaby

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C# 3.0 Design Patterns: Use the Power of C# 3.0 to Solve Real-World Problems cover

23. C# 3.0 Design Patterns: Use the Power of C# 3.0 to Solve Real-World Problems

by Judith Bishop

Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist cover

24. Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

by Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson

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General Relativity for Mathematicians (Graduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

25. General Relativity for Mathematicians (Graduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Rainer Kurt Sachs, Hongxi Wu

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Delftse Methode (Nederlands voor buitenlanders) cover

26. Delftse Methode (Nederlands voor buitenlanders)

by Abondio Giuseppe Sciarone

Fundamental Neuroscience, Fourth Edition (Squire,Fundamental Neuroscience) cover

27. Fundamental Neuroscience, Fourth Edition (Squire,Fundamental Neuroscience)

by Larry Squire

Quantum Field Theory (Mathematical Surveys and Monographs) cover

28. Quantum Field Theory (Mathematical Surveys and Monographs)

by G. B. Folland

Home Coffee Roasting, Revised, Updated Edition: Romance and Revival cover

29. Home Coffee Roasting, Revised, Updated Edition: Romance and Revival

by Kenneth Davids

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Quantum Mathematical Physics cover

30. Quantum Mathematical Physics

by Walter E. Thirring

Methods of Theoretical Physics, Part I (International Series in Pure and Applied Physics) cover

31. Methods of Theoretical Physics, Part I (International Series in Pure and Applied Physics)

by Philip McCord Morse, Herman Feshbach

Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences cover

32. Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences

by Mary L. Boas, Mary Layne Boas

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Classical Mathematical Physics: Dynamical Systems and Field Theories cover

33. Classical Mathematical Physics: Dynamical Systems and Field Theories

by Walter Thirring

Mathematical Physics (Chicago Lectures in Physics) cover

34. Mathematical Physics (Chicago Lectures in Physics)

by Robert Geroch

Mathematical Methods for Physicists, Seventh Edition: A Comprehensive Guide cover

35. Mathematical Methods for Physicists, Seventh Edition: A Comprehensive Guide

by George Brown Arfken, George B. Arfken, Hans J. Weber, Frank E. Harris

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The Geometry of Physics: An Introduction cover

36. The Geometry of Physics: An Introduction

by Theodore Frankel

Mathematical Tools for Physics (Dover Books on Physics) cover

37. Mathematical Tools for Physics (Dover Books on Physics)

by James C. Nearing

Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition (Principles of Neural Science (Kandel)) cover

38. Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition (Principles of Neural Science (Kandel))

by Eric R. Kandel

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Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective cover

39. Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective

by Ha-Joon Chang

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Functional JavaScript cover

40. Functional JavaScript

by Michael Fogus

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The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage cover

41. The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

by Cliff Stoll

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Lingua Latina per se Illustrata, Pars I: Familia Romana cover

42. Lingua Latina per se Illustrata, Pars I: Familia Romana

by Hans Henning Oerberg

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Physics for Mathematicians, Mechanics I cover

43. Physics for Mathematicians, Mechanics I

by Michael Spivak

Methods of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 1 cover

44. Methods of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 1

by Richard Courant, D. Hilbert

Mathematical Physics: A Modern Introduction to Its Foundations cover

45. Mathematical Physics: A Modern Introduction to Its Foundations

by Sadri Hassani

Jamie's Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals cover

46. Jamie's Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals

by Jamie Oliver

The Art of Dreaming cover

47. The Art of Dreaming

by Carlos Castaneda

Dream Yoga: Illuminating Your Life Through Lucid Dreaming and the Tibetan Yogas of Sleep cover

48. Dream Yoga: Illuminating Your Life Through Lucid Dreaming and the Tibetan Yogas of Sleep

by Andrew Holecek

Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain cover

49. Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain

by Mark F. Bear, Barry W. Connors, Michael A. Paradiso

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The Principles of Object-Oriented JavaScript cover

50. The Principles of Object-Oriented JavaScript

by Nicholas C. Zakas

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Quantum Computer Science: An Introduction cover

51. Quantum Computer Science: An Introduction

by N. David Mermin

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The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy cover

52. The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy

by David Graeber

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Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming cover

53. Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming

by Stephen LaBerge, PhD, Howard Rheingold

The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way cover

54. The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way

by Bill Bryson

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The Trisectors (Spectrum) cover

55. The Trisectors (Spectrum)

by Underwood Dudley

A Budget of Trisections cover

56. A Budget of Trisections

by Underwood Dudley

Labyrinths (New Directions Paperbook) cover

57. Labyrinths (New Directions Paperbook)

by Jorge Luis Borges

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What Technology Wants cover

58. What Technology Wants

by Kevin Kelly

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Perfectly Reasonable Deviations…: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman cover

59. Perfectly Reasonable Deviations…: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman

by Richard Phillips Feynman, Michelle Feynman, Timothy Ferris

THE STORY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS cover

60. THE STORY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

by George P. Oslin

Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter cover

61. Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter

by Cass R. Sunstein, Reid Hastie

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA cover

62. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

by Tim Weiner

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JavaScript: The Good Parts cover

63. JavaScript: The Good Parts

by Douglas Crockford, Ke luo ke fu de, Yan xue kun, Douglas Crockford

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Bluetooth Low Energy: The Developer's Handbook cover

64. Bluetooth Low Energy: The Developer's Handbook

by Robin Heydon

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Rebel Buddha: A Guide to a Revolution of Mind cover

65. Rebel Buddha: A Guide to a Revolution of Mind

by Dzogchen Ponlop

Triumph of the Optimists: 101 Years of Global Investment Returns cover

66. Triumph of the Optimists: 101 Years of Global Investment Returns

by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, Mike Staunton