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The Oxygen Revolution: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: The Groundbreaking New Treatment for Stroke, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Arthritis, Autism, Learning Disabilities and More cover

1. The Oxygen Revolution: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: The Groundbreaking New Treatment for Stroke, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Arthritis, Autism, Learning Disabilities and More

by Paul Harch, Virginia McCullough

The Killing Zone, Second Edition: How & Why Pilots Die cover

2. The Killing Zone, Second Edition: How & Why Pilots Die

by Paul A. Craig

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The Last Dive: A Father and Son's Fatal Descent into the Ocean's Depths cover

3. The Last Dive: A Father and Son's Fatal Descent into the Ocean's Depths

by Bernie Chowdhury

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community cover

4. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community

by Robert D. Putnam

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Beyond the Deep: The Deadly Descent into the World's Most Treacherous Cave cover

5. Beyond the Deep: The Deadly Descent into the World's Most Treacherous Cave

by William C. Stone, Barbara Anne Am Ende, Monte Paulsen

The Cenotes of the Riviera Maya 2016 cover

6. The Cenotes of the Riviera Maya 2016

by Steve Penn Gerrard

Caverns Measureless to Man cover

7. Caverns Measureless to Man

by Sheck Exley

The Darkness Beckons: The History and Development of Cave Diving cover

8. The Darkness Beckons: The History and Development of Cave Diving

by Martyn Farr

A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age cover

9. A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age

by Jimmy Soni, Rob Goodman

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Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent cover

10. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

by Harvey Silverglate

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Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study cover

11. Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study

by George E. Vaillant

Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II cover

12. Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II

by Robert Kurson

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Basic Economics cover

13. Basic Economics

by Thomas Sowell

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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man cover

14. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

by John Perkins

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Protein Power: The High-Protein/Low Carbohydrate Way to Lose Weight, Feel Fit, and Boost Your Health-in Just Weeks! cover

15. Protein Power: The High-Protein/Low Carbohydrate Way to Lose Weight, Feel Fit, and Boost Your Health-in Just Weeks!

by Michael R. Eades

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Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution: The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars cover

16. Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution: The Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars

by Richard K. Bernstein

23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism cover

17. 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism

by Ha-Joon Chang

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Calculus: Early Transcendentals cover

18. Calculus: Early Transcendentals

by James Stewart

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All of Statistics: A Concise Course in Statistical Inference (Springer Texts in Statistics) cover

19. All of Statistics: A Concise Course in Statistical Inference (Springer Texts in Statistics)

by Larry Wasserman

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Fundamentals of Modern Statistical Methods: Substantially Improving Power and Accuracy cover

20. Fundamentals of Modern Statistical Methods: Substantially Improving Power and Accuracy

by Rand R. Wilcox

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

21. 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: Programming the Open Blockchain cover

22. Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain

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Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD: The CIA, the Sixties, and Beyond cover

23. Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD: The CIA, the Sixties, and Beyond

by Martin A. Lee, Bruce Shlain

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Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success cover

24. Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success

by Brad Stulberg, Steve Magness

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The Innovation Illusion: How So Little Is Created by So Many Working So Hard cover

25. The Innovation Illusion: How So Little Is Created by So Many Working So Hard

by Fredrik Erixon, Björn Weigel

Heuristic Search: Theory and Applications cover

26. Heuristic Search: Theory and Applications

by Stefan Edelkamp, Stefan Schrödl

Catching a Deckload of Dreams - Chuck Bundrant and the Story of Trident Seafoods cover

27. Catching a Deckload of Dreams - Chuck Bundrant and the Story of Trident Seafoods

by John Van Amerongen

All of Nonparametric Statistics (Springer Texts in Statistics) cover

28. All of Nonparametric Statistics (Springer Texts in Statistics)

by Larry Wasserman

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Bamn: Outlaw Manifestos and Ephemera, 1965-70 cover

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

by Peter Stansill, David Zane Mairowitz

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The Vocation of Business: Social Justice in the Marketplace cover

30. The Vocation of Business: Social Justice in the Marketplace

by John C. Médaille

Introduction to Elementary Particles cover

31. Introduction to Elementary Particles

by David Jeffrey Griffiths

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Introduction to Quantum Mechanics cover

32. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

by David Jeffery Griffiths

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Introduction to Electrodynamics 4e cover

33. Introduction to Electrodynamics 4e

by David Jeffery Griffiths

34. "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character

by Richard Phillips Feynman, Ralph Leighton

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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) cover

35. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)

by Richard Phillips Feynman, Ralph Leighton

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How Google Tests Software cover

36. How Google Tests Software

by James A. Whittaker, Jason Arbon, Jeff Carollo

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Clojure Cookbook: Recipes for Functional Programming cover

37. Clojure Cookbook: Recipes for Functional Programming

by Luke VanderHart, Ryan Neufeld

Clojure Programming: Practical Lisp for the Java World cover

38. Clojure Programming: Practical Lisp for the Java World

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The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, Updated and Expanded cover

39. The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, Updated and Expanded

by Michael Watkins

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Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life (Norton Paperback) cover

40. Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life (Norton Paperback)

by Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff

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Yes, You Can Get A Financial Life!: Your Lifetime Guide to Financial Planning cover

41. Yes, You Can Get A Financial Life!: Your Lifetime Guide to Financial Planning

by Ben Stein, Phil DeMuth

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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code cover

42. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code

by Martin Fowler, Kent Beck

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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship cover

43. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Robert C. Martin

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Fitzhugh Haiku cover

44. Fitzhugh Haiku

by Asie Oz

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