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Strange Gods: A Secular History of Conversion cover

1. Strange Gods: A Secular History of Conversion

by Susan Jacoby

The Practice of Cloud System Administration: DevOps and SRE Practices for Web Services, Volume 2 cover

2. The Practice of Cloud System Administration: DevOps and SRE Practices for Web Services, Volume 2

by Tom Limoncelli, Thomas Limoncelli, Strata R. Chalup, Christina J. Hogan

The Practice of System and Network Administration, Second Edition cover

3. The Practice of System and Network Administration, Second Edition

by Thomas A. Limoncelli, Tom Limoncelli, Christina J. Hogan, Strata R. Chalup

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The Sketchnote Handbook: the illustrated guide to visual note taking cover

4. The Sketchnote Handbook: the illustrated guide to visual note taking

by Mike Rohde

The GREGG Shorthand Manual Simplified cover

5. The GREGG Shorthand Manual Simplified

by John R. Gregg, Louis A. Leslie, Charles E. Zoubek

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Ferrari Por Leon (Prologo De Andrea Giunta) cover

6. Ferrari Por Leon (Prologo De Andrea Giunta)

by Andrea Wain

Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

7. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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A Course of Higher Mathematics: Adiwes International Series in Mathematics cover

8. A Course of Higher Mathematics: Adiwes International Series in Mathematics

Threaded Interpretive Languages: Their Design and Implementation cover

9. Threaded Interpretive Languages: Their Design and Implementation

by R. G. Loeliger

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War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires cover

10. War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires

by Peter Turchin

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Samson Wright's Applied Physiology, Thirteenth Edition (Oxford Medicine Publications) cover

11. Samson Wright's Applied Physiology, Thirteenth Edition (Oxford Medicine Publications)

by Samson Wright, Cyril Arthur Keele, Eric Neil, Norman Joels

How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease cover

12. How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

by Michael Greger, Gene Stone

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Death March (2nd Edition) cover

13. Death March (2nd Edition)

by Edward Yourdon

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The Market Gardener: A Successful Grower's Handbook for Small-scale Organic Farming cover

14. The Market Gardener: A Successful Grower's Handbook for Small-scale Organic Farming

by Jean-Martin Fortier, Marie Bilodeau

Visual Thinking for Design (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies) cover

15. Visual Thinking for Design (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies)

by Colin Ware

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Purely Functional Data Structures cover

16. Purely Functional Data Structures

by Chris Okasaki

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From Frege to Godel: A Source Book in Mathematical Logic, 1879-1931 (Source Books in History of Sciences) cover

17. From Frege to Godel: A Source Book in Mathematical Logic, 1879-1931 (Source Books in History of Sciences)

by Jean van Heijenoort

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

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

by Sam Quinones

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The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business cover

19. The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business

by Clayton M. Christensen

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The Five Minute Journal: A Happier You in 5 Minutes a Day cover

20. The Five Minute Journal: A Happier You in 5 Minutes a Day

by Intelligent Change

Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work cover

21. Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work

by Paul Babiak, Robert D. Hare

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iOS and macOS Performance Tuning: Cocoa, Cocoa Touch, Objective-C, and Swift (Developer's Library) cover

22. iOS and macOS Performance Tuning: Cocoa, Cocoa Touch, Objective-C, and Swift (Developer's Library)

by Marcel Weiher

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Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs (3rd Edition) cover

23. Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs (3rd Edition)

by Scott Meyers

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Pandaemonium: The Coming of the Machine as Seen by Contemporary Observers (NONE) cover

24. Pandaemonium: The Coming of the Machine as Seen by Contemporary Observers (NONE)

by Humphrey Jennings

The Economics of Zoning Laws: A Property Rights Approach to American Land Use Controls cover

25. The Economics of Zoning Laws: A Property Rights Approach to American Land Use Controls

by William A. Fischel

Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet cover

26. Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet

by International Phonetic Association

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us cover

27. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

by Daniel H. Pink

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It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower cover

28. It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower

by Michela Wrong

Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults: ADHD, Bipolar, Ocd, Asperger's, Depression, and Other Disorders cover

29. Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults: ADHD, Bipolar, Ocd, Asperger's, Depression, and Other Disorders

by James T. Webb

Different Minds: Gifted Children with AD/HD, Asperger Syndrome, and Other Learning Deficits cover

30. Different Minds: Gifted Children with AD/HD, Asperger Syndrome, and Other Learning Deficits

by Deirdre V. Lovecky

The Religion War cover

31. The Religion War

by Scott Adams

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read cover

32. How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

by Pierre Bayard

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Radical: Taking Back Your Faith From the American Dream cover

33. Radical: Taking Back Your Faith From the American Dream

by David Platt

A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books cover

34. A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books

by Nicholas A. Basbanes

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How Will You Measure Your Life? (Harvard Business Review Classics) cover

35. How Will You Measure Your Life? (Harvard Business Review Classics)

by Clayton M. Christensen

Seven Secret Strategies to Launch Successful Startups: Most Effective and Time-tested Strategies Extracted From The DNA of Top Companies like Tesla, Amazon, Uber, Quora & Reddit cover

36. Seven Secret Strategies to Launch Successful Startups: Most Effective and Time-tested Strategies Extracted From The DNA of Top Companies like Tesla, Amazon, Uber, Quora & Reddit

by Akhil Anil

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