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Deep Learning cover

1. Deep Learning

by Adam Gibson, Josh Patterson

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Counterexamples in Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

2. Counterexamples in Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Bernard R. Gelbaum, John M. H. Olmsted

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The Magic of Math: Solving for x and Figuring Out Why cover

3. The Magic of Math: Solving for x and Figuring Out Why

by Arthur Benjamin

The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives cover

4. The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives

by Jesse Eisinger

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UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record cover

5. UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record

by Leslie Kean

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FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS (IT Mastery) (Volume 7) cover

6. FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS (IT Mastery) (Volume 7)

by Michael Warren Lucas, Allan Jude

FreeBSD Mastery: Advanced ZFS (IT Mastery) (Volume 9) cover

7. FreeBSD Mastery: Advanced ZFS (IT Mastery) (Volume 9)

by Michael Lucas, Allan Jude

This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly cover

8. This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly

by Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth S. Rogoff

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Linear Algebra, 4th Edition cover

9. Linear Algebra, 4th Edition

by Stephen H. Friedberg, Arnold J. Insel, Lawrence E. Spence

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The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America cover

10. The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America

by Daniel J. Boorstin

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No bullshit guide to linear algebra cover

11. No bullshit guide to linear algebra

by Ivan Savov

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Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back cover

12. Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back

by William MacAskill

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Migrations And Cultures: A World View cover

13. Migrations And Cultures: A World View

by Thomas Sowell

The Missing Risk Premium: Why Low Volatility Investing Works cover

14. The Missing Risk Premium: Why Low Volatility Investing Works

by Eric G. Falkenstein

The Citizen's Share: Reducing Inequality in the 21st Century cover

15. The Citizen's Share: Reducing Inequality in the 21st Century

by Joseph R. Blasi, Richard Barry Freeman, Douglas Kruse

Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture cover

16. Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture

by Juliet B. Schor

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Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update cover

17. Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update

by Donella H. Meadows, Jørgen Randers, Dennis L. Meadows

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Thinking in Systems: A Primer cover

18. Thinking in Systems: A Primer

by Donella Meadows

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DNS and BIND cover

19. DNS and BIND

by Cricket Liu, Paul Albitz

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Without You, There Is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea's Elite cover

20. Without You, There Is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea's Elite

by Suki Kim

Dear Leader: My Escape from North Korea cover

21. Dear Leader: My Escape from North Korea

by Jang Jin-sung

A Language Older Than Words cover

22. A Language Older Than Words

by Derrick Jensen

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Extracted: How the Quest for Mineral Wealth Is Plundering the Planet cover

23. Extracted: How the Quest for Mineral Wealth Is Plundering the Planet

by Ugo Bardi

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The Good Book of Human Nature: An Evolutionary Reading of the Bible cover

24. The Good Book of Human Nature: An Evolutionary Reading of the Bible

by Carel van Schaik, Kai Michel

On Democracy: Second Edition cover

25. On Democracy: Second Edition

by Robert A. Dahl, Ian Shapiro

Models of Democracy, 3rd Edition cover

26. Models of Democracy, 3rd Edition

by David Held

Democracy and Its Critics cover

27. Democracy and Its Critics

by Robert Alan Dahl

The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (Revised Edition) cover

28. The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (Revised Edition)

by Fareed Zakaria

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Classical Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum cover

29. Classical Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum

by Leonard Susskind, George Hrabovsky

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Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum cover

30. Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum

by Leonard Susskind, Art Friedman

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Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory: The Theoretical Minimum cover

31. Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory: The Theoretical Minimum

by Leonard Susskind, Art Friedman

Fluent Python cover

32. Fluent Python

by Luciano Ramalho

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The Manager's Path cover

33. The Manager's Path

by Camille Fournier

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Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody (Gollancz SF S.) (GollanczF.) cover

34. Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody (Gollancz SF S.) (GollanczF.)

by Michael Gerber

IPv6 Core Protocols Implementation (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking) cover

35. IPv6 Core Protocols Implementation (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking)

by Qing Li, Tatuya Jinmei, Keiichi Shima

Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think cover

36. Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think

by Bryan Caplan

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