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How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps cover

1. How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps

by Natalie Sidner, Lawrence Krubner

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How to Sharpen Pencils: A Practical & Theoretical Treatise on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening for Writers, Artists, Contractors, Flange Turners, Anglesmiths, & Civil Servants cover

2. How to Sharpen Pencils: A Practical & Theoretical Treatise on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening for Writers, Artists, Contractors, Flange Turners, Anglesmiths, & Civil Servants

by David Rees

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Volume 2: Trends in European Television (Communication) cover

3. Volume 2: Trends in European Television (Communication)

by Conseil de l'Europe,

Building High Integrity Applications with SPARK cover

4. Building High Integrity Applications with SPARK

by John W. McCormick, Peter C. Chapin

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Computer Architecture, Sixth Edition: A Quantitative Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

5. Computer Architecture, Sixth Edition: A Quantitative Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

by John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson

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Say Good Night to Insomnia: The Six-Week, Drug-Free Program Developed At Harvard Medical School cover

6. Say Good Night to Insomnia: The Six-Week, Drug-Free Program Developed At Harvard Medical School

by Gregg D. Jacobs

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Quantum Computation and Quantum Information: 10th Anniversary Edition cover

7. Quantum Computation and Quantum Information: 10th Anniversary Edition

by Michael A. Nielsen, Isaac L. Chuang

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Who Can You Trust?: How Technology Brought Us Together and Why It Might Drive Us Apart cover

8. Who Can You Trust?: How Technology Brought Us Together and Why It Might Drive Us Apart

by Rachel Botsman

Digital Image Warping cover

9. Digital Image Warping

by George Wolberg

Notable Speeches of the Information Age, John Perry Barlow cover

10. Notable Speeches of the Information Age, John Perry Barlow

by John Perry Barlow

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator cover

11. Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

by Edwin Lef?vre

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The Romantic Economist: Imagination in Economics cover

12. The Romantic Economist: Imagination in Economics

by Richard Bronk

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Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story Of American Submarine Espionage cover

13. Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story Of American Submarine Espionage

by Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew, Annette Lawrence Drew

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Programming Rust cover

14. Programming Rust

by Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff

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The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution cover

15. The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution

by Gregory Cochran, Henry Harpending

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A Short History of Nearly Everything cover

16. A Short History of Nearly Everything

by Bill Bryson

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Inside Windows Debugging (Developer Reference) cover

17. Inside Windows Debugging (Developer Reference)

by Tarik Soulami

Red Rising cover

18. Red Rising

by Pierce Brown

Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Directors cover

19. Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Directors

by Brad Feld, Mahendra Ramsinghani

Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise cover

20. Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

by Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool

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Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies cover

21. Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies

by Andreas M. Antonopoulos

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The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History cover

22. The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

by John M. Barry

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Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain cover

23. Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain

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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers cover

24. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

by Mary Roach

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Principles: Life and Work cover

25. Principles: Life and Work

by Ray Dalio

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Dark Matter: A Novel cover

26. Dark Matter: A Novel

by Blake Crouch

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Absolutely on Music: Conversations cover

27. Absolutely on Music: Conversations

by Seiji Ozawa, Haruki Murakami

The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully cover

28. The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully

by Gerald M. Weinberg

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The Complete Persepolis cover

29. The Complete Persepolis

by Marjane Satrapi

A Dash of Dragon cover

30. A Dash of Dragon

by Heidi Lang, Kati Bartkowski

Leonardo da Vinci cover

31. Leonardo da Vinci

by Walter Isaacson

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Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth cover

32. Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth

by Gabriel Weinberg, Justin Mares

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Thug Kitchen: Eat Like You Give a F**k cover

33. Thug Kitchen: Eat Like You Give a F**k

by Thug kitchen, Thug Kitchen

Artemis Fowl cover

34. Artemis Fowl

by Eoin Colfer

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The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump (Canons) cover

35. The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump (Canons)

by Robert Sears

The Idea in You: How to Find It, Build It, and Change Your Life cover

36. The Idea in You: How to Find It, Build It, and Change Your Life

by Martin Amor, Alex Pellew

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World cover

37. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

by Cal Newport

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