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Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety cover

1. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

by Eric Schlosser

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The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey cover

2. The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey

by Michael Huemer

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The Powerhouse: America, China, and the Great Battery War cover

3. The Powerhouse: America, China, and the Great Battery War

by Steve LeVine

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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition cover

4. Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition

by Marc Reisner

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Introduction to Water in California (California Natural History Guides) cover

5. Introduction to Water in California (California Natural History Guides)

by David Carle

Programming Rust cover

6. Programming Rust

by Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff

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The Human Brain Coloring Book (Coloring Concepts Series) cover

7. The Human Brain Coloring Book (Coloring Concepts Series)

by Marian Cleeves Diamond

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Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions cover

8. Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell

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

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

by Larry Wasserman

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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies cover

10. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

by Nick Bostrom

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Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge cover

11. Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge

by Edward O. Wilson

The Conscience of a Liberal cover

12. The Conscience of a Liberal

by Paul Krugman

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Legionnaire: Five Years in the French Foreign Legion cover

13. Legionnaire: Five Years in the French Foreign Legion

by Simon Murray

Programming Phoenix 1.3 cover

14. Programming Phoenix 1.3

by Chris McCord, Bruce Tate, Jose Valim

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

by Richard Phillips Feynman, Ralph Leighton

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Zoning Rules!: The Economics of Land Use Regulation cover

16. Zoning Rules!: The Economics of Land Use Regulation

by William A. Fischel

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

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

by Richard Phillips Feynman, Ralph Leighton

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Thank You For Arguing, Revised and Updated Edition: What Aristotle, Lincoln, And Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion cover

18. Thank You For Arguing, Revised and Updated Edition: What Aristotle, Lincoln, And Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion

by Jay Heinrichs

TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking cover

19. TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking

by Chris J. Anderson

Building Serverless Architectures cover

20. Building Serverless Architectures

by Cagatay Gurturk

Computer Capers: Tales of Electronic Thievery, Embezzlement, and Fraud cover

21. Computer Capers: Tales of Electronic Thievery, Embezzlement, and Fraud

by Thomas Whiteside

Battle for the Mind: A Physiology of Conversion and Brainwashing - How Evangelists, Psychiatrists, Politicians, and Medicine Men Can Change Your Beliefs and Behavior cover

22. Battle for the Mind: A Physiology of Conversion and Brainwashing - How Evangelists, Psychiatrists, Politicians, and Medicine Men Can Change Your Beliefs and Behavior

by William Sargant

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23. Logo Modernism (English, French and German Edition)

by Jens Müller, R. Roger Remington

Meter in Poetry: A New Theory cover

24. Meter in Poetry: A New Theory

by Nigel Fabb, Morris Halle

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The Mechanics of Emotion: The Structure of Possibility cover

25. The Mechanics of Emotion: The Structure of Possibility

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Front-End Web Development: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (Big Nerd Ranch Guides) cover

26. Front-End Web Development: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (Big Nerd Ranch Guides)

by Chris Aquino, Todd Gandee

Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism cover

27. Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism

by Ha-Joon Chang

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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition cover

28. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

by Robert B. Cialdini

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Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems cover

29. Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems

by Sam Newman

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The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations cover

30. The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations

by Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis

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What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves cover

31. What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves

by Benjamin Bergen

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

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

by Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson

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