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100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present cover

1. 100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present

by Paul K. Davis

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The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

2. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams cover

3. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

by Matthew Walker

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The Economics of Software Quality cover

4. The Economics of Software Quality

by Capers Jones, Olivier Bonsignour

The Myth of Male Power cover

5. The Myth of Male Power

by Warren Farrell

The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers cover

6. The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers

by Tom Standage

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A Different Universe: Reinventing Physics from the Bottom Down cover

7. A Different Universe: Reinventing Physics from the Bottom Down

by Robert B. Laughlin

3D Math Primer for Graphics and Game Development, 2nd Edition cover

8. 3D Math Primer for Graphics and Game Development, 2nd Edition

by Fletcher Dunn, Ian Parberry

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Real-Time Rendering, Third Edition cover

9. Real-Time Rendering, Third Edition

by Tomas Akenine-Möller, Eric Haines, Naty Hoffman

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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products cover

10. Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

by Nir Eyal

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Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony cover

11. Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony

by Akio Morita, Edwin M. Reingold, Mitsuko Shimomura

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Principles of Population Genetics cover

12. Principles of Population Genetics

by Daniel L. Hartl, Andrew G. Clark

The End of Doom: Environmental Renewal in the Twenty-first Century cover

13. The End of Doom: Environmental Renewal in the Twenty-first Century

by Ronald Bailey

Pay without Performance: The Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation cover

14. Pay without Performance: The Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation

by Lucian Bebchuk, Jesse Fried

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Drug Warriors and Their Prey: From Police Power to Police State cover

15. Drug Warriors and Their Prey: From Police Power to Police State

by Richard L. Miller

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The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics cover

16. The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

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Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty (Oxford Paperbacks) cover

17. Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty (Oxford Paperbacks)

by Morris Kline

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After the Empire: The Breakdown of the American Order (European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism) cover

18. After the Empire: The Breakdown of the American Order (European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism)

by Emmanuel Todd

Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences cover

19. Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences

by Mary L. Boas, Mary Layne Boas

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Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box cover

20. Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box

by Arbinger Institute

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Affluence Without Abundance: The Disappearing World of the Bushmen cover

21. Affluence Without Abundance: The Disappearing World of the Bushmen

by James Suzman

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How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships cover

22. How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships

by Leil Lowndes

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Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem cover

23. Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem

by Simon Singh

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Coding the Matrix: Linear Algebra through Applications to Computer Science cover

24. Coding the Matrix: Linear Algebra through Applications to Computer Science

by Philip N. Klein

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Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp cover

25. Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp

by Peter Norvig

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Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril cover

26. Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril

by Margaret Heffernan

Introduction to Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

27. Introduction to Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Maxwell Rosenlicht

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Principles of Mathematical Analysis (International Series in Pure and Applied Mathematics) cover

28. Principles of Mathematical Analysis (International Series in Pure and Applied Mathematics)

by Walter Rudin

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Real and Complex Analysis (Higher Mathematics Series) cover

29. Real and Complex Analysis (Higher Mathematics Series)

by Walter Rudin

Revising Prose (5th Edition) cover

30. Revising Prose (5th Edition)

by Richard A. Lanham