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Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't cover

1. Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't

by Simon Sinek

Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager cover

2. Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

by Michael Lopp

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Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage. cover

3. Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.

by Rob Delaney

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Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health cover

4. Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health

by David Michaels

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The Soviet Political Poster: 1917-1980 cover

5. The Soviet Political Poster: 1917-1980

by Nina Ivanovna Baburina

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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma cover

6. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

by Bessel A. Van der Kolk

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The Design of Everyday Things cover

7. The Design of Everyday Things

by Donald A. Norman

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A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy cover

8. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

by William B Irvine

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The Secret Chief Revealed cover

9. The Secret Chief Revealed

by Myron J. Stolaroff

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The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys cover

10. The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys

by James Fadiman

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

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

by Jesse Eisinger

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The Art of Fermentation: An In-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from around the World cover

12. The Art of Fermentation: An In-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from around the World

by Sandor Ellix Katz

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Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment cover

13. Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment

by Robert Wright

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Alan Turing: The Enigma: The Book That Inspired the Film The Imitation Game cover

14. Alan Turing: The Enigma: The Book That Inspired the Film The Imitation Game

by Andrew Hodges

V-2 The Nazi Rocket Weapon cover

15. V-2 The Nazi Rocket Weapon

by Walter Dornberger

How Apollo Flew to the Moon (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) cover

16. How Apollo Flew to the Moon (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)

by W. David Woods

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5000 B.C. and Other Philosophical Fantasies cover

17. 5000 B.C. and Other Philosophical Fantasies

by Raymond Smullyan

Constructing the User Interface with Statecharts cover

18. Constructing the User Interface with Statecharts

by Ian Horrocks

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Principles of Economics, 7th Edition (Mankiw's Principles of Economics) cover

19. Principles of Economics, 7th Edition (Mankiw's Principles of Economics)

by N. Gregory Mankiw

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Python Programming On Win32: Help for Windows Programmers cover

20. Python Programming On Win32: Help for Windows Programmers

by Mark J. Hammond, Andy Robinson

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@War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex cover

21. @War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex

by Shane Harris

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The New Military Humanism: Lessons From Kosovo cover

22. The New Military Humanism: Lessons From Kosovo

by Noam Chomsky

The Art of Thinking Clearly cover

23. The Art of Thinking Clearly

by Rolf Dobelli

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Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster cover

24. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

by Jon Krakauer

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The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and Thinking cover

25. The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and Thinking

by Barbara Minto

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The Fall of the Human Intellect cover

26. The Fall of the Human Intellect

by Avula Parthasarathy

Wrong: Why experts* keep failing us--and how to know when not to trust them *Scientists, finance wizards, doctors, relationship gurus, celebrity CEOs, ... consultants, health officials and more cover

27. Wrong: Why experts* keep failing us--and how to know when not to trust them *Scientists, finance wizards, doctors, relationship gurus, celebrity CEOs, ... consultants, health officials and more

by David H. Freedman

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Logic and Philosophy: A Modern Introduction cover

28. Logic and Philosophy: A Modern Introduction

by Alan Hausman, Howard Kahane, Paul Tidman

Discovering Modern C++: An Intensive Course for Scientists, Engineers, and Programmers (C++ In-Depth Series) cover

29. Discovering Modern C++: An Intensive Course for Scientists, Engineers, and Programmers (C++ In-Depth Series)

by Peter Gottschling

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Effective Modern C++: 42 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of C++11 and C++14 cover

30. Effective Modern C++: 42 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of C++11 and C++14

by Scott Meyers

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How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library) cover

31. How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library)

by George Polya

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The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep cover

32. The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep

by William C. Dement

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What Engineers Know and How They Know It: Analytical Studies from Aeronautical History (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology) cover

33. What Engineers Know and How They Know It: Analytical Studies from Aeronautical History (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)

by Walter G. Vincenti

Dirty Wars: The World Is A Battlefield cover

34. Dirty Wars: The World Is A Battlefield

by Jeremy Scahill, Íñigo García Ureta, Albino Santos Mosquera

Science, Strategy and War: The Strategic Theory of John Boyd (Strategy and History) cover

35. Science, Strategy and War: The Strategic Theory of John Boyd (Strategy and History)

by Frans P. B. Osinga

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Debt - Updated and Expanded: The First 5,000 Years cover

36. Debt - Updated and Expanded: The First 5,000 Years

by David Graeber

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Time Out of Joint cover

37. Time Out of Joint

by Philip K. Dick

Debunking Economics - Revised and Expanded Edition: The Naked Emperor Dethroned? cover

38. Debunking Economics - Revised and Expanded Edition: The Naked Emperor Dethroned?

by Steve Keen

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Mathematical Proofs: A Transition to Advanced Mathematics (4th Edition) cover

39. Mathematical Proofs: A Transition to Advanced Mathematics (4th Edition)

by Gary Chartrand, Albert D. Polimeni, Ping Zhang

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The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology) cover

40. The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology)

by Joseph Tainter

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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos cover

41. 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

by Jordan B. Peterson

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How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading cover

42. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

by Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren

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