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Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism cover

1. Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

by James W. Loewen

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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup cover

2. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

by John Carreyrou

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Advanced M. S.-DOS Programming: The Microsoft Guide for Assembly Language and C. Programmers cover

3. Advanced M. S.-DOS Programming: The Microsoft Guide for Assembly Language and C. Programmers

by Ray Duncan

The Peter Norton PC Programmer's Bible: The Ultimate Reference to the IBM PC and Compatible Hardware and Systems Software (Microsoft Press programming classic) cover

4. The Peter Norton PC Programmer's Bible: The Ultimate Reference to the IBM PC and Compatible Hardware and Systems Software (Microsoft Press programming classic)

by Peter Norton, Peter G. Aitken, Richard Wilton

PC Intern: System Programming : The Encyclopedia of DOS Programming Know How (Developer's Series/Book and Disk) cover

5. PC Intern: System Programming : The Encyclopedia of DOS Programming Know How (Developer's Series/Book and Disk)

by Michael Tischer

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Peter Norton's Assembly Language Book for the IBM PC cover

6. Peter Norton's Assembly Language Book for the IBM PC

by Peter Norton, John Socha

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Zen of Code Optimization: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Software That Pushes PCs to the Limit cover

7. Zen of Code Optimization: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Software That Pushes PCs to the Limit

by Michael Abrash

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Zen of Assembly Language: Knowledge (Scott Foresman Assembly Language Programming Series) cover

8. Zen of Assembly Language: Knowledge (Scott Foresman Assembly Language Programming Series)

by Michael Abrash

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Zen of Graphics Programming, 2nd Edition: Master the Art of Creating Fast PC Games and Graphics Applications cover

9. Zen of Graphics Programming, 2nd Edition: Master the Art of Creating Fast PC Games and Graphics Applications

by Michael Abrash

Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts cover

10. Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

by Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson

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Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life cover

11. Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life

by William Deresiewicz

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The Peter Norton Programmer's Guide to the IBM PC cover

12. The Peter Norton Programmer's Guide to the IBM PC

by Peter Norton

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Voyaging On A Small Income, 2nd Edition cover

13. Voyaging On A Small Income, 2nd Edition

by Annie Hill

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Captains of Consciousness: Advertising and the Social Roots of the Consumer Culture, 25th Anniversary Edition cover

14. Captains of Consciousness: Advertising and the Social Roots of the Consumer Culture, 25th Anniversary Edition

by Stuart Ewen

The World We Created at Hamilton High cover

15. The World We Created at Hamilton High

by Gerald Grant

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Intelligence Matters: The CIA, the FBI, Saudi Arabia, and the Failure of America's War on Terror cover

16. Intelligence Matters: The CIA, the FBI, Saudi Arabia, and the Failure of America's War on Terror

by Senator Bob Graham, Jeff Nussbaum

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

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

by Ha-Joon Chang

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The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and Thinking cover

18. The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and Thinking

by Barbara Minto

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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End cover

19. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

by Atul Gawande

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Divine Essence and Divine Energies: Ecumenical Reflections on the Presence of God in Eastern Orthodoxy cover

20. Divine Essence and Divine Energies: Ecumenical Reflections on the Presence of God in Eastern Orthodoxy

by Constantinos Athanasopoulos, Christoph Schneider (teologia)

Byzantine Theology: Historical Trends and Doctrinal Themes cover

21. Byzantine Theology: Historical Trends and Doctrinal Themes

by Jean Meyendorff

The Philip K. Dick Reader cover

22. The Philip K. Dick Reader

by Philip K. Dick

Genes in Conflict: The Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements cover

23. Genes in Conflict: The Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements

by Austin Burt, Robert Trivers

Serendipity: Accidental Discoveries in Science cover

24. Serendipity: Accidental Discoveries in Science

by Royston M. Roberts

From Bauhaus to Our House cover

25. From Bauhaus to Our House

by Tom Wolfe

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Long John Silver cover

26. Long John Silver

by Björn Larsson

Oxford Guide to Effective Argument and Critical Thinking cover

27. Oxford Guide to Effective Argument and Critical Thinking

by Colin Swatridge

Buddha's Little Finger cover

28. Buddha's Little Finger

by Victor Pelevin

Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen cover

29. Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen

by Donald Miller

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How to Win Friends & Influence People cover

30. How to Win Friends & Influence People

by Dale Carnegie

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Empire V: The Prince of Hamlet cover

31. Empire V: The Prince of Hamlet

by Victor Pelevin

Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations cover

32. Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations

by Steven Best, Douglas Kellner

The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns (Little Books. Big Profits) cover

33. The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns (Little Books. Big Profits)

by John C. Bogle

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The Investor's Manifesto: Preparing for Prosperity, Armageddon, and Everything in Between cover

34. The Investor's Manifesto: Preparing for Prosperity, Armageddon, and Everything in Between

by William J. Bernstein

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The Little Book That Still Beats the Market cover

35. The Little Book That Still Beats the Market

by Joel Greenblatt

Wild Horse Rider cover

36. Wild Horse Rider

by Rick Steber

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

37. 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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Trafficking in Drug Users: Professional Exchange Networks in the Control of Deviance (American Sociological Association Rose Monographs) cover

38. Trafficking in Drug Users: Professional Exchange Networks in the Control of Deviance (American Sociological Association Rose Monographs)

by James Ralph Beniger

The Death of Cancer: After Fifty Years on the Front Lines of Medicine, a Pioneering Oncologist Reveals Why the War on Cancer Is Winnable--and How We Can Get There cover

39. The Death of Cancer: After Fifty Years on the Front Lines of Medicine, a Pioneering Oncologist Reveals Why the War on Cancer Is Winnable--and How We Can Get There

by Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., M.D., Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn

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The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio cover

40. The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio

by William Bernstein

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Start With a Story: The Case Method of Teaching College Science (Nsta Press Journals Collection) cover

41. Start With a Story: The Case Method of Teaching College Science (Nsta Press Journals Collection)

by Clyde Freeman Herreid

How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching cover

42. How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching

by Susan A. Ambrose, Michael W. Bridges, Michele DiPietro, Marsha C. Lovett, Marie K. Norman

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Building Evolutionary Architectures cover

43. Building Evolutionary Architectures

by Neal Ford, Rebecca Parsons, Patrick Kua

Building Microservices cover

44. Building Microservices

by Sam Newman

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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man cover

45. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

by John Perkins

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Working for Yourself: Law & Taxes for Independent Contractors, Freelancers & Gig Workers of All Types cover

46. Working for Yourself: Law & Taxes for Independent Contractors, Freelancers & Gig Workers of All Types

by Stephen Fishman