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Ordinary Differential Equations (Universitext) cover

1. Ordinary Differential Equations (Universitext)

by Vladimir Igorevich Arnolʹd

Ordinary Differential Equations (The MIT Press) cover

2. Ordinary Differential Equations (The MIT Press)

by Vladimir Igorevich Arnolʹd, Richard A. Silverman

Computers & Typesetting, Volume B: TeX: The Program cover

3. Computers & Typesetting, Volume B: TeX: The Program

by Donald Ervin Knuth

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Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems cover

4. Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems

by William E. Boyce, Richard C. DiPrima

City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction cover

5. City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction

by David Macaulay

Inside the Nazi War Machine: How Three Generals Unleashed Hitler's Blitzkrieg Upon the World cover

6. Inside the Nazi War Machine: How Three Generals Unleashed Hitler's Blitzkrieg Upon the World

by Bevin Alexander

Resistance is Useless: The Art of Business Persuasion cover

7. Resistance is Useless: The Art of Business Persuasion

by Geoff Burch

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Group Portrait with Lady (The Essential Heinrich Boll) cover

8. Group Portrait with Lady (The Essential Heinrich Boll)

by Heinrich Boll

Window: Eleven Septembers, 1995-2005 cover

9. Window: Eleven Septembers, 1995-2005

by Ludger Derenthal

Specification by Example: How Successful Teams Deliver the Right Software cover

10. Specification by Example: How Successful Teams Deliver the Right Software

by Gojko Adzic

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The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns cover

11. The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns

by Mohnish Pabrai

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IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems (History of Computing) cover

12. IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems (History of Computing)

by Emerson W. Pugh, Lyle R. Johnson, John H. Palmer

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The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer cover

13. The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer

by Doron Swade

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Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much For Health Care cover

14. Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much For Health Care

by Charles Silver, David A. Hyman

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Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard cover

15. Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard

by Chip Heath, Dan Heath

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Teaching As Leadership: The Highly Effective Teacher's Guide to Closing the Achievement Gap cover

16. Teaching As Leadership: The Highly Effective Teacher's Guide to Closing the Achievement Gap

by Teach For America, Steven Farr

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Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (3rd Edition) cover

17. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (3rd Edition)

by Stuart Jonathan Russell, Peter Norvig, Ernest Davis

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Bomber Command cover

18. Bomber Command

by Max Hastings

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The Death Guard (Roc S.) cover

19. The Death Guard (Roc S.)

by Philip George Chadwick

The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money cover

20. The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money

by Bryan Caplan

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The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education from the Inside Out cover

21. The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education from the Inside Out

by Clayton M. Christensen, Henry J. Eyring

23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism cover

22. 23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism

by Ha-Joon Chang

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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man cover

23. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

by John Perkins

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Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan cover

24. Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan

by Jake Adelstein

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A Short History of Progress cover

25. A Short History of Progress

by Ronald Wright

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Give and Take Revised Edition: The Complete Guide to Negotiating Strategies and Tactics cover

26. Give and Take Revised Edition: The Complete Guide to Negotiating Strategies and Tactics

by Chester L. Karrass

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Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity (Stonewall Inn Editions (Paperback)) cover

27. Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity (Stonewall Inn Editions (Paperback))

by Bruce Bagemihl

Ishmael:A Novel cover

28. Ishmael:A Novel

by Daniel Quinn

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind cover

29. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari

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The Future of War: A History cover

30. The Future of War: A History

by Lawrence Freedman

The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism cover

31. The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism

by Olivia Fox Cabane

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The Arabs: A History cover

32. The Arabs: A History

by Eugene Rogan

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A Man in Full cover

33. A Man in Full

by Tom Wolfe

The Not So Wild, Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier (Stanford Economics & Finance) cover

34. The Not So Wild, Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier (Stanford Economics & Finance)

by Terry Lee Anderson, Peter Jensen Hill

Civilization and Its Discontents cover

35. Civilization and Its Discontents

by Sigmund Freud

Silence cover

36. Silence

by John Cage

Allen Carr's Easy Way To Stop Smoking cover

37. Allen Carr's Easy Way To Stop Smoking

by Allen Carr

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Fintech, Open Source, and Emerging Markets cover

38. Fintech, Open Source, and Emerging Markets

Data, Money, and Regulation cover

39. Data, Money, and Regulation