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The Master and Margarita: 50th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) cover

1. The Master and Margarita: 50th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

by Mikhail Bulgakov

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Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft cover

2. Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft

by Paul Allen

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The Ultimate Paper Airplane: With Step-by Step Instructions for Seven Different Models cover

3. The Ultimate Paper Airplane: With Step-by Step Instructions for Seven Different Models

by Richard Kline

Kids Shenanigans: Great Things to Do That Mom and Dad Will Just Barely Approve Of/Book and Whoopie Cushion cover

4. Kids Shenanigans: Great Things to Do That Mom and Dad Will Just Barely Approve Of/Book and Whoopie Cushion

by Klutz Press

The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated cover

5. The Annotated Lolita: Revised and Updated

by Vladimir Nabokov

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The Secrets Behind Great One-on-One Meetings cover

6. The Secrets Behind Great One-on-One Meetings

by Esther Schindler

Matrix Analysis for Scientists and Engineers cover

7. Matrix Analysis for Scientists and Engineers

by Alan J. Laub

Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming cover

8. Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming

by Peter Seibel

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Component-Based Software Engineering: Putting the Pieces Together cover

9. Component-Based Software Engineering: Putting the Pieces Together

by George T. Heineman, William T. Councill

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Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming cover

10. Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming

by Clemens Szyperski, Dominik Gruntz, Stephan Murer

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The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic cover

11. The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic

by Mike Duncan

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Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal cover

12. Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal

by Oren Klaff

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Body by Science: A Research Based Program for Strength Training, Body building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week cover

13. Body by Science: A Research Based Program for Strength Training, Body building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week

by John Little, Doug McGuff

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Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story cover

14. Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story

by Jerry Weissman

Effectual Entrepreneurship cover

15. Effectual Entrepreneurship

by Stuart Read, Saras D. Sarasvathy, Nick Dew, Robert Wiltbank

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen cover

16. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

by Christopher McDougall

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Google Hacks: Tips & Tools for Finding and Using the World's Information cover

17. Google Hacks: Tips & Tools for Finding and Using the World's Information

by Rael Dornfest, Paul Bausch, Tara Calishain

Planet Germany cover

18. Planet Germany

by Eric T. Hansen

Way of the Wolf: Straight Line Selling: Master the Art of Persuasion, Influence, and Success cover

19. Way of the Wolf: Straight Line Selling: Master the Art of Persuasion, Influence, and Success

by Jordan Belfort

Materials Selection in Mechanical Design cover

20. Materials Selection in Mechanical Design

by Michael F. Ashby

Realm of Racket: Learn to Program, One Game at a Time! cover

21. Realm of Racket: Learn to Program, One Game at a Time!

by Matthias Felleisen, David Van Horn, Conrad Barski, Northeastern University Students

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Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials cover

22. Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials

by Malcolm Harris

Code cover

23. Code

by Charles Petzold

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Naive Lie Theory (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

24. Naive Lie Theory (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by John Stillwell

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Quaternions for Computer Graphics cover

25. Quaternions for Computer Graphics

by John Vince

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Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism cover

26. Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

by James W. Loewen

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Things that Can and Cannot Be Said: Essays and Conversations cover

27. Things that Can and Cannot Be Said: Essays and Conversations

by Arundhati Roy, John Cusack

How I Wish I Had Taught Maths: Reflections on research, conversations with experts, and 12 years of mistakes cover

28. How I Wish I Had Taught Maths: Reflections on research, conversations with experts, and 12 years of mistakes

by Craig Barton

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Bomber Command (Zenith Military Classics) cover

29. Bomber Command (Zenith Military Classics)

by Max Hastings Sir, Max Hastings

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To Sail Beyond the Sunset cover

30. To Sail Beyond the Sunset

by Robert Anson Heinlein

The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small cover

31. The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small

by John Gall

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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think cover

32. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund

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Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It cover

33. Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It

by Lawrence Lessig

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Bad Medicine: Doctors Doing Harm Since Hippocrates cover

34. Bad Medicine: Doctors Doing Harm Since Hippocrates

by David Wootton

How to Be Idle: A Loafer's Manifesto – A Witty Antidote to Modern Work Culture cover

35. How to Be Idle: A Loafer's Manifesto – A Witty Antidote to Modern Work Culture

by Tom Hodgkinson

Behold!!! the Protong cover

36. Behold!!! the Protong

by Stanislav Szukalski, Glenn Bray, Robert Williams

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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World cover

37. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

by Cal Newport

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Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm cover

38. Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm

by Isabella Tree

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

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

by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith

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