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The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal cover

1. The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal

by M. Mitchell Waldrop

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Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst cover

2. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

by Robert M. Sapolsky

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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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Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet cover

4. Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet

by Katie Hafner, Matthew Lyon

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Logic: Techniques of Formal Reasoning cover

5. Logic: Techniques of Formal Reasoning

by Donald Kalish, Richard Montague, Gary Mar

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles cover

6. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

by Steven Pressfield

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Fear No Evil cover

7. Fear No Evil

by Natan Sharansky, Anatoly Shcharansky

Cartoon Animation (Collector's Series) cover

8. Cartoon Animation (Collector's Series)

by Preston Blair

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The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation cover

9. The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation

by Achaan Chah

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Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman cover

10. Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman

by James Gleick

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Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley (As Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom) cover

11. Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley (As Told by the Hackers, Founders, and Freaks Who Made It Boom)

by Adam Fisher

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Daily Rituals: How Artists Work cover

12. Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

by Mason Currey

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Meat: A Benign Extravagance cover

13. Meat: A Benign Extravagance

by Simon Fairlie

Balancing Agility and Discipline: A Guide for the Perplexed cover

14. Balancing Agility and Discipline: A Guide for the Perplexed

by Barry W. Boehm, Richard Turner

Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States cover

15. Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

by Bill Bryson

Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion cover

16. Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion

by Paul Bloom

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Molecular Neuropharmacology: A Foundation for Clinical Neuroscience, Third Edition cover

17. Molecular Neuropharmacology: A Foundation for Clinical Neuroscience, Third Edition

by Steven Hyman, Robert Malenka, Eric Nestler

Elementary Basic , as Chronicled by John H. Watson (Learning to Program Your Computer in Basic with Sherlock Holmes) cover

18. Elementary Basic , as Chronicled by John H. Watson (Learning to Program Your Computer in Basic with Sherlock Holmes)

by John H. Watson

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The Animator's Survival Kit cover

19. The Animator's Survival Kit

by Richard Williams

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Fluent Python cover

20. Fluent Python

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Don't Think Of An Elephant!/ How Democrats And Progressives Can Win: Know Your Values And Frame The Debate: The Essential Guide For Progressives (Paperback + DVD edition) cover

21. Don't Think Of An Elephant!/ How Democrats And Progressives Can Win: Know Your Values And Frame The Debate: The Essential Guide For Progressives (Paperback + DVD edition)

by George Lakoff

Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America cover

22. Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America

by Beth Macy

Making Things Talk cover

23. Making Things Talk

by Tom Igoe

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life cover

24. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

by Mark Manson

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Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World cover

25. Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World

by Tom Wright, Bradley Hope

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Presentation Zen Design cover

26. Presentation Zen Design

by Garr Reynolds

A Patriot's History® of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror cover

27. A Patriot's History® of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror

by Larry Schweikart, Michael Allen

A People's History of the United States cover

28. A People's History of the United States

by Howard Zinn

37 Things One Architect Knows About IT Transformation: A Chief Architect's Journey cover

29. 37 Things One Architect Knows About IT Transformation: A Chief Architect's Journey

by Gregor Hohpe

Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture cover

30. Chess and the Art of Enterprise Architecture

by Gerben Wierda

Organizational Culture and Leadership cover

31. Organizational Culture and Leadership

by Edgar H. Schein

Rise of the Warrior Cop cover

32. Rise of the Warrior Cop

by Radley Balko

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Through Two Doors at Once: The Elegant Experiment That Captures the Enigma of Our Quantum Reality cover

33. Through Two Doors at Once: The Elegant Experiment That Captures the Enigma of Our Quantum Reality

by Anil Ananthaswamy

Beyond Weird [Paperback] BALL, PHILIP cover

34. Beyond Weird [Paperback] BALL, PHILIP

by Philip Ball

The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions cover

35. The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions

by Peter Brannen

The Expanse Boxed Set: Leviathan Wakes, Caliban's War and Abaddon's Gate cover

36. The Expanse Boxed Set: Leviathan Wakes, Caliban's War and Abaddon's Gate

by James S. A. Corey

The Sheer Joy of Celestial Mechanics cover

37. The Sheer Joy of Celestial Mechanics

by Nathaniel Grossman

The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care cover

38. The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care

by T. R. Reid

Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds cover

39. Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

by David Goggins

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Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection cover

40. Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection

by John E. Sarno

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Deep Learning with Python cover

41. Deep Learning with Python

by Francois Chollet

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Elevation cover

42. Elevation

by Stephen King

Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley cover

43. Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley

by Antonio Garcia Martinez

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Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (Prentice Hall Series in Artificial Intelligence) cover

44. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (Prentice Hall Series in Artificial Intelligence)

by Stuart Jonathan Russell, Peter Norvig, Ernest Davis

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Deep Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series) cover

45. Deep Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series)

by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, Aaron Courville

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The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life cover

46. The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life

by Avinash K. Dixit, Barry Nalebuff