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

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

by Steven Pressfield

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How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps cover

2. How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps

by Natalie Sidner, Lawrence Krubner

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Introduction to Graph Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

3. Introduction to Graph Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Richard J. Trudeau

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From Newton to Mandelbrot: A Primer in Theoretical Physics (Graduate Texts in Physics) cover

4. From Newton to Mandelbrot: A Primer in Theoretical Physics (Graduate Texts in Physics)

by Dietrich Stauffer, H. Eugene Stanley, Annick Lesne

The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence cover

5. The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence

by Gavin De Becker

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The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe cover

6. The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe

by Roger Penrose

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Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality cover

7. Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality

by Lewis C. Epstein

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Classical Electrodynamics Third Edition cover

8. Classical Electrodynamics Third Edition

by John David Jackson

Introduction to Algorithms, Second Edition cover

9. Introduction to Algorithms, Second Edition

by Thomas H Cormen, Charles E Leiserson, Ronald L Rivest, Clifford Stein

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Sex and the Origins of Death cover

10. Sex and the Origins of Death

by William R. Clark

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For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition) (Signet) cover

11. For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition) (Signet)

by Ayn Rand

Us and Them: The Science of Identity cover

12. Us and Them: The Science of Identity

by David Berreby

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

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

by Cal Newport

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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

14. 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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Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft cover

15. Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft

by G. Pascal Zachary

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Molecular Biology of the Cell cover

16. Molecular Biology of the Cell

by Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter

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They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 cover

17. They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45

by Milton Mayer

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Vox Latina: A Guide to the Pronunciation of Classical Latin cover

18. Vox Latina: A Guide to the Pronunciation of Classical Latin

by W. Sidney Allen

The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist cover

19. The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist

by Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)

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Medical Myths Doctors Believe cover

20. Medical Myths Doctors Believe

by Michael Anchors, M.d. Ph.d., Phd Michael Anchors MD, Michael Anchors

Strength Training Anatomy Workout II, The (The Strength Training Anatomy Workout) cover

21. Strength Training Anatomy Workout II, The (The Strength Training Anatomy Workout)

by Frédéric Delavier, Michael Gundill

Self-Directed Behavior: Self-Modification for Personal Adjustment cover

22. Self-Directed Behavior: Self-Modification for Personal Adjustment

by David L. Watson, Roland G. Tharp

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How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life cover

23. How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life

by Scott Adams

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Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution cover

24. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

by Steven Levy

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The Algorithm Design Manual cover

25. The Algorithm Design Manual

by Steven S Skiena

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How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing (MIT Press) cover

26. How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing (MIT Press)

by Matthias Felleisen, Robert Bruce Findler, Matthew Flatt, Shriram Krishnamurthi

Nazi Census: Identification And Control In The Third Reich (Politics History & Social Chan) cover

27. Nazi Census: Identification And Control In The Third Reich (Politics History & Social Chan)

by Götz Aly, Karl Heinz Roth

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Process Dynamics, Modeling, and Control cover

28. Process Dynamics, Modeling, and Control

by Babatunde Ayodeji Ogunnaike, Willis Harmon Ray

The Depression Cure: The 6-Step Program to Beat Depression without Drugs cover

29. The Depression Cure: The 6-Step Program to Beat Depression without Drugs

by Stephen S. Ilardi

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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk cover

30. Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk

by Peter L. Bernstein

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How F*cked Up Is Your Management?: An uncomfortable conversation about modern leadership cover

31. How F*cked Up Is Your Management?: An uncomfortable conversation about modern leadership

by Johnathan Nightingale, Melissa Nightingale

The Improbable War: China, The United States and Logic of Great Power Conflict cover

32. The Improbable War: China, The United States and Logic of Great Power Conflict

by Christopher Coker

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy For Dummies cover

33. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy For Dummies

by Rhena Branch, Rob Willson

The Compact Edition of The Oxford English Dictionary, Complete Text Reproduced Micrographically (in slipcase with reading glass) (v. 1-20) cover

34. The Compact Edition of The Oxford English Dictionary, Complete Text Reproduced Micrographically (in slipcase with reading glass) (v. 1-20)

by J. A. Simpson, E. S. C. Weiner

Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were: Creatures, Places, and People cover

35. Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were: Creatures, Places, and People

by Michael F. Page, Robert Ingpen

Gödel's Proof cover

36. Gödel's Proof

by Ernest Nagel, James Roy Newman

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Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality cover

37. Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality

by Edward Frenkel

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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

38. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen

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The Mind of War: John Boyd and American Security cover

39. The Mind of War: John Boyd and American Security

by Hammond Gt, Grant T. Hammond

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The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition cover

40. The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition

by Donald C. Shoup

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Space Mission Engineering: The New SMAD (Space Technology Library, Vol. 28) cover

41. Space Mission Engineering: The New SMAD (Space Technology Library, Vol. 28)

by James Richard Wertz, David F. Everett, Jeffery John Puschell

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Elements of Poker cover

42. Elements of Poker

by Tommy Angelo

Building High Integrity Applications with SPARK cover

43. Building High Integrity Applications with SPARK

by John W. McCormick, Peter C. Chapin

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