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Stealing the Corner Office: The Winning Career Strategies They'll Never Teach You in Business School cover

1. Stealing the Corner Office: The Winning Career Strategies They'll Never Teach You in Business School

by Brendan Reid

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Algebra 1: An Incremental Development, 3rd Edition (Saxon Algebra 1) cover

2. Algebra 1: An Incremental Development, 3rd Edition (Saxon Algebra 1)

by John H. Saxon

Hotwired Style: Principles for Building Smart Web Sites cover

3. Hotwired Style: Principles for Building Smart Web Sites

by Jeffrey Veen

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Schaum's Outline of Precalculus, 3rd Edition: 738 Solved Problems + 30 Videos (Schaum's Outlines) cover

4. Schaum's Outline of Precalculus, 3rd Edition: 738 Solved Problems + 30 Videos (Schaum's Outlines)

by Fred Safier

The Growth Delusion: Wealth, Poverty, and the Well-Being of Nations cover

5. The Growth Delusion: Wealth, Poverty, and the Well-Being of Nations

by David Pilling

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Programming Game AI by Example (Wordware Game Developers Library) cover

6. Programming Game AI by Example (Wordware Game Developers Library)

by Mat Buckland

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Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body cover

7. Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body

by Daniel Goleman, Richard J. Davidson

Your Memory : How It Works and How to Improve It cover

8. Your Memory : How It Works and How to Improve It

by Kenneth L. Higbee

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Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice (3rd Edition) cover

9. Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice (3rd Edition)

by John F. Hughes

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The Relaxation Response cover

10. The Relaxation Response

by Herbert Benson, Miriam Z. Klipper

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses cover

11. The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

by Eric Ries

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Cracking the PM Interview: How to Land a Product Manager Job in Technology cover

12. Cracking the PM Interview: How to Land a Product Manager Job in Technology

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell, Jackie Bavaro

Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism cover

13. Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

by James W. Loewen

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Bayesian Methods for Hackers: Probabilistic Programming and Bayesian Inference (Addison-Wesley Data & Analytics) cover

14. Bayesian Methods for Hackers: Probabilistic Programming and Bayesian Inference (Addison-Wesley Data & Analytics)

by Cameron Davidson-Pilon

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Think Bayes: Bayesian Statistics in Python cover

15. Think Bayes: Bayesian Statistics in Python

by Allen Downey

Tricks of the 3D Game Programming Gurus-Advanced 3D Graphics and Rasterization (Other Sams) cover

16. Tricks of the 3D Game Programming Gurus-Advanced 3D Graphics and Rasterization (Other Sams)

by André LaMothe

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The Selfish Gene (Popular Science) cover

17. The Selfish Gene (Popular Science)

by Richard Dawkins

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Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition cover

18. Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition

by W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago

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Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology (Anchor Library of Science) cover

19. Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology (Anchor Library of Science)

by Eric Drexler

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Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food cover

20. Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food

by Paul Greenberg

Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives through the Secret World of Stolen Art cover

21. Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives through the Secret World of Stolen Art

by Joshua Knelman

The Magic Garden Explained: The Internals of Unix System V Release 4 : An Open Systems Design cover

22. The Magic Garden Explained: The Internals of Unix System V Release 4 : An Open Systems Design

by Berny Goodheart, James Cox

Xi Jinping: The Governance of China Volume 1: [English Language Version] cover

23. Xi Jinping: The Governance of China Volume 1: [English Language Version]

by Xi Jinping

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Haven in a Heartless World (Norton Paperback) cover

24. Haven in a Heartless World (Norton Paperback)

by Christopher Lasch

Grieving---The Sacred Art: Hope in the Land of Loss (The Art of Spiritual Living) cover

25. Grieving---The Sacred Art: Hope in the Land of Loss (The Art of Spiritual Living)

by Lisa Irish

Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy cover

26. Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

by Cathy O'Neil

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Little Oxford English Dictionary cover

27. Little Oxford English Dictionary

by Sara Hawker

The Secrets of Alchemy cover

28. The Secrets of Alchemy

by Lawrence M. Principe

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The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition cover

29. The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition

by Donald C. Shoup

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Design and Implementation of the MTX Operating System cover

30. Design and Implementation of the MTX Operating System

by K.C. Wang

The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory cover

31. The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

by Brian Greene

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The Thinker's Thesaurus: Sophisticated Alternatives to Common Words (Expanded Third Edition) cover

32. The Thinker's Thesaurus: Sophisticated Alternatives to Common Words (Expanded Third Edition)

by Peter E Meltzer

Abolishing Performance Appraisals: Why They Backfire and What to Do Instead cover

33. Abolishing Performance Appraisals: Why They Backfire and What to Do Instead

by Tom Coens, Mary Jenkins

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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion cover

34. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

by Jonathan Haidt

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Shelley Unbound: Discovering Frankenstein's True Creator cover

35. Shelley Unbound: Discovering Frankenstein's True Creator

by Scott D. De Hart

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The Man Who Wrote Frankenstein cover

36. The Man Who Wrote Frankenstein

by John Lauritsen

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The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting cover

37. The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting

by Jimmy Moore, Jason Fung

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Mountain of Truth: The Counterculture Begins―Ascona, 1900-1920 cover

38. Mountain of Truth: The Counterculture Begins―Ascona, 1900-1920

by Martin Green

Understanding Software: Max Kanat-Alexander on simplicity, coding, and how to suck less as a programmer cover

39. Understanding Software: Max Kanat-Alexander on simplicity, coding, and how to suck less as a programmer

by Max Kanat-Alexander

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Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Vol. 1 cover

40. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Vol. 1

by Karl Marx

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New Sales. Simplified.: The Essential Handbook for Prospecting and New Business Development cover

41. New Sales. Simplified.: The Essential Handbook for Prospecting and New Business Development

by Mike Weinberg

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Glencoe Algebra 2 cover

42. Glencoe Algebra 2

by McGraw-Hill Education

Queen in 3D cover

43. Queen in 3D

by Brian May

Capelle on 9-Ball: Archer vs. Reyes cover

44. Capelle on 9-Ball: Archer vs. Reyes

by Philip Capelle

My Country and My People cover

45. My Country and My People

by Philip MacDonald

Discrete Mathematics with Applications cover

46. Discrete Mathematics with Applications

by Susanna S. Epp

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The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers cover

47. The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers

by Richard McGregor

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Java Performance cover

48. Java Performance

by Charlie Hunt, Binu John

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Java Performance: The Definitive Guide: Getting the Most Out of Your Code cover

49. Java Performance: The Definitive Guide: Getting the Most Out of Your Code

by Scott Oaks

Java Performance Companion cover

50. Java Performance Companion

by Charlie Hunt, Bengt Rutisson, Poonam Parhar, Monica Beckwith

Excel 2016 Formulas (Mr. Spreadsheet's Bookshelf) cover

51. Excel 2016 Formulas (Mr. Spreadsheet's Bookshelf)

by Michael Alexander, Richard Kusleika

Excel Formulas and Functions For Dummies cover

52. Excel Formulas and Functions For Dummies

by Ken Bluttman

Excel Formulas (Quick Study Computer) cover

53. Excel Formulas (Quick Study Computer)

by John Hales, Krista Jensen

The Pastoral Clinic: Addiction and Dispossession along the Rio Grande cover

54. The Pastoral Clinic: Addiction and Dispossession along the Rio Grande

by Angela Garcia