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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress cover

1. Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

by Steven Pinker

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Matrix Computations (Johns Hopkins Studies in the Mathematical Sciences) cover

2. Matrix Computations (Johns Hopkins Studies in the Mathematical Sciences)

by Gene Howard Golub, Charles F. Van Loan

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business cover

3. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

by Charles Duhigg

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The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives cover

4. The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives

by Jesse Eisinger

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Linear Algebra and Learning from Data cover

5. Linear Algebra and Learning from Data

by Gilbert Strang

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1337 h4x0r h4ndb00k cover

6. 1337 h4x0r h4ndb00k

by Tapeworm

The Fifth Risk cover

7. The Fifth Risk

by Michael Lewis

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Biochemical Individuality cover

8. Biochemical Individuality

by Roger Williams

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Numerical Linear Algebra cover

9. Numerical Linear Algebra

by Lloyd N. Trefethen, David Bau, III

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The Drug Hunters: The Improbable Quest to Discover New Medicines cover

10. The Drug Hunters: The Improbable Quest to Discover New Medicines

by Donald R. Kirsch, Ogi Ogas

Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners cover

11. Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners

by Michael Erard

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English Grammar for Students of Russian: The Study Guide for Those Learning Russian (English grammar series) cover

12. English Grammar for Students of Russian: The Study Guide for Those Learning Russian (English grammar series)

by Edwina Jannie Cruise

Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition cover

13. Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition

by Marc Reisner

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Dangerous cover

14. Dangerous

by Milo Yiannopoulos

Freaks of Nature: What Anomalies Tell Us About Development and Evolution cover

15. Freaks of Nature: What Anomalies Tell Us About Development and Evolution

by Mark Blumberg

Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction cover

16. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction

by David Macaulay

Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society cover

17. Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society

by Eric A. Posner, Eric Glen Weyl

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The Uploaded cover

18. The Uploaded

by Ferrett Steinmetz

Systems Thinking: Creative Holism for Managers cover

19. Systems Thinking: Creative Holism for Managers

by Michael C. Jackson

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Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update cover

20. Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update

by Donella H. Meadows, Jørgen Randers, Dennis L. Meadows

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Deep Time: How Humanity Communicates Across Millennia cover

21. Deep Time: How Humanity Communicates Across Millennia

by Gregory Benford

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Colloquial Yiddish cover

22. Colloquial Yiddish

by Lily Kahn

Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (3rd Edition) cover

23. Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (3rd Edition)

by Randal E. Bryant, David R. O'Hallaron

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Geons, Black Holes, and Quantum Foam: A Life in Physics cover

24. Geons, Black Holes, and Quantum Foam: A Life in Physics

by John Archibald Wheeler, Kenneth William Ford

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Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection cover

25. Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection

by John E. Sarno

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The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

26. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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The Four Steps to the Epiphany cover

27. The Four Steps to the Epiphany

by Steve Blank

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The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company cover

28. The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company

by Steven Gary Blank, Bob Dorf

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The Discipline of Market Leaders: Choose Your Customers, Narrow Your Focus, Dominate Your Market cover

29. The Discipline of Market Leaders: Choose Your Customers, Narrow Your Focus, Dominate Your Market

by Michael Treacy

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