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Playing with Infinity: Mathematical Explorations and Excursions cover

1. Playing with Infinity: Mathematical Explorations and Excursions

by R¢zsa Pter

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Willing Accomplices: How KGB Covert Influence Agents Created Political Correctness and Destroyed America cover

2. Willing Accomplices: How KGB Covert Influence Agents Created Political Correctness and Destroyed America

by Kent Clizbe

Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One) cover

3. Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One)

by Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Andre? Nikolaevich Kolmogorov, M. A. Lavrent'ev

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Amazon Web Services - Virtual Private Cloud cover

4. Amazon Web Services - Virtual Private Cloud

by Jon Gallagher

Deadly Deceits: My 25 Years in the CIA cover

5. Deadly Deceits: My 25 Years in the CIA

by Ralph W. McGehee

The Prophet from Silicon Valley: The Complete Story of Sequential Circuits cover

6. The Prophet from Silicon Valley: The Complete Story of Sequential Circuits

by David Abernethy

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success cover

7. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

by Carol S. Dweck

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Words at the Threshold: What We Say as We're Nearing Death cover

8. Words at the Threshold: What We Say as We're Nearing Death

by Lisa Smartt

Les Langages Lisp cover

9. Les Langages Lisp

by Christian Queinnec

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship cover

10. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Robert C. Martin

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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software cover

11. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides

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Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (The MIT Press) cover

12. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (The MIT Press)

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

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Incident Management for Operations cover

13. Incident Management for Operations

by Rob Schnepp, Ron Vidal, Chris Hawley

Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide cover

14. Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide

by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson, Elisabeth Freeman, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates

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What is Life?: With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches (Canto Classics) cover

15. What is Life?: With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches (Canto Classics)

by Erwin Schrodinger, Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics Roger Penrose

Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back cover

16. Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back

by William MacAskill

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How to Read and Do Proofs: An Introduction to Mathematical Thought Processes cover

17. How to Read and Do Proofs: An Introduction to Mathematical Thought Processes

by Daniel Solow

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How to Think Like a Mathematician: A Companion to Undergraduate Mathematics cover

18. How to Think Like a Mathematician: A Companion to Undergraduate Mathematics

by Kevin Houston

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The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement cover

19. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

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The Manager's Path cover

20. The Manager's Path

by Camille Fournier

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The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America cover

21. The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America

by Louis Menand

Trapped in the Mirror: Adult Children of Narcissists in their Struggle for Self cover

22. Trapped in the Mirror: Adult Children of Narcissists in their Struggle for Self

by Elan Golomb

What Color Is Your Parachute? 2018: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers cover

23. What Color Is Your Parachute? 2018: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers

by Richard Nelson Bolles

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It cover

24. Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

by Chris Voss, Tahl Raz

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R & D Collaboration on Trial: The Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation cover

25. R & D Collaboration on Trial: The Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation

by David V. Gibson, Everett M. Rogers

Headcrash cover

26. Headcrash

by Bruce Bethke

Strangers Drowning: Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Urge to Help cover

27. Strangers Drowning: Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Urge to Help

by Larissa MacFarquhar

How the Leopard Changed Its Spots: The Evolution of Complexity cover

28. How the Leopard Changed Its Spots: The Evolution of Complexity

by Brian C. Goodwin

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The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents Are (Still) Going Broke cover

29. The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents Are (Still) Going Broke

by Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi

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The Nature of Necessity (Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy) cover

30. The Nature of Necessity (Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy)

by Alvin Plantinga

The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money cover

31. The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money

by Bryan Caplan

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How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence cover

32. How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

by Michael Pollan

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Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story cover

33. Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story

by John Bloom

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Things Might Go Terribly, Horribly Wrong: A Guide to Life Liberated from Anxiety cover

34. Things Might Go Terribly, Horribly Wrong: A Guide to Life Liberated from Anxiety

by Kelly G. Wilson

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The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate cover

35. The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate

by John H. Walton

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Fractals, Visualization and J, Fourth edition, Part 1 cover

36. Fractals, Visualization and J, Fourth edition, Part 1

by Clifford Reiter

The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge cover

37. The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge

by Beatrice Chestnut

Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy cover

38. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

by David D. Burns

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Sit Like a Buddha: A Pocket Guide to Meditation cover

39. Sit Like a Buddha: A Pocket Guide to Meditation

by Lodro Rinzler

The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness cover

40. The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness

by John Yates, Matthew Immergut, Jeremy Graves

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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power cover

41. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power

by Shoshana Zuboff

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Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law cover

42. Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law

by Lawrence E. Rosen