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The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade. New Preface and Epilogue with Updates on Economic Issues and Main Characters cover

1. The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade. New Preface and Epilogue with Updates on Economic Issues and Main Characters

by Pietra Rivoli

Initiative: A Proven Method to Bring Your Passions to Life (and Work) cover

2. Initiative: A Proven Method to Bring Your Passions to Life (and Work)

by Joshua Spodek

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Leadership Step by Step: Become the Person Others Follow cover

3. Leadership Step by Step: Become the Person Others Follow

by Joshua Spodek

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The Economics of Self-Destructive Choices (Advances in Japanese Business and Economics) cover

4. The Economics of Self-Destructive Choices (Advances in Japanese Business and Economics)

by Shinsuke Ikeda

The Sugar Barons: Family, Corruption, Empire, and War in the West Indies cover

5. The Sugar Barons: Family, Corruption, Empire, and War in the West Indies

by Matthew Parker

The Lessons of History cover

6. The Lessons of History

by Will Durant, Ariel Durant

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How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character cover

7. How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character

by Paul Tough

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Guide to Computational Geometry Processing: Foundations, Algorithms, and Methods cover

8. Guide to Computational Geometry Processing: Foundations, Algorithms, and Methods

by J. Andreas Bærentzen, Jens Gravesen, Francois Anton, Henrik Aanæs

Retirement Heist: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers cover

9. Retirement Heist: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers

by Ellen E. Schultz

The Making of Buddhist Modernism cover

10. The Making of Buddhist Modernism

by David L. McMahan

A compiler generator cover

11. A compiler generator

by William Marshall McKeeman, James J. Horning, David B. Wortman

A Million Thoughts: Learn All About Meditation from a Himalayan Mystic cover

12. A Million Thoughts: Learn All About Meditation from a Himalayan Mystic

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Stretching: Pocket Book Edition cover

13. Stretching: Pocket Book Edition

by Bob Anderson

Moon Lander: How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight (Paperback)) cover

14. Moon Lander: How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight (Paperback))

by Thomas J. Kelly

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Metaphors We Live By cover

15. Metaphors We Live By

by George Lakoff, Mark Johnson

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This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm cover

16. This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm

by Ted Genoways

The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers cover

17. The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers

by Tom Standage

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Riemannian Geometry cover

18. Riemannian Geometry

by Manfredo P. do Carmo

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate_Discoveries from A Secret World cover

19. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate_Discoveries from A Secret World

by Peter Wohlleben

PC Intern: System Programming : The Encyclopedia of DOS Programming Know How (Developer's Series/Book and Disk) cover

20. PC Intern: System Programming : The Encyclopedia of DOS Programming Know How (Developer's Series/Book and Disk)

by Michael Tischer

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Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet cover

21. Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet

by Yasha Levine

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eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work cover

22. eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work

by Randall E. Stross

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Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain cover

23. Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

by John J. Ratey

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Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World (Popular Science) cover

24. Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World (Popular Science)

by Nick Lane

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Psychedelics Encyclopedia cover

25. Psychedelics Encyclopedia

by Peter G. Stafford

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So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love cover

26. So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

by Cal Newport

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Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup cover

27. Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup

by Bill Aulet

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Reliable software through composite design cover

28. Reliable software through composite design

by Glenford J. Myers

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Flight: My Life in Mission Control cover

29. Flight: My Life in Mission Control

by Christopher C. Kraft

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Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment cover

30. Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment

by Robert Wright

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How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life cover

31. How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life

by Thomas Gilovich

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