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Smoke Screen: A True Adventure cover

1. Smoke Screen: A True Adventure

by Robert Sabbag

Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China's Drive for Global Supremacy cover

2. Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China's Drive for Global Supremacy

by Bill Gertz

Quantum Mechanics and Experience cover

3. Quantum Mechanics and Experience

by David Z Albert

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Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (Rutgers University Press Classics) cover

4. Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (Rutgers University Press Classics)

by John Drury Clark

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Cracking the ACT with 6 Practice Tests, 2019 Edition: 6 Practice Tests + Content Review + Strategies (College Test Preparation) cover

5. Cracking the ACT with 6 Practice Tests, 2019 Edition: 6 Practice Tests + Content Review + Strategies (College Test Preparation)

by Princeton Review

Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity--What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves cover

6. Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity--What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves

by Christian Rudder

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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It―Unlock Your Persuasion Potential in Professional and Personal Life cover

7. Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It―Unlock Your Persuasion Potential in Professional and Personal Life

by Chris Voss, Tahl Raz

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Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much For Health Care cover

8. Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much For Health Care

by Charles Silver, David A. Hyman

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Chills and Fever: Health and Disease in the Early History of Alaska cover

9. Chills and Fever: Health and Disease in the Early History of Alaska

by Robert Fortuine

Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being cover

10. Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being

by Harold Napoleon

Death by Regulation: How We Were Robbed of a Golden Age of Health and How We Can Reclaim It cover

11. Death by Regulation: How We Were Robbed of a Golden Age of Health and How We Can Reclaim It

by Mary J. Ruwart

Guide to the Good Life, A cover

12. Guide to the Good Life, A

by William B. Irvine, James Patrick Cronin

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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness cover

13. Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

by Peter Godfrey-Smith

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Adaptive Markets: Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought cover

14. Adaptive Markets: Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought

by Andrew W. Lo

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Before the Industrial Revolution: European Society and Economy, 1000-1700 cover

15. Before the Industrial Revolution: European Society and Economy, 1000-1700

by Carlo M. Cipolla

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The Permanent Portfolio: Harry Browne's Long-Term Investment Strategy cover

16. The Permanent Portfolio: Harry Browne's Long-Term Investment Strategy

by Craig Rowland, J. M. Lawson

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The Wheels of Commerce: Civilization & Capitalism 15th-18th Century, Vol. 2 cover

17. The Wheels of Commerce: Civilization & Capitalism 15th-18th Century, Vol. 2

by Fernand Braudel

The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality cover

18. The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

by Brian Greene

Tribes: How Race, Religion and Identity Determine Success in the New Global Economy cover

19. Tribes: How Race, Religion and Identity Determine Success in the New Global Economy

by Joel Kotkin

Iron John: A Book about Men cover

20. Iron John: A Book about Men

by Robert Bly

The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance cover

21. The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance

by Ron Chernow

Wrong: Why experts* keep failing us--and how to know when not to trust them *Scientists, finance wizards, doctors, relationship gurus, celebrity CEOs, ... consultants, health officials and more cover

22. Wrong: Why experts* keep failing us--and how to know when not to trust them *Scientists, finance wizards, doctors, relationship gurus, celebrity CEOs, ... consultants, health officials and more

by David H. Freedman

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Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dads cover

23. Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dads

by Gary Greenberg, Jeannie Hayden

The Technological Society cover

24. The Technological Society

by Jacques Ellul

Hotwired Style: Principles for Building Smart Web Sites cover

25. Hotwired Style: Principles for Building Smart Web Sites

by Jeffrey Veen

JavaScript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts cover

26. JavaScript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts

by Callie L. French, Dan/M Pelletier

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Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting cover

27. Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting

by Pamela Druckerman

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A is for Activist cover

28. A is for Activist

by Innosanto Nagara

La puta de Babilonia /The Whore of Babylon (Spanish Edition) cover

29. La puta de Babilonia /The Whore of Babylon (Spanish Edition)

by Fernando Vallejo

The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It cover

30. The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It

by Kelly McGonigal

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Five Proofs of the Existence of God cover

31. Five Proofs of the Existence of God

by Edward Feser

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The Alchemy Of Finance [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2012] GEORGE SOROS, PAUL A. VOLCKER cover

32. The Alchemy Of Finance [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2012] GEORGE SOROS, PAUL A. VOLCKER

The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems: Sleeping, Feeding, and Behavior--Beyond the Basics from Infancy Through Toddlerhood cover

33. The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems: Sleeping, Feeding, and Behavior--Beyond the Basics from Infancy Through Toddlerhood

by Tracy Hogg, Melinda Blau

NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children cover

34. NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children

by Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman

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The Loom of Language: An Approach to the Mastery of Many Languages cover

35. The Loom of Language: An Approach to the Mastery of Many Languages

by Frederick Bodmer

Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days cover

36. Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days

by Jessica Livingston

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