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How Will You Measure Your Life? cover

1. How Will You Measure Your Life?

by Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth, Karen Dillon

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Quantum Mechanics and Experience cover

2. 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

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

by John Drury Clark

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

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

by Chris Voss, Tahl Raz

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

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

by Christian Rudder

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Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being cover

6. Yuuyaraq: The Way of the Human Being

by Harold Napoleon

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

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

by Robert Fortuine

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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Making Software: What Really Works, and Why We Believe It cover

9. Making Software: What Really Works, and Why We Believe It

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson

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Adaptive Markets: Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought cover

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

by Andrew W. Lo

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

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

by Carlo M. Cipolla

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

12. 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

13. Guide to the Good Life, A

by William B. Irvine, James Patrick Cronin

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The Road Chose Me Volume 1: Two years and 40,000 miles from Alaska to Argentina cover

14. The Road Chose Me Volume 1: Two years and 40,000 miles from Alaska to Argentina

by Dan Grec

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999 Days Around Africa: The Road Chose Me cover

15. 999 Days Around Africa: The Road Chose Me

by Dan Grec

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

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

by Brian Greene

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The Wheels of Commerce: Civilization & Capitalism 15th-18th Century, Vol. 2 (English, French and French Edition) cover

18. The Wheels of Commerce: Civilization & Capitalism 15th-18th Century, Vol. 2 (English, French and French Edition)

by Fernand Braudel

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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

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

20. 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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Iron John: A Book about Men cover

21. Iron John: A Book about Men

by Robert Bly

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

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

by Ron Chernow

Be Prepared: Be Prepared cover

23. Be Prepared: Be Prepared

by Gary Greenberg, Jeannie Hayden

Hotwired Style: Principles for Building Smart Web Sites cover

24. Hotwired Style: Principles for Building Smart Web Sites

by Jeffrey Veen

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Progress and Poverty (modern edition) cover

25. Progress and Poverty (modern edition)

by Henry George

The Technological Society cover

26. The Technological Society

by Jacques Ellul

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Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India cover

27. Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India

by Shashi Tharoor

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The Paleo Approach: Reverse Autoimmune Disease and Heal Your Body cover

28. The Paleo Approach: Reverse Autoimmune Disease and Heal Your Body

by Sarah Ballantyne

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Eats, Shoots and Leaves cover

29. Eats, Shoots and Leaves

by Lynne Truss

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

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

by Pamela Druckerman

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JavaScript: The Good Parts cover

31. JavaScript: The Good Parts

by Douglas Crockford, Ke luo ke fu de, Yan xue kun, Douglas Crockford

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A is for Activist cover

32. A is for Activist

by Innosanto Nagara

Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals cover

33. Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals

by John Gray

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

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

by Fernando Vallejo

Safeware: System Safety and Computers cover

35. Safeware: System Safety and Computers

by Nancy Leveson

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

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

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

by Frederick Bodmer

Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days cover

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

by Jessica Livingston

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

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

by Peter Godfrey-Smith

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