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What's Wrong with China cover

1. What's Wrong with China

by Paul Midler

Advances in Financial Machine Learning cover

2. Advances in Financial Machine Learning

by Marcos Lopez de Prado

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Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life cover

3. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

by Marshall B. Rosenberg

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Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well cover

4. Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well

by Douglas Stone, Sheila Heen

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Sense of Honor cover

5. Sense of Honor

by James Webb

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Crossing the Chasm, 3rd Edition: The Updated Version of the Insightful Guide on Bringing Cutting-Edge Products to the Mainstream (Collins Business Essentials) cover

6. Crossing the Chasm, 3rd Edition: The Updated Version of the Insightful Guide on Bringing Cutting-Edge Products to the Mainstream (Collins Business Essentials)

by Geoffrey A. Moore

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Kellogg on Branding: The Marketing Faculty of The Kellogg School of Management cover

7. Kellogg on Branding: The Marketing Faculty of The Kellogg School of Management

by Alice M. Tybout, Tim Calkins

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk! cover

8. The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk!

by Jack Trout

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Confessions of an Advertising Man cover

9. Confessions of an Advertising Man

by David Ogilvy

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Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind cover

10. Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind

by Jack Trout, Al Ries

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Secrets From A Stargazer's Notebook cover

11. Secrets From A Stargazer's Notebook

by Debbi Kempton Smith

Designing Audio Effect Plugins in C++: For AAX, AU, and VST3 with DSP Theory cover

12. Designing Audio Effect Plugins in C++: For AAX, AU, and VST3 with DSP Theory

by Will C. Pirkle

Digital Audio Signal Processing cover

13. Digital Audio Signal Processing

by Udo Zölzer

DAFX: Digital Audio Effects cover

14. DAFX: Digital Audio Effects

by Udo Zölzer

Legalize This!: The Case for Decriminalizing Drugs cover

15. Legalize This!: The Case for Decriminalizing Drugs

by Douglas N. Husak

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The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us cover

16. The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us

by Paul Tough

Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices) cover

17. Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices)

by Steve McConnell

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American Aurora: A Democratic-Republican Returns; The Suppressed History of Our Nation's Beginnings and the Heroic Newspaper That Tried to Report It cover

18. American Aurora: A Democratic-Republican Returns; The Suppressed History of Our Nation's Beginnings and the Heroic Newspaper That Tried to Report It

by Richard N. Rosenfeld

Five Proofs of the Existence of God cover

19. Five Proofs of the Existence of God

by Edward Feser

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Limitless Mind: Learn, Lead, and Live Without Barriers cover

20. Limitless Mind: Learn, Lead, and Live Without Barriers

by Jo Boaler

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

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

22. 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

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

by Joshua Spodek

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Unity 2018 Game Development in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself cover

24. Unity 2018 Game Development in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself

by Mike Geig

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The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks (Penguin Classics) cover

25. The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks (Penguin Classics)

by Benedicta Ward

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In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People cover

26. In Sheep's Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People

by George K. Simon

An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Silver Anniversary Edition) cover

27. An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Silver Anniversary Edition)

by Gerald M. Weinberg

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Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety (ALA Notable Books for Adults) cover

28. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety (ALA Notable Books for Adults)

by Eric Schlosser

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No bullshit guide to math and physics cover

29. No bullshit guide to math and physics

by Ivan Savov

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No bullshit guide to linear algebra cover

30. No bullshit guide to linear algebra

by Ivan Savov

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No Bullshit Guide to Mathematics cover

31. No Bullshit Guide to Mathematics

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The Peter Principle: Say NO! to incompetence at work (Management & Marketing) cover

32. The Peter Principle: Say NO! to incompetence at work (Management & Marketing)

by 50minutes

The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong cover

33. The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong

by Laurence J. Peter, Raymond Hull

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream cover

34. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

by Hunter S. Thompson

The Outsider cover

35. The Outsider

by Colin Wilson

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Domain Modeling Made Functional: Tackle Software Complexity with Domain-Driven Design and F# cover

36. Domain Modeling Made Functional: Tackle Software Complexity with Domain-Driven Design and F#

by Scott Wlaschin

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Mass: The quest to understand matter from Greek atoms to quantum fields cover

37. Mass: The quest to understand matter from Greek atoms to quantum fields

by J. E. Baggott

An Intermediate Course in Probability (Springer Texts in Statistics) cover

38. An Intermediate Course in Probability (Springer Texts in Statistics)

by Allan Gut

Target de Gaulle: The true story of the 31 attempts on the life of the French president cover

39. Target de Gaulle: The true story of the 31 attempts on the life of the French president

by Pierre Démaret, Christian Plume

Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing cover

40. Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing

by Josh Ryan-Collins, Toby Lloyd, Laurie Macfarlane

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A Philosophy of Software Design cover

41. A Philosophy of Software Design

by John Ousterhout

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The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner cover

42. The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner

by Daniel Ellsberg

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Head First HTML and CSS: A Learner's Guide to Creating Standards-Based Web Pages cover

43. Head First HTML and CSS: A Learner's Guide to Creating Standards-Based Web Pages

by Elisabeth Robson, Eric Freeman

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Cows Are Freaky When They Look at You: An Oral History of the Kaw Valley Hemp Pickers cover

44. Cows Are Freaky When They Look at You: An Oral History of the Kaw Valley Hemp Pickers

by David Ohle, Roger Martin, Susan Brosseau

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Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill cover

45. Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill

by Matthieu Ricard

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones cover

46. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

by James Clear

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Against Elections: The Case for Democracy cover

47. Against Elections: The Case for Democracy

by David Van Reybrouck