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Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition cover

1. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition

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

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Kea, Bird of Paradox: The Evolution and Behavior of a New Zealand Parrot cover

2. Kea, Bird of Paradox: The Evolution and Behavior of a New Zealand Parrot

by Judy Diamond, Alan B. Bond

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The Conspiracy against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror cover

3. The Conspiracy against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror

by Thomas Ligotti

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Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence cover

4. Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence

by David Benatar

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Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion cover

5. Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

by Jia Tolentino

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Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States cover

6. Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States

by Albert O. Hirschman

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Principle Centered Leadership cover

7. Principle Centered Leadership

by Stephen R. Covey

Zoning Rules!: The Economics of Land Use Regulation cover

8. Zoning Rules!: The Economics of Land Use Regulation

by William A. Fischel

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The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization cover

9. The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization

by James Bamford

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The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys cover

10. The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys

by James Fadiman

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The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke cover

11. The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke

by Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi

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Official Marimba Guide to Bongo cover

12. Official Marimba Guide to Bongo

by Danny Goodman

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Streaming Systems cover

13. Streaming Systems

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Attachment Disturbances in Adults: Treatment for Comprehensive Repair cover

14. Attachment Disturbances in Adults: Treatment for Comprehensive Repair

by Daniel P. Brown

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The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves cover

15. The Jewish-Japanese Sex & Cook Book and How to Raise Wolves

by Jack Douglas

An Invitation to Applied Category Theory: Seven Sketches in Compositionality cover

16. An Invitation to Applied Category Theory: Seven Sketches in Compositionality

by Brendan Fong, David I. Spivak

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The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage cover

17. The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

by Cliff Stoll

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Non-Designer's Design Book, The cover

18. Non-Designer's Design Book, The

by Robin Williams

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UNIX: A History and a Memoir cover

19. UNIX: A History and a Memoir

by Brian W. Kernighan

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Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do cover

20. Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do

by Jennifer L. Eberhardt, PhD

The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution cover

21. The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution

by Gregory Zuckerman

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Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity cover

22. Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity

by Jamie Metzl

The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator cover

23. The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator

by Timothy Charles Winegard

Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst cover

24. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

by Robert M. Sapolsky

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Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence cover

25. Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence

by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, Avi Goldfarb

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know cover

26. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

by Malcolm Gladwell

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War cover

27. The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

by Ben Macintyre

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World cover

28. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

by David Epstein

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Agency (The Jackpot Trilogy) cover

29. Agency (The Jackpot Trilogy)

by William Gibson

Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System (Platform Studies) cover

30. Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System (Platform Studies)

by Nick Montfort, Ian Bogost

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Joel on Software: And on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of Interest to Software Developers, Designers, and Managers, and to Those Who, Whether by Good Fortune or Ill Luck, Work with Them in Some Capacity cover

31. Joel on Software: And on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of Interest to Software Developers, Designers, and Managers, and to Those Who, Whether by Good Fortune or Ill Luck, Work with Them in Some Capacity

by Avram Joel Spolsky

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Black Art of Video Game Console Design, The cover

32. Black Art of Video Game Console Design, The

by André LaMothe

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The Psychopath Whisperer: The Science of Those Without Conscience cover

33. The Psychopath Whisperer: The Science of Those Without Conscience

by Kent A. Kiehl, PhD

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I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined) cover

34. I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined)

by Chuck Klosterman

Practical Foundations for Programming Languages cover

35. Practical Foundations for Programming Languages

by Robert Harper

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake cover

36. The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake

by Dr. Steven Novella

The Key to Chinese Cooking cover

37. The Key to Chinese Cooking

by Irene Kuo

The Manager's Path cover

38. The Manager's Path

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Open Reference Architecture for Security and Privacy cover

39. Open Reference Architecture for Security and Privacy

by Maikel Mardjan

Indian Instant Pot(R) Cookbook: Traditional Indian Dishes Made Easy and Fast cover

40. Indian Instant Pot(R) Cookbook: Traditional Indian Dishes Made Easy and Fast

by Urvashi Pitre

Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World cover

41. Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World

by J. Adam Tooze

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The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win cover

42. The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford

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

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

by Mike Geig

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The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium cover

44. The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium

by Martin Gurri

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Dinosaur Empire! (Earth Before Us #1): Journey through the Mesozoic Era cover

45. Dinosaur Empire! (Earth Before Us #1): Journey through the Mesozoic Era

by Abby Howard

The Art of Electronics cover

46. The Art of Electronics

by Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill

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Who cover

47. Who

by Geoff Smart, Randy Street

97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts cover

48. 97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts

by Camille Fournier

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, 20th Anniversary Edition cover

49. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, 20th Anniversary Edition

by Patrick M. Lencioni

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The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change cover

50. The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change

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Power Score: Your Formula for Leadership Success cover

51. Power Score: Your Formula for Leadership Success

by Geoff Smart, Randy Street, Alan Foster

Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America cover

52. Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America

by Scott Adams

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Flip the Script: Getting People to Think Your Idea Is Their Idea cover

53. Flip the Script: Getting People to Think Your Idea Is Their Idea

by Oren Klaff

Paradise Found: Nature in America at the Time of Discovery cover

54. Paradise Found: Nature in America at the Time of Discovery

by Steve Nicholls

The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up on Free Markets cover

55. The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up on Free Markets

by Thomas Philippon

The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development cover

56. The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development

by Donald G. Reinertsen

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Actionable Agile Metrics for Predictability: An Introduction cover

57. Actionable Agile Metrics for Predictability: An Introduction

by Daniel S. Vacanti

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The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey To Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) cover

58. The Pragmatic Programmer: Your Journey To Mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)

by David Hurst Thomas, Andrew Hunt

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