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Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (The MIT Press) cover

1. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (The MIT Press)

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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Risk Savvy cover

3. Risk Savvy

by Gerd Gigerenzer

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

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

by Albert O. Hirschman

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Principle Centered Leadership cover

5. Principle Centered Leadership

by Stephen R. Covey

Zoning Rules!: The Economics of Land Use Regulation cover

6. 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

7. 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

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

by James Fadiman

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Official Marimba Guide to Bongo cover

9. Official Marimba Guide to Bongo

by Danny Goodman

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

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

by Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi

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Streaming Systems cover

11. Streaming Systems

by Tyler Akidau, Slava Chernyak, Reuven Lax

Attachment Disturbances in Adults: Treatment for Comprehensive Repair cover

12. Attachment Disturbances in Adults: Treatment for Comprehensive Repair

by Daniel P. Brown

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

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

by Brendan Fong, David I. Spivak

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Better Never to Have Been: The Harm Of Coming Into Existence cover

14. Better Never to Have Been: The Harm Of Coming Into Existence

by David Benatar

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

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

by Thomas Ligotti, Ray Brassier

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Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion cover

16. Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

by Jia Tolentino

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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UNIX: A History and a Memoir cover

18. UNIX: A History and a Memoir

by Brian W. Kernighan

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The Non-Designer's Design Book (4th Edition) cover

19. The Non-Designer's Design Book (4th Edition)

by Robin Williams

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Agency cover

20. Agency

by William Gibson

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

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

by Robert M. Sapolsky

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Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity cover

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

by Jamie Metzl

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

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

by Jennifer L. Eberhardt, PhD

The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator cover

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

by Timothy Charles Winegard

Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World cover

26. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

by David Epstein

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Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence cover

27. 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

28. 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

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

by Ben Macintyre

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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The Pragmatic Programmer: your journey to mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) cover

31. The Pragmatic Programmer: your journey to mastery, 20th Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)

by David Hurst Thomas, Andrew Hunt

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The Black Art of Video Game Console Design cover

32. The Black Art of Video Game Console Design

by André LaMothe

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The Key to Chinese Cooking cover

33. The Key to Chinese Cooking

by Irene Kuo

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

The Psychopath Whisperer: The Science of Those Without Conscience cover

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

by Kent A. Kiehl, PhD

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The Manager's Path cover

36. The Manager's Path

by Camille Fournier

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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

37. 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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The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing (Oxford Landmark Science) cover

38. The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing (Oxford Landmark Science)

by Richard Dawkins

Practical Foundations for Programming Languages cover

39. Practical Foundations for Programming Languages

by Robert Harper

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Indian Instant Pot® Cookbook: Traditional Indian Dishes Made Easy and Fast cover

40. Indian Instant Pot® Cookbook: Traditional Indian Dishes Made Easy and Fast

by Urvashi Pitre

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

41. 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 (3rd Edition) cover

42. Unity 2018 Game Development in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself (3rd Edition)

by Mike Geig

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

43. 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

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

by Abby Howard

The Art of Electronics cover

45. The Art of Electronics

by The Wikipedians

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Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America cover

46. Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America

by Scott Adams

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

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

by Oren Klaff

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

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

by Dr. Steven Novella

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

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

by Steve Nicholls

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

50. 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

51. 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

52. Actionable Agile Metrics for Predictability: An Introduction

by Daniel S. Vacanti

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