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Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway cover

1. Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway

by Clifford Stoll

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Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran: A Moment in World History cover

2. Cotton, Climate, and Camels in Early Islamic Iran: A Moment in World History

by Richard W. Bulliet

1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History) cover

3. 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History)

by Eric H. Cline

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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation cover

4. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

by Lynne Truss

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Essential Concepts: Harmony & Theory | Music Book for Guitar and Multi-Instrument with Step-by-Step Concepts for Students | Learn Intervals Scales ... (Essential Concepts (Musicians Institute).) cover

5. Essential Concepts: Harmony & Theory | Music Book for Guitar and Multi-Instrument with Step-by-Step Concepts for Students | Learn Intervals Scales ... (Essential Concepts (Musicians Institute).)

by Keith Wyatt, Carl Schroeder

Squid: The Definitive Guide cover

6. Squid: The Definitive Guide

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements cover

7. The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

by Eric Hoffer

Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World cover

8. Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World

by Srdja Popovic, Matthew Miller

The Culting of Brands: Turn Your Customers into True Believers cover

9. The Culting of Brands: Turn Your Customers into True Believers

by Douglas Atkin

Tribes cover

10. Tribes

by Seth Godin

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The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity cover

11. The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity

by Toby Ord

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Practical Ethics cover

12. Practical Ethics

by Peter Singer

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Introduction to Graph Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

13. Introduction to Graph Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Richard J. Trudeau

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Get Together: How to Build a Community With Your People cover

14. Get Together: How to Build a Community With Your People

by Bailey Richardson, Kevin Huynh, Kai Elmer Sotto

Death March: The Complete Software Developer's Guide to Surviving 'Mission Impossible' Projects (Yourdon Computing Series) cover

15. Death March: The Complete Software Developer's Guide to Surviving 'Mission Impossible' Projects (Yourdon Computing Series)

by Edward Yourdon

Introduction to Montague Semantics (Synthese Language Library) cover

16. Introduction to Montague Semantics (Synthese Language Library)

by David R. Dowty

Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To cover

17. Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To

by David A. Sinclair, Matthew D. LaPlante

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Underground cover

18. Underground

by David Macaulay

Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much For Health Care cover

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

by Charles Silver, David A. Hyman

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How to Sue a Telemarketer cover

20. How to Sue a Telemarketer

by Stephen I. Ostrow, Ozmo Kramer

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Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story cover

21. Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story

by John Bloom

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

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

by John Drury Clark

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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) cover

23. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web cover

24. The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web

by Dave Shea, Molly E. Holzschlag

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The Philosophy of Set Theory: An Historical Introduction to Cantor's Paradise (Dover Books on Mathematics);An;Dover Books on Mathematics cover

25. The Philosophy of Set Theory: An Historical Introduction to Cantor's Paradise (Dover Books on Mathematics);An;Dover Books on Mathematics

by Mary Tiles

A Short History of Progress cover

26. A Short History of Progress

by Ronald Wright

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Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy cover

27. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

by David D. Burns

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End of Life Guideline Series: A Compilation of Barbara Karnes Booklets cover

28. End of Life Guideline Series: A Compilation of Barbara Karnes Booklets

by Barbara Karnes

Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It cover

29. Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It

by Gary Taubes

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Resistance Is Futile!: How the Trump-Hating Left Lost Its Collective Mind cover

30. Resistance Is Futile!: How the Trump-Hating Left Lost Its Collective Mind

by Ann Coulter

Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire cover

31. Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire

by James Wallace, Jim Erickson

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Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food cover

32. Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food

by Catherine Shanahan, M.D., Luke Shanahan

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Paradise Lost (Hackett Classics) cover

33. Paradise Lost (Hackett Classics)

by John Milton, Merritt Yerkes Hughes

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

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

by Brendan Fong, David I. Spivak

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Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities (Mit Press) cover

35. Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities (Mit Press)

by Vaclav Smil

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams cover

36. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

by Matthew Walker

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Prepared: What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life cover

37. Prepared: What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life

by Diane Tavenner

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These Truths: A History of the United States cover

38. These Truths: A History of the United States

by Jill Lepore

An American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel cover

39. An American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel

by Tayari Jones

The Friend: A Novel cover

40. The Friend: A Novel

by Sigrid Nunez