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

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

by Richard W. Bulliet

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

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

by Lynne Truss

Harmony and Theory: Essential Concepts Series (Essential Concepts (Musicians Institute).) cover

3. Harmony and Theory: Essential Concepts Series (Essential Concepts (Musicians Institute).)

by Keith Wyatt, Carl Schroeder

Tribes cover

4. Tribes

by Seth Godin

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

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

by Eric Hoffer

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

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

by Douglas Atkin

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

7. 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

Get Together: How to build a community with your people cover

8. 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

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

by Edward Yourdon

Lisp in Small Pieces cover

10. Lisp in Small Pieces

by Christian Queinnec

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Practical Ethics cover

11. Practical Ethics

by Peter Singer

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The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity cover

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

by Toby Ord

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The Jazz Theory Book cover

13. The Jazz Theory Book

by Mark Levine

Introduction to Montague Semantics (Synthese Language Library) cover

14. Introduction to Montague Semantics (Synthese Language Library)

by David R. Dowty

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

15. 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Turning Points in Ancient History)

by Eric H. Cline

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Underground cover

16. Underground

by David Macaulay

Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much For Health Care cover

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

by Charles Silver, David A. Hyman

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ABC of Relativity (Routledge Classics) (Volume 1) cover

18. ABC of Relativity (Routledge Classics) (Volume 1)

by Bertrand Russell

Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story cover

19. Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story

by John Bloom

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

20. 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

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

by Mary Tiles

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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How Bad Are Bananas?: The carbon footprint of everything cover

23. How Bad Are Bananas?: The carbon footprint of everything

by Mike Berners-Lee

How to Sue a Telemarketer cover

24. How to Sue a Telemarketer

by Stephen I. Ostrow, Ozmo Kramer

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A Short History of Progress cover

25. A Short History of Progress

by Ronald Wright

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

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

by Barbara Karnes

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

27. 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

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

by James Wallace, Jim Erickson

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Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy cover

29. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

by David D. Burns

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Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food cover

30. Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food

by Catherine Shanahan, M.D., Luke Shanahan

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

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

by Gary Taubes

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Paradise Lost (Hackett Classics) cover

32. Paradise Lost (Hackett Classics)

by John Milton, Merritt Yerkes Hughes

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

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

by Brendan Fong, David I. Spivak

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The Friend: A Novel cover

34. The Friend: A Novel

by Sigrid Nunez

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

35. 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

36. Prepared: What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life

by Diane Tavenner

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Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities (The MIT Press) cover

37. Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities (The MIT Press)

by Vaclav Smil, Eric Jason Martin

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