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Money: The Unauthorized Biography--From Coinage to Cryptocurrencies cover

1. Money: The Unauthorized Biography--From Coinage to Cryptocurrencies

by Felix Martin

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A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics: What Managers, Executives, and Students Need to Know cover

2. A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics: What Managers, Executives, and Students Need to Know

by David A. Moss

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The Weariness of the Self: Diagnosing the History of Depression in the Contemporary Age cover

3. The Weariness of the Self: Diagnosing the History of Depression in the Contemporary Age

by Alain Ehrenberg

Lost Connections: Why You're Depressed and How to Find Hope cover

4. Lost Connections: Why You're Depressed and How to Find Hope

by Johann Hari

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Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets cover

5. Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets

by Peter Van der Linden

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Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin cover

6. Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin

by Lawrence Weinstein, John A. Adam

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Waltzing With Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projects cover

7. Waltzing With Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projects

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

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Measuring and Managing Information Risk: A FAIR Approach cover

8. Measuring and Managing Information Risk: A FAIR Approach

by Jack Freund, Jack Jones

Mac OS X and iOS Internals: To the Apple's Core cover

9. Mac OS X and iOS Internals: To the Apple's Core

by Jonathan Levin

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MacOS and iOS Internals, Volume III: Security & Insecurity cover

10. MacOS and iOS Internals, Volume III: Security & Insecurity

by Jonathan Levin

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Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach (paperback) cover

11. Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach (paperback)

by Amit Singh

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MacOS and iOS Internals, Volume II: Kernel Mode cover

12. MacOS and iOS Internals, Volume II: Kernel Mode

by Jonathan Levin (IT consultant)

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MacOS and iOS Internals, Volume I: User Mode (v1.3) cover

13. MacOS and iOS Internals, Volume I: User Mode (v1.3)

by Jonathan Levin

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The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance cover

14. The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance

by Laurie Garrett

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Unlocking the Emotional Brain cover

15. Unlocking the Emotional Brain

by Bruce Ecker, Robin Ticic, Laurel Hulley

The Araboolies of Liberty Street cover

16. The Araboolies of Liberty Street

by Sam Swope

The C Puzzle Book cover

17. The C Puzzle Book

by Alan R. Feuer

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C: A Reference Manual, 5th Edition cover

18. C: A Reference Manual, 5th Edition

by Samuel P. Harbison, Guy L. Steele

The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are cover

19. The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are

by Henry Petroski

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The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus cover

20. The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus

by Richard Preston

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Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison cover

21. Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison

by Shaka Senghor

Overcoming Opioid Addiction: The Authoritative Medical Guide for Patients, Families, Doctors, and Therapists cover

22. Overcoming Opioid Addiction: The Authoritative Medical Guide for Patients, Families, Doctors, and Therapists

by Adam Bisaga, Karen Chernyaev

The Next Fifty Years: Science in the First Half of the Twenty-first Century cover

23. The Next Fifty Years: Science in the First Half of the Twenty-first Century

by John Brockman

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

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

by Scott Wlaschin

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Radar Man: A Personal History of Stealth cover

25. Radar Man: A Personal History of Stealth

by Edward Lovick Jr, Edward Lovick

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The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History cover

26. The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

by John M. Barry

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The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies cover

27. The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies

by Jason Fagone

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Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II cover

28. Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II

by Liza Mundy

You Can Be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits cover

29. You Can Be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits

by Joel Greenblatt

Zero Trust Networks: Building Secure Systems in Untrusted Networks cover

30. Zero Trust Networks: Building Secure Systems in Untrusted Networks

by Evan Gilman, Doug Barth

The Four Steps to the Epiphany cover

31. The Four Steps to the Epiphany

by Steve Blank

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Environmental Accounting: Emergy and Environmental Decision Making cover

32. Environmental Accounting: Emergy and Environmental Decision Making

by Howard T. Odum