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Grassroots for Hire: Public Affairs Consultants In American Democracy (Business and Public Policy) cover

1. Grassroots for Hire: Public Affairs Consultants In American Democracy (Business and Public Policy)

by Edward T. Walker

Who Murdered Chaucer? A Medieval Mystery cover

2. Who Murdered Chaucer? A Medieval Mystery

by Terry Jones, Robert Yeager, Alan Fletcher, Juliette Dor, Terry Dolan

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life cover

3. The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life

by Erving Goffman

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The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World cover

4. The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

by Simon Winchester

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The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds cover

5. The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds

by Gavin Pretor-Pinney

Chaucer's Knight: The Portrait of a Medieval Mercenary cover

6. Chaucer's Knight: The Portrait of a Medieval Mercenary

by Terry Jones

The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics cover

7. The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

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Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals cover

8. Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals

by Robert Pirsig

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Mindfulness in Plain English cover

9. Mindfulness in Plain English

by Bhante Henepola Gunarantana

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Unflattening cover

10. Unflattening

by Nick Sousanis

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

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

by Jonathan Levin

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

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

by Amit Singh

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How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading cover

13. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

by Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren

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West with the Night: A Memoir cover

14. West with the Night: A Memoir

by Beryl Markham

The Symmetries of Things cover

15. The Symmetries of Things

by John Horton Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim Goodman-Strauss

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The Story of the Mongols: Whom We Call the Tartars cover

16. The Story of the Mongols: Whom We Call the Tartars

by Giovanni (da Pian del Carpine, Archbishop of Antivari)

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Travels (Vintage Departures) cover

17. Travels (Vintage Departures)

by Michael Crichton

Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Wordsworth Classics) cover

18. Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Wordsworth Classics)

by Robert Tressell

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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The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters cover

20. The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters

by Tom Nichols

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White cover

21. White

by Kenya Hara

Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices cover

22. Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices

by Thich Nhat Hanh

The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy cover

23. The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko

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

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

by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford

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The Shamanic Path to Quantum Consciousness: The Eight Circuits of Creative Power cover

25. The Shamanic Path to Quantum Consciousness: The Eight Circuits of Creative Power

by Laurent Huguelit

Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World cover

26. Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World

by Stanley A. McChrystal, Tantum Collins, David Silverman, Chris Fussell

The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery cover

27. The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery

by Witold Pilecki

The Volunteer: One Man's Mission to Lead an Underground Army in Auschwitz and Expose the Greatest Nazi Crimes cover

28. The Volunteer: One Man's Mission to Lead an Underground Army in Auschwitz and Expose the Greatest Nazi Crimes

by Jack Fairweather

Electrons and Valence: Development of the Theory, 1900-1925 cover

29. Electrons and Valence: Development of the Theory, 1900-1925

by Anthony Nicholas Stranges

First to Fight: The Polish War 1939 cover

30. First to Fight: The Polish War 1939

by Roger Moorhouse

The Last Lingua Franca: English Until the Return of Babel cover

31. The Last Lingua Franca: English Until the Return of Babel

by Nicholas Ostler

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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined cover

32. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

by Steven Pinker

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Alex's Adventures in Numberland cover

33. Alex's Adventures in Numberland

by Alex Bellos

Probability Theory: The Logic of Science cover

34. Probability Theory: The Logic of Science

by E. T. Jaynes

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Lysek z pokladu Idy cover

35. Lysek z pokladu Idy

by Gustaw Morcinek

Far Futures cover

36. Far Futures

by Gregory Benford

Calculated Bets: Computers, Gambling, and Mathematical Modeling to Win (Outlooks) cover

37. Calculated Bets: Computers, Gambling, and Mathematical Modeling to Win (Outlooks)

by Steven S. Skiena

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