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The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition cover

1. The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition

by Don Norman

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Parkinsons Law: Or The Pursuit Of Progress (Business Library) cover

2. Parkinsons Law: Or The Pursuit Of Progress (Business Library)

by Cyril Northcote Parkinson

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Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen cover

3. Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen

by Donald Miller

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Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration, and the Future of White Majorities cover

4. Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration, and the Future of White Majorities

by Eric Kaufmann

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Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data cover

5. Privacy is Power: Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data

by Carissa Véliz

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The Computer (How It Works) cover

6. The Computer (How It Works)

by David Carey

On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction cover

7. On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

by William Zinsser

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Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story cover

8. Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story

by John Bloom

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Healing ADD Revised Edition: The Breakthrough Program that Allows You to See and Heal the 7 Types of ADD cover

9. Healing ADD Revised Edition: The Breakthrough Program that Allows You to See and Heal the 7 Types of ADD

by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.

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Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions cover

10. Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell

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How to Be an Antiracist cover

11. How to Be an Antiracist

by Ibram X. Kendi

Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming (ACM Press) cover

12. Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming (ACM Press)

by Clemens Szyperski

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Nonviolent Communication (A Language of Life) cover

13. Nonviolent Communication (A Language of Life)

by Marshall B. Rosenberg

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Cicero Trilogy Robert Harris 3 Books Set Collection - Dictator, Lustrum, Imperium cover

14. Cicero Trilogy Robert Harris 3 Books Set Collection - Dictator, Lustrum, Imperium

The Ultimate Bar Book: The Comprehensive Guide to Over 1,000 Cocktails (Cocktail Book, Bartender Book, Mixology Book, Mixed Drinks Recipe Book) cover

15. The Ultimate Bar Book: The Comprehensive Guide to Over 1,000 Cocktails (Cocktail Book, Bartender Book, Mixology Book, Mixed Drinks Recipe Book)

by Mittie Hellmich

The Surprising Science of Meetings: How You Can Lead Your Team to Peak Performance cover

16. The Surprising Science of Meetings: How You Can Lead Your Team to Peak Performance

by Steven G. Rogelberg

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History of Programming Languages, Volume 2 cover

17. History of Programming Languages, Volume 2

by Thomas J. Bergin, Richard G. Gibson

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Invested: Changing Forever the Way Americans Invest cover

18. Invested: Changing Forever the Way Americans Invest

by Charles Schwab

American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road cover

19. American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road

by Nick Bilton

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On Intelligence: How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines cover

20. On Intelligence: How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines

by Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee

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How Winners Sell: 21 Proven Strategies to Outsell Your Competition and Win the Big Sale, Second Edition cover

21. How Winners Sell: 21 Proven Strategies to Outsell Your Competition and Win the Big Sale, Second Edition

by Dave Stein

Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness cover

22. Little Red Book of Selling: 12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness

by Jeffrey Gitomer

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A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence cover

23. A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence

by Jeff Hawkins

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Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation cover

24. Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation

by Anne Helen Petersen

Designing Video Game Hardware in Verilog cover

25. Designing Video Game Hardware in Verilog

by Steven Hugg

The MMIX Supplement: Supplement to The Art of Computer Programming Volumes 1, 2, 3 by Donald E. Knuth cover

26. The MMIX Supplement: Supplement to The Art of Computer Programming Volumes 1, 2, 3 by Donald E. Knuth

by Martin Ruckert

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The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity cover

27. The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity

by Douglas Murray