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The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking cover

1. The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking

by Saifedean Ammous

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The Elements of Computing Systems, second edition: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

2. The Elements of Computing Systems, second edition: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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The Art of UNIX Programming (The Addison-Wesley Professional Computng Series) cover

3. The Art of UNIX Programming (The Addison-Wesley Professional Computng Series)

by Eric S. Raymond

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Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People cover

4. Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People

by G. Richard Shell

Getting Past No: Negotiating in Difficult Situations cover

5. Getting Past No: Negotiating in Difficult Situations

by William Ury

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Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In cover

6. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

by Roger Fisher, William Ury, Bruce Patton

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Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond cover

7. Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond

by Deepak Malhotra, Max Bazerman

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Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages cover

8. Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages

by Carlota Perez

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The Feud: Vladimir Nabokov, Edmund Wilson, and the End of a Beautiful Friendship cover

9. The Feud: Vladimir Nabokov, Edmund Wilson, and the End of a Beautiful Friendship

by Alex Beam

Goomics: Google's corporate culture revealed through internal comics cover

10. Goomics: Google's corporate culture revealed through internal comics

by Manu Cornet

Practical Ethics cover

11. Practical Ethics

by Peter Singer

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Hegel: A Very Short Introduction cover

12. Hegel: A Very Short Introduction

by Peter Singer

Show-stopper!: Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft cover

13. Show-stopper!: Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft

by G. Pascal Zachary

The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers cover

14. The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers

by Will Durant

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Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection cover

15. Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection

by John E. Sarno

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Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem cover

16. Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem

by Simon Singh

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The Last Lecture cover

17. The Last Lecture

by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow

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The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind cover

18. The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind

by Alison Gopnik, Andrew N. Meltzoff, Patricia K. Kuhl

The Logic of Information: A Theory of Philosophy as Conceptual Design cover

19. The Logic of Information: A Theory of Philosophy as Conceptual Design

by Luciano Floridi

The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained cover

20. The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

by DK

Visual Complex Analysis cover

21. Visual Complex Analysis

by Tristan Needham

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The Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP CBK Reference cover

22. The Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP CBK Reference

by John Warsinske, Mark Graff, Kevin Henry, Christopher Hoover, Ben Malisow, Sean Murphy, C. Paul Oakes, George Pajari, Jeff T. Parker, David Seidl, Mike Vasquez

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Bullshit Jobs: The Rise of Pointless Work, and What We Can Do About It cover

23. Bullshit Jobs: The Rise of Pointless Work, and What We Can Do About It

by David Graeber

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The Richest Man In Babylon cover

24. The Richest Man In Babylon

by George S Clason, Frederick Van Rensselaer

The Pyramid Principle:Logic in Writing and Thinking cover

25. The Pyramid Principle:Logic in Writing and Thinking

by Barbara Minto

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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft cover

26. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

by Stephen King

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The Millennium Problems: The Seven Greatest Unsolved Mathematical Puzzles Of Our Time cover

27. The Millennium Problems: The Seven Greatest Unsolved Mathematical Puzzles Of Our Time

by Keith Devlin

The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century cover

28. The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century

by Steven Pinker

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Pathfinders: The Golden Age Of Arabic Science cover

29. Pathfinders: The Golden Age Of Arabic Science

by Jim Al-Khalili

Disunited Nations: The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World – Essential Strategy for Leaders in an Age of International Chaos cover

30. Disunited Nations: The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World – Essential Strategy for Leaders in an Age of International Chaos

by Peter Zeihan

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Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs cover

31. Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs

by John Bowe, Marisa Bowe, Sabin Streeter

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory cover

32. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

by David Graeber

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Geometric Algebra for Physicists cover

33. Geometric Algebra for Physicists

by Chris Doran, Anthony Lasenby

Superflat (English and Japanese Edition) cover

34. Superflat (English and Japanese Edition)

by 村上隆

The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

35. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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But How Do It Know? - The Basic Principles of Computers for Everyone cover

36. But How Do It Know? - The Basic Principles of Computers for Everyone

by J. Clark Scott

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The Pattern on the Stone (Science Masters) cover

37. The Pattern on the Stone (Science Masters)

by W. Daniel Hillis

Code cover

38. Code

by Charles Petzold

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A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters: All the Kanji Characters Needed to Learn Japanese and Ace the Japanese Language Proficiency Test cover

39. A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters: All the Kanji Characters Needed to Learn Japanese and Ace the Japanese Language Proficiency Test

by Kenneth G. Henshall

The Little Bitcoin Book: Why Bitcoin Matters for Your Freedom, Finances, and Future cover

40. The Little Bitcoin Book: Why Bitcoin Matters for Your Freedom, Finances, and Future

by Timi Ajiboye, Luis Buenaventura, Lily Liu

How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer cover

41. How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer

by Sarah Bakewell

Head First Design Patterns cover

42. Head First Design Patterns

by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson, Elisabeth Freeman, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates

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Circuits of the Mind cover

43. Circuits of the Mind

by Leslie G. Valiant

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The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy cover

44. The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy

by Stanisław Lem

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The Machine Stops cover

45. The Machine Stops

by E. M. Forster

Nine Stories cover

46. Nine Stories

by J. D. Salinger

Wireless Nation: The Frenzied Launch Of The Cellular Revolution cover

47. Wireless Nation: The Frenzied Launch Of The Cellular Revolution

by James B. Murray, Lisa Dickey

Phone Calls From the Dead cover

48. Phone Calls From the Dead

by D. Scott Rogo, Raymond Bayless