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Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health cover

1. Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health

by Laurie Garrett

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice cover

2. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

by Shunryū Suzuki

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Ages of Discord: A Structural-Demographic Analysis of American History cover

3. Ages of Discord: A Structural-Demographic Analysis of American History

by Peter Turchin

C++ für Kids: Grundlagen für Spieleprogrammierer cover

4. C++ für Kids: Grundlagen für Spieleprogrammierer

by Hans-Georg Schumann

Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read cover

5. Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read

by Stanislas Dehaene

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Erlang and OTP in Action cover

6. Erlang and OTP in Action

by Martin Logan, Eric Merritt, Richard Carlsson

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Elixir in Action cover

7. Elixir in Action

by Saša Juric

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Programming Elixir â‰¥ 1.6: Functional |> Concurrent |> Pragmatic |> Fun cover

8. Programming Elixir â‰¥ 1.6: Functional |> Concurrent |> Pragmatic |> Fun

by Dave Thomas

The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life cover

9. The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

by Kevin Simler, Robin Hanson

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10. The Secret Chief: Conversations with a Pioneer of the Underground Psychedelic Therapy Movement

by Myron J. Stolaroff

The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys cover

11. The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys

by James Fadiman

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Neighborhood Defenders: Participatory Politics and America's Housing Crisis cover

12. Neighborhood Defenders: Participatory Politics and America's Housing Crisis

by Katherine Levine Einstein, David M. Glick, Maxwell Palmer

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Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking cover

13. Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking

by Nathan Myhrvold

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On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It (Penguin Great Ideas) cover

14. On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It (Penguin Great Ideas)

by Seneca

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A Philosophy of Software Design cover

15. A Philosophy of Software Design

by John Ousterhout

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The Geek Atlas cover

16. The Geek Atlas

by John Graham-Cumming

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Maps cover

17. Maps

by Aleksandra Mizielinska, Daniel Mizielinski

Cassell's Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe cover

18. Cassell's Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe

by Marjorie Blamey, C. Grey-Wilson

Innovation and Entrepreneurship cover

19. Innovation and Entrepreneurship

by Peter F. Drucker

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Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation cover

20. Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation

by Blake J. Harris

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South Sea Maidens: Western Fantasy and Sexual Politics in the South Pacific (Contributions to the Study of World History) cover

21. South Sea Maidens: Western Fantasy and Sexual Politics in the South Pacific (Contributions to the Study of World History)

by Michael Sturma

Euclid's Elements cover

22. Euclid's Elements

by Euclid, Sir Thomas Little Heath, Dana Densmore

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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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Tupaia: The Remarkable Story Of Captain Cook's Polynesian Navigator (Large Print 16pt) cover

24. Tupaia: The Remarkable Story Of Captain Cook's Polynesian Navigator (Large Print 16pt)

by Joan Druett

Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? cover

25. Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?

by Michael Sandel

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Game Feel (Morgan Kaufmann Game Design Books) cover

26. Game Feel (Morgan Kaufmann Game Design Books)

by Steve Swink

Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning cover

27. Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel

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Writing An Interpreter In Go cover

28. Writing An Interpreter In Go

by Thorsten Ball

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Adventures of a Computational Explorer cover

29. Adventures of a Computational Explorer

by Stephen Wolfram

Under the Hood: Fire Up and Fine-Tune Your Employee Culture cover

30. Under the Hood: Fire Up and Fine-Tune Your Employee Culture

by Stan Slap