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1. Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon
by Kim Zetter
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2. The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
by W. Timothy Gallwey
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3. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
by David Epstein
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4. Man's Search for Meaning (OLD EDITION/OUT OF PRINT)
by Viktor Emil Frankl
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5. Woodpecker Method
by Axel Smith, Hans Tikkanen
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6. The Magic Machine: A Handbook of Computer Sorcery
by A. K. Dewdney
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7. From Alice to Ocean: Alone Across the Outback
by Robyn Davidson
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8. Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations
by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim
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9. High Performance Python: Practical Performant Programming for Humans
by Micha Gorelick, Ian Ozsvald
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10. Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
by Blake Snyder
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11. Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America
by Steve Almond
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12. The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet
by Nina Teicholz
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13. Born-Einstein Letters, 1916-1955: Friendship, Politics and Physics in Uncertain Times (Macmillan Science)
by Max Born, Albert Einstein
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14. Official Marimba Guide to Bongo
by Danny Goodman
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15. The Elements of Computing Systems, second edition: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles
by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken
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16. Perfume: The Story of Murder
by Patrick Suskind
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17. Plastics Failure Guide 2E: Cause and Prevention
by Myer Ezrin
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18. Snowflake Science: Activity Book
by Michael Peres, Patricia Cost
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19. Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys
by Michael Collins
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20. Now It Can Be Told: The Story Of The Manhattan Project
by General Leslie R. Groves
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21. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
by S. C. Gwynne
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22. Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition
by Tomas Möller, Eric Haines, Naty Hoffman
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23. Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Professional Judgment: A Guide for Lawyers and Policymakers
by Paul Brest, Linda Hamilton Krieger
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24. Computers in Context: The Philosophy and Practice of System Design
by Bo Dahlbom, Lars Mathiassen
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25. The Martian's Daughter: A Memoir
by Marina Whitman
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26. Essentials of Programming Languages
by Daniel P. Friedman, Mitchell Wand, Christopher Thomas Haynes
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27. The Little Schemer - 4th Edition
by Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen
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28. Obviously Awesome: How to Nail Product Positioning so Customers Get It, Buy It, Love It
by April Dunford
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29. The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985-1993
by Jordan Mechner
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30. The Foul and the Fragrant: Odor and the French Social Imagination
by Alain Corbin
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31. Beyond Product
by Jill Soley, Todd Wilms
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32. Reason and Responsibility: Readings in Some Basic Problems of Philosophy
by Joel Feinberg, Russ Shafer-Landau
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