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T: The Story of Testosterone, the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us cover

1. T: The Story of Testosterone, the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us

by Carole Hooven

Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys from the Girls in America cover

2. Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys from the Girls in America

by Jo Barraclough Paoletti

Payments Systems in the U.S.: A Guide for the Payments Professional cover

3. Payments Systems in the U.S.: A Guide for the Payments Professional

by Carol Coye Benson, Scott Loftesness, Russ Jones

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Psychology and Life cover

4. Psychology and Life

by Richard J. Gerrig, Philip G. Zimbardo

Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done cover

5. Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done

by Jon Acuff

Visual Differential Geometry and Forms: A Mathematical Drama in Five Acts cover

6. Visual Differential Geometry and Forms: A Mathematical Drama in Five Acts

by Tristan Needham

Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic cover

7. Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic

by Sam Quinones

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The Tyranny of Nations: How the Last 500 Years Shaped Today's Global Economy cover

8. The Tyranny of Nations: How the Last 500 Years Shaped Today's Global Economy

by Palak Patel

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory cover

9. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

by David Graeber

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Sat Problems in Mathematics w post in higher education institution Sb zadach po matematike d post vo VTUZy cover

10. Sat Problems in Mathematics w post in higher education institution Sb zadach po matematike d post vo VTUZy

The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline cover

11. The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline

by Dale Bredesen

Strange Nights, and Some Days Too: Why You’ll Love Japan, for About a Year cover

12. Strange Nights, and Some Days Too: Why You’ll Love Japan, for About a Year

by Ken Seeroi

Writing Interpreters and Compilers for the Raspberry Pi Using Python cover

13. Writing Interpreters and Compilers for the Raspberry Pi Using Python

by Anthony Dos Reis

Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big, 10th-Anniversary Edition cover

14. Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big, 10th-Anniversary Edition

by Bo Burlingham

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Tartine Bread cover

15. Tartine Bread

by Chad Robertson

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Home-Made: Contemporary Russian Folk Artifacts cover

16. Home-Made: Contemporary Russian Folk Artifacts

by Vladimir Arkhipov

Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise cover

17. Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise

by Anders Ericsson

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Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All cover

18. Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All

by Michael Shellenberger

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The Wisdom of Crowds cover

19. The Wisdom of Crowds

by James Surowiecki

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Pure, White, and Deadly: How Sugar Is Killing Us and What We Can Do to Stop It cover

20. Pure, White, and Deadly: How Sugar Is Killing Us and What We Can Do to Stop It

by John Yudkin

The Fifth Generation: Artificial Intelligence and Japan's Computer Challenge to the World cover

21. The Fifth Generation: Artificial Intelligence and Japan's Computer Challenge to the World

by Edward A. Feigenbaum, Pamela McCorduck

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Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters cover

22. Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters

by Steven E. Koonin

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False Alarm cover

23. False Alarm

by Bjorn Lomborg

Foundations of Computational Linguistics: Human-Computer Communication in Natural Language cover

24. Foundations of Computational Linguistics: Human-Computer Communication in Natural Language

by Roland Hausser

Python Fundamentals with Paul Deitel, 2nd Edition cover

25. Python Fundamentals with Paul Deitel, 2nd Edition