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How to Watch TV News cover

1. How to Watch TV News

10% Less Democracy: Why You Should Trust Elites a Little More and the Masses a Little Less cover

2. 10% Less Democracy: Why You Should Trust Elites a Little More and the Masses a Little Less

by Garett Jones

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Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior, 4) cover

3. Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior, 4)

by Christopher H. Achen, Larry M. Bartels

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Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers cover

4. Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers

by Robert Jackall

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Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence cover

5. Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence

by Richard W. Wrangham, Dale Peterson

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The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories (Landmark Books) cover

6. The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories (Landmark Books)

by Herodotus

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The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite cover

7. The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite

by Daniel Markovits

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The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want cover

8. The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want

by Sonja Lyubomirsky

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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

9. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen

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Stumbling on Happiness cover

10. Stumbling on Happiness

by Daniel Todd Gilbert

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The Histories: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) cover

11. The Histories: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

by Herodotus

The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness cover

12. The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness

by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Eric Swanson

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Garfield's Ghost Stories (Garfield) cover

13. Garfield's Ghost Stories (Garfield)

by Jim Davis, Mark Acey, Jim Kraft

The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning: Why the Universe Is Not Designed for Us cover

14. The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning: Why the Universe Is Not Designed for Us

by Victor J. Stenger

JFK: The Smoking Gun cover

15. JFK: The Smoking Gun

Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System (Platform Studies) cover

16. Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System (Platform Studies)

by Nick Montfort, Ian Bogost

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Hardware and Software Support for Virtualization (Synthesis Lectures on Computer Architecture) cover

17. Hardware and Software Support for Virtualization (Synthesis Lectures on Computer Architecture)

by Edouard Bugnion, Margaret Martonosi, Jason Nieh, Dan Tsafrir

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Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series) cover

18. Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series)

by Richard S. Sutton, Andrew G. Barto

Hematology in Clinical Practice, Fifth Edition (LANGE Clinical Medicine) cover

19. Hematology in Clinical Practice, Fifth Edition (LANGE Clinical Medicine)

by Robert Hillman, Kenneth Ault, Michel Leporrier, Henry Rinder

Jawetz Melnick & Adelbergs Medical Microbiology 28 E cover

20. Jawetz Melnick & Adelbergs Medical Microbiology 28 E

by Stephen A. Morse, Timothy A. Mietzner, Steve Miller, Stefan Riedel

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Twentieth Edition (Vol.1 & Vol.2) cover

21. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Twentieth Edition (Vol.1 & Vol.2)

by J. Larry Jameson, Anthony S. Fauci, Dennis L. Kasper, Stephen L. Hauser, Dan L. Longo, Joseph Loscalzo

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Molecular Biotechnology: Principles and Applications of Recombinant DNA (ASM Books) cover

22. Molecular Biotechnology: Principles and Applications of Recombinant DNA (ASM Books)

by Bernard R. Glick, Cheryl L. Patten

The Handbook of Canadian Higher Education Law (Queen's Policy Studies) cover

23. The Handbook of Canadian Higher Education Law (Queen's Policy Studies)

by Theresa Shanahan, Michelle Nilson, Li-Jeen Broshko

Networks cover

24. Networks

by Mark E. J. Newman

Deep Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning) cover

25. Deep Learning (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning)

by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, Aaron Courville

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Calculus cover

26. Calculus

by Michael Spivak

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Janeway's Immunobiology cover

27. Janeway's Immunobiology

by Kenneth Murphy, Casey Weaver

Medical Physiology cover

28. Medical Physiology

by Walter F. Boron, Emile L. Boulpaep, M.D.

Cecil Essentials of Medicine (Cecil Medicine) cover

29. Cecil Essentials of Medicine (Cecil Medicine)

by Edward J. Wing, Edward J. Wing, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Fred J. Schiffman, Fred J. Schiffman, MD, MACP

Microbiology Laboratory Fundamentals and Applications (2nd Edition) cover

30. Microbiology Laboratory Fundamentals and Applications (2nd Edition)

by George A. Wistreich

Financial Accounting Theory (8th Edition) cover

31. Financial Accounting Theory (8th Edition)

by William R. Scott, Patricia C. O'Brien

Fundamentals of Inflammation cover

32. Fundamentals of Inflammation

by Charles N. Serhan, Peter A. Ward, Derek W. Gilroy

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Cell Signaling cover

33. Cell Signaling

by Wendell Lim, Bruce Mayer, T. Pawson

Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry cover

34. Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry

by David L Nelson, Michael M Cox

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Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases cover

35. Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases

by Hal Blumenfeld

An Introduction to Statistical Learning: with Applications in R (Springer Texts in Statistics) cover

36. An Introduction to Statistical Learning: with Applications in R (Springer Texts in Statistics)

by Gareth James, Daniela Witten, Trevor Hastie, Robert Tibshirani

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First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 2021, Thirty First Edition cover

37. First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 2021, Thirty First Edition

by Tao Le, Vikas Bhushan

Biochemistry cover

38. Biochemistry

by Reginald H. Garrett, Charles M. Grisham

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Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives cover

39. Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives

by John Hull

Human Anatomy & Physiology cover

40. Human Anatomy & Physiology

by Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn

Molecular Cell Biology (842581) cover

41. Molecular Cell Biology (842581)

by Harvey Lodish, Arnold Berk, Chris A Kaiser, Monty Krieger, Anthony Bretscher, Hidde Ploegh, Kelsey C Martin, Michael Yaffe

Tort Law cover

42. Tort Law

by Kirsty Horsey, Erika Rackley

Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology (Guyton Physiology) cover

43. Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology (Guyton Physiology)

by John E. Hall

Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (Robbins Pathology) cover

44. Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease (Robbins Pathology)

by Vinay Kumar, Abul K. Abbas, Jon C. Aster

Developmental Biology cover

45. Developmental Biology

by Michael J. F. Barresi, Scott F. Gilbert

The Art of WebAssembly: Build Secure, Portable, High-Performance Applications cover

46. The Art of WebAssembly: Build Secure, Portable, High-Performance Applications

by Rick Battagline

The Effective Engineer: How to Leverage Your Efforts In Software Engineering to Make a Disproportionate and Meaningful Impact cover

47. The Effective Engineer: How to Leverage Your Efforts In Software Engineering to Make a Disproportionate and Meaningful Impact

by Edmond Lau

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High Output Management cover

48. High Output Management

by Andrew S. Grove

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Principles: Life and Work cover

49. Principles: Life and Work

by Ray Dalio

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Decoding Jung's Metaphysics: The Archetypal Semantics of an Experiential Universe cover

50. Decoding Jung's Metaphysics: The Archetypal Semantics of an Experiential Universe

by Bernardo Kastrup

Oil's Deep State: How the petroleum industry undermines democracy and stops action on global warming - in Alberta, and in Ottawa cover

51. Oil's Deep State: How the petroleum industry undermines democracy and stops action on global warming - in Alberta, and in Ottawa

by Kevin Taft

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer (Pantheon Graphic Library) cover

52. The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer (Pantheon Graphic Library)

by Sydney Padua

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness cover

53. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

by Eric Jorgenson

A Master's Secret Whispers: For those who abhor the noise and seek The Truth about life and living cover

54. A Master's Secret Whispers: For those who abhor the noise and seek The Truth about life and living

by Kapil Gupta

The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety cover

55. The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety

by Alan Watts

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Thinking in Systems: A Primer cover

56. Thinking in Systems: A Primer

by Donella Meadows

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The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain cover

57. The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain

by John E. Sarno

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Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

58. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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The Red Book (Philemon) cover

59. The Red Book (Philemon)

by Carl G. Jung

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment cover

60. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

by Eckhart Tolle

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Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change cover

61. Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change

by William R. Catton

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How To Stop Worrying And Start Living [Aug 01, 2016] Carnegie, Dale cover

62. How To Stop Worrying And Start Living [Aug 01, 2016] Carnegie, Dale

by Dale Carnegie

Fluent Python: Clear, Concise, and Effective Programming cover

63. Fluent Python: Clear, Concise, and Effective Programming

by Luciano Ramalho

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Les Miserables: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) cover

64. Les Miserables: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

by Victor Hugo

Les Miserables (Signet Classics) cover

65. Les Miserables (Signet Classics)

by Victor Hugo

An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

66. An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by John Robinson Pierce

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A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market cover

67. A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market

by Edward O. Thorp

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The Essential Difference: Male And Female Brains And The Truth About Autism cover

68. The Essential Difference: Male And Female Brains And The Truth About Autism

by Simon Baron-Cohen