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The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires cover

1. The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

by Tim Wu

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The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance cover

2. The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance

by Louis Borgenicht M.D., Joe Borgenicht

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Welcome: A Mo Willems Guide for New Arrivals cover

3. Welcome: A Mo Willems Guide for New Arrivals

by Mo Willems

The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play cover

4. The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play

by Neil Fiore

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Dream City: Race, Power, and the Decline of Washington, D.C. cover

5. Dream City: Race, Power, and the Decline of Washington, D.C.

by Harry S. Jaffe, Tom Sherwood

The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, Book 2) cover

6. The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, Book 2)

by Brandon Sanderson

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now cover

7. Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

by Jaron Lanier

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It's Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear cover

8. It's Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear

by Gregg Easterbrook

Rise of the Warrior Cop cover

9. Rise of the Warrior Cop

by Radley Balko

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Kleptopia: How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World cover

10. Kleptopia: How Dirty Money Is Conquering the World

by Tom Burgis

Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective cover

11. Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective

by Randal E. Bryant, David R. O'Hallaron

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Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live―and How Their Wealth Harms Us All cover

12. Jackpot: How the Super-Rich Really Live―and How Their Wealth Harms Us All

by Michael Mechanic

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

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

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

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Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America cover

14. Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America

by Conor Dougherty

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Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked cover

15. Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked

by Adam Alter

A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing (Twelfth Edition) cover

16. A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing (Twelfth Edition)

by Burton G Malkiel

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Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart cover

17. Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart

by Gerd Gigerenzer, Peter M. Todd, ABC Research Group

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Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing: Materials, Processes and Systems, Seventh Edition cover

18. Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing: Materials, Processes and Systems, Seventh Edition

by Mikell P. Groover

Letters to a Young Scientist cover

19. Letters to a Young Scientist

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Space Mission Analysis and Design, 3rd edition (Space Technology Library, Vol. 8) cover

20. Space Mission Analysis and Design, 3rd edition (Space Technology Library, Vol. 8)

by Wiley J. Larson, James Richard Wertz, Brian D'Souza

The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation cover

21. The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

by Jon Gertner

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Machine Language for Beginners: Machine Language Programming for Basic Language Programmers cover

22. Machine Language for Beginners: Machine Language Programming for Basic Language Programmers

by Richard Mansfield

Noah's Ark and the Ziusudra Epic: Sumerian Origins of the Flood Myth cover

23. Noah's Ark and the Ziusudra Epic: Sumerian Origins of the Flood Myth

by Robert M. Best

Generative Design: Visualize, Program, and Create with JavaScript in p5.js cover

24. Generative Design: Visualize, Program, and Create with JavaScript in p5.js

by Benedikt Gross, Hartmut Bohnacker, Julia Laub, Claudius Lazzeroni

The Wisdom of Crowds cover

25. The Wisdom of Crowds

by James Surowiecki

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The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn cover

26. The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn

by Richard Hamming

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How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler cover

27. How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler

by Ryan North

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Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure cover

28. Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure

by Jerry Kaplan

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Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry cover

29. Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry

by Jacquie McNish, Sean Silcoff

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API Design Patterns cover

30. API Design Patterns

by JJ Geewax