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People of eight seasons: The story of the Lapps cover

1. People of eight seasons: The story of the Lapps

by Ernst Manker

Competition & Monopoly in Medical Care cover

2. Competition & Monopoly in Medical Care

by Harry Edward Frech (III)

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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language cover

3. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language

by David Crystal

Seeing Voices cover

4. Seeing Voices

by Oliver Sacks

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Published.: The Proven Path From Blank Page To 10,000 Copies Sold cover

5. Published.: The Proven Path From Blank Page To 10,000 Copies Sold

by Chandler Bolt

Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray cover

6. Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

by Sabine Hossenfelder

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The Flight from Science and Reason (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences) cover

7. The Flight from Science and Reason (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences)

by Paul R. Gross, Norman Levitt, Martin W. Lewis

Realm of Racket: Learn to Program, One Game at a Time! cover

8. Realm of Racket: Learn to Program, One Game at a Time!

by Matthias Felleisen, David Van Horn, Conrad Barski, Northeastern University Students

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Clause and Effect: Prolog Programming for the Working Programmer cover

9. Clause and Effect: Prolog Programming for the Working Programmer

by Wojbor A. Woyczynski

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Financial Shenanigans, Fourth Edition: How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks and Fraud in Financial Reports cover

10. Financial Shenanigans, Fourth Edition: How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks and Fraud in Financial Reports

by Jeremy Perler, Howard M. Schilit, Yoni Engelhart

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Learning Processing: A Beginner's Guide to Programming Images, Animation, and Interaction (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics) cover

11. Learning Processing: A Beginner's Guide to Programming Images, Animation, and Interaction (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics)

by Daniel Shiffman

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The Elements of Computing Systems, second edition: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

12. The Elements of Computing Systems, second edition: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing cover

13. How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing

by Matthias Felleisen

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Turtle Geometry: The Computer as a Medium for Exploring Mathematics (Artificial Intelligence) cover

14. Turtle Geometry: The Computer as a Medium for Exploring Mathematics (Artificial Intelligence)

by Harold Abelson, Andrea Disessa

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The Nature of Code: Simulating Natural Systems with Processing cover

15. The Nature of Code: Simulating Natural Systems with Processing

by Daniel Shiffman

Thinking as Computation: A First Course (The MIT Press) cover

16. Thinking as Computation: A First Course (The MIT Press)

by Hector J. Levesque

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) cover

17. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman

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Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence cover

18. Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence

by Bryan Burrough

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The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art cover

19. The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art

by Donald N. Thompson, Don Thompson

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PAX JAPONICA: The Resurrection of Japan cover

20. PAX JAPONICA: The Resurrection of Japan

by Takeo Harada

Fluent Python: Clear, Concise, and Effective Programming cover

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

by Luciano Ramalho

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Understanding the Digital World: What You Need to Know about Computers, the Internet, Privacy, and Security, Second Edition cover

22. Understanding the Digital World: What You Need to Know about Computers, the Internet, Privacy, and Security, Second Edition

by Brian W. Kernighan

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail cover

23. Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail

by Ray Dalio

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The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land cover

24. The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land

by Thomas Asbridge

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America cover

25. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

by Erik Larson

The Sleepeasy Solution: The Exhausted Parent's Guide to Getting Your Child to Sleep from Birth to Age 5 cover

26. The Sleepeasy Solution: The Exhausted Parent's Guide to Getting Your Child to Sleep from Birth to Age 5

by Jennifer Waldburger, Jill Spivack

The Self-Sufficient Gardener: A Complete Guide to Growing and Preserving All Your Own Food (Using the New Deep Bed Method to Grow More Food in Less Space) cover

27. The Self-Sufficient Gardener: A Complete Guide to Growing and Preserving All Your Own Food (Using the New Deep Bed Method to Grow More Food in Less Space)

by John Seymour

Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator cover

28. Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator

by Ryan Holiday

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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think cover

29. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund

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The Wim Hof Method: Activate Your Potential, Transcend Your Limits cover

30. The Wim Hof Method: Activate Your Potential, Transcend Your Limits

by Wim Hof

The Pentagon Wars: Reformers Challenge the Old Guard cover

31. The Pentagon Wars: Reformers Challenge the Old Guard

by James G Burton

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Seducing the Subconscious: The Psychology of Emotional Influence in Advertising cover

32. Seducing the Subconscious: The Psychology of Emotional Influence in Advertising

by Robert Heath

How Brands Grow cover

33. How Brands Grow

Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors cover

34. Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

by Matt Parker

Time Off: A Practical Guide to Building Your Rest Ethic and Finding Success Without the Stress cover

35. Time Off: A Practical Guide to Building Your Rest Ethic and Finding Success Without the Stress

by John Fitch, Max Frenzel

Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations cover

36. 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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