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Watchmaking cover

1. Watchmaking

by George Daniels

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The Adventures of Damnation Kane, Volume I cover

2. The Adventures of Damnation Kane, Volume I

by Theoden Humphrey

Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All cover

3. Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All

by Michael Shellenberger

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Finite and Infinite Games cover

4. Finite and Infinite Games

by James Carse

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Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems cover

5. Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems

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Applied concepts in microcomputer graphics cover

6. Applied concepts in microcomputer graphics

by Bruce A. Artwick

Principles of Interactive Computer Graphics cover

7. Principles of Interactive Computer Graphics

by William M. Newman

Filthy Rich Clients: Developing Animated and Graphical Effects for Desktop Java Applications cover

8. Filthy Rich Clients: Developing Animated and Graphical Effects for Desktop Java Applications

by Chet Haase, Romain Guy

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Python Programming On Win32: Help for Windows Programmers cover

9. Python Programming On Win32: Help for Windows Programmers

by Mark J. Hammond, Andy Robinson

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Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex cover

10. Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex

by Rupert Darwall

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Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers cover

11. Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers

by Robert Jackall

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Commodify Your Dissent: Salvos from the Baffler cover

12. Commodify Your Dissent: Salvos from the Baffler

by Thomas Frank, Matt Weiland

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Why Men Rule: A Theory of Male Dominance cover

13. Why Men Rule: A Theory of Male Dominance

by Steven Goldberg

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Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency cover

14. Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency

by Tom DeMarco

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Merchants and Revolution: Commercial Change, Political Conflict, and London's Overseas Traders, 1550-1653 cover

15. Merchants and Revolution: Commercial Change, Political Conflict, and London's Overseas Traders, 1550-1653

by Robert Brenner

On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society cover

16. On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

by Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman

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Superconnector: Stop Networking and Start Building Business Relationships that Matter cover

17. Superconnector: Stop Networking and Start Building Business Relationships that Matter

by Scott Gerber, Ryan Paugh

Thermal Physics: Kinetic Theory, Thermodynamics and Statistical mechanics cover

18. Thermal Physics: Kinetic Theory, Thermodynamics and Statistical mechanics

Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health cover

19. Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health

by Ivan Illich

Why Our Health Matters: A Vision of Medicine That Can Transform Our Future cover

20. Why Our Health Matters: A Vision of Medicine That Can Transform Our Future

by Andrew Weil

Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime: How Big Pharma Has Corrupted Healthcare cover

21. Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime: How Big Pharma Has Corrupted Healthcare

by Peter C. Gøtzsche, Drummond Rennie

Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press) cover

22. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press)

by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein

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The Algorithm Design Manual cover

23. The Algorithm Design Manual

by Steven S Skiena

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World Poverty and Human Rights cover

24. World Poverty and Human Rights

by Thomas W. Pogge

The Quantum Spy: A Thriller cover

25. The Quantum Spy: A Thriller

by David Ignatius

About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution cover

26. About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution

by Paul Davies, P. C. W. Davies

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The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next cover

27. The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next

by Lee Smolin

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Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray cover

28. Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

by Sabine Hossenfelder

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Three Roads to Quantum Gravity cover

29. Three Roads to Quantum Gravity

by Lee Smolin

Quantum Space: Loop Quantum Gravity and the Search for the Structure of Space, Time, and the Universe cover

30. Quantum Space: Loop Quantum Gravity and the Search for the Structure of Space, Time, and the Universe

by J. E. Baggott

Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law cover

31. Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law

by Peter Woit

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The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Math Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets cover

32. The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Math Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets

by Graham Farmelo

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Higgs: The invention and discovery of the 'God Particle' cover

33. Higgs: The invention and discovery of the 'God Particle'

by J. E. Baggott

Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos cover

34. Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos

by Seth Lloyd

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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory cover

35. The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

by Brian Greene

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Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe cover

36. Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe

by Lee Smolin

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The First Three Minutes: A Modern View Of The Origin Of The Universe cover

37. The First Three Minutes: A Modern View Of The Origin Of The Universe

by Steven Weinberg

Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension cover

38. Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension

by Michio Kaku

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Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime cover

39. Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime

by Sean Carroll

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The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos cover

40. The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos

by Brian Greene

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Characterological Transformation: The Hard Work Miracle cover

41. Characterological Transformation: The Hard Work Miracle

by Stephen M. Johnson

Mastering the Complex Sale: How to Compete and Win When the Stakes are High! cover

42. Mastering the Complex Sale: How to Compete and Win When the Stakes are High!

by Jeff Thull

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CustomerCentric Selling, Second Edition cover

43. CustomerCentric Selling, Second Edition

by Michael T. Bosworth, John R. Holland, Frank Visgatis

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The Prime Solution: Close the Value Gap, Increase Margins, and Win the Complex Sale cover

44. The Prime Solution: Close the Value Gap, Increase Margins, and Win the Complex Sale

by Jeff Thull

The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win cover

45. The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win

by Steve Blank

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