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Good Money: Birmingham Button Makers, the Royal Mint, and the Beginnings of Modern Coinage, 1775–1821 cover

1. Good Money: Birmingham Button Makers, the Royal Mint, and the Beginnings of Modern Coinage, 1775–1821

by George Selgin

Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds cover

2. Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds

by Charles Mackay

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McCarthy And His Enemies cover

3. McCarthy And His Enemies

by William F. Buckley (Jr.), L. Brent Bozell

The Wrench cover

4. The Wrench

by Primo Levi

Conquest: Cortes, Montezuma, and the Fall of Old Mexico cover

5. Conquest: Cortes, Montezuma, and the Fall of Old Mexico

by Hugh Thomas

The Story of Work: A New History of Humankind cover

6. The Story of Work: A New History of Humankind

by Jan Lucassen

Linkers and Loaders (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Software Engineering and Programming) cover

7. Linkers and Loaders (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Software Engineering and Programming)

by John R. Levine

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How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot [For the Beetle, Bus, Karmann Ghia, SquareFastback Safari and 411 - 412] cover

8. How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: A Manual of Step-by-Step Procedures for the Compleat Idiot [For the Beetle, Bus, Karmann Ghia, SquareFastback Safari and 411 - 412]

by Peter Kleczka

Book of Proof cover

9. Book of Proof

by Richard H. Hammack

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Proof and the Art of Mathematics cover

10. Proof and the Art of Mathematics

by Joel David Hamkins

Principles: Life and Work cover

11. Principles: Life and Work

by Ray Dalio

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

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

by Ray Dalio

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99 Variations on a Proof cover

13. 99 Variations on a Proof

by Philip Ording

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Children of Time cover

14. Children of Time

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States cover

15. Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States

by James C. Scott

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Red as Blood or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer cover

16. Red as Blood or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer

by Tanith Lee

The Manga Guide to Databases cover

17. The Manga Guide to Databases

by Mana Takahashi, Shoko Azuma, Co Ltd Trend

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Flowers: Creative Design cover

18. Flowers: Creative Design

by James L. Johnson, William J. McKinley, Morris Benz

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It cover

19. Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

by Chris Voss, Tahl Raz

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Losing Military Supremacy: The Myopia of American Strategic Planning cover

20. Losing Military Supremacy: The Myopia of American Strategic Planning

by Andrei Martyanov

The Logic Of Failure: Recognizing And Avoiding Error In Complex Situations cover

21. The Logic Of Failure: Recognizing And Avoiding Error In Complex Situations

by Dietrich Dorner

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The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology) cover

22. The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology)

by Joseph Tainter

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Panarchy: Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural Systems cover

23. Panarchy: Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural Systems

by Lance H. Gunderson, C. S. Holling

Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies cover

24. Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies

by Charles Perrow

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The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics cover

25. The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

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

26. 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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The Hungry Cyclist cover

27. The Hungry Cyclist

by Tom Kevill-Davies

The Zero-Sum Society: Distribution And The Possibilities For Change cover

28. The Zero-Sum Society: Distribution And The Possibilities For Change

by Lester C. Thurow

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Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter) cover

29. Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter)

by Steve Krug

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Central Banking: Theory and Practice in Sustaining Monetary and Financial Stability (Wiley Finance) cover

30. Central Banking: Theory and Practice in Sustaining Monetary and Financial Stability (Wiley Finance)

by Thammarak Moenjak

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Capital in the Twenty-First Century cover

31. Capital in the Twenty-First Century

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Tribes cover

32. Tribes

by Seth Godin

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Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley cover

33. Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley

by Emily Chang

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Unveiling The Retirement Myth cover

34. Unveiling The Retirement Myth

by Jim C. Otar

Retirement Planning Guidebook: Navigating the Important Decisions for Retirement Success (The Retirement Researcher's Guide) cover

35. Retirement Planning Guidebook: Navigating the Important Decisions for Retirement Success (The Retirement Researcher's Guide)

by Wade Pfau

How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed cover

36. How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed

by Ray Kurzweil

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The Polymath: Unlocking the Power of Human Versatility cover

37. The Polymath: Unlocking the Power of Human Versatility

by Waqas Ahmed

Why Nuclear Power Has Been a Flop: at Solving the Gordian Knot of Electricity Poverty and Global Warming cover

38. Why Nuclear Power Has Been a Flop: at Solving the Gordian Knot of Electricity Poverty and Global Warming

by Jack Devanney

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