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Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems cover

1. Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

by Martin Kleppmann

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Citizens in Arms: The Army and Militia in American Society to the War of 1812 cover

2. Citizens in Arms: The Army and Militia in American Society to the War of 1812

by Lawrence Delbert Cress

How Not to Diet: The Groundbreaking Science of Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss cover

3. How Not to Diet: The Groundbreaking Science of Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss

by Michael Greger, M.D., FACLM

The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World cover

4. The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World

by Vincent Bevins

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Aftermath: The Remnants of War: From Landmines to Chemical Warfare--The Devastating Effects of Modern Combat cover

5. Aftermath: The Remnants of War: From Landmines to Chemical Warfare--The Devastating Effects of Modern Combat

by Donovan Webster

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The Last Mimzy: Stories cover

6. The Last Mimzy: Stories

by Henry Kuttner

The Man Who Walked to The Moon: A Novella cover

7. The Man Who Walked to The Moon: A Novella

by Howard McCord

The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail--but Some Don't cover

8. The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail--but Some Don't

by Nate Silver

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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 cover

9. The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

by Lawrence Wright

Meaning and Argument: An Introduction to Logic Through Language, Revised Second Edition cover

10. Meaning and Argument: An Introduction to Logic Through Language, Revised Second Edition

by Ernest Lepore, Sam Cumming

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art cover

11. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

by James Nestor

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The End of Average: Unlocking Our Potential by Embracing What Makes Us Different cover

12. The End of Average: Unlocking Our Potential by Embracing What Makes Us Different

by Todd Rose

SPQR cover

13. SPQR

by Mary Beard

The First Farmers of Europe: An Evolutionary Perspective (Cambridge World Archaeology) cover

14. The First Farmers of Europe: An Evolutionary Perspective (Cambridge World Archaeology)

by Stephen Shennan

Big Blues: The Unmaking of IBM cover

15. Big Blues: The Unmaking of IBM

by Paul Carroll

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How Apollo Flew to the Moon (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) cover

16. How Apollo Flew to the Moon (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)

by W. David Woods

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The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme cover

17. The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme

by Vera Brittain

Solitude: A Return to the Self cover

18. Solitude: A Return to the Self

by Anthony Storr

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The Politics of South India 1920–1937 (Cambridge South Asian Studies, Series Number 17) cover

19. The Politics of South India 1920–1937 (Cambridge South Asian Studies, Series Number 17)

by Christopher John Baker

The Emergence of Provincial Politics: The Madras Presidency 1870–1920 (Cambridge South Asian Studies, Series Number 18) cover

20. The Emergence of Provincial Politics: The Madras Presidency 1870–1920 (Cambridge South Asian Studies, Series Number 18)

by Washbrook

A Book of Abstract Algebra: Second Edition (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

21. A Book of Abstract Algebra: Second Edition (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Charles C Pinter

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Mindfulness in Plain English cover

22. Mindfulness in Plain English

by Bhante Henepola Gunarantana

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What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada cover

23. What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada

by Walpola Rāhula

The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization cover

24. The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization

by Peter Zeihan

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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive, 4th Edition cover

25. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive, 4th Edition

by Betty Edwards

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Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming cover

26. Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming

by Paul Hawken

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The New York Times Favorite Day Crosswords: Monday: 75 of Your Favorite Very Easy Monday Crosswords from The New York Times cover

27. The New York Times Favorite Day Crosswords: Monday: 75 of Your Favorite Very Easy Monday Crosswords from The New York Times

by The New York Times

Faster, Higher, Farther: The Volkswagen Scandal cover

28. Faster, Higher, Farther: The Volkswagen Scandal

by Jack Ewing, Joel Richards

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Manhood in the Making: Cultural Concepts of Masculinity cover

29. Manhood in the Making: Cultural Concepts of Masculinity

by David D. Gilmore

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) cover

30. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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Dynamic Programming for Coding Interviews: A Bottom-Up approach to problem solving cover

31. Dynamic Programming for Coding Interviews: A Bottom-Up approach to problem solving

by Meenakshi, Kamal Rawat

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The Toothpick: Technology and Culture cover

32. The Toothpick: Technology and Culture

by Henry Petroski

Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth cover

33. Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth

by Gabriel Weinberg, Justin Mares

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The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you cover

34. The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

by Rob Fitzpatrick

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How to Prove It: A Structured Approach cover

35. How to Prove It: A Structured Approach

by Daniel J. Velleman

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Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective cover

36. Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective

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

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The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing cover

37. The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing

by Mel Lindauer, Taylor Larimore, Michael LeBoeuf

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The Nuts and Bolts of Proofs, Fourth Edition: An Introduction to Mathematical Proofs cover

38. The Nuts and Bolts of Proofs, Fourth Edition: An Introduction to Mathematical Proofs

by Antonella Cupillari

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The Art and Craft of Problem Solving cover

39. The Art and Craft of Problem Solving

by Paul Zeitz

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