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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto) cover

1. Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Mathematical Notation: A Guide for Engineers and Scientists cover

2. Mathematical Notation: A Guide for Engineers and Scientists

by Edward Scheinerman

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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

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

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

by Chris Voss, Tahl Raz

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Wealth, Poverty and Politics cover

5. Wealth, Poverty and Politics

by Thomas Sowell

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How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps cover

6. How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps

by Lawrence Krubner, Natalie Sidner

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Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry cover

7. Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry

by Karen C. Timberlake

Introductory Chemistry cover

8. Introductory Chemistry

by Nivaldo J. Tro

Introduction to Chemistry cover

9. Introduction to Chemistry

by Richard C. Bauer, James P. Birk, Pamela Marks

Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation cover

10. Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation

by Steven S. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste

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

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

by Joseph Tainter

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Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought cover

12. Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought

by Barbara Tversky

Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms (Audio Engineering Society Presents) cover

13. Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms (Audio Engineering Society Presents)

by Floyd E. Toole

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Programming Rust, 2nd Edition cover

14. Programming Rust, 2nd Edition

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False Profits: Seeking Financial and Spiritual Deliverance in Multi-Level Marketing and Pyramid Schemes cover

15. False Profits: Seeking Financial and Spiritual Deliverance in Multi-Level Marketing and Pyramid Schemes

by Robert L. Fitzpatrick, Joyce K. Reynolds

Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen?: Exit Polls, Election Fraud, and the Official Count cover

16. Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen?: Exit Polls, Election Fraud, and the Official Count

by Steven F. Freeman, Joel Bleifuss

How the GOP Stole America's 2004 Election & Is Rigging 2008 cover

17. How the GOP Stole America's 2004 Election & Is Rigging 2008

by Bob Fitrakis, Robert J. Fitrakis, Harvey Wasserman

New Drugs: An Insider's Guide to the FDA's New Drug Approval Process for Scientists, Investors and Patients cover

18. New Drugs: An Insider's Guide to the FDA's New Drug Approval Process for Scientists, Investors and Patients

by Lawrence Tim Friedhoff

The Dream Machine cover

19. The Dream Machine

by M. Mitchell Waldrop

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Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage cover

20. Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage

by Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew

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The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 cover

21. The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008

by Paul R. Krugman

UNIX: A History and a Memoir cover

22. UNIX: A History and a Memoir

by Brian W. Kernighan

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Enigma: The Battle for the Code cover

23. Enigma: The Battle for the Code

by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore

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The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington cover

24. The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington

by Jennet Conant

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Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) cover

25. Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)

by Elliot Aronson Carol Tavris, Joe Barrett Marsha Mercant

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The Theory of Critical Phenomena: An Introduction to the Renormalization Group (Oxford Science Publications) cover

26. The Theory of Critical Phenomena: An Introduction to the Renormalization Group (Oxford Science Publications)

by James Binney, J.J. Binney, N. J. Dowrick, A. J. Fisher, M. E. J. Newman, N.J. Dowrick, A.J. Fisher, M.E.J. Newman, J. J. Binney

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Extreme Privacy: What It Takes to Disappear cover

27. Extreme Privacy: What It Takes to Disappear

by Michael Bazzell

Ecological and General Systems: An Introduction to Systems Ecology, Revised Edition cover

28. Ecological and General Systems: An Introduction to Systems Ecology, Revised Edition

by Howard Thomas Odum

McDonald's: Behind The Arches cover

29. McDonald's: Behind The Arches

by John F. Love

Sam Walton: Made in America cover

30. Sam Walton: Made in America

by Sam Walton, John Huey

Where Are the Customers' Yachts?: or A Good Hard Look at Wall Street (Wiley Investment Classics) cover

31. Where Are the Customers' Yachts?: or A Good Hard Look at Wall Street (Wiley Investment Classics)

by Fred Schwed, Jr.

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Hedge Funds: An Analytic Perspective - Updated Edition (Advances in Financial Engineering) cover

32. Hedge Funds: An Analytic Perspective - Updated Edition (Advances in Financial Engineering)

by Andrew W. Lo

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One Nation Under Blackmail – Vol. 2: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Organized Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein Vol. 2 (2) cover

33. One Nation Under Blackmail – Vol. 2: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Organized Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein Vol. 2 (2)

by Whitney Alyse Webb

One Nation Under Blackmail - Vol. 1: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein, VOL.1 cover

34. One Nation Under Blackmail - Vol. 1: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein, VOL.1

by Whitney Alyse Webb