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The Negative (Ansel Adams Photography) cover

1. The Negative (Ansel Adams Photography)

by Ansel Adams

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Ansel Adams: The Camera (The Ansel Adams Photography Series 1) cover

2. Ansel Adams: The Camera (The Ansel Adams Photography Series 1)

by Ansel Adams

Laptop from Hell: Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide cover

3. Laptop from Hell: Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide

by Miranda Devine

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The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement - 30th Anniversary Edition cover

4. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement - 30th Anniversary Edition

by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox, David Whitford

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Database Design for Mere Mortals: 25th Anniversary Edition cover

5. Database Design for Mere Mortals: 25th Anniversary Edition

by Michael J. Hernandez

Why Information Grows cover

6. Why Information Grows

by Cesar Hidalgo

Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions cover

7. Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

by Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths

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How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library, 34) cover

8. How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library, 34)

by George Polya

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Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions cover

9. Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

by Dan Ariely

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Culture of Honor: The Psychology of Violence in the South (New Directions in Social Psychology) cover

10. Culture of Honor: The Psychology of Violence in the South (New Directions in Social Psychology)

by Richard E Nisbett, Dov Cohen

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Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking cover

11. Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking

by Daniel C. Dennett

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Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls cover

12. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls

by Mary Bray Pipher

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk (The How To Talk Series) cover

13. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk (The How To Talk Series)

by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish

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A Good Enough Parent: A Book on Child-Rearing cover

14. A Good Enough Parent: A Book on Child-Rearing

by Bruno Bettelheim

Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting cover

15. Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting

by Pamela Druckerman

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Prepared: What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life cover

16. Prepared: What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life

by Diane Tavenner

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Basic Economics cover

17. Basic Economics

by Thomas Sowell

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40 Principles: TRIZ Keys to Innovation [Extended Edition] cover

18. 40 Principles: TRIZ Keys to Innovation [Extended Edition]

by Genrikh Saulovich Alʹtshuller

The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life cover

19. The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

by Kevin Simler, Robin Hanson

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What Do You Do With a Problem? — New York Times best seller cover

20. What Do You Do With a Problem? — New York Times best seller

by Kobi Yamada

What Do You Do With a Chance? — New York Times best seller cover

21. What Do You Do With a Chance? — New York Times best seller

by Kobi Yamada

What Do You Do With an Idea? cover

22. What Do You Do With an Idea?

by Kobi Yamada

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I Wish You More (Encouragement Gifts for Kids, Uplifting Books for Graduation) cover

23. I Wish You More (Encouragement Gifts for Kids, Uplifting Books for Graduation)

by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry cover

24. Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry

by Catherine M. Pittman, Elizabeth M. Karle

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Danger Uxb: The Heroic Story of the WWII Bomb Disposal Teams cover

25. Danger Uxb: The Heroic Story of the WWII Bomb Disposal Teams

by James Owen

The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name cover

26. The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name

by Brian C. Muraresku

IBM COBOL A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition cover

27. IBM COBOL A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition

by Gerardus Blokdyk

Quick Start Training for IBM z/OS Application Developers, Volume 1 cover

28. Quick Start Training for IBM z/OS Application Developers, Volume 1

by Robert Wingate

Building a 3D Game Engine in C++ cover

29. Building a 3D Game Engine in C++

by Brian Hook

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Tricks of the Game-Programming Gurus cover

30. Tricks of the Game-Programming Gurus

by André LaMothe

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The Art of Thinking Clearly cover

31. The Art of Thinking Clearly

by Rolf Dobelli

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The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.9 Part 1) (Collected Works of C.G. Jung, 10) cover

32. The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.9 Part 1) (Collected Works of C.G. Jung, 10)

by Carl Gustav Jung

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln cover

33. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Venice: A New History cover

34. Venice: A New History

by Thomas F. Madden

Cartoon History of the Universe Volumes 1-7 cover

35. Cartoon History of the Universe Volumes 1-7

by Larry Gonick

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United Nations: A History cover

36. United Nations: A History

by Stanley Meisler

A Brief History of the Human Race cover

37. A Brief History of the Human Race

by Michael Cook

The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change cover

38. The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change

by Camille Fournier

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Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent cover

39. Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent

by Meredith Small

Political Ponerology: The Science of Evil, Psychopathy, and the Origins of Totalitarianism cover

40. Political Ponerology: The Science of Evil, Psychopathy, and the Origins of Totalitarianism

by Andrew M. Lobaczewski

Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes cover

41. Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes

by Alfie Kohn

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The Essential Deming: Leadership Principles from the Father of Quality cover

42. The Essential Deming: Leadership Principles from the Father of Quality

by W. Edwards Deming

The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film cover

43. The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film

by J. W. Rinzler

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Hostage Cop cover

44. Hostage Cop

by Frank Bolz, Edward Hershey

Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics cover

45. Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics

by Henry Hazlitt

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Code Complete (Microsoft Programming) cover

46. Code Complete (Microsoft Programming)

by Steve McConnell

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Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media cover

47. Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media

by Jacob Mchangama

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Carnivore Diet cover

48. Carnivore Diet

by Shawn Baker

Bugs in Writing: A Guide to Debugging Your Prose cover

49. Bugs in Writing: A Guide to Debugging Your Prose

by Lyn Dupré

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Spc at the Esquire Club cover

50. Spc at the Esquire Club

by Donald J. Wheeler, David Wheeler

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Psychology of Intelligence Analysis cover

51. Psychology of Intelligence Analysis

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The Politics of the Earth: Environmental Discourses cover

52. The Politics of the Earth: Environmental Discourses

by John S. Dryzek

Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human cover

53. Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human

by Richard W. Wrangham

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