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

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

by Bruno Bettelheim

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The Art of SQL cover

2. The Art of SQL

by Stephane Faroult, Peter Robson

Database Design for Mere Mortals: 25th Anniversary Edition cover

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

by Michael J. Hernandez

The Print (Ansel Adams Photography, 3) cover

4. The Print (Ansel Adams Photography, 3)

by Ansel Adams

The Goal: 40th Anniversary Edition: A Process of Ongoing Improvement cover

5. The Goal: 40th Anniversary Edition: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox, David Whitford

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Mythical Man-Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition, 2nd Edition cover

6. Mythical Man-Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition, 2nd Edition

by Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)

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Why Information Grows cover

7. Why Information Grows

by Cesar Hidalgo

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

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

by Pamela Druckerman

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

9. 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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Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls cover

10. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls

by Mary Bray Pipher

Prepared: What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life cover

11. Prepared: What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life

by Diane Tavenner

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

12. 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

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

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

by George Polya

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

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

by Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths

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Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking cover

16. Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking

by Richard E. Nisbett

Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking cover

17. Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking

by Daniel C. Dennett

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

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

by Kevin Simler, Robin Hanson

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Basic Economics cover

19. Basic Economics

by Thomas Sowell

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

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

by Kobi Yamada

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

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

by Kobi Yamada

I Wish You More cover

22. I Wish You More

by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

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

23. 40 Principles: TRIZ Keys to Innovation [Extended Edition]

by Genrikh Saulovich Alʹtshuller

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

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

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

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

by Brian C. Muraresku

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln cover

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

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Cartoon History of the Universe Volumes 1-7 cover

27. Cartoon History of the Universe Volumes 1-7

by Larry Gonick

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United Nations: A History cover

28. United Nations: A History

by Stanley Meisler

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A Brief History of the Human Race cover

29. A Brief History of the Human Race

by Michael Cook

Venice: A New History cover

30. Venice: A New History

by Thomas F. Madden

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

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

by James Owen

Art of Computer Programming, The: Combinatorial Algorithms, Volume 4B cover

32. Art of Computer Programming, The: Combinatorial Algorithms, Volume 4B

by Donald Knuth

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

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

by Carl Gustav Jung

The Art of Thinking Clearly: The International Bestseller That Improves Decision Making and Counters Faulty Reasoning with Research-Backed Good Sense cover

34. The Art of Thinking Clearly: The International Bestseller That Improves Decision Making and Counters Faulty Reasoning with Research-Backed Good Sense

by Rolf Dobelli

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

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

by Robert Wingate

IBM COBOL A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition cover

36. IBM COBOL A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition

by Gerardus Blokdyk

Tricks of the Game-Programming Gurus cover

37. Tricks of the Game-Programming Gurus

by André LaMothe

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

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

by Meredith Small

Code Complete cover

39. Code Complete

by Steve McConnell

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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

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

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

by Henry Hazlitt

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

42. 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

43. 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

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

by J. W. Rinzler

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Hostage Cop cover

45. Hostage Cop

by Frank Bolz, Edward Hershey

Spc at the Esquire Club cover

46. Spc at the Esquire Club

by Donald J. Wheeler, David Wheeler

The Good Life: Unifying the Philosophy and Psychology of Well-Being cover

47. The Good Life: Unifying the Philosophy and Psychology of Well-Being

by Michael Bishop

Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media cover

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

by Jacob Mchangama

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The Carnivore Diet cover

49. The Carnivore Diet

by Shawn Baker

Bugs in Writing: A Guide to Debugging Your Prose cover

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

by Lyn Dupré

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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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