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A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life cover

1. A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life

by Allyson Hobbs

The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error cover

2. The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error

by Sidney Dekker

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The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups, Second printing with new preface and appendix (Harvard Economic Studies) cover

3. The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups, Second printing with new preface and appendix (Harvard Economic Studies)

by Mancur Olson

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Internet Routing Architectures cover

4. Internet Routing Architectures

by Bassam Halabi, Sam Halabi, Danny McPherson

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Filthy Rich Clients: Developing Animated and Graphical Effects for Desktop Java Applications cover

5. Filthy Rich Clients: Developing Animated and Graphical Effects for Desktop Java Applications

by Chet Haase, Romain Guy

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The RISC-V Reader: An Open Architecture Atlas cover

6. The RISC-V Reader: An Open Architecture Atlas

by David A. Patterson, Andrew Waterman

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Debugging Teams: Better Productivity through Collaboration cover

7. Debugging Teams: Better Productivity through Collaboration

by Brian Fitzpatrick, Ben Collins-Sussman

Flights of Fantasy: Programming 3d Video Games in C++/Book and Disk cover

8. Flights of Fantasy: Programming 3d Video Games in C++/Book and Disk

by Christopher Lampton

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Chess: The Complete Self-Tutor (Algebraic Classics Series) cover

9. Chess: The Complete Self-Tutor (Algebraic Classics Series)

by Edward Lasker

Visual Thinking in Mathematics cover

10. Visual Thinking in Mathematics

by Marcus Giaquinto

100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present cover

11. 100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present

by Paul K. Davis

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The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations cover

12. The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations

by Daniel Yergin

CliffsComplete Shakespeare's Hamlet cover

13. CliffsComplete Shakespeare's Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

Inner Loops: A Sourcebook for Fast 32-bit Software Development cover

14. Inner Loops: A Sourcebook for Fast 32-bit Software Development

by Rick Booth

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Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety cover

15. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

by Eric Schlosser

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

16. 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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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

17. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen

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The Unknown Stalin cover

18. The Unknown Stalin

by Roy Medvedev

How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease cover

19. How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

by Michael Greger, Gene Stone

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The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner cover

20. The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner

by Daniel Ellsberg

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The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide cover

21. The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide

by Gary J. Bass

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Nutrition and Physical Degeneration cover

22. Nutrition and Physical Degeneration

by Weston Andrew Price

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Imprisoned in English: The Hazards of English as a Default Language cover

23. Imprisoned in English: The Hazards of English as a Default Language

by Anna Wierzbicka

Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets cover

24. Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets

by Svetlana Alexievich

Koolhaas/Obrist. Project Japan. Metabolism Talks cover

25. Koolhaas/Obrist. Project Japan. Metabolism Talks

by Rem Koolhaas, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Kayoko Ota, James Westcott

The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health (Children’s Health Defense) cover

26. The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health (Children’s Health Defense)

by Robert F. Kennedy

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