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Building for Eternity: The History and Technology of Roman Concrete Engineering in the Sea cover

1. Building for Eternity: The History and Technology of Roman Concrete Engineering in the Sea

by J. P. Oleson, Jackson, R. L. Hohlfelder, C. J. Brandon

The Perspective of the World: Civilization and Capitalism 15Th-18th Century, Vol. 3 cover

2. The Perspective of the World: Civilization and Capitalism 15Th-18th Century, Vol. 3

by Fernand Braudel

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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking cover

3. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

by Malcolm Gladwell

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The New York Times Complete Front Pages: 1851-2018 cover

4. The New York Times Complete Front Pages: 1851-2018

by Richard Bernstein

Inventing Equal Opportunity cover

5. Inventing Equal Opportunity

by Frank Dobbin

Your Brain at Work, Revised and Updated: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long cover

6. Your Brain at Work, Revised and Updated: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long

by David Rock

What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry cover

7. What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry

by John Markoff

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Neighborhood Defenders: Participatory Politics and America's Housing Crisis cover

8. Neighborhood Defenders: Participatory Politics and America's Housing Crisis

by Katherine Levine Einstein, David M. Glick, Maxwell Palmer

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The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business: Make Great Money. Work the Way You Like. Have the Life You Want. cover

9. The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business: Make Great Money. Work the Way You Like. Have the Life You Want.

by Elaine Pofeldt

Database System Concepts cover

10. Database System Concepts

by Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan, Abraham Silberschatz, Professor

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Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making cover

11. Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

by Tony Fadell

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In Defense of Self: How the Immune System Really Works cover

12. In Defense of Self: How the Immune System Really Works

by William R. Clark

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

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

by Betty Edwards

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Financial Statement Analysis: A Practitioner's Guide cover

14. Financial Statement Analysis: A Practitioner's Guide

by Martin S. Fridson, Fernando Alvarez

Made in Tokyo: Guide Book (Japanese Edition) cover

15. Made in Tokyo: Guide Book (Japanese Edition)

by Momoyo Kaijima, 貝島桃代, Junzo Kuroda, 黒田潤三, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, 塚本由晴

Ride the Tiger: A Survival Manual for the Aristocrats of the Soul cover

16. Ride the Tiger: A Survival Manual for the Aristocrats of the Soul

by Julius Evola

Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self cover

17. Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self

by Claire Tomalin

Fifty English Steeples: The Finest Medieval Parish Church Towers and Spires in England cover

18. Fifty English Steeples: The Finest Medieval Parish Church Towers and Spires in England

by Julian Flannery

Steve Jobs & the Next Big Thing cover

19. Steve Jobs & the Next Big Thing

by Randall E. Stross

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Edmund Morris's Theodore Roosevelt Trilogy Bundle: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Rex, and Colonel Roosevelt cover

20. Edmund Morris's Theodore Roosevelt Trilogy Bundle: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Rex, and Colonel Roosevelt

by Edmund Morris

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How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going cover

21. How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going

by Vaclav Smil

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Inside the Machine: An Illustrated Introduction to Microprocessors and Computer Architecture cover

22. Inside the Machine: An Illustrated Introduction to Microprocessors and Computer Architecture

by Jon Stokes

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Large-Scale C++: Process and Architecture, Volume 1 (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

23. Large-Scale C++: Process and Architecture, Volume 1 (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by John Debbie Lafferty, John Lakos

Large-Scale C++ Software Design cover

24. Large-Scale C++ Software Design

by John Lakos

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The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You cover

25. The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You

by Julie Zhuo

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Asimov's Guide to the Bible: Two Volumes in One, the Old and New Testaments cover

26. Asimov's Guide to the Bible: Two Volumes in One, the Old and New Testaments

by Isaac Asimov

Il mondo delle api e del miele cover

27. Il mondo delle api e del miele

by Cinzia Scaffidi

Quality Software Management: Systems Thinking cover

28. Quality Software Management: Systems Thinking

by Gerald M. Weinberg