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Pandora's Gamble: Lab Leaks, Pandemics, and a World at Risk cover

1. Pandora's Gamble: Lab Leaks, Pandemics, and a World at Risk

by Alison Young

The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages 400-1000 (The Penguin History of Europe) cover

2. The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages 400-1000 (The Penguin History of Europe)

by Chris Wickham

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The Landmark Xenophon's Anabasis cover

3. The Landmark Xenophon's Anabasis

by Xenophon

A History of the World in 100 Objects cover

4. A History of the World in 100 Objects

by Neil MacGregor

Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices) cover

5. Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices)

by Steve McConnell

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On Photography cover

6. On Photography

by Susan Sontag

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Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture cover

7. Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

by David Kushner

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BASIC Computer Games: Microcomputer Edition cover

8. BASIC Computer Games: Microcomputer Edition

by David H. Ahl

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The Goffman Reader cover

9. The Goffman Reader

by Charles Lemert, Ann Branaman

Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension (Philosophy of Mind) cover

10. Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension (Philosophy of Mind)

by Andy Clark

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Learning From Data cover

11. Learning From Data

by Yaser S. Abu-Mostafa, Malik Magdon-Ismail, Hsuan-Tien Lin

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Elementary Probability Theory: With Stochastic Processes and an Introduction to Mathematical Finance (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

12. Elementary Probability Theory: With Stochastic Processes and an Introduction to Mathematical Finance (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by K. L. Chung, Farid AitSahlia

Introduction To Probability cover

13. Introduction To Probability

by Dimitri Bertsekas, John N. Tsitsiklis

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An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Vol. 1, 3rd Edition cover

14. An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Vol. 1, 3rd Edition

by William Feller

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Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails: Real World Preasymptotics, Epistemology, and Applications (Technical Incerto) cover

15. Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails: Real World Preasymptotics, Epistemology, and Applications (Technical Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking cover

16. Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking

by Michael Ruhlman

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The Three-Body Problem cover

17. The Three-Body Problem

by Cixin Liu

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The Plant-Based Athlete: A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance cover

18. The Plant-Based Athlete: A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance

by Matt Frazier, Robert Cheeke

CORPS HUMAIN cover

19. CORPS HUMAIN

by Emilie Beaumont, Philippe Simon, Nadine Soubrouillard

Data-Driven Science and Engineering: Machine Learning, Dynamical Systems, and Control cover

20. Data-Driven Science and Engineering: Machine Learning, Dynamical Systems, and Control

by Steven L. Brunton, J. Nathan Kutz

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The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More cover

21. The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More

by Chris Anderson

Proof and the Art of Mathematics: Examples and Extensions cover

22. Proof and the Art of Mathematics: Examples and Extensions

by Joel David Hamkins

The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics (Oxford Landmark Science) cover

23. The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics (Oxford Landmark Science)

by Roger Penrose

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The ZX Spectrum Ula: How to Design a Microcomputer (ZX Design Retro Computer) cover

24. The ZX Spectrum Ula: How to Design a Microcomputer (ZX Design Retro Computer)

by Chris Smith

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Moose Heads on the Table cover

25. Moose Heads on the Table

by Karin Tenelius, Lisa Gill

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't cover

26. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't

by Jim Collins

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Greyfields into Goldfields: Dead Malls become Living Neighborhoods cover

27. Greyfields into Goldfields: Dead Malls become Living Neighborhoods

by Lee S. Sobel, Ellen Greenberg, Steven Bodzin

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The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It cover

28. The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

by Michael E. Gerber

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