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Think Like a Super-GM cover

1. Think Like a Super-GM

by Michael Adams, Philip Hurtado

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Regulation of Pharmaceutical Innovation: The 1962 Amendments (Evaluative Studies 15) cover

2. Regulation of Pharmaceutical Innovation: The 1962 Amendments (Evaluative Studies 15)

by Sam Peltzman

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The Racial Contract cover

3. The Racial Contract

by Charles W. Mills

Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life cover

4. Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life

by Gail Sheehy

Silences cover

5. Silences

by Tillie Olsen

Python Distilled (Developer's Library) cover

6. Python Distilled (Developer's Library)

by Rangan Chatterjee

Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

7. Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

by John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson, Krste Asanović

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High Speed Digital Design: A Handbook of Black Magic (Prentice Hall Modern Semiconductor Design) cover

8. High Speed Digital Design: A Handbook of Black Magic (Prentice Hall Modern Semiconductor Design)

by Howard W. Johnson, Martin Graham

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Programming FPGAs: Getting Started with Verilog cover

9. Programming FPGAs: Getting Started with Verilog

by Simon Monk

The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History cover

10. The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

by John M. Barry

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Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers cover

11. Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers

by Gordon Neufeld, Gabor Maté, MD

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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) cover

12. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman

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A Passion for Discovery cover

13. A Passion for Discovery

by Peter Freund

The Da Vinci Cod: A Fishy Parody cover

14. The Da Vinci Cod: A Fishy Parody

by Don Brine

Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age cover

15. Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age

by Michael A. Hiltzik

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Grand Hotel Europa: A Novel cover

16. Grand Hotel Europa: A Novel

by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer

One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw cover

17. One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw

by Witold Rybczynski

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The Reasons of Love (Princeton Classics) cover

18. The Reasons of Love (Princeton Classics)

by Harry G. Frankfurt

The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System (Addison-wesley Unix and Open Systems Series) cover

19. The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System (Addison-wesley Unix and Open Systems Series)

by Marshall Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman

The Design And Implementation Of The Freebsd Operating System cover

20. The Design And Implementation Of The Freebsd Operating System

by Marshall Kirk McKusick, George V. Neville-Neil

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Confronting Managerialism: How the Business Elite and Their Schools Threw Our Lives Out of Balance (Economic Controversies) cover

21. Confronting Managerialism: How the Business Elite and Their Schools Threw Our Lives Out of Balance (Economic Controversies)

by Robert R. Locke, J.-C. Spender

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The Booles and the Hintons: Two Dynasties That Helped Shape the Modern World cover

22. The Booles and the Hintons: Two Dynasties That Helped Shape the Modern World

by Gerry Kennedy

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer cover

23. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

The Iliad cover

24. The Iliad

by Homer

The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are cover

25. The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are

by Henry Petroski

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Unmasked: The Global Failure of COVID Mask Mandates cover

26. Unmasked: The Global Failure of COVID Mask Mandates

by Ian Miller

Basic Economics cover

27. Basic Economics

by Thomas Sowell

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Algorithms from THE BOOK cover

28. Algorithms from THE BOOK

by Kenneth Lange

The Oppenheimer Alternative cover

29. The Oppenheimer Alternative

by Robert J. Sawyer

Climate Uncertainty and Risk: Rethinking Our Response (Anthem Environment and Sustainability Initiative) cover

30. Climate Uncertainty and Risk: Rethinking Our Response (Anthem Environment and Sustainability Initiative)

by Judith Curry

Your Defiant Child: Eight Steps to Better Behavior cover

31. Your Defiant Child: Eight Steps to Better Behavior

by Russell A. Barkley, Christine M. Benton

Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides) cover

32. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides)

by Marshall B. Rosenberg

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Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date cover

33. Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date

by Robert X. Cringely

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Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything cover

34. Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything

by Steven Levy

Toki Pona: The Language of Good (Official Toki Pona) cover

35. Toki Pona: The Language of Good (Official Toki Pona)

by Sonja Lang

Toki Pona Dictionary (Official Toki Pona) cover

36. Toki Pona Dictionary (Official Toki Pona)

by Sonja Lang

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Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier cover

37. Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier

by Edward Glaeser

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Fire in the Valley: The Birth and Death of the Personal SPuter cover

38. Fire in the Valley: The Birth and Death of the Personal SPuter

by Michael Swaine, Paul Freiberger

Dr. Z's Beat the Racetrack cover

39. Dr. Z's Beat the Racetrack

by W. T. Ziemba, Donald B. Hausch

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Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking: New US Edition: Over 20 Million Copies Sold cover

40. Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking: New US Edition: Over 20 Million Copies Sold

by Allen Carr

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