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1. Think Like a Super-GM
by Michael Adams, Philip Hurtado
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2. Regulation of Pharmaceutical Innovation: The 1962 Amendments (Evaluative Studies 15)
by Sam Peltzman
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3. The Racial Contract
by Charles W. Mills
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4. Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life
by Gail Sheehy
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5. Silences
by Tillie Olsen
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6. Python Distilled (Developer's Library)
by Rangan Chatterjee
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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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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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9. Programming FPGAs: Getting Started with Verilog
by Simon Monk
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10. The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
by John M. Barry
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11. Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
by Gordon Neufeld, Gabor Maté, MD
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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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13. A Passion for Discovery
by Peter Freund
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14. The Da Vinci Cod: A Fishy Parody
by Don Brine
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15. Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age
by Michael A. Hiltzik
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16. Grand Hotel Europa: A Novel
by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
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17. One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw
by Witold Rybczynski
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18. The Reasons of Love (Princeton Classics)
by Harry G. Frankfurt
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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
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20. The Design And Implementation Of The Freebsd Operating System
by Marshall Kirk McKusick, George V. Neville-Neil
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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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22. The Booles and the Hintons: Two Dynasties That Helped Shape the Modern World
by Gerry Kennedy
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23. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin
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24. The Iliad
by Homer
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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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26. Unmasked: The Global Failure of COVID Mask Mandates
by Ian Miller
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27. Basic Economics
by Thomas Sowell
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28. Algorithms from THE BOOK
by Kenneth Lange
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29. The Oppenheimer Alternative
by Robert J. Sawyer
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30. Climate Uncertainty and Risk: Rethinking Our Response (Anthem Environment and Sustainability Initiative)
by Judith Curry
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31. Your Defiant Child: Eight Steps to Better Behavior
by Russell A. Barkley, Christine M. Benton
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32. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides)
by Marshall B. Rosenberg
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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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34. Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything
by Steven Levy
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35. Toki Pona: The Language of Good (Official Toki Pona)
by Sonja Lang
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36. Toki Pona Dictionary (Official Toki Pona)
by Sonja Lang
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37. Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier
by Edward Glaeser
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38. Fire in the Valley: The Birth and Death of the Personal SPuter
by Michael Swaine, Paul Freiberger
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39. Dr. Z's Beat the Racetrack
by W. T. Ziemba, Donald B. Hausch
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40. Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking: New US Edition: Over 20 Million Copies Sold
by Allen Carr
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