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The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers: Gentle Ways to Stop Bedtime Battles and Improve Your Child's Sleep cover

1. The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers: Gentle Ways to Stop Bedtime Battles and Improve Your Child's Sleep

by Elizabeth Pantley

Once Upon Atari: How I made history by killing an industry cover

2. Once Upon Atari: How I made history by killing an industry

by Howard Scott Warshaw

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The Oxford History of the Prison: The Practice of Punishment in Western Society cover

3. The Oxford History of the Prison: The Practice of Punishment in Western Society

by Norval Morris, David J. Rothman

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A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing cover

4. A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing

by Burton G. Malkiel

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Stan Weinstein's Secrets For Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets cover

5. Stan Weinstein's Secrets For Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets

by Stan Weinstein

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The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke cover

6. The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke

by Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi

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God and the New Atheism: A Critical Response to Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens cover

7. God and the New Atheism: A Critical Response to Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens

by John F. Haught

Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design cover

8. Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design

by Constantine A. Balanis

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Into 3D With form.Z cover

9. Into 3D With form.Z

by Lachmi Khemlani

Inside Form Z, 2E cover

10. Inside Form Z, 2E

by Eden Muir

Small Unit Leadership: A Commonsense Approach cover

11. Small Unit Leadership: A Commonsense Approach

by Dandridge M. Malone

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Doom Guy: Life in First Person cover

12. Doom Guy: Life in First Person

by John Romero

Honeybee Democracy cover

13. Honeybee Democracy

by Thomas D. Seeley

Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness cover

14. Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

by Peter Godfrey-Smith

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Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers: The Secrets of Ancient Fermentation cover

15. Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers: The Secrets of Ancient Fermentation

by Stephen Harrod Buhner

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Bringing Home the Birkin: My Life in Hot Pursuit of the World's Most Coveted Handbag cover

16. Bringing Home the Birkin: My Life in Hot Pursuit of the World's Most Coveted Handbag

by Michael Tonello

Bebop Bytes Back: An Unconventional Guide to Computers cover

17. Bebop Bytes Back: An Unconventional Guide to Computers

by Clive Maxfield, Alvin Brown

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind cover

18. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari

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Prisoners of Hate: The Cognitive Basis of Anger, Hostility, and Violence cover

19. Prisoners of Hate: The Cognitive Basis of Anger, Hostility, and Violence

by Aaron T. Beck

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The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography cover

20. The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography

by Martin W. Lewis, Kären Wigen

McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality cover

21. McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality

by Ronald Purser

The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World cover

22. The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World

by David Deutsch

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How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between cover

23. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between

by Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner

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Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective cover

24. Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective

by Kenneth O. Stanley, Joel Lehman

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An Incomplete Education cover

25. An Incomplete Education

by Judy Jones, William Wilson

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software cover

26. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

by Charles Petzold

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The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming (New York Review Books Classics) cover

27. The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming (New York Review Books Classics)

by Masanobu Fukuoka

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Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation cover

28. Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation

by Eva Illouz

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The High-Performance Mind cover

29. The High-Performance Mind

by Anna Wise

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JFK and the Unspeakable cover

30. JFK and the Unspeakable

by James W. Douglass

Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine cover

31. Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine

by Anna Della Subin