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Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions cover

1. Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions

by Gary A. Klein

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The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, 2nd Edition cover

2. The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, 2nd Edition

by Clair Davies, Amber Davies

Improvised Munitions Handbook TM 31 210 cover

3. Improvised Munitions Handbook TM 31 210

by Department of the Army

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The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America cover

4. The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America

by Kenneth Pollack

Engines: The Inner Workings of Machines That Move the World cover

5. Engines: The Inner Workings of Machines That Move the World

by Theodore Gray

World Order cover

6. World Order

by Henry Kissinger

Kissinger: The Adventures of Super-Kraut cover

7. Kissinger: The Adventures of Super-Kraut

by Charles Ashman, Charles G. Hulse

Introduction to Parallel Computing: Design and Analysis of Parallel Algorithms cover

8. Introduction to Parallel Computing: Design and Analysis of Parallel Algorithms

by Vipin Kumar

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Cognition in the Wild (MIT Press) cover

9. Cognition in the Wild (MIT Press)

by Edwin Hutchins

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The Quetzel and the Macaw: The Story of Costa Rica's National Parks cover

10. The Quetzel and the Macaw: The Story of Costa Rica's National Parks

by David Rains Wallace

A = B cover

11. A = B

by Marko Petkovsek, Herbert S Wilf, Doron Zeilberger

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains cover

12. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

by Nicholas Carr

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Rewiring Tinnitus: How I Finally Found Relief From The Ringing In My Ears cover

13. Rewiring Tinnitus: How I Finally Found Relief From The Ringing In My Ears

by Glenn Schweitzer

High Speed Digital Design: A Handbook of Black Magic cover

14. High Speed Digital Design: A Handbook of Black Magic

by Howard W. Johnson, Martin Graham

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Gearheads: The Turbulent Rise of Robotic Sports cover

15. Gearheads: The Turbulent Rise of Robotic Sports

by Brad Stone

Friends in High Places cover

16. Friends in High Places

by William L. Livingston

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Cemetery of Forgotten Series 4 Books Collection Set By Carlos Ruiz Zafon (The Shadow of the Wind, The Angel's Game, The Prisoner of Heaven, The Labyrinth of the Spirits) cover

17. Cemetery of Forgotten Series 4 Books Collection Set By Carlos Ruiz Zafon (The Shadow of the Wind, The Angel's Game, The Prisoner of Heaven, The Labyrinth of the Spirits)

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies cover

18. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

by Nick Bostrom

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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams cover

19. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

by Matthew Walker

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Official Marimba Guide to Bongo cover

20. Official Marimba Guide to Bongo

by Danny Goodman

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Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition (Principles of Neural Science (Kandel)) cover

21. Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition (Principles of Neural Science (Kandel))

by Eric R. Kandel

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Creating Mind: How the Brain Works cover

22. Creating Mind: How the Brain Works

by John E. Dowling

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Computer Organization and Design ARM Edition: The Hardware Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

23. Computer Organization and Design ARM Edition: The Hardware Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

by David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy

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Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition: The Hardware Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

24. Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition: The Hardware Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

by David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy

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

25. Computer Architecture, Sixth Edition: A Quantitative Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

by John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson

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Models of Computation: An Introduction to Computability Theory (Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science) cover

26. Models of Computation: An Introduction to Computability Theory (Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science)

by Maribel Fernández

Write Great Code, Volume 1, 2nd Edition: Understanding the Machine cover

27. Write Great Code, Volume 1, 2nd Edition: Understanding the Machine

by Randall Hyde

Computer Organization and Design MIPS Edition: The Hardware/Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

28. Computer Organization and Design MIPS Edition: The Hardware/Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

by David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy

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Write Great Code, Volume 2: Thinking Low-Level, Writing High-Level cover

29. Write Great Code, Volume 2: Thinking Low-Level, Writing High-Level

by Randall Hyde

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products cover

30. Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

by Nir Eyal

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The White Horse King: The Life of Alfred the Great cover

31. The White Horse King: The Life of Alfred the Great

by Benjamin R. Merkle

Extraordinary Knowing: Science, Skepticism, and the Inexplicable Powers of the Human Mind cover

32. Extraordinary Knowing: Science, Skepticism, and the Inexplicable Powers of the Human Mind

by Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer

Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp cover

33. Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp

by Peter Norvig

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The Dude De Ching: New Annotated Edition cover

34. The Dude De Ching: New Annotated Edition

by Oliver Benjamin