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Dead Reckoning: Calculating Without Instruments cover

401. Dead Reckoning: Calculating Without Instruments

by Ronald W. Doerfler

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Schizotypy: New dimensions (Advances in Mental Health Research) cover

402. Schizotypy: New dimensions (Advances in Mental Health Research)

by Oliver Mason, Gordon Claridge

Eats, Shites & Leaves: Crap English and How to Use It (The Shite series) cover

403. Eats, Shites & Leaves: Crap English and How to Use It (The Shite series)

by A. Parody

Norbert Wiener-A Life in Cybernetics: Ex-Prodigy: My Childhood and Youth and I Am a Mathematician: The Later Life of a Prodigy (Mit Press) cover

404. Norbert Wiener-A Life in Cybernetics: Ex-Prodigy: My Childhood and Youth and I Am a Mathematician: The Later Life of a Prodigy (Mit Press)

by Norbert Wiener

Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds cover

405. Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds

by Bernd Heinrich

Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall cover

406. Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall

by Zeke Faux

Mental Health Survival Kit and Withdrawal from Psychiatric Drugs: A User's Guide cover

407. Mental Health Survival Kit and Withdrawal from Psychiatric Drugs: A User's Guide

by Peter C. Gøtzsche

Adventuregame Comics: Leviathan (Book 1): An Interactive Graphic Novel cover

408. Adventuregame Comics: Leviathan (Book 1): An Interactive Graphic Novel

by Jason Shiga

Be More Sausage: Lifelong lessons from a small but mighty dog cover

409. Be More Sausage: Lifelong lessons from a small but mighty dog

by Matt Whyman

SPIN Selling cover

410. SPIN Selling

by Neil Rackham

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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk cover

411. Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk

by Peter L. Bernstein

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Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible cover

412. Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible

by Sophie Lovell

Approaching Crisis of Global Cooling and the Limits to Growth: Global Warming Is Not Our Future cover

413. Approaching Crisis of Global Cooling and the Limits to Growth: Global Warming Is Not Our Future

by Shigenori Maruyama

So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love cover

414. So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

by Cal Newport

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Timeline of World History cover

415. Timeline of World History

by Matt Baker, John Andrews

Adams Synchronological Chart or Map of History - Historical Timeline Wall Panel cover

416. Adams Synchronological Chart or Map of History - Historical Timeline Wall Panel

by Sebastian Adams

Godel's Theorem Simplified cover

417. Godel's Theorem Simplified

by Harry J. Gensler

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The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self cover

418. The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self

by Thomas Metzinger

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MVS JCL (2nd Edition) cover

419. MVS JCL (2nd Edition)

by Doug Lowe

Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade cover

420. Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade

by Robert Cialdini

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Feynman Lectures On Computation cover

421. Feynman Lectures On Computation

by Richard Phillips Feynman

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Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar cover

422. Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar

by Jessie Inchauspe

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Security Analysis: Sixth Edition, Foreword by Warren Buffett (Security Analysis Prior Editions) cover

423. Security Analysis: Sixth Edition, Foreword by Warren Buffett (Security Analysis Prior Editions)

by Graham

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The Firebird: The Elusive Fate of Russian Democracy (Russian and East European Studies) cover

424. The Firebird: The Elusive Fate of Russian Democracy (Russian and East European Studies)

by Andrei Kozyrev

Structured Design: Fundamentals of a Discipline of Computer Program and Systems Design cover

425. Structured Design: Fundamentals of a Discipline of Computer Program and Systems Design

by Edward Yourdon, Larry L. Constantine

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The New Way Things Work cover

426. The New Way Things Work

by David Macaulay

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The way things work. cover

427. The way things work.

by David Macaulay

In Praise of Shadows cover

428. In Praise of Shadows

by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Junʼichirō Tanizaki

Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition cover

429. Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition

by Mark Rippetoe, Lon Kilgore

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Three Degrees Above Zero: Bell Labs in the Information Age (Mentor) cover

430. Three Degrees Above Zero: Bell Labs in the Information Age (Mentor)

by Jeremy Bernstein

Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need cover

431. Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need

by Blake Snyder

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The Migraine Miracle: A Sugar-Free, Gluten-Free, Ancestral Diet to Reduce Inflammation and Relieve Your Headaches for Good cover

432. The Migraine Miracle: A Sugar-Free, Gluten-Free, Ancestral Diet to Reduce Inflammation and Relieve Your Headaches for Good

by Josh Turknett, Jenny Turknett

From Third World to First: The Singapore Story - 1965-2000 cover

433. From Third World to First: The Singapore Story - 1965-2000

by Lee Kuan Yew

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Systems Performance (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

434. Systems Performance (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by Brendan Gregg

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The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery cover

435. The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery

by Ross Douthat

Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals cover

436. Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals

by Frans B. M. de Waal, F. B. M. de Waal

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Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving cover

437. Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving

by Sanjoy Mahajan

High And Rising: A Book About De La Soul cover

438. High And Rising: A Book About De La Soul

by Marcus J Moore

Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships cover

439. Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships

by Robin Dunbar

A General Theory of Love cover

440. A General Theory of Love

by Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, Richard Lannon

Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in Man cover

441. Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in Man

by Krishna Gopi

The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? cover

442. The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?

by Michael J. Sandel

The Princeton Companion to Mathematics cover

443. The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

by Timothy Gowers, June Barrow-Green, Imre Leader

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Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality cover

444. Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality

by Max Tegmark

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Thomas the Tank Engine: Complete Collection 75th Anniversary Edition (Classic Thomas the Tank Engine) cover

445. Thomas the Tank Engine: Complete Collection 75th Anniversary Edition (Classic Thomas the Tank Engine)

by Rev. W. Awdry

Nonlinear Dynamics And Chaos: With Applications To Physics, Biology, Chemistry, And Engineering (Studies in Nonlinearity) cover

446. Nonlinear Dynamics And Chaos: With Applications To Physics, Biology, Chemistry, And Engineering (Studies in Nonlinearity)

by Steven H. Strogatz, Steven Strogatz, Steven H. Strogatz

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Debugging: The 9 Indispensable Rules for Finding Even the Most Elusive Software and Hardware Problems cover

447. Debugging: The 9 Indispensable Rules for Finding Even the Most Elusive Software and Hardware Problems

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The Intermittent Fasting Revolution: The Science of Optimizing Health and Enhancing Performance cover

448. The Intermittent Fasting Revolution: The Science of Optimizing Health and Enhancing Performance

by Mark P. Mattson

Ontogeny and Phylogeny cover

449. Ontogeny and Phylogeny

by Stephen Jay Gould

The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World cover

450. The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World

by William Dalrymple

Apollo: The Race to the Moon cover

451. Apollo: The Race to the Moon

by Charles A. Murray, Catherine Bly Cox

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Lions' Commentary on Unix cover

452. Lions' Commentary on Unix

by John Lions

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Genesis Of A Music: An Account Of A Creative Work, Its Roots, And Its Fulfillments, Second Edition cover

453. Genesis Of A Music: An Account Of A Creative Work, Its Roots, And Its Fulfillments, Second Edition

by Harry Partch

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How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care) cover

454. How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care)

by Ross W. Duffin

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The Craft of Musical Composition: Theoretical Part - Book 1 (Tap/159) cover

455. The Craft of Musical Composition: Theoretical Part - Book 1 (Tap/159)

by Paul Hindemith

A Cardiologist Examines Jesus: The Stunning Science Behind Eucharistic Miracles cover

456. A Cardiologist Examines Jesus: The Stunning Science Behind Eucharistic Miracles

by Franco Serafini

Visual Complex Functions: An Introduction with Phase Portraits cover

457. Visual Complex Functions: An Introduction with Phase Portraits

by Elias Wegert

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Balance: How to Invest and Spend for Happiness, Health, and Wealth cover

458. Balance: How to Invest and Spend for Happiness, Health, and Wealth

by Andrew Hallam

The Connection Machine (Mit Press Series in Artificial Intelligence) cover

459. The Connection Machine (Mit Press Series in Artificial Intelligence)

by W. Daniel Hillis

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When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought cover

460. When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought

by Jim Holt

The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' cover

461. The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error'

by Professor Sidney Dekker

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Thermal Physics (2nd Edition) cover

462. Thermal Physics (2nd Edition)

by Charles Kittel, Herbert Kroemer

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The Biology of Cancer cover

463. The Biology of Cancer

by Robert Allan Weinberg

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OS-9 insights: An advanced programmers' guide to OS-9/68000 cover

464. OS-9 insights: An advanced programmers' guide to OS-9/68000

by Peter Dibble

The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language cover

465. The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language

by John McWhorter

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Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture (DIY Science) cover

466. Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments: All Lab, No Lecture (DIY Science)

by Robert Bruce Thompson

The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film cover

467. The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film

by J. W. Rinzler

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Let's Get Real or Let's Not Play: Transforming the buyer/seller relationship cover

468. Let's Get Real or Let's Not Play: Transforming the buyer/seller relationship

PRIDE Methodologies for IRM cover

469. PRIDE Methodologies for IRM

by M&JB Investment Company

The Three Value Conversations: How to Create, Elevate, and Capture Customer Value at Every Stage of the Long-Lead Sale cover

470. The Three Value Conversations: How to Create, Elevate, and Capture Customer Value at Every Stage of the Long-Lead Sale

by Conrad Smith, Tim Riesterer, Erik Peterson, Cheryl Geoffrion

Taming Cannabis: Drugs and Empire in Nineteenth-Century France (Volume 1) (Intoxicating Histories) cover

471. Taming Cannabis: Drugs and Empire in Nineteenth-Century France (Volume 1) (Intoxicating Histories)

by David A. Guba

Analytic Philosophy: An Anthology cover

472. Analytic Philosophy: An Anthology

by A. P. Martinich, David Sosa

Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations cover

473. Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim

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Hamlet ( Folger Library Shakespeare) cover

474. Hamlet ( Folger Library Shakespeare)

by William Shakespeare

Endzeit Europa cover

475. Endzeit Europa

by Peter Walther

Craigslist Confessional: A Collection of Secrets from Anonymous Strangers cover

476. Craigslist Confessional: A Collection of Secrets from Anonymous Strangers

by Helena Dea Bala

PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives cover

477. PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives

by Frank Warren

Stoned, Naked, and Looking in My Neighbor's Window: The Best Confessions from GroupHug.us cover

478. Stoned, Naked, and Looking in My Neighbor's Window: The Best Confessions from GroupHug.us

La société féodale cover

479. La société féodale

by Marc Bloch, Robert Fossier

The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language cover

480. The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language

by Geoffrey K. Pullum

Mid-Century By the Bay: A Celebration of the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1950s and 1960s cover

481. Mid-Century By the Bay: A Celebration of the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1950s and 1960s

by Heather M.. David

A First Course in Systems Biology cover

482. A First Course in Systems Biology

by Eberhard O. Voit

Machiavelli for Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace cover

483. Machiavelli for Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace

by Stacey Vanek Smith

Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth cover

484. Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth

by Gabriel Weinberg, Justin Mares

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Monetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price cover

485. Monetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price

by Madhavan Ramanujam, Georg Tacke

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Windows Kernel Programming cover

486. Windows Kernel Programming

by Pavel Yosifovich

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Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings (Library of America) cover

487. Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings (Library of America)

by Benjamin Franklin, J. A. Leo Lemay

Linear Algebra Through Geometry (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

488. Linear Algebra Through Geometry (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Thomas Banchoff, John Wermer

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Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies cover

489. Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies

by Charles Perrow

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The Alzheimer's Solution: A Breakthrough Program to Prevent and Reverse the Symptoms of Cognitive Decline at Every Age cover

490. The Alzheimer's Solution: A Breakthrough Program to Prevent and Reverse the Symptoms of Cognitive Decline at Every Age

by Dean Sherzai

The First Scientific American: Benjamin Franklin and the Pursuit of Genius cover

491. The First Scientific American: Benjamin Franklin and the Pursuit of Genius

by Joyce Chaplin

(Mis)interpreting Genesis: How the Creation Museum Misunderstands the Ancient Near Eastern Context of the Bible cover

492. (Mis)interpreting Genesis: How the Creation Museum Misunderstands the Ancient Near Eastern Context of the Bible

by Ben Stanhope

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence cover

493. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence

by Harvard Business Review., Susan Larkin James Edward Thomas

The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics cover

494. The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

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Stretching Scientifically: A Guide to Flexibility Training cover

495. Stretching Scientifically: A Guide to Flexibility Training

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The Golden Road cover

496. The Golden Road

by William Dalrymple

The Shareholder Value Myth: How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public cover

497. The Shareholder Value Myth: How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public

by Lynn Stout

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Professional Cookery cover

498. Professional Cookery

by Daniel R. Stevenson, Patricia M. G. Scobie

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Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy cover

499. Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy

by Matt Stoller

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Blind Spot: Why We Fail to See the Solution Right in Front of Us cover

500. Blind Spot: Why We Fail to See the Solution Right in Front of Us

by Dr. Gordon Rugg