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The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution cover

1. The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution

by Gregory Zuckerman

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Machine Learning for Algorithmic Trading: Predictive models to extract signals from market and alternative data for systematic trading strategies with Python, 2nd Edition cover

2. Machine Learning for Algorithmic Trading: Predictive models to extract signals from market and alternative data for systematic trading strategies with Python, 2nd Edition

by Stefan Jansen

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Manual: How to Have a Number 1 the Easy Way cover

3. Manual: How to Have a Number 1 the Easy Way

by Jimmy Cauty, Bill Drummond

High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out cover

4. High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out

by Amanda Ripley

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The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition cover

5. The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition

by Donald C. Shoup

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The Tankship Tromedy: The Impending Disasters in Tankers cover

6. The Tankship Tromedy: The Impending Disasters in Tankers

by Jack Devanney

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What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry cover

7. What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry

by John Markoff

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Lost World of 2001 cover

8. Lost World of 2001

by Arthur C. Clarke

Distributed Computing Through Combinatorial Topology cover

9. Distributed Computing Through Combinatorial Topology

by Maurice Herlihy, Dmitry Kozlov, Sergio Rajsbaum

The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature cover

10. The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

by Matt Ridley

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Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success cover

11. Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success

by Ran Abramitzky, Leah Boustan

Godel's Theorem Simplified cover

12. Godel's Theorem Simplified

by Harry J. Gensler

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems cover

13. Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

by Martin Kleppmann

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Solving Stress: The Power to Remain Cool and Calm Amidst Chaos cover

14. Solving Stress: The Power to Remain Cool and Calm Amidst Chaos

by Kraig Brockschmidt

Precalculus Mathematics in a Nutshell: Geometry, Algebra, Trigonometry: cover

15. Precalculus Mathematics in a Nutshell: Geometry, Algebra, Trigonometry:

by George F. Simmons

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Real Food/Fake Food Why You Don't Know What You're Eating and What You Can Do About It cover

16. Real Food/Fake Food Why You Don't Know What You're Eating and What You Can Do About It

by Larry Olmsted

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How to Lie with Statistics cover

17. How to Lie with Statistics

by Darrell Huff

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Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up cover

18. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

by Abigail Shrier

Dark Pools: The Rise of the Machine Traders and the Rigging of the U.S. Stock Market cover

19. Dark Pools: The Rise of the Machine Traders and the Rigging of the U.S. Stock Market

by Scott Patterson

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Dispersing population: What America can learn from Europe cover

20. Dispersing population: What America can learn from Europe

by James L. Sundquist

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