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Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan cover

1. Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan

by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa

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Foreign Agents: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee from the 1963 Fulbright Hearings to the 2005 Espionage Scandal cover

2. Foreign Agents: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee from the 1963 Fulbright Hearings to the 2005 Espionage Scandal

by Grant F. Smith, Ellin Oliver Keene

Principles of Electrodynamics (Dover Books on Physics) cover

3. Principles of Electrodynamics (Dover Books on Physics)

by Melvin Schwartz

The Translators Guide to Chinglish cover

4. The Translators Guide to Chinglish

by Joan Pinkham

Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer (Second Edition) cover

5. Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer (Second Edition)

by Paul Freiberger, Michael Swaine

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

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

by Robert Cialdini

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The Other Side of Everest: Climbing the North Face Through the Killer Storm cover

7. The Other Side of Everest: Climbing the North Face Through the Killer Storm

by Matt Dickinson

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster cover

8. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

by Jon Krakauer

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Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest cover

9. Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest

by Wade Davis

High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest cover

10. High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest

by Edmund Hillary

Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe cover

11. Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe

by Lee Smolin

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It Would Be So Nice If You Weren't Here: My Journey Through Show Business cover

12. It Would Be So Nice If You Weren't Here: My Journey Through Show Business

by Charles Grodin

Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality cover

13. Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality

by Edward Frenkel

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Five on Brexit Island (Enid Blyton for Grown Ups) cover

14. Five on Brexit Island (Enid Blyton for Grown Ups)

by Bruno Vincent

Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind (Vol. 1) cover

15. Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind (Vol. 1)

by Yuval Noah Harari

Lost Causes in and beyond Physics cover

16. Lost Causes in and beyond Physics

by R.F. Streater