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In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon (The Teachings of the Buddha) cover

1. In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon (The Teachings of the Buddha)

by Bodhi

Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin cover

2. Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

by Timothy Snyder

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How We Test Software at Microsoft cover

3. How We Test Software at Microsoft

by Alan Page, Ken Johnston, Bj Rollison

The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD UNIX Operating System cover

4. The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD UNIX Operating System

by Samuel J. Leffler

Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society) cover

5. Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society)

by Ulrich Beck

The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn cover

6. The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn

by Richard Hamming

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When the machine stopped: A cautionary tale from industrial America cover

7. When the machine stopped: A cautionary tale from industrial America

by Max Holland

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AI at the Edge: Solving Real-World Problems with Embedded Machine Learning cover

8. AI at the Edge: Solving Real-World Problems with Embedded Machine Learning

by Daniel Situnayake, Jenny Plunkett

Gardening with Biochar: Supercharge Your Soil with Bioactivated Charcoal: Grow Healthier Plants, Create Nutrient-Rich Soil, and Increase Your Harvest cover

9. Gardening with Biochar: Supercharge Your Soil with Bioactivated Charcoal: Grow Healthier Plants, Create Nutrient-Rich Soil, and Increase Your Harvest

by Jeff Cox

City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas cover

10. City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas

by Roger Crowley

The Venetian Money Market: Banks, Panics, and the Public Debt, 1200-1500 (Money and Banking in Medieval and Renaissance Venice, Vol 2) cover

11. The Venetian Money Market: Banks, Panics, and the Public Debt, 1200-1500 (Money and Banking in Medieval and Renaissance Venice, Vol 2)

by Reinhold C. Mueller

The Never-Ending Challenge of Engineering: Admiral H.G. Rickover in His Own Words cover

12. The Never-Ending Challenge of Engineering: Admiral H.G. Rickover in His Own Words

by Hyman George Rickover, Paul E. Cantonwine

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The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 cover

13. The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914

by David McCullough

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How to Shit in the Woods, 3rd Edition: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art cover

14. How to Shit in the Woods, 3rd Edition: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art

by Kathleen Meyer

Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World cover

15. Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

by DAVID. EPSTEIN

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

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

by Lee Kuan Yew

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

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

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

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

by Matt Stoller

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End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration cover

19. End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration

by Peter Turchin

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Revolution in The Valley [Paperback]: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made cover

20. Revolution in The Valley [Paperback]: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made

by Andy Hertzfeld

21. The M and M's Brand Counting Book

by Barbara Barbieri McGrath

The Psilocybin Handbook for Women: How Magic Mushrooms, Psychedelic Therapy, and Microdosing Can Benefit Your Mental, Physical, and Spiritual Health (Guides to Psychedelics & More) cover

22. The Psilocybin Handbook for Women: How Magic Mushrooms, Psychedelic Therapy, and Microdosing Can Benefit Your Mental, Physical, and Spiritual Health (Guides to Psychedelics & More)

by Jennifer Chesak

The Culture Transplant: How Migrants Make the Economies They Move To a Lot Like the Ones They Left cover

23. The Culture Transplant: How Migrants Make the Economies They Move To a Lot Like the Ones They Left

by Garett Jones

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Einstein's Intuition: Visualizing Nature in Eleven Dimensions cover

24. Einstein's Intuition: Visualizing Nature in Eleven Dimensions

by Thad Roberts

Pu-239 And Other Russian Fantasies cover

25. Pu-239 And Other Russian Fantasies

by Ken Kalfus

The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business cover

26. The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business

by Clayton M. Christensen

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Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons cover

27. Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons

by Kris Newby

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