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How Parliament Works cover

1. How Parliament Works

by Tom Goldsmith, Nicolas Besly

Blowing up Russia cover

2. Blowing up Russia

by Alexander Litvinenko

The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream cover

3. The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream

by Tyler Cowen

Effective Python: 135 Specific Ways to Write Better Python (Effective Software Development) cover

4. Effective Python: 135 Specific Ways to Write Better Python (Effective Software Development)

by Brett Slatkin

Fighter Combat: Tactics and Maneuvering cover

5. Fighter Combat: Tactics and Maneuvering

by Robert L. Shaw

Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective, 3 Edition cover

6. Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective, 3 Edition

by Randal E. Bryant, Davie Richard O'Hallaron, S. Manasa, Mohit P. Tahiliani

The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change cover

7. The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change

by Camille Fournier

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Work Clean: The life-changing power of mise-en-place to organize your life, work, and mind cover

8. Work Clean: The life-changing power of mise-en-place to organize your life, work, and mind

by Dan Charnas

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PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives cover

9. 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

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

Craigslist Confessional: A Collection of Secrets from Anonymous Strangers cover

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

by Helena Dea Bala

The law and the profits cover

12. The law and the profits

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Blue: In Search of Nature's Rarest Color cover

13. Blue: In Search of Nature's Rarest Color

by Kai Kupferschmidt

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction: An Influential Essay of Cultural Criticism; the History and Theory of Art cover

14. The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction: An Influential Essay of Cultural Criticism; the History and Theory of Art

by Walter Benjamin, Harry Zohn

The Discipline of Market Leaders: Choose Your Customers, Narrow Your Focus, Dominate Your Market cover

15. The Discipline of Market Leaders: Choose Your Customers, Narrow Your Focus, Dominate Your Market

by Michael Treacy

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Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth cover

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

by Gabriel Weinberg, Justin Mares

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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future cover

17. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

by Peter Thiel, Blake Masters

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Differentiate or Die: Survival in Our Era of Killer Competition cover

18. Differentiate or Die: Survival in Our Era of Killer Competition

by Jack Trout

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The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win cover

19. The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win

by Steve Blank

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Working Effectively with Legacy Code cover

20. Working Effectively with Legacy Code

by Michael C. Feathers

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

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

by Martin Kleppmann

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