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Theory of Wing Sections: Including a Summary of Airfoil Data (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering) cover

1. Theory of Wing Sections: Including a Summary of Airfoil Data (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering)

by Ira Herbert Abbott, Albert Edward Von Doenhoff

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The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success cover

2. The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success

by Rodney Stark

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The triumph of the West cover

3. The triumph of the West

by John Morris Roberts

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Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot cover

4. Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot

by Matt Abrahams

Physics from Symmetry (Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics) cover

5. Physics from Symmetry (Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics)

by Jakob Schwichtenberg

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The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills cover

6. The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills

by Daniel Coyle

Sauces: Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making, 3rd Edition cover

7. Sauces: Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making, 3rd Edition

by James Peterson

Game Engine Black Book: Wolfenstein 3D cover

8. Game Engine Black Book: Wolfenstein 3D

by Fabien Sanglard

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Understanding Software Dynamics (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

9. Understanding Software Dynamics (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by Richard Sites

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Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin cover

10. Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin

by Stephen Jay Gould

Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (2024): FAA-H-8083-25C (ASA FAA Handbook Series) cover

11. Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (2024): FAA-H-8083-25C (ASA FAA Handbook Series)

by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), U S Department of Transportation

Design of Rockets and Space Launch Vehicles, Second Edition (Aiaa Education) cover

12. Design of Rockets and Space Launch Vehicles, Second Edition (Aiaa Education)

by Donald L. Edberg, Guillermo Costa

Jet Engines: Fundamentals of Theory, Design and Operation cover

13. Jet Engines: Fundamentals of Theory, Design and Operation

by Klaus Hunecke

Small Is Beautiful [Paperback] [Jan 01, 1993] E F Schumacher cover

14. Small Is Beautiful [Paperback] [Jan 01, 1993] E F Schumacher

by Ernst Friedrich Schumacher

Lexikon der Städtebeschimpfungen. Boshafte Berichte und Schmähungen von Aachen bis Zürich. cover

15. Lexikon der Städtebeschimpfungen. Boshafte Berichte und Schmähungen von Aachen bis Zürich.

by Walter Krämer, Eva Krämer

Python for Programmers: with Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Case Studies cover

16. Python for Programmers: with Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Case Studies

by Robert S. Maxwell

After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul cover

17. After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul

by Tripp Mickle

How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between cover

18. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between

by Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner

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Thermal Physics (2nd Edition) cover

19. Thermal Physics (2nd Edition)

by Charles Kittel, Herbert Kroemer

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Drugs Without the Hot Air cover

20. Drugs Without the Hot Air

by David J. Nutt

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Tiberius Claudius Maximus: The Legionary (Rebuilding the Past) cover

21. Tiberius Claudius Maximus: The Legionary (Rebuilding the Past)

by Peter Connolly

The Man Who Saved Britain: A Personal Journey into the Disturbing World of James Bond cover

22. The Man Who Saved Britain: A Personal Journey into the Disturbing World of James Bond

by Simon Winder

Twilight of the Bombs: Recent Challenges, New Dangers, and the Prospects for a World Without Nuclear Weapons cover

23. Twilight of the Bombs: Recent Challenges, New Dangers, and the Prospects for a World Without Nuclear Weapons

by Richard Rhodes