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Rights Talk: The Impoverishment of Political Discourse cover

1. Rights Talk: The Impoverishment of Political Discourse

by Mary Ann Glendon

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Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties: Advanced SQL Programming (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

2. Joe Celko's SQL for Smarties: Advanced SQL Programming (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by Joe Celko

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Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp cover

3. Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp

by Peter Norvig

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Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent cover

4. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

by Harvey Silverglate

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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

5. 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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Riding the Runaway Horse: The Rise and Decline of Wang Laboratories cover

6. Riding the Runaway Horse: The Rise and Decline of Wang Laboratories

by Charles Kenney

Insisting On the Impossible : The Life of Edwin Land cover

7. Insisting On the Impossible : The Life of Edwin Land

by Victor K. McElheny

Tuxedo Park : A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II cover

8. Tuxedo Park : A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II

by Jennet Conant

Scott And Amundsen: The Last Place on Earth cover

9. Scott And Amundsen: The Last Place on Earth

by Roland Huntford

The Logic Of Failure: Recognizing And Avoiding Error In Complex Situations cover

10. The Logic Of Failure: Recognizing And Avoiding Error In Complex Situations

by Dietrich Dorner

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Introduction to Loudspeaker Design: Second Edition cover

11. Introduction to Loudspeaker Design: Second Edition

by John L Murphy

Large-Scale C++ Software Design cover

12. Large-Scale C++ Software Design

by John Lakos

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Bioenergetics: The Revolutionary Therapy That Uses the Language of the Body to Heal the Problems of the Mind cover

13. Bioenergetics: The Revolutionary Therapy That Uses the Language of the Body to Heal the Problems of the Mind

by Alexander Lowen

Database Technology: Nulls Considered Harmful cover

14. Database Technology: Nulls Considered Harmful

by Chris Date

Micromotives and Macrobehavior cover

15. Micromotives and Macrobehavior

by Thomas C. Schelling

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Bone People (Space Science Fiction Series) cover

16. Bone People (Space Science Fiction Series)

by Henry A. Bamman, Robert J. Whitehead, William Odell

Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up cover

17. Schiit Happened: The Story of the World's Most Improbable Start-Up

by Jason Stoddard, Mike Moffat

Simply Fly (Paperback) cover

18. Simply Fly (Paperback)

by Captain Gopinath G R Captain

Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation cover

19. Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation

by Eva Illouz

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Wellness Sense: A Practical Guide to Your Physical and Emoti cover

20. Wellness Sense: A Practical Guide to Your Physical and Emoti

by Om Swami

The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, Updated and Expanded cover

21. The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, Updated and Expanded

by Michael Watkins

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Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer cover

22. Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer

by Thomas Seyfried

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Calculus from the Ground Up cover

23. Calculus from the Ground Up

by Jonathan Laine Bartlett

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The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth cover

24. The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth

by Jonathan Rauch

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The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism cover

25. The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism

by Olivia Fox Cabane

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Poems cover

26. Poems

by Iain Banks, Ken MacLeod

The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' cover

27. The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error'

by Professor Sidney Dekker

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How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution cover

28. How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution

by Lee Alan Dugatkin, Lyudmila Trut

Chris Beat Cancer: A Comprehensive Plan for Healing Naturally cover

29. Chris Beat Cancer: A Comprehensive Plan for Healing Naturally

by Chris Wark

Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity cover

30. Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity

by Sander van der Linden

The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, 20th Anniversary Edition cover

31. The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, 20th Anniversary Edition

by Ellen Bass, Laura Davis

Read This...When I'm Dead: A Guide To Getting Your Stuff Together For Your Loved Ones cover

32. Read This...When I'm Dead: A Guide To Getting Your Stuff Together For Your Loved Ones

by Annie Presley, Christy Howard

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