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The Political Economy of Dictatorship cover

1. The Political Economy of Dictatorship

by Ronald Wintrobe

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They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933–45 cover

2. They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933–45

by Milton Mayer

Recent Economic Changes and Their Effect on the Production and Distribution of Wealth and Well-being of Society cover

3. Recent Economic Changes and Their Effect on the Production and Distribution of Wealth and Well-being of Society

by David Ames Wells

Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection cover

4. Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection

by John T Cacioppo, William Patrick

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Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World cover

5. Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World

by Matt Alt

Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will cover

6. Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will

by Judith Schalansky

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

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

by Peter Norvig

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Office 97 Annoyances cover

8. Office 97 Annoyances

by Woody Leonhard, Lee Hudspeth, T. J. Lee

Outliers: The Story of Success cover

9. Outliers: The Story of Success

by Malcolm Gladwell

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Compliance-Industrial Complex: The Operating System of a Pre-Crime Society cover

10. Compliance-Industrial Complex: The Operating System of a Pre-Crime Society

by Tereza Østbø Kuldova

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Sovereign Funds: How the Communist Party of China Finances Its Global Ambitions cover

11. Sovereign Funds: How the Communist Party of China Finances Its Global Ambitions

by Zongyuan Zoe Liu

Envisioning Information cover

12. Envisioning Information

by Edward R. Tufte

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The Visual Display of Quantitative Information cover

13. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

by Edward R. Tufte

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Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative cover

14. Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative

by Edward R. Tufte

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Beautiful Evidence cover

15. Beautiful Evidence

by Edward R. Tufte

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

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

by Peter Thiel, Blake Masters

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Fantastic Flexagons: Hexaflexagons and Other Flexible Folds to Twist and Turn cover

17. Fantastic Flexagons: Hexaflexagons and Other Flexible Folds to Twist and Turn

by Nick Robinson

The Analysis of the Self: A Systematic Approach to the Psychoanalytic Treatment of Narcissistic Personality Disorders cover

18. The Analysis of the Self: A Systematic Approach to the Psychoanalytic Treatment of Narcissistic Personality Disorders

by Heinz Kohut

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Can Animals Be Moral? cover

19. Can Animals Be Moral?

by Mark Rowlands

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Programming from the Ground Up cover

20. Programming from the Ground Up

by Jonathan Bartlett, Dominick Bruno

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