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Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective cover

1. Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective

by Ha-Joon Chang
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XI JINPING: THE GOVERNANCE OF CHINA Volume V cover

2. XI JINPING: THE GOVERNANCE OF CHINA Volume V

by 习近平
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Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age cover

3. Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age

by Michael A. Hiltzik
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Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Po… cover

4. Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Po…

by Andrew S. Grove
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Heat 2: A Novel cover

5. Heat 2: A Novel

by Michael Mann, Meg Gardiner
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Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make … cover

6. Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make …

by Rory Sutherland
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Moon Man cover

7. Moon Man

by Tomi Ungerer
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The Snail & The Whale cover

8. The Snail & The Whale

by Julia Donaldson
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I Won’t Give Up My Rubber Band cover

9. I Won’t Give Up My Rubber Band

by Shinsuke Yoshitake
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I Wonder Where I Am? cover

10. I Wonder Where I Am?

by Shinsuke Yoshitake
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Working Effectively with Legacy Code (Robert C. Martin Series) cover

11. Working Effectively with Legacy Code (Robert C. Martin Series)

by Michael C. Feathers
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Programming Game AI by Example: . cover

12. Programming Game AI by Example: .

by Mat Buckland
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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature, 1) cover

13. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature, 1)

by Peter Wohlleben, Jane Billinghurst, Suzanne Simard, Tim Flannery
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Practical Shop Math: Simple Solutions to Workshop Fract… cover

14. Practical Shop Math: Simple Solutions to Workshop Fract…

by Tom Begnal
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Forty Centuries of Wage and Price Controls: How Not to Fight Inflation cover

15. Forty Centuries of Wage and Price Controls: How Not to Fight Inflation

by Robert L. Schuettinger
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The Darwin Conspiracy cover

16. The Darwin Conspiracy

by John Darnton
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Phone Calls from the Dead: The results of a two-year investigation into an incredible phenomenon cover

17. Phone Calls from the Dead: The results of a two-year investigation into an incredible phenomenon

by D. Scott Rogo
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