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The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers: Gentle Ways to Stop Bedtime Battles and Improve Your Child's Sleep cover

1. The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers: Gentle Ways to Stop Bedtime Battles and Improve Your Child's Sleep

by Elizabeth Pantley

The Oxford History of the Prison: The Practice of Punishment in Western Society cover

2. The Oxford History of the Prison: The Practice of Punishment in Western Society

by Norval Morris, David J. Rothman

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Once Upon Atari: How I made history by killing an industry cover

3. Once Upon Atari: How I made history by killing an industry

by Howard Scott Warshaw

The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke cover

4. The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke

by Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi

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A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing cover

5. A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing

by Burton G Malkiel

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Stan Weinstein's Secrets For Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets cover

6. Stan Weinstein's Secrets For Profiting in Bull and Bear Markets

by Stan Weinstein

God and the New Atheism: A Critical Response to Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens cover

7. God and the New Atheism: A Critical Response to Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens

by John F. Haught

Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design cover

8. Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design

by Constantine A. Balanis

Into 3D With form.Z cover

9. Into 3D With form.Z

by Lachmi Khemlani

Small Unit Leadership: A Commonsense Approach cover

10. Small Unit Leadership: A Commonsense Approach

by Dandridge M. Malone

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Honeybee Democracy cover

11. Honeybee Democracy

by Thomas D. Seeley

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Martin Gardner s Mathematical Games: The Entire Collection of His Scientific American Columns cover

12. Martin Gardner s Mathematical Games: The Entire Collection of His Scientific American Columns

by Martin Gardner

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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness cover

13. Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

by Peter Godfrey-Smith

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Kotlin Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, First Edition cover

14. Kotlin Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, First Edition

Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers: The Secrets of Ancient Fermentation cover

15. Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers: The Secrets of Ancient Fermentation

by Stephen Harrod Buhner

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Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective cover

16. Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective

by Kenneth O. Stanley, Joel Lehman

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Bebop Bytes Back: An Unconventional Guide to Computers cover

17. Bebop Bytes Back: An Unconventional Guide to Computers

by Clive Maxfield, Alvin Brown

Prisoners of Hate: The Cognitive Basis of Anger, Hostility, and Violence – The Father of Cognitive Therapy's Revolutionary Blueprint for Preventing Genocide, War, and Ethnic Conflict cover

18. Prisoners of Hate: The Cognitive Basis of Anger, Hostility, and Violence – The Father of Cognitive Therapy's Revolutionary Blueprint for Preventing Genocide, War, and Ethnic Conflict

by Aaron T. Beck

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The Prophet (Reader's Library Classics) (Illustrated) cover

19. The Prophet (Reader's Library Classics) (Illustrated)

by Kahlil Gibran

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind cover

20. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari

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The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography cover

21. The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography

by Martin W. Lewis, Kären Wigen

The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World cover

22. The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World

by David Deutsch

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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

23. 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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An Incomplete Education cover

24. An Incomplete Education

by Judy Jones, William Wilson

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software cover

25. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

by Charles Petzold

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The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming (New York Review Books Classics) cover

26. The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming (New York Review Books Classics)

by Masanobu Fukuoka

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Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation cover

27. Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation

by Eva Illouz

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The Book of Bunny Suicides: Little Fluffy Rabbits Who Just Don't Want to Live Anymore (Books of the Bunny Suicides Series) cover

28. The Book of Bunny Suicides: Little Fluffy Rabbits Who Just Don't Want to Live Anymore (Books of the Bunny Suicides Series)

by Andy Riley

The High-Performance Mind cover

29. The High-Performance Mind

by Anna Wise

JFK and the Unspeakable cover

30. JFK and the Unspeakable

by James W. Douglass

Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine cover

31. Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine

by Anna Della Subin

Prompt Engineering for Generative AI cover

32. Prompt Engineering for Generative AI