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1. Ideology and Discontent
by David Ernest Apter
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2. Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America
by Lee Drutman
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3. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams
by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister
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4. 101 Amazing Sights of the Night Sky: A Guided Tour for Beginners
by George Moromisato
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5. Who Is Fourier?: A Mathematical Adventure
by Transnational College of Lex
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6. Anti-vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement
by Jonathan M. Berman
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7. Naive Lie Theory (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)
by John Stillwell
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8. LIE GROUPS OGTM:NCS PAPER: An Introduction through Linear Groups (Oxford Graduate Texts in Mathematics)
by Wulf Rossmann
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9. The Genesis of the Abstract Group Concept: A Contribution to the History of the Origin of Abstract Group Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics)
by Hans Wussing
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10. The Unix Programming Environment (Prentice-Hall Software Series)
by Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike
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11. C Programming Language, 2nd Edition
by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie
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12. C# 12 in a Nutshell
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13. Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
by Dan Senor, Saul Singer
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14. Time Management for System Administrators
by Tom Limoncelli
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15. The Way of Effortless Mindfulness: A Revolutionary Guide for Living an Awakened Life
by Loch Kelly, M.Div., LCSW
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