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Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America cover

1. Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America

by Scott Adams

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Put Yourself First (Chinese Edition) cover

2. Put Yourself First (Chinese Edition)

by 西村博之

Alone in the Ocean by Slava Kurilov cover

3. Alone in the Ocean by Slava Kurilov

Sharp: The Definitive Introduction to Knives, Sharpening, and Cutting Techniques, with Recipes from Great Chefs cover

4. Sharp: The Definitive Introduction to Knives, Sharpening, and Cutting Techniques, with Recipes from Great Chefs

by Josh Donald

Ivan Ramen: Love, Obsession, and Recipes from Tokyo's Most Unlikely Noodle Joint cover

5. Ivan Ramen: Love, Obsession, and Recipes from Tokyo's Most Unlikely Noodle Joint

by Ivan Orkin, Chris Ying

The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee: Growing, Roasting, and Drinking, with Recipes cover

6. The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee: Growing, Roasting, and Drinking, with Recipes

by James Freeman, Caitlin Freeman, Tara Duggan

Tartine Bread cover

7. Tartine Bread

by Chad Robertson

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Healing ADD Revised Edition: The Breakthrough Program that Allows You to See and Heal the 7 Types of ADD cover

8. Healing ADD Revised Edition: The Breakthrough Program that Allows You to See and Heal the 7 Types of ADD

by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.

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The Laws of Software Process: A New Model for the Production and Management of Software cover

9. The Laws of Software Process: A New Model for the Production and Management of Software

by Phillip G. Armour

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Honeybee Democracy cover

10. Honeybee Democracy

by Thomas D. Seeley

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Pulse: The Coming Age of Systems and Machines Inspired by Living Things cover

11. Pulse: The Coming Age of Systems and Machines Inspired by Living Things

by Robert Frenay