Fiction · 1989
Foucault's Pendulum
54 recommenders in the source dataset
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How Not to DieCover unavailableBiology · 2015
How Not to Die
54 recommenders in the source dataset
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What the Dormouse SaidCover unavailableProgramming · 2005
What the Dormouse Said
54 recommenders in the source dataset
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Unix Network ProgrammingCover unavailableSystems · 1990
Unix Network Programming
54 recommenders in the source dataset
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Book of ProofCover unavailableMathematics · 2009
Book of Proof
54 recommenders in the source dataset
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Nineteen Eighty-FourCover unavailableFiction · 1949
Nineteen Eighty-Four
53 recommenders in the source dataset
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A People's History of the United StatesCover unavailableHistory · 1980
A People's History of the United States
53 recommenders in the source dataset
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The clean coderCover unavailableProgramming · 2011
The clean coder
53 recommenders in the source dataset
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Hyperion CantosCover unavailableScience Fiction · 1996
Hyperion Cantos
53 recommenders in the source dataset
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Radical CandorCover unavailableBusiness · 2017
Radical Candor
53 recommenders in the source dataset
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Java Concurrency in PracticeCover unavailableProgramming · 2006
Java Concurrency in Practice
53 recommenders in the source dataset
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Salt, Fat, Acid, HeatCover unavailableLifestyle · 2017
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
53 recommenders in the source dataset
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C++ PrimerCover unavailableProgramming · 1989
C++ Primer
53 recommenders in the source dataset
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The BoxCover unavailableBiography · 2006
The Box
53 recommenders in the source dataset
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In the Beginning...Was the Command LineCover unavailableFiction · 1999
In the Beginning...Was the Command Line
52 recommenders in the source dataset
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The origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mindCover unavailablePsychology · 1976
The origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind
52 recommenders in the source dataset
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Principles of Mathematical AnalysisCover unavailableMathematics · 1953
Principles of Mathematical Analysis
52 recommenders in the source dataset
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The old new thingCover unavailableProgramming · 2006
The old new thing
52 recommenders in the source dataset
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Modern Operating SystemsCover unavailableSystems · 1992
Modern Operating Systems
52 recommenders in the source dataset
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SPIN sellingCover unavailableBusiness · 1988
SPIN selling
52 recommenders in the source dataset
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Make It StickCover unavailablePsychology · 2014
Make It Stick
52 recommenders in the source dataset
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RingworldCover unavailableScience Fiction · 1970
Ringworld
51 recommenders in the source dataset
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The Coddling of the American MindCover unavailablePolitics society · 2018
The Coddling of the American Mind
51 recommenders in the source dataset
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Fiction · 1972
The Glass Bead Game
51 recommenders in the source dataset
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Enlightenment nowCover unavailablePolitics society · 2018
Enlightenment now
51 recommenders in the source dataset
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Rendezvous with RamaCover unavailableScience Fiction · 1973
Rendezvous with Rama
51 recommenders in the source dataset
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Category Theory for ProgrammersCover unavailableMathematics · 2018
Category Theory for Programmers
51 recommenders in the source dataset
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Practical Electronics for InventorsCover unavailableHardware · 2000
Practical Electronics for Inventors
51 recommenders in the source dataset
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Philosophy · 2008
Republic
50 recommenders in the source dataset
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War is a racketCover unavailableHistory · 1935
War is a racket
50 recommenders in the source dataset
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Computer NetworksCover unavailableSystems · 1981
Computer Networks
50 recommenders in the source dataset
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Down and Out in Paris and LondonCover unavailableFiction · 1933
Down and Out in Paris and London
50 recommenders in the source dataset
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Cryptography engineeringCover unavailableSecurity · 2010
Cryptography engineering
50 recommenders in the source dataset
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Computer organization and designCover unavailableSystems · 2004
Computer organization and design
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AlgorithmsCover unavailableComputer Science · 2011
Algorithms
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Trading and ExchangesCover unavailableEconomics · 2002
Trading and Exchanges
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MasteryCover unavailableProductivity · 2012
Mastery
50 recommenders in the source dataset
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The art of learningCover unavailableBiography · 2007
The art of learning
50 recommenders in the source dataset
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WaldenCover unavailableFiction · 1854
Walden
49 recommenders in the source dataset
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Other · 2023
Culture
49 recommenders in the source dataset
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Molecular Biology of the CellCover unavailableBiology · 1983
Molecular Biology of the Cell
49 recommenders in the source dataset
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How to Take Smart NotesCover unavailableWriting · 2017
How to Take Smart Notes
49 recommenders in the source dataset
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Barbarians at the gateCover unavailableBusiness · 1920
Barbarians at the gate
49 recommenders in the source dataset
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His Master's VoiceCover unavailableScience Fiction · 2018
His Master's Voice
49 recommenders in the source dataset
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Beautiful CodeCover unavailableProgramming · 2007
Beautiful Code
48 recommenders in the source dataset
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What Do You Care What Other People Think?Cover unavailableBiography · 1988
What Do You Care What Other People Think?
48 recommenders in the source dataset
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This is waterCover unavailablePhilosophy · 2009
This is water
48 recommenders in the source dataset
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The Art of the StartCover unavailableStartups · 2004
The Art of the Start
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