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25 books

Titrating TRP & Filtering FDS: An Empowered Dating Philosophy for All

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Not Nice: Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent, & Feeling Guilty... And Start Speaking Up, Saying No, Asking Boldly, And Unapologetically Being Yourself
The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now
The Hite Report on Male Sexuality
No More Mr. Nice Guy

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31 books

So, You Want to Learn Computer Science?

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Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist
Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective

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32 books

So, You Want to Learn Physics?

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Conceptual Physics
Calculus: Early Transcendentals
University Physics with Modern Physics
Fundamentals of Physics
Physics for Scientists & Engineers with Modern Physics
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
Linear Algebra and Its Applications

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25 books

Bits and Bytes

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The Battle for Your Brain
Digital Minimalism
Whistleblower: My Journey to Silicon Valley and Fight for Justice at Uber
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference
Everything Is Predictable

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I think, therefore I am

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The Enigma of Reason
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
What Makes Us Smart: The Computational Logic of Human Cognition
You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself
The Illusion of Conscious Will
Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

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21 books

In Pursuit of Happiness

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Happiness by design
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
The American Paradox
The How of Happiness
Freely Determined: What the New Psychology of the Self Teaches Us About How to Live
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

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28 books

Learning how to Learn

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Learning How to Learn
Mindshift
How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
Calling Bullshit : The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
Why Don't Students Like School?
Making Up Your Own Mind: Thinking Effectively through Creative Puzzle-Solving

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35 books

Corporate Coggery

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Deep Work
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
Be Fearless : 5 Principles for a Life of Breakthroughs and Purpose
The Magic of Thinking Big
No Excuses!
So Good They Can't Ignore You
The Unfair Advantage: How You Already Have What It Takes to Succeed

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31 books

For the Love of Gaia

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Thinking in systems : a primer
Overshoot
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
Merchants of Doubt
Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World

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31 books

Popular Mathematics

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Flatland
How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
How to Solve it
A Mathematician's Apology
The Joy of x
Infinite Powers
Concrete Mathematics

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29 books

Popular Science

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What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Chaos
Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
The Book of Why
Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive
The Story of Physics

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72 books

Fiction

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The Martian
Fahrenheit 451
1984
Brave New World
Artemis
Project Hail Mary
Red Mars