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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
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Crisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance
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Creating the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact (Technical Revolutions and Their Lasting Impact)
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Broken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age
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Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Book & DVD)
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A Separate Peace
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Life Is What You Make It: Find Your Own Path to Fulfillment
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In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic
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A Life Decoded: My Genome: My Life
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The Foundation: A Great American Secret; How Private Wealth is Changing the World
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Beyond the Crash: Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalization
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Wheels, Clocks, and Rockets: A History of Technology (Norton History of Science)
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Molecules at an Exhibition: Portraits of Intriguing Materials in Everyday Life
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A Guide to the Elements
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The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
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Philanthrocapitalism: How the Rich Can Save the World
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One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War
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The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
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Weather for Dummies
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Memoirs: A Twentieth-Century Journey in Science and Politics
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A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis
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The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall through the Floor
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Prime Movers of Globalization: The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines
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Frank Stewart's Bridge Club
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Giving It All Away the Doris Buffett Sto: The Doris Buffett Story
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What Does China Think?
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How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance
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On Intelligence
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Post-Capitalist Society: A Searching Analysis of How Knowledge Is Replacing Capital in Business and Politics
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4.04 avg rating — 412 ratings
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The Hair of the Dog: And Other Scientific Surprises
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3.31 avg rating — 124 ratings
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Giant Molecules: From nylon to nanotubes
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50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know
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The Computer and the Brain
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For the Love of Physics: From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time - A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics
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Titan II: A History Of A Cold War Missile Program
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The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb
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Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
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The Time Of Our Lives
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The Cat's Table
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
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Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens and Practice
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Smallpox: The Death of a Disease - The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer
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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
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House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox (California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public) (Volume 21)
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Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors
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Jim Grant: Unicef Visionary
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Polio: An American Story
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The Making of a Tropical Disease: A Short History of Malaria
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Priorities in Health: Disease Control Priorities Companion Volume
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Epidemics and Pandemics: Their Impacts on Human History
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Dirt And Disease: Polio Before F.D.R.
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Health Care Will Not Reform Itself: A User's Guide to Refocusing and Reforming American Health Care
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The Tobacco Atlas
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Global Health: An Introductory Textbook
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Retiree Health Plans in the Public Sector: Is There a Funding Crisis?
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The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition, and Human Development in the Western World since 1700 (New Approaches to Economic and Social History)
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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
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Taming the Beloved Beast: How Medical Technology Costs Are Destroying Our Health Care System
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Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results
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The Cost of Hope: A Memoir
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The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
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Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next 50 Years
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Enriching the Earth: Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the Transformation of World Food Production
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Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food
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Why America Is Not a New Rome
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The Plundered Planet: Why We Must--and How We Can--Manage Nature for Global Prosperity
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Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
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The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa
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How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
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One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?
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Interventions: A Life in War and Peace
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The Earth's Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics, and Change
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Energies: An Illustrated Guide to the Biosphere and Civilization
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Energy at the Crossroads: Global Perspectives and Uncertainties
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Sustainable Energy - without the hot air
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Energy Transitions: History, Requirements, Prospects
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Energy Myths and Realities: Bringing Science to the Energy Policy Debate
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The Grid: A Journey Through the Heart of Our Electrified World
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Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century
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Global Warming: The Complete Briefing
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World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse
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Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update
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Stretching the School Dollar: How Schools and Districts Can Save Money While Serving Students Best (Educational Innovations Series)
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Educational Economics
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Liberating Learning: Technology, Politics, and the Future of American Education
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Who’s Teaching Your Children?: Why the Teacher Crisis Is Worse Than You Think and What Can Be Done About It
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Unlocking the Gates: How and Why Leading Universities Are Opening Up Access to Their Courses (The William G. Bowen Series)
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Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom
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A World-Class Education
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Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses
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Value-Added Measures in Education: What Every Educator Needs to Know
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The Art of Being Unreasonable: Lessons in Unconventional Thinking
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Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World
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The Age of Austerity: How Scarcity Will Remake American Politics
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Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver
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Class Warfare: Inside the Fight to Fix America's Schools
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Getting Better: Why Global Development Is Succeeding--And How We Can Improve the World Even More
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The Man Who Fed the World: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug and His Battle to End World Hunger
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Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think (Exponential Technology Series)
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