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34 books

African History

Njinga of Angola: Africa’s Warrior Queen
Leo Africanus
Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa
Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa
The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence

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40 books

American History

America's Founding Fathers
Bush
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789
Lindbergh
Europe's last summer
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
Bolivar: American Liberator

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3 books

Analytics

Big Data Baseball: Math, Miracles, and the End of a 20-Year Losing Streak
The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
Convex Optimization

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72 books

Antiquity

Cities of the Ancient World
How the Irish Saved Civilization
The Fortunes of Africa: A 5000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor
Scotland: A History from Earliest Times

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4 books

Biography

The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock
Bush
Lindbergh
Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources

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5 books

Biology

Hacking Darwin : genetic engineering and the future of humanity
The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To
The Big Mysteries of Human Evolution

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32 books

Business

How the Stock Market Works
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Good to Great
Hacking Growth: How Today's Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success
Transformational Leadership: How Leaders Change Teams, Companies, and Organizations
Play Bigger

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67 books

Classics

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
1984
Uncle Tom's Cabin

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15 books

Contemporary

Permanent Record
Last Best Hope
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict
Rebel Ideas
Why We Get Sick

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6 books

Data Science

The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
Convex Optimization
Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare
Hacking Growth: How Today's Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success
The AI Playbook: Mastering the Rare Art of Machine Learning Deployment
Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers

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27 books

East Asian History

Mao's Great Famine: The History Of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62
The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
Cambodia: Report From a Stricken Land
The Golden Triangle
A Brief History of Korea: Isolation, War, Despotism and Revival: The Fascinating Story of a Resilient But Divided People

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12 books

Economics Finance

Thinking Like an Economist: A Guide to Rational Decision Making
Capitalism vs. Socialism: Comparing Economic Systems
Money and Banking: What Everyone Should Know
A Little History of Economics
Wealth of Nations
The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets: 1798-1848
Economics: The User's Guide

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1 book

Entertainment

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127 books

European History

Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
Ancient Empires before Alexander
Cities of the Ancient World
Henry VIII: The King and His Court
Russia: A Short History
Leo Africanus
Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa

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63 books

Fiction

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
A Clash of Kings
A Feast for Crows
A Game of Thrones
A Storm of Swords
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
The Fellowship of the Ring

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8 books

Finance

Advanced Investments
Financial Literacy: Finding Your Way in the Financial Markets
Start Late, Finish Rich: A No-Fail Plan for Achieving Financial Freedom at Any Age
How to Plan for the Perfect Retirement

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1 book

Fitness

The Science of Gut Health: What the Research Really Says About Your Gut Microbiome

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405 books

History

Martin Van Buren
Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times
John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit
The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness
James Madison: A Life Reconsidered
Thomas Jefferson the art of power
John Adams

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25 books

Latin America

Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs
The Black Jacobins
The Last Days of the Incas
History of the Conquest of Mexico
Brazil the troubled rise of a global power
Fire & Blood
Central America

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1 book

Linguistics

The Search for the Perfect Language

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6 books

Math

Linear Algebra Done Right
The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction
Convex Optimization
Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Absolutely Everything
Understanding Complexity
Lost in Math

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2 books

Mdm

Fighting Misinformation: Digital Media Literacy
Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare

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71 books

Middle Ages

Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings
Russia: A Short History
Njinga of Angola: Africa’s Warrior Queen
Leo Africanus
How the Irish Saved Civilization
The Fortunes of Africa: A 5000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor

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57 books

Middle Eastern History

Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors
Ancient Empires before Alexander
Cities of the Ancient World
Saudi, Inc.
The Arabs: A History
The Middle East: Israel, Palestine, and the Arab States

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145 books

Modern History

Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789
Mao's Great Famine: The History Of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62
Saudi, Inc.
Russia: A Short History
Lindbergh
Njinga of Angola: Africa’s Warrior Queen
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