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Banking on It by Anne Boden

The evolution of useful things by Henry Petroski

How the Internet Happened by Brian McCullough

"Tech-guru Brian McCullough delivers a rollicking history of the internet, why it exploded, and how it changed everything. The internet …

Inferno by Dan Brown

In his international blockbusters The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown masterfully fused history, …

The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient …

UFO in her eyes by Xiaolu Guo

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by Perkins, John

Sinhalese translation of a controversial book on the economic policies of U.S. government with respect to developing countries.

How to travel with a salmon & other essays by Umberto Eco

How to Travel with a Salmon is a highly engaging collection of what Umberto Eco calls his diario minimo - …

Wee Kim Wee by Wee, Kim Wee.

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor (Binti, #1)

Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at …

Supreme Folly by Rodney R. Jones, Gerald F. Uelmen

The Legal Analyst by Ward Farnsworth

There are two kinds of knowledge law school teaches: legal rules on the one hand, and tools for thinking about …

Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder

A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World …

A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut

In a volume that is penetrating, introspective, incisive, and laugh-out-loud funny, one of the great men of letters of this …

Click Here to Kill Everybody by Bruce Schneier

From driverless cars to smart thermostats, from autonomous stock-trading systems to drones equipped with their own behavioral algorithms, the Internet …