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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Dec 22, 2008 - Dec 29, 2008

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Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One) cover

1. Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One)

by Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Andre? Nikolaevich Kolmogorov, M. A. Lavrent'ev

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How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (A Touchstone book) cover

2. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (A Touchstone book)

by Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren

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Growing a Business cover

3. Growing a Business

by Paul Hawken

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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition cover

4. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

by Robert B. Cialdini

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Brewing Up a Business: Adventures in Entrepreneurship from the Founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery cover

5. Brewing Up a Business: Adventures in Entrepreneurship from the Founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery

by Sam Calagione

Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity cover

6. Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity

by Michael M. Lewis

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Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series) cover

7. Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series)

by Liping Ma

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The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less cover

8. The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less

by Barry Schwartz

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Visual Complex Analysis cover

9. Visual Complex Analysis

by Tristan Needham

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The High-Performance Mind cover

10. The High-Performance Mind

by Anna Wise

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Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential (Civil Society: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives) cover

11. Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential (Civil Society: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives)

by Dan Pallotta

Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level cover

12. Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level

by Sally Shaywitz, M.D.

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Language Development and Learning to Read: The Scientific Study of How Language Development Affects Reading Skill (MIT Press) cover

13. Language Development and Learning to Read: The Scientific Study of How Language Development Affects Reading Skill (MIT Press)

by Diane McGuinness

Let's Read: A Linguistic Approach cover

14. Let's Read: A Linguistic Approach

by Leonard Bloomfield, Clarence Lewis Barnhart

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Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible cover

15. Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible

by Douglas Farah, Stephen Braun

Game Programming for Teens, 3rd Edition (Computer Game and Simulation Programming) cover

16. Game Programming for Teens, 3rd Edition (Computer Game and Simulation Programming)

by Maneesh Sethi

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My Life in Advertising and Scientific Advertising (Advertising Age Classics Library) cover

17. My Life in Advertising and Scientific Advertising (Advertising Age Classics Library)

by Claude C. Hopkins

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Ogilvy on Advertising cover

18. Ogilvy on Advertising

by David Ogilvy

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The Time Ships cover

19. The Time Ships

by Stephen Baxter

Beginning J2ME: From Novice to Professional cover

20. Beginning J2ME: From Novice to Professional

by Sing Li, Jonathan Knudsen