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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Dec 29, 2008 - Jan 5, 2009

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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

1. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen

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Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity cover

2. Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity

by David W. Galenson

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3. Cross-Time Engineer (Adventures of Conrad Stargard, Book 1)

by Leo Frankowski

Doggy Dog Picture Book (Thingy Things) cover

4. Doggy Dog Picture Book (Thingy Things)

by Chris Raschka

On The Experience Of Time cover

5. On The Experience Of Time

by Robert E. Ornstein

Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book (Special Edition) cover

6. Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book (Special Edition)

by Michael Abrash

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The Illusions of Entrepreneurship: The Costly Myths That Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Policy Makers Live By cover

7. The Illusions of Entrepreneurship: The Costly Myths That Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Policy Makers Live By

by Scott Andrew Shane, Scott Shane

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Pain Free at Your PC: Using a Computer Doesn't Have to Hurt cover

8. Pain Free at Your PC: Using a Computer Doesn't Have to Hurt

by Pete Egoscue, Roger Gittines

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Consciousness Explained cover

9. Consciousness Explained

by Daniel C. Dennett

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The End of the Nation State: The Rise of Regional Economies cover

10. The End of the Nation State: The Rise of Regional Economies

by Kenichi Ohmae

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus cover

11. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

by Charles C. Mann

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Numbers and Geometry (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

12. Numbers and Geometry (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by John Stillwell

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Brief Principles of Macroeconomics cover

13. Brief Principles of Macroeconomics

by N. Mankiw

Making Minds Less Well Educated Than Our Own cover

14. Making Minds Less Well Educated Than Our Own

by Roger C. Schank