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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jun 15, 2009 - Jun 22, 2009

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

1. 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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Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science (2nd Edition) cover

2. Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science (2nd Edition)

by Ronald L. Graham, Donald Ervin Knuth, Oren Patashnik

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Beautiful Data cover

3. Beautiful Data

by Jeff Hammerbacher, Toby Segaran

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Building a Bridge to the 18th Century: How the Past Can Improve Our Future cover

4. Building a Bridge to the 18th Century: How the Past Can Improve Our Future

by Neil Postman

The Princeton Companion to Mathematics cover

5. The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

by Timothy Gowers, June Barrow-Green, Imre Leader

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Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering cover

6. Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering

by Eldad Eilam

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Elementary Classical Analysis, 2nd Edition cover

7. Elementary Classical Analysis, 2nd Edition

by Jerrold E. Marsden, Michael J. Hoffman

Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction cover

8. Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction

by Timothy Gowers

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Healthy Competition: What's Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It, cover

9. Healthy Competition: What's Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It,

by Michael F. Cannon, Michael D. Tanner

How to Change Your Life in 7 Steps (Quick Reads) cover

10. How to Change Your Life in 7 Steps (Quick Reads)

by John Bird

Java Concurrency in Practice cover

11. Java Concurrency in Practice

by Brian Goetz

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The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress cover

12. The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress

by Joel Mokyr

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All the Mathematics You Missed: But Need to Know for Graduate School cover

13. All the Mathematics You Missed: But Need to Know for Graduate School

by Thomas A. Garrity

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After the Trade is Made: Processing Securities Transactions, Second Edition cover

14. After the Trade is Made: Processing Securities Transactions, Second Edition

by David M. Weiss

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The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It cover

15. The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

by Michael E. Gerber

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One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization cover

16. One from Many: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization

by Dee Hock

Images of Organization cover

17. Images of Organization

by Gareth Morgan

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The Pursuit of Wow! Every Person's Guide to Topsy-Turvy Times cover

18. The Pursuit of Wow! Every Person's Guide to Topsy-Turvy Times

by Tom Peters

The Circle of Innovation: You Can't Shrink Your Way to Greatness cover

19. The Circle of Innovation: You Can't Shrink Your Way to Greatness

by Thomas J. Peters

Re-Imagine! Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age cover

20. Re-Imagine! Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age

by Thomas J. Peters

Analysis by Its History (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

21. Analysis by Its History (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Ernst Hairer, Gerhard Wanner

The Art of Game Design: A book of lenses cover

22. The Art of Game Design: A book of lenses

by Jesse Schell

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Game Feel: A Game Designer's Guide to Virtual Sensation (Morgan Kaufmann Game Design Books) cover

23. Game Feel: A Game Designer's Guide to Virtual Sensation (Morgan Kaufmann Game Design Books)

by Steve Swink

Bayesian Data Analysis, Second Edition (Chapman & Hall/CRC Texts in Statistical Science) cover

24. Bayesian Data Analysis, Second Edition (Chapman & Hall/CRC Texts in Statistical Science)

by Andrew Gelman, John B Carlin, Hal S Stern, Donald B Rubin

Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering Third Edition Paperback Set cover

25. Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering Third Edition Paperback Set

by Ken F. Riley, Mike P. Hobson, Stephen J. Bence

Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering: A Comprehensive Guide cover

26. Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering: A Comprehensive Guide

by K. F. Riley, M. P. Hobson, S. J. Bence

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