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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jul 27, 2009 - Aug 3, 2009

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Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround cover

1. Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround

by Louis V. Gerstner
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2. The Tongue-Tied American: Confronting the Foreign Language Crisis

by Paul Simon
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The Art & Science Of Dumpster Diving cover

3. The Art & Science Of Dumpster Diving

by John Hoffman
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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography cover

4. The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

by Simon Singh
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The Computer Music Tutorial (MIT Press) cover

5. The Computer Music Tutorial (MIT Press)

by Curtis Roads
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The Dark Side Of Man (Helix Books) cover

6. The Dark Side Of Man (Helix Books)

by Michael Patrick Ghiglieri
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The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature cover

7. The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

by Matt Ridley
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Mathematics Unlimited cover

8. Mathematics Unlimited

by Björn Engquist, Wilfried Schmid
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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide cover

9. JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

by David Flanagan
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Numbers and Geometry (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

10. Numbers and Geometry (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by John Stillwell
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Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers cover

11. Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers

by Jan Gullberg
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Programming PHP cover

12. Programming PHP

by Rasmus Lerdorf, Kevin Tatroe, Peter MacIntyre
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A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought) cover

13. A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought)

by Vernor Vinge
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The Sandler Rules: 49 Timeless Selling Principles and How to Apply Them cover

14. The Sandler Rules: 49 Timeless Selling Principles and How to Apply Them

by David H. Sandler
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On the Edge: the Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore cover

15. On the Edge: the Spectacular Rise and Fall of Commodore

by Brian Bagnall
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Introducing NLP: Psychological Skills for Understanding and Influencing People cover

16. Introducing NLP: Psychological Skills for Understanding and Influencing People

by Joseph O'Connor, Joseph/seymour, John
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Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware (Pragmatic Programmers) cover

17. Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware (Pragmatic Programmers)

by Andrew Hunt
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Winners, Losers & Microsoft: Competition and Antitrust in High Technology (Independent Studies in Political Economy) cover

18. Winners, Losers & Microsoft: Competition and Antitrust in High Technology (Independent Studies in Political Economy)

by Stan J. Liebowitz, Stephen E. Margolis
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