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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Oct 26, 2009 - Nov 2, 2009

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Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down cover

1. Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down

by J. E. Gordon
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To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design cover

2. To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design

by Henry Petroski
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New Science Of Strong Materials (Penguin Science) cover

3. New Science Of Strong Materials (Penguin Science)

by J E Gordon
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Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques, Second Edition (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

4. Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques, Second Edition (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by Ian H. Witten, Eibe Frank
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The Naked Crowd: Reclaiming Security and Freedom in an Anxious Age cover

5. The Naked Crowd: Reclaiming Security and Freedom in an Anxious Age

by Jeffrey Rosen
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The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians cover

6. The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians

by Peter Heather
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How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower cover

7. How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower

by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy
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Chapter Zero: Fundamental Notions of Abstract Mathematics (2nd Edition) cover

8. Chapter Zero: Fundamental Notions of Abstract Mathematics (2nd Edition)

by Carol Schumacher
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Democracy--The God That Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy, and Natural Order (Perspectives on Democratic Practice) cover

9. Democracy--The God That Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy, and Natural Order (Perspectives on Democratic Practice)

by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
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Concise 48 Laws of Power cover

10. Concise 48 Laws of Power

by Robert Greene, Joost Elffers
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The Silicon Valley Edge: A Habitat for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Stanford Business Books) cover

11. The Silicon Valley Edge: A Habitat for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Stanford Business Books)

by Chong-Moon Lee
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Understanding Silicon Valley: The Anatomy of an Entrepreneurial Region (Stanford Business Books (Paperback)) cover

12. Understanding Silicon Valley: The Anatomy of an Entrepreneurial Region (Stanford Business Books (Paperback))

by Martin Kenney
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Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128 cover

13. Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128

by AnnaLee Saxenian
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The Incompetent Teacher: Managerial Responses (Stanford Series on Education & Public Policy) cover

14. The Incompetent Teacher: Managerial Responses (Stanford Series on Education & Public Policy)

by Edwin M. Bridges
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Outfoxing the Small Business Owner: Crafty Techniques for Creating a Profitable Relationship cover

15. Outfoxing the Small Business Owner: Crafty Techniques for Creating a Profitable Relationship

by Gene Marks
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Simplicity cover

16. Simplicity

by Edward De Bono
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The Art of Electronics Student Manual cover

17. The Art of Electronics Student Manual

by Thomas C. Hayes, Paul Horowitz
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Electronic Principles cover

18. Electronic Principles

by Albert Paul Malvino, Dr., David J. Bates
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SPIN Selling cover

19. SPIN Selling

by Neil Rackham
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Mastering Regular Expressions cover

20. Mastering Regular Expressions

by Jeffrey Friedl
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