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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Nov 16, 2009 - Nov 23, 2009

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Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age cover

1. Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

by Paul Graham
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Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 4th Edition cover

2. Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 4th Edition

by Gilbert Strang
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Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications cover

3. Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications

by Toby Segaran
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Mind and Heart of the Negotiator, The (3rd Edition) cover

4. Mind and Heart of the Negotiator, The (3rd Edition)

by Leigh L. Thompson
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Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist cover

5. Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist

by Roger Lowenstein
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Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days cover

6. Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days

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

7. 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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Bioinformatics and Molecular Evolution cover

8. Bioinformatics and Molecular Evolution

by Paul G. Higgs, Teresa Attwood
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Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies cover

9. Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

by James Charles Collins, Jerry I. Porras
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Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional (Expert's Voice in Open Source) cover

10. Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional (Expert's Voice in Open Source)

by Peter Cooper
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The Non-Designer's Design Book: Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice cover

11. The Non-Designer's Design Book: Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice

by Robin Williams
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Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press) cover

12. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press)

by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein
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Molecular Biology Made Simple and Fun, Third Edition cover

13. Molecular Biology Made Simple and Fun, Third Edition

by David P. Clark, Lonnie Dee Russell
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Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction cover

14. Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction

by John Polkinghorne
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The PayPal Wars: Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth cover

15. The PayPal Wars: Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth

by Eric M. Jackson
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The Algorithm Design Manual cover

16. The Algorithm Design Manual

by Steven S Skiena
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Learn to Program, Second Edition (The Facets of Ruby Series) cover

17. Learn to Program, Second Edition (The Facets of Ruby Series)

by Chris Pine
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Simply Rails 2.0 cover

18. Simply Rails 2.0

by Patrick Lenz
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The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy cover

19. The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

by Bill Simmons
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The Abs Diet: The Six-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life cover

20. The Abs Diet: The Six-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life

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

21. 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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Foundations of Multidimensional and Metric Data Structures (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics) cover

22. Foundations of Multidimensional and Metric Data Structures (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics)

by Hanan Samet
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The Cult of Personality Testing: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves cover

23. The Cult of Personality Testing: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves

by Annie Murphy Paul
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Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL cover

24. Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL

by Hugh E. Williams, David Lane
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