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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jun 28, 2010 - Jul 5, 2010

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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition cover

1. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

by Robert B. Cialdini
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The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way cover

2. The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way

by Bill Bryson
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The Cousins' Wars: Religion, Politics, Civil Warfare, And The Triumph Of Anglo-America cover

3. The Cousins' Wars: Religion, Politics, Civil Warfare, And The Triumph Of Anglo-America

by Kevin Phillips
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Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works (2nd Edition) cover

4. Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works (2nd Edition)

by Erik Spiekermann, E. M. Ginger
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Web Graphics for Non-Designers cover

5. Web Graphics for Non-Designers

by Nick Boyce, Isaac Forman, Dave Gibbons, Adrian Roselli
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The Non-Designer's Design Book (3rd Edition) cover

6. The Non-Designer's Design Book (3rd Edition)

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

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

by Robin Williams
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The Elements of Typographic Style cover

8. The Elements of Typographic Style

by Robert Bringhurst
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Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design cover

9. Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design

by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler
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Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition cover

10. Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition

by Steve Krug
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The FairTax Solution: Financial Justice for All Americans cover

11. The FairTax Solution: Financial Justice for All Americans

by Ken Hoagland
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FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics cover

12. FairTax: The Truth: Answering the Critics

by Neal Boortz, John Linder
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Work to Live cover

13. Work to Live

by Joe Robinson
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Game Interface Design cover

14. Game Interface Design

by Brent Fox
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Game Design: A Practical Approach (Charles River Media Game Development) cover

15. Game Design: A Practical Approach (Charles River Media Game Development)

by Paul Schuytema
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The Rails Way cover

16. The Rails Way

by Obie Fernandez
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Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism (Shambhala Dragon Editions) cover

17. Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism (Shambhala Dragon Editions)

by Chögyam Trungpa
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H2O: A Biography of Water cover

18. H2O: A Biography of Water

by Philip Ball
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Programming in Haskell cover

19. Programming in Haskell

by Graham Hutton
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Built to Sell: Turn Your Business Into One You Can Sell cover

20. Built to Sell: Turn Your Business Into One You Can Sell

by John Warrillow
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Proofs without Words: Exercises in Visual Thinking (Classroom Resource Materials) (v. 1) cover

21. Proofs without Words: Exercises in Visual Thinking (Classroom Resource Materials) (v. 1)

by Roger B. Nelsen
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Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art cover

22. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

by Scott McCloud
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Test-Driven JavaScript Development (Developer's Library) cover

23. Test-Driven JavaScript Development (Developer's Library)

by Christian Johansen
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Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding (Belknap Press) cover

24. Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding (Belknap Press)

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

25. 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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Learning Python cover

26. Learning Python

by Mark Lutz
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The Business of Software: What Every Manager, Programmer, and Entrepreneur Must Know to Thrive and Survive in Good Times and Bad cover

27. The Business of Software: What Every Manager, Programmer, and Entrepreneur Must Know to Thrive and Survive in Good Times and Bad

by Michael A. Cusumano
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The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles cover

28. The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles

by Bruce H. Lipton
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The Art of Multiprocessor Programming cover

29. The Art of Multiprocessor Programming

by Maurice Herlihy, Nir Shavit
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Intel Threading Building Blocks: Outfitting C++ for Multi-core Processor Parallelism cover

30. Intel Threading Building Blocks: Outfitting C++ for Multi-core Processor Parallelism

by James Reinders
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Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering cover

31. Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering

by Eldad Eilam
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JavaScript: The Good Parts cover

32. JavaScript: The Good Parts

by Douglas Crockford, Ke luo ke fu de, Yan xue kun, Douglas Crockford
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Think and Grow Rich cover

33. Think and Grow Rich

by Napoleon Hill
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Rapid Problem Solving with Post-It Notes cover

34. Rapid Problem Solving with Post-It Notes

by David Straker
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Programming Language Pragmatics, Third Edition cover

35. Programming Language Pragmatics, Third Edition

by Michael Lee Scott
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