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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Aug 9, 2010 - Aug 16, 2010

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Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire cover

1. Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire

by James Wallace, Jim Erickson

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I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked cover

2. I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked

by Upton Sinclair

Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture cover

3. Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

by David Kushner

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Modern Operating Systems (3rd Edition) cover

4. Modern Operating Systems (3rd Edition)

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum

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Operating Systems: Design and Implementation (Prentice-Hall Software Series) cover

5. Operating Systems: Design and Implementation (Prentice-Hall Software Series)

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Operating Systems Design and Implementation (3rd Edition) cover

6. Operating Systems Design and Implementation (3rd Edition)

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Albert S. Woodhull

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Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability cover

7. Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

by Steve Krug

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Learning Python: Powerful Object-Oriented Programming cover

8. Learning Python: Powerful Object-Oriented Programming

by Mark Lutz

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The Mystery Of Capital Why Capitalism Succeeds In The West And Fails Everywhere Else cover

9. The Mystery Of Capital Why Capitalism Succeeds In The West And Fails Everywhere Else

by Hernando De Soto

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

10. 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

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

by AnnaLee Saxenian

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

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

by Chong-Moon Lee

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What's Going on in There? : How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life cover

13. What's Going on in There? : How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life

by Lise Eliot

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Spectral Analysis for Physical Applications cover

14. Spectral Analysis for Physical Applications

by Donald B. Percival, Andrew T. Walden

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child cover

15. Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child

by Marc Weissbluth

Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking cover

16. Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking

by Nathan Myhrvold

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The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World cover

17. The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World

by David Kirkpatrick

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Speech and Language Processing, 2nd Edition cover

18. Speech and Language Processing, 2nd Edition

by Dan Jurafsky, James H. Martin

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On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen cover

19. On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

by Harold McGee

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Mathematical Logic, 2nd Edition (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

20. Mathematical Logic, 2nd Edition (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by H.-D. Ebbinghaus, J. Flum, Wolfgang Thomas

Descriptive Complexity (Texts in Computer Science) cover

21. Descriptive Complexity (Texts in Computer Science)

by Neil Immerman

Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating cover

22. Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating

by Walter Willett

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The Non-Designer's Design Book cover

23. The Non-Designer's Design Book

by Robin Williams

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Principles of Web Design cover

24. Principles of Web Design

by Joel Sklar

Metaprogramming Ruby: Program Like the Ruby Pros cover

25. Metaprogramming Ruby: Program Like the Ruby Pros

by Paolo Perrotta

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How the Web was Born: The Story of the World Wide Web cover

26. How the Web was Born: The Story of the World Wide Web

by James Gillies, R. Cailliau

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Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet cover

27. Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet

by Katie Hafner, Matthew Lyon

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The Computer Consultant's Guide: Real-Life Strategies for Building a Successful Consulting Career cover

28. The Computer Consultant's Guide: Real-Life Strategies for Building a Successful Consulting Career

by Janet Ruhl

Lifecycle Investing: A New, Safe, and Audacious Way to Improve the Performance of Your Retirement Portfolio cover

29. Lifecycle Investing: A New, Safe, and Audacious Way to Improve the Performance of Your Retirement Portfolio

by Ian Ayres, Barry Nalebuff