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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Sep 6, 2010 - Sep 13, 2010

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Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health cover

1. Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health

by Gary Taubes

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Self-Made Man: One Woman's Year Disguised as a Man cover

2. Self-Made Man: One Woman's Year Disguised as a Man

by Norah Vincent

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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen cover

3. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

by Christopher McDougall

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Boo Hoo: A Dot.com Story from Concept to Catastrophe cover

4. Boo Hoo: A Dot.com Story from Concept to Catastrophe

by Ernst Malmsten, Erik Portanger, Charles Drazin

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Counting Sheep: The Science and Pleasures of Sleep and Dreams cover

5. Counting Sheep: The Science and Pleasures of Sleep and Dreams

by Paul Martin

Speed Mathematics: Secret Skills for Quick Calculation cover

6. Speed Mathematics: Secret Skills for Quick Calculation

by Bill Handley

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How We Decide cover

7. How We Decide

by Jonah Lehrer

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Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor cover

8. Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor

by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh

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Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming cover

9. Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming

by Chris C. Mooney

Instant Replay: The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer cover

10. Instant Replay: The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer

by Jerry Kramer

The Science of Programming (Monographs in Computer Science) cover

11. The Science of Programming (Monographs in Computer Science)

by David Gries

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Elements of Programming cover

12. Elements of Programming

by Alexander A. Stepanov, Paul McJones

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Erlang Programming cover

13. Erlang Programming

by Francesco Cesarini

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Your Money: The Missing Manual cover

14. Your Money: The Missing Manual

by J. D. Roth

Barrow's Boys: A Stirring Story of Daring, Fortitude, and Outright Lunacy cover

15. Barrow's Boys: A Stirring Story of Daring, Fortitude, and Outright Lunacy

by Fergus Fleming

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Bicycling Science (MIT Press) cover

16. Bicycling Science (MIT Press)

by David Gordon Wilson

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The Productive Programmer cover

17. The Productive Programmer

by Neal Ford

Service-Oriented Design with Ruby and Rails (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby) cover

18. Service-Oriented Design with Ruby and Rails (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby)

by Paul Dix

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Eyewitness Testimony: With a New Preface cover

19. Eyewitness Testimony: With a New Preface

by Elizabeth F. Loftus

The Myth of Repressed Memory: False Memories and Allegations of Sexual Abuse cover

20. The Myth of Repressed Memory: False Memories and Allegations of Sexual Abuse

by Elizabeth F. Loftus, Katherine Ketcham

Witness for the Defense: The Accused, the Eyewitness and the Expert Who Puts Memory on Trial cover

21. Witness for the Defense: The Accused, the Eyewitness and the Expert Who Puts Memory on Trial

by Elizabeth Loftus, Katherine Ketcham

Japanese Education and the Cram School Business: Functions, Challenges and Perspectives of the Juku (Nias Monographs) cover

22. Japanese Education and the Cram School Business: Functions, Challenges and Perspectives of the Juku (Nias Monographs)

by Marie H. Roesgaard

Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries (2nd Edition) cover

23. Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries (2nd Edition)

by Krzysztof Cwalina, Brad Abrams

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C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software cover

24. C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software

by David R. Hanson

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How to Do Just About Everything cover

25. How to Do Just About Everything

by eHow

A Brief History of Crime cover

26. A Brief History of Crime

by Peter Hitchens

Time Series Analysis: Forecasting and Control cover

27. Time Series Analysis: Forecasting and Control

by George E. P. Box, Gwilym M. Jenkins, Gregory C. Reinsel

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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Incerto) cover

28. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid cover

29. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

by Douglas R. Hofstadter

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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto) cover

30. Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Relativity the Special and General Theory (Classic Reprint) cover

31. Relativity the Special and General Theory (Classic Reprint)

by Albert Einstein

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Relativity: The Special and the General Theory, Second Edition cover

32. Relativity: The Special and the General Theory, Second Edition

by Albert Einstein

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The Millionaire Code: 16 Paths to Wealth Building cover

33. The Millionaire Code: 16 Paths to Wealth Building

by Paul B. Farrell

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Doormen (Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries) cover

34. Doormen (Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries)

by Peter Bearman