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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Sep 13, 2010 - Sep 20, 2010

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Death March (2nd Edition) cover

1. Death March (2nd Edition)

by Edward Yourdon

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Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence cover

2. Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence

by Rory Miller

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But How Do It Know? - The Basic Principles of Computers for Everyone cover

3. But How Do It Know? - The Basic Principles of Computers for Everyone

by J. Clark Scott

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DAEMON cover

4. DAEMON

by Daniel Suarez

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Grace After Midnight: A Memoir cover

5. Grace After Midnight: A Memoir

by Felicia Pearson, David Ritz

The Witch Doctors: Making Sense of the Management Gurus cover

6. The Witch Doctors: Making Sense of the Management Gurus

by John Micklethwait, Adrian Wooldridge

Ill-Gotten Gains: Evasion, Blackmail, Fraud, and Kindred Puzzles of the Law (Women and Work; 5) cover

7. Ill-Gotten Gains: Evasion, Blackmail, Fraud, and Kindred Puzzles of the Law (Women and Work; 5)

by Leo Katz

The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer cover

8. The Difference Engine: Charles Babbage and the Quest to Build the First Computer

by Doron Swade

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What the Dormouse Said: How the 60s Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer cover

9. What the Dormouse Said: How the 60s Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer

by John Markoff

The Fiddler in the Subway: The Story of the World-Class Violinist Who Played for Handouts. . . And Other Virtuoso Performances by America's Foremost Feature Writer cover

10. The Fiddler in the Subway: The Story of the World-Class Violinist Who Played for Handouts. . . And Other Virtuoso Performances by America's Foremost Feature Writer

by Gene Weingarten

Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership cover

11. Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership

by Lewis Hyde

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The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio cover

12. The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio

by William Bernstein

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The Irony of Democracy: An Uncommon Introduction to American Politics (Cengage Advantage Books) cover

13. The Irony of Democracy: An Uncommon Introduction to American Politics (Cengage Advantage Books)

by Thomas Dye, Harmon Zeigler

The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

14. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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Cracking the Coding Interview, Fourth Edition: 150 Programming Interview Questions and Solutions cover

15. Cracking the Coding Interview, Fourth Edition: 150 Programming Interview Questions and Solutions

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell

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Zend Studio for Eclipse Developer's Guide cover

16. Zend Studio for Eclipse Developer's Guide

by Peter MacIntyre, Ian Morse