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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Sep 20, 2010 - Sep 27, 2010

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The Stars: A New Way to See Them cover

1. The Stars: A New Way to See Them

by Hans Augusto Rey

Kitchen Confidential Updated Edition: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.) cover

2. Kitchen Confidential Updated Edition: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.)

by Anthony Bourdain

Let's Read, a Linguistic Approach, cover

3. Let's Read, a Linguistic Approach,

by Leonard Bloomfield, Clarence Lewis Barnhart

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The Elements of Typographic Style cover

4. The Elements of Typographic Style

by Robert Bringhurst

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30 Essential Typefaces for a Lifetime cover

5. 30 Essential Typefaces for a Lifetime

by Joshua Berger, Imin Pao

Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed cover

6. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

by Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos

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Networks: An Introduction cover

7. Networks: An Introduction

by Mark Newman

Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life cover

8. Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

by Martin Elias Pete Seligman

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Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing cover

9. Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing

by Jane Margolis, Allan Fisher

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Operation Dark Heart: Spycraft and Special Ops on the Frontlines of Afghanistan -- and The Path to Victory cover

10. Operation Dark Heart: Spycraft and Special Ops on the Frontlines of Afghanistan -- and The Path to Victory

by Anthony Shaffer

Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling cover

11. Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling

by John Taylor Gatto

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Ship it! A Practical Guide to Successful Software Projects cover

12. Ship it! A Practical Guide to Successful Software Projects

by Jared R. Richardson, William A. Gwaltney

Good Calories, Bad Calories: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control, and Disease cover

13. Good Calories, Bad Calories: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control, and Disease

by Gary Taubes

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Javascript: The Definitive Guide cover

14. Javascript: The Definitive Guide

by David Flanagan

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Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War cover

15. Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

by Robert Coram

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Certain to Win: The Strategy of John Boyd, Applied to Business cover

16. Certain to Win: The Strategy of John Boyd, Applied to Business

by Chet Richards

JavaScript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts cover

17. JavaScript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts

by Callie L. French, Dan/M Pelletier

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Treblinka cover

18. Treblinka

by Jean-Francois Steiner

ppk on JavaScript, 1/e cover

19. ppk on JavaScript, 1/e

by Peter-Paul Koch

Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau cover

20. Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau

by Jennifer Berne

The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor cover

21. The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor

by Joanna Cole

If I Built a Car (If I Built Series) cover

22. If I Built a Car (If I Built Series)

by Chris Van Dusen

Backyard Ballistics: Build Potato Cannons, Paper Match Rockets, Cincinnati Fire Kites, Tennis Ball Mortars, and More Dynamite Devices cover

23. Backyard Ballistics: Build Potato Cannons, Paper Match Rockets, Cincinnati Fire Kites, Tennis Ball Mortars, and More Dynamite Devices

by William Gurstelle

Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us cover

24. Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

by Seth Godin