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

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

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

by Anthony Bourdain
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Let's Read: A Linguistic Approach cover

2. Let's Read: A Linguistic Approach

by Leonard Bloomfield, Clarence Lewis Barnhart
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The Stars: A New Way to See Them cover

3. The Stars: A New Way to See Them

by Hans Augusto Rey
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Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed cover

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

by Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos
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Networks: An Introduction cover

5. Networks: An Introduction

by Mark Newman
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Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life cover

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

by Martin E.P. Seligman
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Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing cover

7. 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

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

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

9. 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

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

by Jared Richardson, William Gwaltney
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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide cover

11. JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

by David Flanagan
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JavaScript: The Good Parts cover

12. JavaScript: The Good Parts

by Douglas Crockford, Ke luo ke fu de, Yan xue kun, Douglas Crockford
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Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War cover

13. 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

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

by Chet Richards
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30 Essential Typefaces for A Lifetime cover

15. 30 Essential Typefaces for A Lifetime

by Joshua Berger, Imin Pao
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Treblinka cover

16. Treblinka

by Jean-Francois Steiner
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ppk on JavaScript, 1/e cover

17. ppk on JavaScript, 1/e

by Peter-Paul Koch
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The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor cover

18. The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor

by Joanna Cole
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Crash Proof 2.0: How to Profit From the Economic Collapse cover

19. Crash Proof 2.0: How to Profit From the Economic Collapse

by Peter D. Schiff
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Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us cover

20. Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

by Seth Godin
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