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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jan 25, 2010 - Feb 1, 2010

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The Definitive Book of Body Language: The Hidden Meaning Behind People's Gestures and Expressions cover

1. The Definitive Book of Body Language: The Hidden Meaning Behind People's Gestures and Expressions

by Barbara Pease, Allan Pease
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The Secret State: Whitehall and the Cold War cover

2. The Secret State: Whitehall and the Cold War

by Peter Hennessy
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The Algorithm Design Manual cover

3. The Algorithm Design Manual

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

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

by Christopher McDougall
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Algebra cover

5. Algebra

by I.M. Gelfand, Alexander Shen
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Discovering Algebra: An Investigative Approach (Discovering Mathematics) cover

6. Discovering Algebra: An Investigative Approach (Discovering Mathematics)

by Jerald Murdock, Ellen Kamischke
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Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind cover

7. Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind

by Jack Trout, Al Ries
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Algorithm Design cover

8. Algorithm Design

by Jon Kleinberg, Éva Tardos
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The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom cover

9. The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom

by James W. Stigler, James Hiebert
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Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series) cover

10. Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series)

by Liping Ma
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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition cover

11. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

by Robert B. Cialdini
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Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites, 3rd Edition cover

12. Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites, 3rd Edition

by Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville, Louis Rosenfeld
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The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk! cover

13. The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk!

by Jack Trout
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Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition cover

14. Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition

by Steve Krug
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Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping--Updated and Revised for the Internet, the Global Consumer, and Beyond cover

15. Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping--Updated and Revised for the Internet, the Global Consumer, and Beyond

by Paco Underhill
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Learn to Program, Second Edition (The Facets of Ruby Series) cover

16. Learn to Program, Second Edition (The Facets of Ruby Series)

by Chris Pine
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Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers cover

17. Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers

by Geoffrey A. Moore
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The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison cover

18. The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison

by Mike Wilson
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Economic Theory in Retrospect cover

19. Economic Theory in Retrospect

by Mark Blaug
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School is dead: An essay on alternatives in education (Penguin education specials) cover

20. School is dead: An essay on alternatives in education (Penguin education specials)

by Everett Reimer
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Deschooling Society (Open Forum S) cover

21. Deschooling Society (Open Forum S)

by Ivan Illich
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Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences cover

22. Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences

by Philip Bevington, D. Keith Robinson
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The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies cover

23. The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies

by Bryan Douglas Caplan
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