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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Oct 25, 2010 - Nov 1, 2010

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Designing Social Interfaces: Principles, Patterns, and Practices for Improving the User Experience (Animal Guide) cover

1. Designing Social Interfaces: Principles, Patterns, and Practices for Improving the User Experience (Animal Guide)

by Christian Crumlish, Erin Malone

Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew cover

2. Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew

by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking cover

3. Fish: The Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking

by Mark Bittman

Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. 1 cover

4. Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. 1

by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck

Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone cover

5. Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone

by Deborah Madison

On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen cover

6. On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

by Harold McGee

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MongoDB: The Definitive Guide cover

7. MongoDB: The Definitive Guide

by Kristina Chodorow

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Bellwether cover

8. Bellwether

by Connie Willis

Algorithms on Strings, Trees and Sequences: Computer Science and Computational Biology cover

9. Algorithms on Strings, Trees and Sequences: Computer Science and Computational Biology

by Dan Gusfield

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On Writing Well, 25th Anniversary: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction cover

10. On Writing Well, 25th Anniversary: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

by William K. Zinsser, William Zinsser

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Bill & Dave: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company cover

11. Bill & Dave: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company

by Michael Shawn Malone

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Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon (Crown Journeys) cover

12. Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon (Crown Journeys)

by Chuck Palahniuk

When Partners Become Parents: The Big Life Change for Couples cover

13. When Partners Become Parents: The Big Life Change for Couples

by Carolyn Pape Cowan, Philip A. Cowan

I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It cover

14. I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It

by Barbara Sher

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Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet cover

15. Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet

by Katie Hafner, Matthew Lyon

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Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional (Expert's Voice in Open Source) cover

16. Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional (Expert's Voice in Open Source)

by Peter Cooper

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Beyond the Desktop Metaphor: Designing Integrated Digital Work Environments (MIT Press) cover

17. Beyond the Desktop Metaphor: Designing Integrated Digital Work Environments (MIT Press)

by Mary P. Czerwinski

The 50th Law cover

18. The 50th Law

by 50 Cent, Robert Greene

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Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web (2nd Edition) cover

19. Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web (2nd Edition)

by Christina Wodtke

Working Effectively with Legacy Code cover

20. Working Effectively with Legacy Code

by Michael C. Feathers

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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die cover

21. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

by Chip Heath, Dan Heath

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A Software Architecture Primer cover

22. A Software Architecture Primer

by John Reekie, Rohan McAdam, Rohan James McAdam

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Start-up: A Practical Guide to Starting and Running a New Business cover

23. Start-up: A Practical Guide to Starting and Running a New Business

by Tom Harris

Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Algorithms (2nd Edition) cover

24. Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Algorithms (2nd Edition)

by Anany Levitin

How to Prove It: A Structured Approach cover

25. How to Prove It: A Structured Approach

by Daniel J. Velleman

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Pivot Table Data Crunching cover

26. Pivot Table Data Crunching

by Bill Jelen, Michael Alexander

PHP in Action: Objects, Design, Agility cover

27. PHP in Action: Objects, Design, Agility

by Dagfinn Reiersol, Marcus Baker, Chris Shiflett

Sams Teach Yourself PHP in 10 Minutes cover

28. Sams Teach Yourself PHP in 10 Minutes

by Chris Newman

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An Introduction to Database Systems (8th Edition) cover

29. An Introduction to Database Systems (8th Edition)

by C.J. Date

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