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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Nov 22, 2010 - Nov 29, 2010

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

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

by Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos

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Mythical Man-Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition cover

2. Mythical Man-Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition

by Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)

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Mr. Bunny's Big Cup o' Java cover

3. Mr. Bunny's Big Cup o' Java

by Carlton Egremont

Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware (Pragmatic Programmers) cover

4. Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware (Pragmatic Programmers)

by Andrew Hunt

Categories and Computer Science (Cambridge Computer Science Texts, Series Number 28) (Volume 0) cover

5. Categories and Computer Science (Cambridge Computer Science Texts, Series Number 28) (Volume 0)

by R. F. C. Walters, Richard F. Walters

Java: The Good Parts: Unearthing the Excellence in Java cover

6. Java: The Good Parts: Unearthing the Excellence in Java

by Jim Waldo

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PHP: The Good Parts: Delivering the Best of PHP cover

7. PHP: The Good Parts: Delivering the Best of PHP

by Peter MacIntyre

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

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

by Gary Taubes

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Prefactoring cover

9. Prefactoring

by Ken Pugh, Kenneth Pugh

Understanding UNIX/LINUX Programming: A Guide to Theory and Practice cover

10. Understanding UNIX/LINUX Programming: A Guide to Theory and Practice

by Bruce Molay

Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery cover

11. Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery

by Garr Reynolds

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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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The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity cover

13. The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity

by Richard Florida

Microprocessors: A Programmers View (Computing That Works) cover

14. Microprocessors: A Programmers View (Computing That Works)

by Robert B. K. Dewar, Matthew Smosna

What Is Life? cover

15. What Is Life?

by Lynn Margulis, Dorion Sagan

High-Frequency Trading: A Practical Guide to Algorithmic Strategies and Trading Systems cover

16. High-Frequency Trading: A Practical Guide to Algorithmic Strategies and Trading Systems

by Irene Aldridge

Inside the Black Box: The Simple Truth About Quantitative Trading (Wiley Finance) cover

17. Inside the Black Box: The Simple Truth About Quantitative Trading (Wiley Finance)

by Rishi K. Narang

Quantitative Trading: How to Build Your Own Algorithmic Trading Business cover

18. Quantitative Trading: How to Build Your Own Algorithmic Trading Business

by Ernie Chan

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C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software cover

19. C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software

by David R. Hanson

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The Elements Of Computing Systems: Building A Modern Computer From First Principles cover

20. The Elements Of Computing Systems: Building A Modern Computer From First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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Programming from the Ground Up cover

21. Programming from the Ground Up

by Jonathan Bartlett, Dominick Bruno

Tuition Rising: Why College Costs So Much, With a New Preface cover

22. Tuition Rising: Why College Costs So Much, With a New Preface

by Ronald G. Ehrenberg

The First Computers--History and Architectures (History of Computing) cover

23. The First Computers--History and Architectures (History of Computing)

by Raul Rojas, Ulf Hashagen

Gödel's Proof cover

24. Gödel's Proof

by Ernest Nagel, James Roy Newman

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The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed.: The Definitive Book on Value Investing cover

25. The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed.: The Definitive Book on Value Investing

by Benjamin Graham

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Code cover

26. Code

by Charles Petzold

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Mindware: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Cognitive Science cover

27. Mindware: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Cognitive Science

by Andy Clark

The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding cover

28. The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding

by Al Ries, Laura Ries

The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author cover

29. The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author

by Richard Dawkins

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An Introduction to Bioinformatics Algorithms (Computational Molecular Biology) cover

30. An Introduction to Bioinformatics Algorithms (Computational Molecular Biology)

by Neil C. Jones, Pavel A. Pevzner

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The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win cover

31. The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win

by Steven Gary Blank

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The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World cover

32. The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World

by Ken Alder

The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge cover

33. The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

by David McCullough

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