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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Nov 29, 2010 - Dec 6, 2010

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Programming Collective Intelligence cover

1. Programming Collective Intelligence

by Toby Segaran

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The Cult of Perfection: Making Peace with Your Inner Overachiever cover

2. The Cult of Perfection: Making Peace with Your Inner Overachiever

by Cooper Lawrence

Apple cover

3. Apple

by Jim Carlton

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Lisp in Small Pieces cover

4. Lisp in Small Pieces

by Christian Queinnec

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

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

by Robert Coram

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Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era cover

6. Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era

by Zbigniew K. Brzezinski, Zbigniew Brzezinski

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Masters of Enterprise: Giants of American Business from John Jacob Astor and J.P. Morgan to Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey cover

7. Masters of Enterprise: Giants of American Business from John Jacob Astor and J.P. Morgan to Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey

by H.W. Brands

The Mind of War: John Boyd and American Security cover

8. The Mind of War: John Boyd and American Security

by Hammond Gt, Grant T. Hammond

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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage cover

9. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

by Alfred Lansing

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Time Management for System Administrators cover

10. Time Management for System Administrators

by Tom Limoncelli

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RESTful Web Services Cookbook cover

11. RESTful Web Services Cookbook

by Subbu Allamaraju, Subrahmanyam Allamaraju

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The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals cover

12. The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals

by Jane Mayer

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Programming Challenges: The Programming Contest Training Manual (Texts in Computer Science) cover

13. Programming Challenges: The Programming Contest Training Manual (Texts in Computer Science)

by Steven S. Skiena, Miguel A. Revilla

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The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneers cover

14. The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneers

by Tom Standage

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Python cover

15. Python

by Chris Fehily

Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose cover

16. Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose

by Tony Hsieh

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The Last Lecture cover

17. The Last Lecture

by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow

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Diaspora cover

18. Diaspora

by Greg Egan

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Speaking Secrets of the Masters: The Personal Techniques Used by 22 of the World's Top Professional Speakers cover

19. Speaking Secrets of the Masters: The Personal Techniques Used by 22 of the World's Top Professional Speakers

by Speakers Roundtable, Cavett Robert, Ken Blanchard, Charlie Plumb, Jim Newman, Herb True, Don Hutson, Daniel Burrus, Ty Boyd, Tony Alessandra, Jim Cathcart, Nido Qubein, Naomi Rhode, Charlie Jones, Tom Winninger, Jim Tunney, Patricia Fripp, Art Holst, Danny Cox, Allan Hurst, Bill Gove, Brian S. Tracy, Ira Hayes

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On Lisp: Advanced Techniques for Common Lisp cover

20. On Lisp: Advanced Techniques for Common Lisp

by Paul Graham

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The Dictionary of Concise Writing: More Than 10,000 Alternatives to Wordy Phrases cover

21. The Dictionary of Concise Writing: More Than 10,000 Alternatives to Wordy Phrases

by Robert Hartwell Fiske

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

22. 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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Head First Design Patterns cover

23. Head First Design Patterns

by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson, Elisabeth Freeman, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates

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Object-Oriented Design Heuristics cover

24. Object-Oriented Design Heuristics

by Arthur J. Riel

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Being Geek: The Software Developer's Career Handbook cover

25. Being Geek: The Software Developer's Career Handbook

by Michael Lopp

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Writing with Style: Conversations on the Art of Writing (2nd Edition) cover

26. Writing with Style: Conversations on the Art of Writing (2nd Edition)

by John R. Trimble

Writing Tools: 55 Essential Strategies for Every Writer cover

27. Writing Tools: 55 Essential Strategies for Every Writer

by Roy Peter Clark

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The Object-Oriented Thought Process (3rd Edition) cover

28. The Object-Oriented Thought Process (3rd Edition)

by Matt A. Weisfeld

The Millennial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps cover

29. The Millennial Project: Colonizing the Galaxy in Eight Easy Steps

by Marshall Thomas Savage

The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-4A Boxed Set cover

30. The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-4A Boxed Set

by Donald Knuth

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The Origin of Wealth: The Radical Remaking of Economics and What it Means for Business and Society cover

31. The Origin of Wealth: The Radical Remaking of Economics and What it Means for Business and Society

by Eric D. Beinhocker

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Microelectronic Circuits (Oxford Series in Electrical & Computer Engineering) cover

32. Microelectronic Circuits (Oxford Series in Electrical & Computer Engineering)

by Adel S. Sedra, Kenneth Carless Smith

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Electric Circuits (8th Edition) cover

33. Electric Circuits (8th Edition)

by James William Nilsson, Susan A. Riedel

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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship cover

34. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Robert C. Martin

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How to Pick Up Girls! cover

35. How to Pick Up Girls!

by Eric Weber, Symphony Press, Incorporated