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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Dec 13, 2010 - Dec 20, 2010

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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness cover

1. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

by Michelle Alexander
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More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws (Studies in Law and Economics) cover

2. More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws (Studies in Law and Economics)

by John R. Lott (Jr.)
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Proust Was a Neuroscientist cover

3. Proust Was a Neuroscientist

by Jonah Lehrer
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On Power cover

4. On Power

by Bertrand de Jouvenel
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XSS Attacks: Cross Site Scripting Exploits and Defense cover

5. XSS Attacks: Cross Site Scripting Exploits and Defense

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

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

by Donald Knuth
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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) cover

7. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman
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The Unix Programming Environment (Prentice-Hall Software Series) cover

8. The Unix Programming Environment (Prentice-Hall Software Series)

by Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike
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Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press) cover

9. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press)

by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein
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The C Programming Language cover

10. The C Programming Language

by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie
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The 4 Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat Loss, Incredible Sex and Becoming Superhuman cover

11. The 4 Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat Loss, Incredible Sex and Becoming Superhuman

by Timothy Ferriss
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Introduction to the Theory of Computation cover

12. Introduction to the Theory of Computation

by Michael Sipser
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What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy. Second Edition cover

13. What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy. Second Edition

by James Paul Gee
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Good Video Games and Good Learning: Collected Essays on Video Games, Learning and Literacy (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies) cover

14. Good Video Games and Good Learning: Collected Essays on Video Games, Learning and Literacy (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies)

by James Paul Gee
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Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional Designers (German and English Edition) cover

15. Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional Designers (German and English Edition)

by Josef Müller-Brockmann
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The Non-Designer's Design Book (3rd Edition) cover

16. The Non-Designer's Design Book (3rd Edition)

by Robin Williams
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The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence cover

17. The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence

by Gavin De Becker
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Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle cover

18. Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle

by Vladimir Nabokov
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Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability cover

19. Don't Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

by Steve Krug
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How To Win Friends and Influence People cover

20. How To Win Friends and Influence People

by Dale Carnegie
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Essence of Discrete Mathematics cover

21. Essence of Discrete Mathematics

by Neville Dean
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Free: The Future of a Radical Price cover

22. Free: The Future of a Radical Price

by Chris Anderson
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Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age cover

23. Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age

by Duncan J. Watts
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The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer cover

24. The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer

by Jeffrey K. Liker
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The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil cover

25. The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil

by Philip Zimbardo
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Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts cover

26. Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

by Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson
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Building Scalable Web Sites: Building, Scaling, and Optimizing the Next Generation of Web Applications cover

27. Building Scalable Web Sites: Building, Scaling, and Optimizing the Next Generation of Web Applications

by Cal Henderson
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The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid Oliver Byrne cover

28. The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid Oliver Byrne

by Euclid, Oliver Byrne, Werner Oechslin
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Winning at New Products: Accelerating the Process from Idea to Launch, Third Edition cover

29. Winning at New Products: Accelerating the Process from Idea to Launch, Third Edition

by Robert G. Cooper
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Distributed Algorithms (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

30. Distributed Algorithms (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by Nancy A. Lynch
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The Algorithm Design Manual cover

31. The Algorithm Design Manual

by Steven S Skiena
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