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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Dec 27, 2010 - Jan 3, 2011

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The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse cover

1. The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse

by Gregg Easterbrook
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks cover

2. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot
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Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children cover

3. Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children

by Betty Hart, Todd R. Risley
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Black American Students in An Affluent Suburb: A Study of Academic Disengagement (Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education) cover

4. Black American Students in An Affluent Suburb: A Study of Academic Disengagement (Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education)

by John U. Ogbu
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Cubase SX and SL Complete: The Musicians' Guide and Reference cover

5. Cubase SX and SL Complete: The Musicians' Guide and Reference

by Marc Stuart Cooper
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Making Music with Steinberg Nuendo cover

6. Making Music with Steinberg Nuendo

by Marc Cooper
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Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing cover

7. Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing

by Jane Margolis, Allan Fisher
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Connections cover

8. Connections

by James Burke
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Boo Hoo: A Dot.com Story from Concept to Catastrophe cover

9. Boo Hoo: A Dot.com Story from Concept to Catastrophe

by Ernst Malmsten, Erik Portanger, Charles Drazin
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The Art of Multiprocessor Programming cover

10. The Art of Multiprocessor Programming

by Maurice Herlihy, Nir Shavit
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Adventures of a Mathematician cover

11. Adventures of a Mathematician

by S. M. Ulam, Stanislaw M. Ulam
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Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (3rd Edition) cover

12. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (3rd Edition)

by Stuart Jonathan Russell, Peter Norvig, Ernest Davis
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Linux Administration Handbook cover

13. Linux Administration Handbook

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Writing GNU Emacs Extensions cover

14. Writing GNU Emacs Extensions

by Bob Glickstein
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The Experience Economy: Work Is Theater & Every Business a Stage cover

15. The Experience Economy: Work Is Theater & Every Business a Stage

by B. Joseph Pine, James H. Gilmore
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The Pleasures of Counting cover

16. The Pleasures of Counting

by Thomas William Körner
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The New Business Road Test: What entrepreneurs and executives should do before writing a business plan (3rd Edition) cover

17. The New Business Road Test: What entrepreneurs and executives should do before writing a business plan (3rd Edition)

by John Walker Mullins
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The Bliss of Inner Fire: Heart Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa cover

18. The Bliss of Inner Fire: Heart Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa

by Thubten Yeshe
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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition cover

19. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

by Robert B. Cialdini
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The Non-Designer's Design Book cover

20. The Non-Designer's Design Book

by Robin Williams
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Beginning iOS 4 Application Development cover

21. Beginning iOS 4 Application Development

by Wei-Meng Lee
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The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich cover

22. The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

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

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

by Donald Knuth
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