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

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks cover

1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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

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

by Gregg Easterbrook
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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 (Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education) cover

4. Black American Students in An Affluent Suburb (Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education)

by John U. Ogbu
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On Writing cover

5. On Writing

by Stephen King
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Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing cover

6. Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing

by Jane Margolis, Allan Fisher
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Connections cover

7. Connections

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

8. 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

9. The Art of Multiprocessor Programming

by Maurice Herlihy, Nir Shavit, Victor Luchangco, Michael Spear
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Adventures of a Mathematician cover

10. Adventures of a Mathematician

by S. M. Ulam, Stanislaw M. Ulam
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Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (Prentice Hall Series in Artificial Intelligence) cover

11. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (Prentice Hall Series in Artificial Intelligence)

by Stuart Jonathan Russell, Peter Norvig, Ernest Davis
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The Experience Economy: Work Is Theater & Every Business a Stage cover

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

by B. Joseph Pine, James H. Gilmore
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Writing GNU Emacs Extensions cover

13. Writing GNU Emacs Extensions

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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition cover

14. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

by Robert B. Cialdini
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The Pleasures of Counting cover

15. The Pleasures of Counting

by Thomas William Körner
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The Bliss of Inner Fire: Heart Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa cover

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

by Thubten Yeshe
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The New Business Road Test: What Entrepreneurs and Executives Should Do Before Writing a Business Plan cover

17. The New Business Road Test: What Entrepreneurs and Executives Should Do Before Writing a Business Plan

by John Walker Mullins
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The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win cover

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

by Steven Gary Blank
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The Non-Designer's Design Book cover

19. The Non-Designer's Design Book

by Robin Williams
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Beginning iOS 4 Application Development cover

20. 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

21. 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

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

by Donald Knuth
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