Hacker News Books for 2011

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Hacker News Books for 2011

Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News during 2011.

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Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel cover

101. Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel

by Rolf Potts

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The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains cover

102. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

by Nicholas Carr

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Talking Philosophy: Dialogues with Fifteen Leading Philosophers cover

103. Talking Philosophy: Dialogues with Fifteen Leading Philosophers

by Bryan Magee

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature cover

104. The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

by Steven Pinker, Victor Bevine, Roc Filella Escolà, ʻImanuʾel Loṭem

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The Art of Agent-Oriented Modeling (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents series) cover

105. The Art of Agent-Oriented Modeling (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents series)

by Leon Sterling, Kuldar Taveter

Beginning Of Infinity,The: Explanations That Transform The World (Allen Lane Science) cover

106. Beginning Of Infinity,The: Explanations That Transform The World (Allen Lane Science)

by David Deutsch

Thinking with Type, 2nd revised and expanded edition: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students cover

107. Thinking with Type, 2nd revised and expanded edition: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students

by Ellen Lupton

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Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace cover

108. Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace

by Ricardo Semler

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Civilization: The West and the Rest cover

109. Civilization: The West and the Rest

by Niall Ferguson

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The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play cover

110. The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play

by Neil Fiore

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Music Theory for Computer Musicians cover

111. Music Theory for Computer Musicians

by Michael Hewitt

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112. The Independent Scholar's Handbook

by Ronald Gross

The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime. cover

113. The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime.

by M. J. DeMarco

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C: A Reference Manual (5th Edition) cover

114. C: A Reference Manual (5th Edition)

by Samuel P. Harbison, Guy L. Steele

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Computers & Typesetting, Volumes A-E Boxed Set cover

115. Computers & Typesetting, Volumes A-E Boxed Set

by Donald E. Knuth

Beautiful Data: The Stories Behind Elegant Data Solutions cover

116. Beautiful Data: The Stories Behind Elegant Data Solutions

by Jeff Hammerbacher, Toby Segaran

Visualizing Data: Exploring and Explaining Data with the Processing Environment cover

117. Visualizing Data: Exploring and Explaining Data with the Processing Environment

by Ben Fry

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Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies cover

118. Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies

by Charles Perrow

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Why Marriages Succeed or Fail: And How You Can Make Yours Last cover

119. Why Marriages Succeed or Fail: And How You Can Make Yours Last

by John Gottman, John Mordechai Gottman, Nan Silver

Calculus, 4th edition cover

120. Calculus, 4th edition

by Michael Spivak

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Beautiful Code cover

121. Beautiful Code

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson

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Mining the Sky: Untold Riches From The Asteroids, Comets, And Planets (Helix Book) cover

122. Mining the Sky: Untold Riches From The Asteroids, Comets, And Planets (Helix Book)

by John S. Lewis

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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed cover

123. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

by Jared M. Diamond

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sed & awk cover

124. sed & awk

by Dale Dougherty, Arnold Robbins

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Mastering Regular Expressions cover

125. Mastering Regular Expressions

by Jeffrey Friedl

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Learning the bash Shell cover

126. Learning the bash Shell

by Cameron Newham, Bill Rosenblatt

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Learning the vi Editor (Nutshell Handbooks) cover

127. Learning the vi Editor (Nutshell Handbooks)

by Linda Lamb, Daniel Gilly

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Learning the UNIX Operating System, Fifth Edition cover

128. Learning the UNIX Operating System, Fifth Edition

by Jerry Peek, Grace Todino, John Strang

UNIX in a Nutshell cover

129. UNIX in a Nutshell

by Arnold Robbins

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Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible cover

130. Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible

by Richard Blum

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Can We Do That?! Outrageous PR Stunts That Work--And Why Your Company Needs Them cover

131. Can We Do That?! Outrageous PR Stunts That Work--And Why Your Company Needs Them

by Peter Shankman

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices cover

132. Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices

by Paul R. Lawrence, Nitin Nohria

Dream On: One Hack Golfer's Challenge to Break Par in a Year cover

133. Dream On: One Hack Golfer's Challenge to Break Par in a Year

by John Richardson

Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre cover

134. Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre

by Keith Johnstone

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The Back of the Napkin (Expanded Edition): Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures cover

135. The Back of the Napkin (Expanded Edition): Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures

by Dan Roam

The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression cover

136. The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression

by Stéphane Courtois

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Liczebnik tez sie liczy! A grammar of numerals with exercises (Polish language) (Polish Edition) cover

137. Liczebnik tez sie liczy! A grammar of numerals with exercises (Polish language) (Polish Edition)

by Stanisław Mędak

How Users Matter: The Co-Construction of Users and Technology (Inside Technology) cover

138. How Users Matter: The Co-Construction of Users and Technology (Inside Technology)

by Nelly Oudshoorn, Trevor Pinch

Statistics: Learning in the Presence of Variation cover

139. Statistics: Learning in the Presence of Variation

by Robert L. Wardrop

The Annotated Turing: A Guided Tour Through Alan Turing's Historic Paper on Computability and the Turing Machine cover

140. The Annotated Turing: A Guided Tour Through Alan Turing's Historic Paper on Computability and the Turing Machine

by Charles Petzold

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The Art of War in the Middle Ages: A.D. 378-1515 cover

141. The Art of War in the Middle Ages: A.D. 378-1515

by Charles Oman

Medieval Technology and Social Change cover

142. Medieval Technology and Social Change

by Lynn White (Jr.)

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The Penguin Atlas of Ancient History cover

143. The Penguin Atlas of Ancient History

by Colin McEvedy, John Woodcock

The Extension of Man: A History of Physics before the Quantum (MIT Press) cover

144. The Extension of Man: A History of Physics before the Quantum (MIT Press)

by J. D. Bernal

The World We Have Lost: Further Explored cover

145. The World We Have Lost: Further Explored

by Peter Laslett

The Lives of the Artists (Oxford World's Classics) cover

146. The Lives of the Artists (Oxford World's Classics)

by Giorgio Vasari

Civilisation cover

147. Civilisation

by Kenneth Clark

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Guns, Sails, and Empires: Technological Innovation and the Early Phases of European Expansion, 1400- 1700 cover

148. Guns, Sails, and Empires: Technological Innovation and the Early Phases of European Expansion, 1400- 1700

by Carlo M. Cipolla

The Gallic Wars: Julius Caesar's Account of the Roman Conquest of Gaul cover

149. The Gallic Wars: Julius Caesar's Account of the Roman Conquest of Gaul

by Julius Caesar

The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought cover

150. The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought

by Thomas S. Kuhn

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin cover

151. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

by Benjamin Franklin

Mohammed and Charlemagne (American Council of Learned Societies Humantities E-Book) cover

152. Mohammed and Charlemagne (American Council of Learned Societies Humantities E-Book)

by Henri Pirenne

Life in the English Country House: A Social and Architectural History cover

153. Life in the English Country House: A Social and Architectural History

by Mark Girouard

The Golden Trade of the Moors: West African Kingdoms in the Fourteenth Century cover

154. The Golden Trade of the Moors: West African Kingdoms in the Fourteenth Century

by E. W. Bovill

The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History: Revised Edition (Hist Atlas) cover

155. The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History: Revised Edition (Hist Atlas)

by Colin McEvedy

The Fall of Constantinople 1453 (Canto) cover

156. The Fall of Constantinople 1453 (Canto)

by Steven Runciman

Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science (Great Discoveries) cover

157. Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science (Great Discoveries)

by Lawrence M Krauss

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158. "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character

by Richard Phillips Feynman, Ralph Leighton

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Time Warrior: How to defeat procrastination, people-pleasing, self-doubt, over-commitment, broken promises and chaos cover

159. Time Warrior: How to defeat procrastination, people-pleasing, self-doubt, over-commitment, broken promises and chaos

The Power of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential...in Business and in Life cover

160. The Power of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential...in Business and in Life

by Leo Babauta

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How to Good-bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey? or Effective Way? cover

161. How to Good-bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey? or Effective Way?

by Hiroyuki Nishigaki

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Zen of Graphics Programming: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Fast PC Graphics cover

162. Zen of Graphics Programming: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Fast PC Graphics

by Michael Abrash

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The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me cover

163. The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me

by Bruce Feiler

Mind Performance Hacks: Tips & Tools for Overclocking Your Brain cover

164. Mind Performance Hacks: Tips & Tools for Overclocking Your Brain

by Ron Hale-Evans

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Adaptive Enterprise: Creating and Leading Sense-And-Respond Organizations cover

165. Adaptive Enterprise: Creating and Leading Sense-And-Respond Organizations

by Stephan H. Haeckel

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The Penguin and the Leviathan: How Cooperation Triumphs over Self-Interest cover

166. The Penguin and the Leviathan: How Cooperation Triumphs over Self-Interest

by Yochai Benkler

Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 4th Edition cover

167. Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 4th Edition

by John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson

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Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime cover

168. Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime

by Aubrey de Grey, Michael Rae

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Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap -- and What Women Can Do About It cover

169. Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap -- and What Women Can Do About It

by Warren Farrell

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My Job Went to India: 52 Ways to Save Your Job (Pragmatic Programmers) cover

170. My Job Went to India: 52 Ways to Save Your Job (Pragmatic Programmers)

by Chad Fowler

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

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

by Robin Williams

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Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think cover

172. Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think

by Bryan Caplan

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Algorithms in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)) cover

173. Algorithms in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly))

by George T. Heineman

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The Enzyme Factor cover

174. The Enzyme Factor

by Hiromi Shinya

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The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All The Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better: A Penguin eSpecial from Dutton cover

175. The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All The Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better: A Penguin eSpecial from Dutton

by Tyler Cowen

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Cyberville: Clicks, Culture, and the Creation of an Online Town cover

176. Cyberville: Clicks, Culture, and the Creation of an Online Town

by Stacy Horn

Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Profit from Global Chaos cover

177. Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Profit from Global Chaos

by Sarah Lacy

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Mind and Heart of the Negotiator, The (3rd Edition) cover

178. Mind and Heart of the Negotiator, The (3rd Edition)

by Leigh L. Thompson

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Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion cover

179. Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion

by Gary Webb

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Snowblind: A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade cover

180. Snowblind: A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade

by Robert Sabbag

Against All Enemies cover

181. Against All Enemies

by Tom Clancy

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Foundation Actionscript 3.0 Animation: Making Things Move! cover

182. Foundation Actionscript 3.0 Animation: Making Things Move!

by Keith Peters

A New Kind of Science cover

183. A New Kind of Science

by Stephen Wolfram

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Ready, Fire, Aim: Zero to $100 Million in No Time Flat cover

184. Ready, Fire, Aim: Zero to $100 Million in No Time Flat

by Michael Masterson

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Anticancer: A New Way of Life cover

185. Anticancer: A New Way of Life

by David Servan-Schreiber

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Calculus and Statistics (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

186. Calculus and Statistics (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Michael C. Gemignani

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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience cover

187. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

by Mihaly Csikszent

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Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength cover

188. Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength

by Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney

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The Coming Population Crash: and Our Planet's Surprising Future cover

189. The Coming Population Crash: and Our Planet's Surprising Future

by Fred Pearce

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MySQL (4th Edition) cover

190. MySQL (4th Edition)

by Paul DuBois

Kids Don't Want to Fail: Oppositional Culture and the Black-White Achievement Gap cover

191. Kids Don't Want to Fail: Oppositional Culture and the Black-White Achievement Gap

by Angel L. Harris

Web Copy That Sells: The Revolutionary Formula for Creating Killer Copy That Grabs Their Attention and Compels Them to Buy cover

192. Web Copy That Sells: The Revolutionary Formula for Creating Killer Copy That Grabs Their Attention and Compels Them to Buy

by Maria Veloso

Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else cover

193. Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

by Geoffrey Colvin

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The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It cover

194. The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

by Michael E. Gerber

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Truth Machine cover

195. Truth Machine

by James L. Halperin

Calculus, Vol. 1: One-Variable Calculus, with an Introduction to Linear Algebra cover

196. Calculus, Vol. 1: One-Variable Calculus, with an Introduction to Linear Algebra

by Tom M. Apostol

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Secrets of Power Negotiating: Inside Secrets from a Master Negotiator cover

197. Secrets of Power Negotiating: Inside Secrets from a Master Negotiator

by Roger Dawson

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Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age cover

198. Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

by Paul Graham

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Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture cover

199. Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

by David Kushner

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The Conscience of a Liberal cover

200. The Conscience of a Liberal

by Paul Krugman

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