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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Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long cover

501. Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long

by David Rock

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I Never Called It Rape: The Ms. Report on Recognizing, Fighting, and Surviving Date and Acquaintance Rape cover

502. I Never Called It Rape: The Ms. Report on Recognizing, Fighting, and Surviving Date and Acquaintance Rape

by Robin Warshaw

Remembering Satan: A Tragic Case of Recovered Memory cover

503. Remembering Satan: A Tragic Case of Recovered Memory

by Lawrence Wright

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster cover

504. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster

by Jon Krakauer

Smart Schools cover

505. Smart Schools

by David Perkins

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Clever Algorithms: Nature-Inspired Programming Recipes cover

506. Clever Algorithms: Nature-Inspired Programming Recipes

by Jason Brownlee

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Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears cover

507. Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears

by Pema Chodron

Programming Ruby 1.9: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide (Facets of Ruby) cover

508. Programming Ruby 1.9: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide (Facets of Ruby)

by David Thomas

Vehicles: Experiments in Synthetic Psychology cover

509. Vehicles: Experiments in Synthetic Psychology

by Valentino Braitenberg

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies cover

510. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared M. Diamond

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A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought series Book 2) cover

511. A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought series Book 2)

by Vernor Vinge

The Shellcoder's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Holes cover

512. The Shellcoder's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Holes

by Chris Anley, John Heasman, Felix Lindner, Gerardo Richarte

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Elements of ML Programming, ML97 Edition (2nd Edition) cover

513. Elements of ML Programming, ML97 Edition (2nd Edition)

by Jeffrey D. Ullman

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Deep Time: How Humanity Communicates Across Millennia cover

514. Deep Time: How Humanity Communicates Across Millennia

by Gregory Benford

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Steve Jobs & the Next Big Thing cover

515. Steve Jobs & the Next Big Thing

by Randall E. Stross

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Contingency Cannibalism: Superhardcore Survivalism's Dirty Little Secret cover

516. Contingency Cannibalism: Superhardcore Survivalism's Dirty Little Secret

by Shiguro Takada

How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library) cover

517. How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library)

by George Polya

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Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the FinancialS ystem--and Themselves cover

518. Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the FinancialS ystem--and Themselves

by Andrew Ross Sorkin

On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen cover

519. On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

by Harold McGee

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The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep cover

520. The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep

by William C. Dement

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David's Sling cover

521. David's Sling

by Marc Stiegler

The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics and Physics cover

522. The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics and Physics

by Steven E. Landsburg

Self-theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development (Essays in Social Psychology) cover

523. Self-theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development (Essays in Social Psychology)

by Carol S. Dweck

High Performance MySQL cover

524. High Performance MySQL

by Jeremy D. Zawodny, Derek J. Balling

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My Blood Approves cover

525. My Blood Approves

by Amanda Hocking

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526. Mechanism of Mind

TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1: The Protocols (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

527. TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1: The Protocols (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by W. Richard Stevens, Gary R. Wright

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Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd cover

528. Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd

by Youngme Moon

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Modern Information Retrieval: The Concepts and Technology behind Search (2nd Edition) (ACM Press Books) cover

529. Modern Information Retrieval: The Concepts and Technology behind Search (2nd Edition) (ACM Press Books)

by Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Berthier Ribeiro-Neto

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Too Many Women?: The Sex Ratio Question cover

530. Too Many Women?: The Sex Ratio Question

by Marcia Guttentag, Paul F. Secord

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

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

by B. Joseph Pine, James H. Gilmore

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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Incerto) cover

532. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal cover

533. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

by Eric Schlosser

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Assembly Language Step-by-Step: Programming with Linux cover

534. Assembly Language Step-by-Step: Programming with Linux

by Jeff Duntemann

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The Practice of System and Network Administration, Second Edition cover

535. The Practice of System and Network Administration, Second Edition

by Thomas A. Limoncelli, Tom Limoncelli, Christina J. Hogan, Strata R. Chalup

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Python Cookbook cover

536. Python Cookbook

by Alex Martelli, Anna Ravenscroft, David Ascher

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The Princeton Companion to Mathematics cover

537. The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

by Timothy Gowers, June Barrow-Green, Imre Leader

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Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages (Pragmatic Programmers) cover

538. Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages (Pragmatic Programmers)

by Bruce Tate

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Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman cover

539. Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman

by James Gleick

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The Cryptographer cover

540. The Cryptographer

by Tobias Hill

Intel Threading Building Blocks: Outfitting C++ for Multi-core Processor Parallelism cover

541. Intel Threading Building Blocks: Outfitting C++ for Multi-core Processor Parallelism

by James Reinders

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An Introduction to High-Frequency Finance cover

542. An Introduction to High-Frequency Finance

by Michel M. Dacorogna

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Pairs Trading: Quantitative Methods and Analysis cover

543. Pairs Trading: Quantitative Methods and Analysis

by Ganapathy Vidyamurthy

Evidence-Based Technical Analysis: Applying the Scientific Method and Statistical Inference to Trading Signals cover

544. Evidence-Based Technical Analysis: Applying the Scientific Method and Statistical Inference to Trading Signals

by David Aronson

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Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied cover

545. Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied

by Andrei Alexandrescu

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Algorithm Design cover

546. Algorithm Design

by Jon Kleinberg, Éva Tardos

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The Language Construction Kit cover

547. The Language Construction Kit

by Mark Rosenfelder

The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness (Book & CD) cover

548. The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness (Book & CD)

by John D. Teasdale, Zindel V. Segal

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Contrasting Models of State and School: A Comparative Historical Study of Parental Choice and State Control cover

549. Contrasting Models of State and School: A Comparative Historical Study of Parental Choice and State Control

by Charles Glenn

Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind cover

550. Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind

by Margalit Fox

Healing the Masculine Soul: God's Restoration of Men to Real Manhood cover

551. Healing the Masculine Soul: God's Restoration of Men to Real Manhood

by Gordon Dalbey

First Thing We Do, Let's Deregulate All the Lawyers cover

552. First Thing We Do, Let's Deregulate All the Lawyers

by Clifford Winston, Robert W. Crandall, Vikram Maheshri

The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires (Borzoi Books) cover

553. The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires (Borzoi Books)

by Tim Wu, Tim Wu

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Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers cover

554. Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers

by Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur

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Building Scalable Web Sites cover

555. Building Scalable Web Sites

by Cal Henderson

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Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals cover

556. Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals

by Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D.

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The Housing Boom and Bust cover

557. The Housing Boom and Bust

by Thomas Sowell

The Reasoned Schemer (MIT Press) cover

558. The Reasoned Schemer (MIT Press)

by Daniel P. Friedman, William E. Byrd, Oleg Kiselyov

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You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!: The Classic Self-Help Book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder cover

559. You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!: The Classic Self-Help Book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder

by Kate Kelly, Peggy Ramundo

I Want to be a Mathematician: An Automathography cover

560. I Want to be a Mathematician: An Automathography

by P.R. Halmos

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The Seasoned Schemer (MIT Press) cover

561. The Seasoned Schemer (MIT Press)

by Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen

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Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder cover

562. Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder

by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., John J. Ratey, M.D.

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Pentaho® Solutions: Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing with Pentaho and MySQL cover

563. Pentaho® Solutions: Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing with Pentaho and MySQL

by Roland Bouman

Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed cover

564. Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

by James C. Scott

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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin cover

565. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

by Erik Larson

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Priceless: The Hidden Psychology of Value cover

566. Priceless: The Hidden Psychology of Value

by William Poundstone

The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850 cover

567. The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850

by Brian Fagan

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Daemon cover

568. Daemon

by Daniel Suarez

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The Incompleteness Phenomenon cover

569. The Incompleteness Phenomenon

by Martin Goldstern, Haim Judah

Metaprogramming Ruby cover

570. Metaprogramming Ruby

by Paolo Perrotta

Game Physics cover

571. Game Physics

by David H. Eberly

Programmers at Work: Interviews With 19 Programmers Who Shaped the Computer Industry (Tempus) cover

572. Programmers at Work: Interviews With 19 Programmers Who Shaped the Computer Industry (Tempus)

by Susan Lammers

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Stone Age Economics (Routledge Classic Ethnographies) cover

573. Stone Age Economics (Routledge Classic Ethnographies)

by Marshall David Sahlins

Engineering a Compiler, Second Edition cover

574. Engineering a Compiler, Second Edition

by Keith Daniel Cooper, Linda Torczon

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Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing cover

575. Foundations of Statistical Natural Language Processing

by Christopher Manning, Hinrich Schutze

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Fumbling the Future: How Xerox Invented, then Ignored, the First Personal Computer cover

576. Fumbling the Future: How Xerox Invented, then Ignored, the First Personal Computer

by Douglas K. Smith, Robert C. Alexander

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The Road to Reality: Coming Home to Jesus from an Unreal World cover

577. The Road to Reality: Coming Home to Jesus from an Unreal World

by K. P. Yohannan

Augustine's Laws, Sixth Edition cover

578. Augustine's Laws, Sixth Edition

by Norman R. Augustine

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Genetic Programming: On the Programming of Computers by Means of Natural Selection (Complex Adaptive Systems) cover

579. Genetic Programming: On the Programming of Computers by Means of Natural Selection (Complex Adaptive Systems)

by John R. Koza

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Breakthrough Rapid Reading cover

580. Breakthrough Rapid Reading

by Peter Kump

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Web Operations: Keeping the Data on Time cover

581. Web Operations: Keeping the Data on Time

by John Allspaw, Jesse Robbins

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Visual Language for Designers: Principles for Creating Graphics that People Understand cover

582. Visual Language for Designers: Principles for Creating Graphics that People Understand

by Connie Malamed

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Mind Performance Hacks cover

583. Mind Performance Hacks

by Ron Hale-Evans

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Learn to Program (Pragmatic Programmers) cover

584. Learn to Program (Pragmatic Programmers)

by Chris Pine

The Python Standard Library by Example cover

585. The Python Standard Library by Example

by Doug Hellmann

Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, 10th Anniversary Edition cover

586. Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, 10th Anniversary Edition

by John Taylor Gatto

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Python Essential Reference (4th Edition) cover

587. Python Essential Reference (4th Edition)

by David M. Beazley

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A Different Kind of Teacher: Solving the Crisis of American Schooling cover

588. A Different Kind of Teacher: Solving the Crisis of American Schooling

by John Taylor Gatto

The Linux Programming Interface cover

589. The Linux Programming Interface

by Michael Kerrisk

I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59 cover

590. I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59

by Douglas Edwards

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The Way We Never Were: American Families And The Nostalgia Trap cover

591. The Way We Never Were: American Families And The Nostalgia Trap

by Stephanie Coontz

Leadership 101 cover

592. Leadership 101

This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life cover

593. This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life

by David Foster Wallace

Light Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting cover

594. Light Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting

by Fil Hunter, Paul Fuqua, Steven Biver

The Keystone Advantage: What the New Dynamics of Business Ecosystems Mean for Strategy, Innovation, and Sustainability cover

595. The Keystone Advantage: What the New Dynamics of Business Ecosystems Mean for Strategy, Innovation, and Sustainability

by Marco Iansiti, Roy Levien

A Spy For All Seasons: My Life in the CIA cover

596. A Spy For All Seasons: My Life in the CIA

by Duane R. Clarridge

Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger, 3rd Edition cover

597. Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger, 3rd Edition

by Peter Bevelin

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The Economic Structure of Intellectual Property Law cover

598. The Economic Structure of Intellectual Property Law

by William M. Landes, Richard A. Posner

Managing Gigabytes: Compressing and Indexing Documents and Images, Second Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems) cover

599. Managing Gigabytes: Compressing and Indexing Documents and Images, Second Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems)

by Ian H. Witten, Alistair Moffat, Timothy C. Bell

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Ahead of the Curve: Two Years at Harvard Business School cover

600. Ahead of the Curve: Two Years at Harvard Business School

by Philip Delves Broughton

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