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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Apr 11, 2011 - Apr 18, 2011

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The People You Are cover

1. The People You Are

by Rita Carter

Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup cover

2. Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup

by Rob Walling

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The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology) cover

3. The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology)

by K. Anders Ericsson, Neil Charness, Paul J. Feltovich, Robert R. Hoffman

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

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

by John Richardson

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

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

by Geoffrey Colvin

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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience cover

6. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

by Mihaly Csikszent

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

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

by Roger Dawson

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

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

by Ricardo Semler

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Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions cover

9. Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions

by Gary A. Klein

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The Road To Excellence: The Acquisition of Expert Performance in the Arts and Sciences, Sports, and Games cover

10. The Road To Excellence: The Acquisition of Expert Performance in the Arts and Sciences, Sports, and Games

by Karl Anders Ericsson

Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent cover

11. Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

by Harvey A. Silverglate

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The Harmless People cover

12. The Harmless People

by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Negotiating Your Salary: How to Make $1000 a Minute Revised cover

13. Negotiating Your Salary: How to Make $1000 a Minute Revised

by Jack Chapman

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The Nature of Paleolithic Art cover

14. The Nature of Paleolithic Art

by R. Dale Guthrie

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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World cover

15. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

by Jack Weatherford

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Pushing Yourself to Power: The Ultimate Guide to Total Body Transformation cover

16. Pushing Yourself to Power: The Ultimate Guide to Total Body Transformation

by John E. Peterson

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World According to Twitter cover

17. World According to Twitter

by David Pogue

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

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

by Philip Delves Broughton

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More With Less: Paul MacCready and the Dream of Efficient Flight cover

19. More With Less: Paul MacCready and the Dream of Efficient Flight

by Paul Ciotti

Civilizations: Culture, Ambition, and the Transformation of Nature cover

20. Civilizations: Culture, Ambition, and the Transformation of Nature

by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto

Introducing HTML5 (Voices That Matter) cover

21. Introducing HTML5 (Voices That Matter)

by Bruce Lawson, Remy Sharp

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Visual Complex Analysis cover

22. Visual Complex Analysis

by Tristan Needham

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Purely Functional Data Structures cover

23. Purely Functional Data Structures

by Chris Okasaki

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Linear and Geometric Algebra cover

24. Linear and Geometric Algebra

by Alan MacDonald

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Geometric Algebra for Physicists cover

25. Geometric Algebra for Physicists

by Chris Doran, Anthony Lasenby

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Simple Rules for a Complex World cover

26. Simple Rules for a Complex World

by Richard A. Epstein

All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis cover

27. All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis

by Bethany McLean, Joe Nocera

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Breakthrough Rapid Reading cover

28. Breakthrough Rapid Reading

by Peter Kump

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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine cover

29. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

by Michael M. Lewis

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How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships cover

30. How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships

by Leil Lowndes

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How to Talk So People Will Listen cover

31. How to Talk So People Will Listen

by Steve Brown, Stephen W. Brown

The Mind and Heart of the Negotiator, 4th Edition cover

32. The Mind and Heart of the Negotiator, 4th Edition

by Leigh L. Thompson

Give and Take Revised Edition: The Complete Guide to Negotiating Strategies and Tactics cover

33. Give and Take Revised Edition: The Complete Guide to Negotiating Strategies and Tactics

by Chester L. Karrass

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The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language cover

34. The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language

by John McWhorter

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A Man on the Moon cover

35. A Man on the Moon

by Andrew Chaikin

You Can Negotiate Anything: The World's Best Negotiator Tells You How To Get What You Want cover

36. You Can Negotiate Anything: The World's Best Negotiator Tells You How To Get What You Want

by Herb Cohen

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Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond cover

37. Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond

by Deepak Malhotra, Max H. Bazerman

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Value Averaging: The Safe and Easy Strategy for Higher Investment Returns cover

38. Value Averaging: The Safe and Easy Strategy for Higher Investment Returns

by Michael E. Edleson

Programming Collective Intelligence cover

39. Programming Collective Intelligence

by Toby Segaran

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Successful Business Research: Straight to the Numbers You Need - Fast! cover

40. Successful Business Research: Straight to the Numbers You Need - Fast!

by Rhonda Abrams, Planning Shop (Firm)

What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School: Notes from a Street-smart Executive cover

41. What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School: Notes from a Street-smart Executive

by Mark H. McCormack

Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate about the Nature of Reality cover

42. Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate about the Nature of Reality

by Manjit Kumar

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