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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between May 9, 2011 - May 16, 2011

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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed cover

1. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

by Jared M. Diamond

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

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

by Fred Pearce

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

3. 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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Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression, 2nd Edition cover

4. Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression, 2nd Edition

by Frederick K. Goodwin, Kay Redfield Jamison

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Electromagnetic Fields and Waves cover

5. Electromagnetic Fields and Waves

by Paul LORRAIN (Ph.D. and CORSON (Dale Raymond))

Essentials of Programming Languages (MIT Press) cover

6. Essentials of Programming Languages (MIT Press)

by Daniel P. Friedman, Mitchell Wand

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Programming Language Pragmatics, Third Edition cover

7. Programming Language Pragmatics, Third Edition

by Michael Lee Scott

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Daemon cover

8. Daemon

by Daniel Suarez

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Victorian Internet cover

9. Victorian Internet

by Tom Standage

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

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

by Tim Wu, Tim Wu

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Hacking Exposed Web Applications, Third Edition cover

11. Hacking Exposed Web Applications, Third Edition

by Joel Scambray, Vincent Liu, Caleb Sima

Hacking: The Next Generation (Animal Guide) cover

12. Hacking: The Next Generation (Animal Guide)

by Nitesh Dhanjani, Billy Rios, Brett Hardin

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Proofs from THE BOOK cover

13. Proofs from THE BOOK

by Martin Aigner, Günter M. Ziegler

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Learning GNU Emacs, Third Edition cover

14. Learning GNU Emacs, Third Edition

by Debra Cameron

Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty cover

15. Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty

by David Kadavy

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Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything cover

16. Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

by Joshua Foer

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Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America cover

17. Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America

by Matt Taibbi

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

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

by Ellen Lupton

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Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works (2nd Edition) cover

19. Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works (2nd Edition)

by Erik Spiekermann, E. M. Ginger

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The Fundamentals of Typography cover

20. The Fundamentals of Typography

by Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris

Value-Based Fees: How to Charge - and Get - What You're Worth cover

21. Value-Based Fees: How to Charge - and Get - What You're Worth

by Alan Weiss

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Breakpoint and Beyond: Mastering the Future Today cover

22. Breakpoint and Beyond: Mastering the Future Today

by George T. Ainsworth-Land, Beth Jarman

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

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

by Rob Walling

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Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition cover

24. Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition

by Steve McConnell

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Code Craft: The Practice of Writing Excellent Code cover

25. Code Craft: The Practice of Writing Excellent Code

by Pete Goodliffe

Life's Philosophy: Reason and Feeling in a Deeper World cover

26. Life's Philosophy: Reason and Feeling in a Deeper World

by Arne Næss