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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between May 30, 2011 - Jun 6, 2011

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C: A Reference Manual (5th Edition) cover

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

by Samuel P. Harbison, Guy L. Steele

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Effective Java: Programming Language Guide (Java Series) cover

2. Effective Java: Programming Language Guide (Java Series)

by Joshua Bloch

JavaScript: The Good Parts cover

3. JavaScript: The Good Parts

by Douglas Crockford, Ke luo ke fu de, Yan xue kun, Douglas Crockford

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Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943 cover

4. Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943

by Antony Beevor

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Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre cover

5. Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre

by Keith Johnstone

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Above the Clouds: The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer cover

6. Above the Clouds: The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer

by Anatoli Boukreev

The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest cover

7. The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest

by Anatoli Boukreev, G. Weston DeWalt

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

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

by Jon Krakauer

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

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

10. 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

The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life cover

11. The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

by Twyla Tharp, Mark Reiter

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Moleskine Classic Notebook, Pocket, Squared, Black, Hard Cover (3.5 x 5.5) (Classic Notebooks) cover

12. Moleskine Classic Notebook, Pocket, Squared, Black, Hard Cover (3.5 x 5.5) (Classic Notebooks)

by Moleskine

Quotology (Stages) cover

13. Quotology (Stages)

by Willis Goth Regier

The Good Book: A Humanist Bible cover

14. The Good Book: A Humanist Bible

by A. C. Grayling

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action cover

15. Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

by Simon Sinek

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Mind Performance Hacks cover

16. Mind Performance Hacks

by Ron Hale-Evans

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Mind Hacks cover

17. Mind Hacks

by Tom Stafford, Matt Webb

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This way out;: A guide to alternatives to traditional college education in the United States, Europe and the Third World cover

18. This way out;: A guide to alternatives to traditional college education in the United States, Europe and the Third World

by John Coyne, Tom Hebert

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The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World cover

19. The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World

by Randall E. Stross

FreeDarko Presents: The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History cover

20. FreeDarko Presents: The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History

by Bethlehem Shoals, Jacob Weinstein

De Bono's Thinking Course, Revised Edition cover

21. De Bono's Thinking Course, Revised Edition

by Edward De Bono

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Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step cover

22. Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step

by Edward de Bono, Alexandre Gombau Armau

Computational Complexity cover

23. Computational Complexity

by Christos H. Papadimitriou

Introduction to the Theory of Computation cover

24. Introduction to the Theory of Computation

by Michael Sipser

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The Practicing Mind: Bringing Discipline and Focus Into Your Life cover

25. The Practicing Mind: Bringing Discipline and Focus Into Your Life

by Thomas M. Sterner

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The Little Schemer - 4th Edition cover

26. The Little Schemer - 4th Edition

by Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen

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How to Make Money Selling Stocks Short cover

27. How to Make Money Selling Stocks Short

by William J. O'Neil, Gil Morales

The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media cover

28. The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media

by Brooke Gladstone

The Underground History of American Education cover

29. The Underground History of American Education

by John Taylor Gatto

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen cover

30. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

by Christopher McDougall

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A Geometry of Music: Harmony and Counterpoint in the Extended Common Practice (Oxford Studies in Music Theory) cover

31. A Geometry of Music: Harmony and Counterpoint in the Extended Common Practice (Oxford Studies in Music Theory)

by Dmitri Tymoczko

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The Princeton Companion to Mathematics cover

32. The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

by Timothy Gowers, June Barrow-Green, Imre Leader

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