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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jun 6, 2011 - Jun 13, 2011

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Beautiful Code cover

1. Beautiful Code

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson

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Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability cover

2. Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability

by David Owen

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood cover

3. The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

by James Gleick

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The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (Collins Business Essentials) cover

4. The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (Collins Business Essentials)

by Clayton M. Christensen

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Foundations of Object-Oriented Languages: Types and Semantics cover

5. Foundations of Object-Oriented Languages: Types and Semantics

by Kim B. Bruce

Types and Programming Languages (MIT Press) cover

6. Types and Programming Languages (MIT Press)

by Benjamin C. Pierce

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The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses cover

7. The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

by Eric Ries

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Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries cover

8. Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries

by Peter Sims

Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made cover

9. Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made

by Andy Hertzfeld

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White Bears and Other Unwanted Thoughts: Suppression, Obsession, and the Psychology of Mental Control cover

10. White Bears and Other Unwanted Thoughts: Suppression, Obsession, and the Psychology of Mental Control

by Daniel M. Wegner

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition cover

11. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

by Robert B. Cialdini

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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship cover

12. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Robert C. Martin

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

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

by Susan Lammers

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Advanced C++ Programming Styles and Idioms cover

14. Advanced C++ Programming Styles and Idioms

by James O. Coplien

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Programming Pearls (2nd Edition) cover

15. Programming Pearls (2nd Edition)

by Jon Louis Bentley

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Chosen (Penguin Modern Classics) cover

16. Chosen (Penguin Modern Classics)

by Chaim Potok

The Nature of Paleolithic Art cover

17. The Nature of Paleolithic Art

by R. Dale Guthrie

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Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications cover

18. Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications

by Toby Segaran

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Hacker's Delight cover

19. Hacker's Delight

by Henry S. Warren

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Shantaram: A Novel cover

20. Shantaram: A Novel

by Gregory David Roberts

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Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill cover

21. Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill

by Matthieu Ricard

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The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Theives, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers cover

22. The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Theives, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers

by Scott M. Carney, Scott Carney

Pattern Classification (Pt.1) cover

23. Pattern Classification (Pt.1)

by Richard O. Duda, Peter E. Hart, Peter Elliot Hart, David G. Stork

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History of the World cover

24. History of the World

by John Morris Roberts

Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life cover

25. Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

by Martin E.P. Seligman

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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel (Vintage International) cover

26. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel (Vintage International)

by Haruki Murakami

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High-Frequency Trading: A Practical Guide to Algorithmic Strategies and Trading Systems cover

27. High-Frequency Trading: A Practical Guide to Algorithmic Strategies and Trading Systems

by Irene Aldridge

Artemis Fowl cover

28. Artemis Fowl

by Eoin Colfer

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How The U.S. Securities Industry Works, Second Edition cover

29. How The U.S. Securities Industry Works, Second Edition

by Hal McIntyre

After the Trade is Made: Processing Securities Transactions, Second Edition cover

30. After the Trade is Made: Processing Securities Transactions, Second Edition

by David M. Weiss

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Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age cover

31. Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age

by Douglas Rushkoff

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