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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Aug 15, 2011 - Aug 22, 2011

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The Waite Group's Master C/Book and 4 Disks cover

1. The Waite Group's Master C/Book and 4 Disks

by Mitchell Waite, Stephen Prata, Rex Woollard

Self-discipline in 10 days: How to go from thinking to doing cover

2. Self-discipline in 10 days: How to go from thinking to doing

by Theodore Bryant

Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional Designers (German and English Edition) cover

3. Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional Designers (German and English Edition)

by Josef Müller-Brockmann

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Arabists: The Romance of an American Elite cover

4. Arabists: The Romance of an American Elite

by Robert D. Kaplan

Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do About It Now cover

5. Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do About It Now

by Jane B. Burka, Lenora M. Yuen

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The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation (Shambhala Library) cover

6. The Myth of Freedom and the Way of Meditation (Shambhala Library)

by Chögyam Trungpa

Self-Discipline in 10 days: How To Go From Thinking to Doing cover

7. Self-Discipline in 10 days: How To Go From Thinking to Doing

by Theodore Bryant

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Blown to Bits: How the New Economics of Information Transforms Strategy cover

8. Blown to Bits: How the New Economics of Information Transforms Strategy

by Evans

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Can We Do That?! Outrageous PR Stunts That Work--And Why Your Company Needs Them cover

9. Can We Do That?! Outrageous PR Stunts That Work--And Why Your Company Needs Them

by Peter Shankman

How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built cover

10. How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built

by Stewart Brand

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11. Ethnogenesis and the Biosphere

by Lev Nikolaevich Gumilev

Remembering Satan: A Tragic Case of Recovered Memory cover

12. Remembering Satan: A Tragic Case of Recovered Memory

by Lawrence Wright

Steve Jobs & the Next Big Thing cover

13. Steve Jobs & the Next Big Thing

by Randall E. Stross

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

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

by James Reinders

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

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

by David Foster Wallace

Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain cover

16. Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain

by David Eagleman

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The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists cover

17. The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists

by Neil Strauss

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Choosing the Right Pond: Human Behavior and the Quest for Status cover

18. Choosing the Right Pond: Human Behavior and the Quest for Status

by Robert H. Frank

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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid cover

19. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

by Douglas R. Hofstadter

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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World cover

20. The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

by Niall Ferguson

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A History of Money: From Ancient Times to the Present Day cover

21. A History of Money: From Ancient Times to the Present Day

by Glyn Davies

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The Origins of Value: The Financial Innovations that Created Modern Capital Markets cover

22. The Origins of Value: The Financial Innovations that Created Modern Capital Markets

by William N. Goetzmann, K. Geert Rouwenhorst

Managing Social Anxiety: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach (Treatments That Work) cover

23. Managing Social Anxiety: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach (Treatments That Work)

by Debra A. Hope, Richard G. Heimberg, Cynthia L. Turk

Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques cover

24. Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques

by Gillian Butler

Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook: Proven, Step-by-Step Techniques for Overcoming your Fear cover

25. Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook: Proven, Step-by-Step Techniques for Overcoming your Fear

by Martin M. Antony, Richard P. Swinson

Ethics for the New Millennium cover

26. Ethics for the New Millennium

by Dalai Lama XIV Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho

Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger cover

27. Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger

by Fintan O'Toole

Where Mathematics Come From: How The Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics Into Being cover

28. Where Mathematics Come From: How The Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics Into Being

by George Lakoff

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Permutation City cover

29. Permutation City

by Greg Egan

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The Art of SpeedReading People: How to Size People Up and Speak Their Language cover

30. The Art of SpeedReading People: How to Size People Up and Speak Their Language

by Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron-Tieger

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

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

by Rob Walling

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Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia cover

32. Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia

by American Bible Society

Erlang and OTP in Action cover

33. Erlang and OTP in Action

by Martin Logan, Eric Merritt, Richard Carlsson

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