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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Sep 5, 2011 - Sep 12, 2011

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Creating You & Co.: Learn To Think Like The CEO Of Your Own Career cover

1. Creating You & Co.: Learn To Think Like The CEO Of Your Own Career

by William Bridges

Science and Technology in World History: An Introduction cover

2. Science and Technology in World History: An Introduction

by James Edward McClellan, Harold Dorn

Stories of Your Life and Others cover

3. Stories of Your Life and Others

by Ted Chiang

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The Lifecycle of Software Objects cover

4. The Lifecycle of Software Objects

by Ted Chiang

The Black Mirror and Other Stories: An Anthology of Science Fiction from Germany and Austria (Early Classics of Science Fiction) cover

5. The Black Mirror and Other Stories: An Anthology of Science Fiction from Germany and Austria (Early Classics of Science Fiction)

by Franz Rottensteiner

The Conscience of a Liberal cover

6. The Conscience of a Liberal

by Paul Krugman

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Market Education: The Unknown History (Frontier Issues in Economic Thought) cover

7. Market Education: The Unknown History (Frontier Issues in Economic Thought)

by Andrew J. Coulson

Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age cover

8. Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

by Paul Graham

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Copycats: How Smart Companies Use Imitation to Gain a Strategic Edge cover

9. Copycats: How Smart Companies Use Imitation to Gain a Strategic Edge

by Oded Shenkar

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THE ECONOMICS OF INNOCENT FRAUD (POCKET PENGUINS) cover

10. THE ECONOMICS OF INNOCENT FRAUD (POCKET PENGUINS)

by John Kenneth Galbraith

Light cover

11. Light

by M. John Harrison

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Intelligence, Genes, and Success: Scientists Respond to The Bell Curve (Statistics for Social Science and Public Policy) cover

12. Intelligence, Genes, and Success: Scientists Respond to The Bell Curve (Statistics for Social Science and Public Policy)

by Bernie Devlin, Stephen E. Fienberg, Daniel P. Resnick, Kathryn Roeder

Contrasting Models of State and School: A Comparative Historical Study of Parental Choice and State Control cover

13. Contrasting Models of State and School: A Comparative Historical Study of Parental Choice and State Control

by Charles Glenn

Priceless: The Hidden Psychology of Value cover

14. Priceless: The Hidden Psychology of Value

by William Poundstone

The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing: A Guide to Growing More Profitably cover

15. The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing: A Guide to Growing More Profitably

by Thomas T. Nagle, John E. Hogan (Ph. D.)

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Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities cover

16. Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities

by Frank Jacobs

The Holy Grail of Macroeconomics: Lessons from Japan's Great Recession cover

17. The Holy Grail of Macroeconomics: Lessons from Japan's Great Recession

by Richard C. Koo

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Macroeconomics cover

18. Macroeconomics

by N. Gregory Mankiw

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CA$HVERTISING: How to Use More than 100 Secrets of Ad-Agency Psychology to Make Big Money Selling Anything to Anyone cover

19. CA$HVERTISING: How to Use More than 100 Secrets of Ad-Agency Psychology to Make Big Money Selling Anything to Anyone

by Drew Eric Whitman

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

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

by Joshua Foer

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Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength cover

21. Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength

by Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney

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The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal cover

22. The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal

by James E. Loehr, Jim Loehr, Tony Schwartz

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The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home cover

23. The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home

by Dan Ariely

The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us cover

24. The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us

by James W. Pennebaker

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The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement cover

25. The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement

by David Brooks

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Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup cover

26. Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup

by Brad Feld, David B. Cohen

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Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency cover

27. Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency

by Tom DeMarco

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Beautiful Architecture: Leading Thinkers Reveal the Hidden Beauty in Software Design cover

28. Beautiful Architecture: Leading Thinkers Reveal the Hidden Beauty in Software Design

by Diomidis Spinellis, Georgios Gousios

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You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto cover

29. You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto

by Jaron Lanier

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A Night in the Lonesome October cover

30. A Night in the Lonesome October

by Roger Zelazny

A Scanner Darkly cover

31. A Scanner Darkly

by Philip K. Dick