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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Sep 12, 2011 - Sep 19, 2011

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No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller cover

1. No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller

by Harry Markopolos

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Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent cover

2. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

by Harvey Silverglate

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The Gallic Wars: Julius Caesar's Account of the Roman Conquest of Gaul cover

3. The Gallic Wars: Julius Caesar's Account of the Roman Conquest of Gaul

by Julius Caesar

The Art of War in the Middle Ages: A.D. 378-1515 cover

4. The Art of War in the Middle Ages: A.D. 378-1515

by Charles Oman

Medieval Technology and Social Change cover

5. Medieval Technology and Social Change

by Lynn White (Jr.)

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The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought cover

6. The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought

by Thomas S. Kuhn

The Penguin Atlas of Ancient History cover

7. The Penguin Atlas of Ancient History

by Colin McEvedy, John Woodcock

Mohammed and Charlemagne (American Council of Learned Societies Humantities E-Book) cover

8. Mohammed and Charlemagne (American Council of Learned Societies Humantities E-Book)

by Henri Pirenne

The Lives of the Artists (Oxford World's Classics) cover

9. The Lives of the Artists (Oxford World's Classics)

by Giorgio Vasari

Civilisation cover

10. Civilisation

by Kenneth Clark

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Life in the English Country House: A Social and Architectural History cover

11. Life in the English Country House: A Social and Architectural History

by Mark Girouard

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin cover

12. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

by Benjamin Franklin

The Golden Trade of the Moors: West African Kingdoms in the Fourteenth Century cover

13. The Golden Trade of the Moors: West African Kingdoms in the Fourteenth Century

by E. W. Bovill

Guns, Sails, and Empires: Technological Innovation and the Early Phases of European Expansion, 1400- 1700 cover

14. Guns, Sails, and Empires: Technological Innovation and the Early Phases of European Expansion, 1400- 1700

by Carlo M. Cipolla

The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History: Revised Edition (Hist Atlas) cover

15. The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History: Revised Edition (Hist Atlas)

by Colin McEvedy

The Extension of Man: A History of Physics before the Quantum (MIT Press) cover

16. The Extension of Man: A History of Physics before the Quantum (MIT Press)

by J. D. Bernal

The World We Have Lost: Further Explored cover

17. The World We Have Lost: Further Explored

by Peter Laslett

The Fall of Constantinople 1453 (Canto) cover

18. The Fall of Constantinople 1453 (Canto)

by Steven Runciman

The Enzyme Factor cover

19. The Enzyme Factor

by Hiromi Shinya

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MySQL (4th Edition) cover

20. MySQL (4th Edition)

by Paul DuBois

Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty cover

21. Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty

by David Kadavy

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Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 4th Edition cover

22. Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 4th Edition

by Gilbert Strang

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The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World cover

23. The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World

by Eric Weiner

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Dr Watchstop Adventures in Time and Space cover

24. Dr Watchstop Adventures in Time and Space

by Ken Macklin

Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time cover

25. Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time

by Michael Shermer

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Introduction to Linear Algebra, Fourth Edition cover

26. Introduction to Linear Algebra, Fourth Edition

by Gilbert Strang

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Linear Algebra (Cliffs Quick Review) cover

27. Linear Algebra (Cliffs Quick Review)

by Steven A. Leduc

Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength cover

28. Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength

by Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney

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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us cover

29. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

by Daniel H. Pink

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Matrix Computations (Johns Hopkins Studies in Mathematical Sciences)(3rd Edition) cover

30. Matrix Computations (Johns Hopkins Studies in Mathematical Sciences)(3rd Edition)

by Gene H. Golub

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Linear Algebra Done Right (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

31. Linear Algebra Done Right (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Sheldon Jay Axler

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Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd cover

32. Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd

by Youngme Moon

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Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals cover

33. Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals

by Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D.

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The First Nuclear Era: The Life and Times of a Technological Fixer cover

34. The First Nuclear Era: The Life and Times of a Technological Fixer

by Alvin M. Weinberg

Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World cover

35. Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

by Jane McGonigal

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Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results cover

36. Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results

by Mike Rother

Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit cover

37. Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit

by Mary Poppendieck, Thomas David Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck

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How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing cover

38. How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing

by Matthias Felleisen

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The Greek Praise of Poverty: The Origins Of Ancient Cynicism cover

39. The Greek Praise of Poverty: The Origins Of Ancient Cynicism

by William D. Desmond

Is the New Testament History? cover

40. Is the New Testament History?

by Paul Barnett

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The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? cover

41. The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?

by F. F. Bruce

The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development cover

42. The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development

by Donald G. Reinertsen

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Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony cover

43. Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony

by Richard Bauckham

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Why God Won't Go Away: Is the New Atheism Running on Empty? cover

44. Why God Won't Go Away: Is the New Atheism Running on Empty?

by Alister E. McGrath

The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach cover

45. The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach

by Michael R. Licona

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Incerto) cover

46. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

47. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine cover

48. Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine

by Randolph M. Nesse, MD, George C. Williams

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Haskell: The Craft of Functional Programming (3rd Edition) (International Computer Science Series) cover

49. Haskell: The Craft of Functional Programming (3rd Edition) (International Computer Science Series)

by Simon Thompson

BUGS in Writing, Revised Edition: A Guide to Debugging Your Prose (2nd Edition) cover

50. BUGS in Writing, Revised Edition: A Guide to Debugging Your Prose (2nd Edition)

by Lyn Dupré

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Service-Oriented Design with Ruby and Rails (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby) cover

51. Service-Oriented Design with Ruby and Rails (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby)

by Paul Dix

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Habitable Planets for Man cover

52. Habitable Planets for Man

by Stephen H. Dole

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