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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Oct 3, 2011 - Oct 10, 2011

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Steve Jobs cover

1. Steve Jobs

by Walter Isaacson

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Improvisation: Its Nature And Practice In Music cover

2. Improvisation: Its Nature And Practice In Music

by Derek Bailey

From Third World to First: The Singapore Story - 1965-2000 cover

3. From Third World to First: The Singapore Story - 1965-2000

by Lee Kuan Yew

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The American Atlas, Expanded 5th Edition cover

4. The American Atlas, Expanded 5th Edition

by Thomas G. Shanks

Rule 34 cover

5. Rule 34

by Charles Stross

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The Children cover

6. The Children

by David Halberstam

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Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices cover

7. Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices

by Paul R. Lawrence, Nitin Nohria

A New Kind of Science cover

8. A New Kind of Science

by Stephen Wolfram

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My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla cover

9. My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla

by Nikola Tesla

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The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation cover

10. The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a New Generation

by Perseus

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

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

by Andy Hertzfeld

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Pro Puppet (Expert's Voice in Open Source) cover

12. Pro Puppet (Expert's Voice in Open Source)

by James Turnbull, Jeffrey McCune

Payments Systems in the U.S. cover

13. Payments Systems in the U.S.

by Carol Coye Benson, Scott Loftesness

Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking cover

14. Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking

by Nathan Myhrvold

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A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge cover

15. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge

by Project Management Institute

Pi and the AGM: A Study in Analytic Number Theory and Computational Complexity cover

16. Pi and the AGM: A Study in Analytic Number Theory and Computational Complexity

by Jonathan M. Borwein, Peter B. Borwein

The Emerging Physics of Consciousness (The Frontiers Collection) cover

17. The Emerging Physics of Consciousness (The Frontiers Collection)

by Jack A. Tuszynski

Barrow's Boys: A Stirring Story of Daring, Fortitude, and Outright Lunacy cover

18. Barrow's Boys: A Stirring Story of Daring, Fortitude, and Outright Lunacy

by Fergus Fleming

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Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning) cover

19. Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning)

by Henry Jenkins

Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide cover

20. Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide

by Henry Jenkins

Introducing HTML5 (Voices That Matter) cover

21. Introducing HTML5 (Voices That Matter)

by Bruce Lawson, Remy Sharp

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

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

by Eric Ries

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