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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Nov 28, 2011 - Dec 5, 2011

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Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves cover

1. Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves

by Sharon Begley

The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force cover

2. The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force

by Jeffrey M. Schwartz, Sharon Begley

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

3. 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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The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition cover

4. The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

by Caroline Alexander

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Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent Is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think cover

5. Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent Is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think

by Bryan Caplan

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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success cover

6. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

by Carol S. Dweck

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Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

7. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman, Daniel Kahneman

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Beginning Java EE 6 with GlassFish 3 (Expert's Voice in Java Technology) cover

8. Beginning Java EE 6 with GlassFish 3 (Expert's Voice in Java Technology)

by Antonio Goncalves

Pro JPA 2: Mastering the Java™ Persistence API (Expert's Voice in Java Technology) cover

9. Pro JPA 2: Mastering the Java™ Persistence API (Expert's Voice in Java Technology)

by Mike Keith

Real World Java EE Night Hacks Dissecting the Business Tier cover

10. Real World Java EE Night Hacks Dissecting the Business Tier

by Adam Bien

Java EE 6 with GlassFish 3 Application Server cover

11. Java EE 6 with GlassFish 3 Application Server

by David R. Heffelfinger

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined cover

12. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

by Steven Pinker

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Theory of Moral Sentiments (Great Books in Philosophy) cover

13. Theory of Moral Sentiments (Great Books in Philosophy)

by Adam Smith

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

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

by Eric Ries

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

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

by Oded Shenkar

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

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

by Martin Elias Pete Seligman

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Hacking Work: Breaking Stupid Rules for Smart Results cover

17. Hacking Work: Breaking Stupid Rules for Smart Results

by Bill Jensen, Josh Klein

Ryanair: The Full Story Of The Controversial Low-Cost Airline cover

18. Ryanair: The Full Story Of The Controversial Low-Cost Airline

by Siobhán Creaton

Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler)) cover

19. Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))

by Jez Humble

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Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash cover

20. Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash

by Mary Poppendieck, Thomas David Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck

Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit cover

21. Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit

by Mary Poppendieck, Thomas David Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck

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Applied Psychology In Human Resource Management cover

22. Applied Psychology In Human Resource Management

by Wayne F. Cascio, Herman Aguinis

A New Approach to Differential Geometry using Clifford's Geometric Algebra cover

23. A New Approach to Differential Geometry using Clifford's Geometric Algebra

by John Snygg

The Complete Far Side: 1980-1994 cover

24. The Complete Far Side: 1980-1994

by Gary Larson