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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Dec 26, 2011 - Jan 2, 2012

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Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals cover

1. Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals

by Robert Pirsig

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Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition cover

2. Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition

by Steve Krug

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The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicles, Day 2) cover

3. The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicles, Day 2)

by Patrick Rothfuss

The Wizard of Oz (Puffin Classics) cover

4. The Wizard of Oz (Puffin Classics)

by L. Frank Baum

Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure cover

5. Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure

by Maxwell Ryan

Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery cover

6. Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery

by Garr Reynolds

The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology) cover

7. The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology)

by K. Anders Ericsson, Neil Charness, Paul J. Feltovich, Robert R. Hoffman

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Beginning Of Infinity,The: Explanations That Transform The World (Allen Lane Science) cover

8. Beginning Of Infinity,The: Explanations That Transform The World (Allen Lane Science)

by David Deutsch

The Penguin and the Leviathan: How Cooperation Triumphs over Self-Interest cover

9. The Penguin and the Leviathan: How Cooperation Triumphs over Self-Interest

by Yochai Benkler

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values cover

10. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values

by Robert M. Pirsig

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Gödel's Proof cover

11. Gödel's Proof

by Ernest Nagel, James Roy Newman

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R Graph Cookbook cover

12. R Graph Cookbook

by Hrishi V. Mittal

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

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

by Joshua Foer

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The Post-American World cover

14. The Post-American World

by Fareed Zakaria

The Postmortal cover

15. The Postmortal

by Drew Magary

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Wordcatcher: An Odyssey into the World of Weird and Wonderful Words cover

16. Wordcatcher: An Odyssey into the World of Weird and Wonderful Words

by Phil Cousineau

Zinn's Cycling Primer: Maintenance Tips and Skill Building for Cyclists cover

17. Zinn's Cycling Primer: Maintenance Tips and Skill Building for Cyclists

by Lennard Zinn

Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

18. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen

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Modern Operating Systems (3rd Edition) cover

19. Modern Operating Systems (3rd Edition)

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum

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TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1: The Protocols (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

20. TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1: The Protocols (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by W. Richard Stevens, Gary R. Wright

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Web Operations: Keeping the Data on Time cover

21. Web Operations: Keeping the Data on Time

by John Allspaw, Jesse Robbins

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Leadership 101 cover

22. Leadership 101

Light Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting cover

23. Light Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting

by Fil Hunter, Paul Fuqua, Steven Biver

TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

24. TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by Kevin R. Fall, W. Richard Stevens

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Tap, Move, Shake cover

25. Tap, Move, Shake

by Todd Moore

Intellectual Property and Open Source: A Practical Guide to Protecting Code cover

26. Intellectual Property and Open Source: A Practical Guide to Protecting Code

by Van Lindberg

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A Guide to Kernel Exploitation: Attacking the Core cover

27. A Guide to Kernel Exploitation: Attacking the Core

by Enrico Perla, Massimiliano Oldani

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Linux Kernel Development (3rd Edition) cover

28. Linux Kernel Development (3rd Edition)

by Robert Love

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The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Flaws cover

29. The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Flaws

by Dafydd Stuttard, Marcus Pinto

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Operating Systems Design and Implementation (3rd Edition) cover

30. Operating Systems Design and Implementation (3rd Edition)

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Albert S. Woodhull

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Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective cover

31. Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective

by Randal E. Bryant, David R. O'Hallaron

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Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series) cover

32. Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series)

by Liping Ma

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Visible Learning: A Synthesis of Over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement cover

33. Visible Learning: A Synthesis of Over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement

by John Hattie

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The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom cover

34. The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom

by James W. Stigler, James Hiebert

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Making Learning Whole: How Seven Principles of Teaching Can Transform Education cover

35. Making Learning Whole: How Seven Principles of Teaching Can Transform Education

by David Perkins

A Random Walk Down Wall Street: Completely Revised and Updated Edition cover

36. A Random Walk Down Wall Street: Completely Revised and Updated Edition

by Burton Gordon Malkiel

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The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems cover

37. The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems

by Jef Raskin

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The Pleasures of Counting cover

38. The Pleasures of Counting

by Thomas William Körner

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Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

39. Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Ian Stewart

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From Zero to Infinity: What Makes Numbers Interesting cover

40. From Zero to Infinity: What Makes Numbers Interesting

by Constance Reid

A Tour of the Calculus cover

41. A Tour of the Calculus

by David Berlinski

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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship cover

42. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Robert C. Martin

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Refactoring to Patterns cover

43. Refactoring to Patterns

by Joshua Kerievsky

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Data Analysis with Open Source Tools cover

44. Data Analysis with Open Source Tools

by Philipp K. Janert

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Führen, Leisten, Leben cover

45. Führen, Leisten, Leben

by Fredmund Malik

The Art of Readable Code (Theory in Practice) cover

46. The Art of Readable Code (Theory in Practice)

by Dustin Boswell, Trevor Foucher

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Sams Teach Yourself iOS 5 Application Development in 24 Hours (3rd Edition) cover

47. Sams Teach Yourself iOS 5 Application Development in 24 Hours (3rd Edition)

by John Ray

The Cult of Personality Testing: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves cover

48. The Cult of Personality Testing: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves

by Annie Murphy Paul

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One Second After (A John Matherson Novel) cover

49. One Second After (A John Matherson Novel)

by William R. Forstchen

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