Hacker News Books for 2012

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Hacker News Books for 2012

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FDR Goes to War: How Expanded Executive Power, Spiraling National Debt, and Restricted Civil Liberties Shaped Wartime America cover

1. FDR Goes to War: How Expanded Executive Power, Spiraling National Debt, and Restricted Civil Liberties Shaped Wartime America

The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist cover

2. The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist

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The Civilizing Process: Sociogenetic and Psychogenetic Investigations cover

3. The Civilizing Process: Sociogenetic and Psychogenetic Investigations

Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong: Why We Love France but Not the French cover

4. Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong: Why We Love France but Not the French

In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives cover

5. In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives

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Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround cover

6. Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround

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The Big Enough Company: Creating a Business That Works for You cover

7. The Big Enough Company: Creating a Business That Works for You

Assholes: A Theory cover

8. Assholes: A Theory

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Power Stories: The 8 Stories You Must Tell to Build an Epic Business cover

9. Power Stories: The 8 Stories You Must Tell to Build an Epic Business

Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies cover

10. Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies

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Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal cover

11. Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal

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A kick in the seat of the pants: Using your explorer, artist, judge, & warrior to be more creative cover

12. A kick in the seat of the pants: Using your explorer, artist, judge, & warrior to be more creative

Body by Science: A Research Based Program for Strength Training, Body building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week cover

13. Body by Science: A Research Based Program for Strength Training, Body building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week

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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society cover

14. On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain cover

15. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization cover

16. The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness cover

17. Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

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Visual Thinking for Design (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies) cover

18. Visual Thinking for Design (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies)

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The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence cover

19. The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence

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The Power of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential...in Business and in Life cover

20. The Power of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential...in Business and in Life

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Winning Through Intimidation cover

21. Winning Through Intimidation

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Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond cover

22. Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond

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Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals cover

23. Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals

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A Discipline of Programming cover

24. A Discipline of Programming

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Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition cover

25. Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition

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Living in the Future: The Education and Adventures of an Advanced Aircraft Designer cover

26. Living in the Future: The Education and Adventures of an Advanced Aircraft Designer

Tricks of the Mind [Paperback] cover

27. Tricks of the Mind [Paperback]

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The Feeling Good Handbook cover

28. The Feeling Good Handbook

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Eternity in Their Hearts: Startling Evidence of Belief in the One True God in Hundreds of Cultures Throughout the World cover

29. Eternity in Their Hearts: Startling Evidence of Belief in the One True God in Hundreds of Cultures Throughout the World

What to Say When you Talk To Yourself cover

30. What to Say When you Talk To Yourself

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Changing for Good: A Revolutionary Six-Stage Program for Overcoming Bad Habits and Moving Your Life Positively Forward cover

31. Changing for Good: A Revolutionary Six-Stage Program for Overcoming Bad Habits and Moving Your Life Positively Forward

Remembering the Kana: A Guide to Reading and Writing the Japanese Syllabaries in 3 Hours Each (part 1) (Japanese Edition) cover

32. Remembering the Kana: A Guide to Reading and Writing the Japanese Syllabaries in 3 Hours Each (part 1) (Japanese Edition)

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It cover

33. The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

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Space Propulsion Analysis and Design cover

34. Space Propulsion Analysis and Design

The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century cover

35. The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

On Writing Well, 25th Anniversary: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction cover

36. On Writing Well, 25th Anniversary: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

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The Way of Men cover

37. The Way of Men

Persuasion Skills Black Book: Practical NLP Language Patterns for Getting The Response You Want cover

38. Persuasion Skills Black Book: Practical NLP Language Patterns for Getting The Response You Want

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Sex, Lies, and Menopause: The Shocking Truth About Hormone Replacement Therapy cover

39. Sex, Lies, and Menopause: The Shocking Truth About Hormone Replacement Therapy

Negotiating Your Salary: How to Make $1000 a Minute Revised cover

40. Negotiating Your Salary: How to Make $1000 a Minute Revised

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Earth: An Intimate History cover

41. Earth: An Intimate History

The Objective Eye: Color, Form, and Reality in the Theory of Art cover

42. The Objective Eye: Color, Form, and Reality in the Theory of Art

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Why Photography Matters as Art as Never Before cover

43. Why Photography Matters as Art as Never Before

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Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy cover

44. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

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Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box cover

45. Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box

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Over the Himalaya cover

46. Over the Himalaya

The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section:

47. The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility" (Incerto)

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The German Generals Talk cover

48. The German Generals Talk

Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages (Pragmatic Programmers) cover

49. Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages (Pragmatic Programmers)

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How to Cook Everything The Basics: All You Need to Make Great Food--With 1,000 Photos cover

50. How to Cook Everything The Basics: All You Need to Make Great Food--With 1,000 Photos

Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet cover

51. Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet

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Zhuangzi Speaks: The Music of Nature cover

52. Zhuangzi Speaks: The Music of Nature

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Game, Set, Match: Winning the Negotiations Game cover

53. Game, Set, Match: Winning the Negotiations Game

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54. Singapore development policies and trends

Rosemary's Baby cover

55. Rosemary's Baby

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The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business cover

56. The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business

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Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff between Privacy and Security cover

57. Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff between Privacy and Security

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Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In cover

58. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

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The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire cover

59. The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire

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Karma Cola: Marketing the Mystic East cover

60. Karma Cola: Marketing the Mystic East

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World cover

61. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

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South: The ENDURANCE Expedition cover

62. South: The ENDURANCE Expedition

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How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets cover

63. How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets

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The Fundamentals of Ethics, 2nd Edition cover

64. The Fundamentals of Ethics, 2nd Edition

Smalltalk, Objects, and Design cover

65. Smalltalk, Objects, and Design

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Yes Man cover

66. Yes Man

The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom cover

67. The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom

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Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed cover

68. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

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How To Win Friends and Influence People cover

69. How To Win Friends and Influence People

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Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional Designers (German and English Edition) cover

70. Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional Designers (German and English Edition)

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The Gardens of Democracy: A New American Story of Citizenship, the Economy, and the Role of Government cover

71. The Gardens of Democracy: A New American Story of Citizenship, the Economy, and the Role of Government

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

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

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Siddhartha cover

73. Siddhartha

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American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America cover

74. American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America

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PostgreSQL: Up and Running cover

75. PostgreSQL: Up and Running

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How Music Works cover

76. How Music Works

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Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics cover

77. Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics

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One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way cover

78. One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way

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Blown to Bits: How the New Economics of Information Transforms Strategy cover

79. Blown to Bits: How the New Economics of Information Transforms Strategy

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How to Sharpen Pencils: A Practical & Theoretical Treatise on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening for Writers, Artists, Contractors, Flange Turners, Anglesmiths, & Civil Servants cover

80. How to Sharpen Pencils: A Practical & Theoretical Treatise on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening for Writers, Artists, Contractors, Flange Turners, Anglesmiths, & Civil Servants

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Play Money: Or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot cover

81. Play Money: Or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot

Capital as Power: A Study of Order and Creorder (RIPE Series in Global Political Economy) cover

82. Capital as Power: A Study of Order and Creorder (RIPE Series in Global Political Economy)

Bursts: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do cover

83. Bursts: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do

Living Low Carb: Controlled-Carbohydrate Eating for Long-Term Weight Loss cover

84. Living Low Carb: Controlled-Carbohydrate Eating for Long-Term Weight Loss

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Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker cover

85. Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker

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Ready Player One cover

86. Ready Player One

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Algorithms cover

87. Algorithms

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The Unconscious Civilization cover

88. The Unconscious Civilization

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Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the China Production Game cover

89. Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the China Production Game

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Pirate Cinema cover

90. Pirate Cinema

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Cloud Atlas: A Novel cover

91. Cloud Atlas: A Novel

This Perfect Day: A Novel cover

92. This Perfect Day: A Novel

Making Software: What Really Works, and Why We Believe It cover

93. Making Software: What Really Works, and Why We Believe It

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Should I Be Tested for Cancer?: Maybe Not and Here's Why cover

94. Should I Be Tested for Cancer?: Maybe Not and Here's Why

WebGL: Up and Running cover

95. WebGL: Up and Running

Learning the vi and Vim Editors cover

96. Learning the vi and Vim Editors

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Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions cover

97. Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

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Understanding and Managing Your Child's Food Allergies (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book) cover

98. Understanding and Managing Your Child's Food Allergies (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time cover

99. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

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Five Years of My Life: An Innocent Man in Guantanamo cover

100. Five Years of My Life: An Innocent Man in Guantanamo

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