Hacker News Books for 2012

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Hacker News Books for 2012

Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News during 2012.

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How the University Works: Higher Education and the Low-Wage Nation (Cultural Front) cover

701. How the University Works: Higher Education and the Low-Wage Nation (Cultural Front)

by Marc Bousquet, Cary Nelson

A Short History of Nearly Everything cover

702. A Short History of Nearly Everything

by Bill Bryson

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Postmortems from Game Developer: Insights from the Developers of Unreal Tournament, Black and White, Age of Empires, and Other Top-Selling Games cover

703. Postmortems from Game Developer: Insights from the Developers of Unreal Tournament, Black and White, Age of Empires, and Other Top-Selling Games

by Austin Grossman

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Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat cover

704. Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

by Oliver Sacks

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Enterprise Dashboards: Design and Best Practices for IT cover

705. Enterprise Dashboards: Design and Best Practices for IT

by Shadan Malik

The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance cover

706. The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance

by Josh Waitzkin

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How to Do Things with Words: Second Edition (The William James Lectures) cover

707. How to Do Things with Words: Second Edition (The William James Lectures)

by J. L. Austin

The Physics of Star Trek cover

708. The Physics of Star Trek

by Lawrence Krauss, Lawrence M. Krauss

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Self-Organization in Biological Systems: (Princeton Studies in Complexity) cover

709. Self-Organization in Biological Systems: (Princeton Studies in Complexity)

by Scott Camazine

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See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism cover

710. See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism

by Robert Baer

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The Myth of Masculinity cover

711. The Myth of Masculinity

by Joseph H. Pleck

The Scientist as Rebel (New York Review Collections (Hardcover)) cover

712. The Scientist as Rebel (New York Review Collections (Hardcover))

by Freeman Dyson

Data-Intensive Text Processing with MapReduce (Synthesis Lectures on Human Language Technologies) cover

713. Data-Intensive Text Processing with MapReduce (Synthesis Lectures on Human Language Technologies)

by Jimmy Lin, Chris Dyer

The Rent Is Too Damn High: What To Do About It, And Why It Matters More Than You Think cover

714. The Rent Is Too Damn High: What To Do About It, And Why It Matters More Than You Think

by Matthew Yglesias

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Africa: A Biography of the Continent cover

715. Africa: A Biography of the Continent

by John Reader

Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa cover

716. Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa

by Dambisa Moyo

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The Great War and Modern Memory cover

717. The Great War and Modern Memory

by Paul Fussell

Hip Pocket Guide to Unix cover

718. Hip Pocket Guide to Unix

by Michele Petrovsky, Tom Edward Joseph Parkinson

UNIX in a Nutshell cover

719. UNIX in a Nutshell

by Arnold Robbins

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Objective-C und Cocoa cover

720. Objective-C und Cocoa

by Klaus M. Rodewig, Amin Negm-Awad

Personality Disorders in Modern Life cover

721. Personality Disorders in Modern Life

by Theodore Millon, Carrie M. Millon, Sarah E. Meagher, Seth D. Grossman, Rowena Ramnath

Amerika .... Zhivut zhe liudi ! cover

722. Amerika .... Zhivut zhe liudi !

by Николай Злобин

Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World cover

723. Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World

by Dan Koeppel

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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life cover

724. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

by Walter Isaacson

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eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work cover

725. eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work

by Randall E. Stross

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Machine Learning for Hackers cover

726. Machine Learning for Hackers

by Drew Conway, John White

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This is Modern Art cover

727. This is Modern Art

by Matthew Collings

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa cover

728. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

by E.B. Sledge

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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us cover

729. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

by Daniel H. Pink

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Professional Node.js: Building Javascript Based Scalable Software cover

730. Professional Node.js: Building Javascript Based Scalable Software

by Pedro Teixeira

Python for Data Analysis cover

731. Python for Data Analysis

by Wes McKinney

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Managing The Professional Service Firm cover

732. Managing The Professional Service Firm

by David H. Maister

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Statistical Decision Theory and Bayesian Analysis (Springer Series in Statistics) cover

733. Statistical Decision Theory and Bayesian Analysis (Springer Series in Statistics)

by James O. Berger

The Hobbit: Or, There and Back Again cover

734. The Hobbit: Or, There and Back Again

by J. R. R. Tolkien

Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming (MIT Press) cover

735. Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming (MIT Press)

by Peter Van Roy, Seif Haridi

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The Adweek Copywriting Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Powerful Advertising and Marketing Copy from One of America's Top Copywriters cover

736. The Adweek Copywriting Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Powerful Advertising and Marketing Copy from One of America's Top Copywriters

by Joseph Sugarman

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The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy cover

737. The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy

by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne

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Programming F# 3.0 cover

738. Programming F# 3.0

by Chris Smith

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CSS: The Missing Manual cover

739. CSS: The Missing Manual

The Book of CSS3 cover

740. The Book of CSS3

by Peter Gasston

bash Cookbook cover

741. bash Cookbook

by Carl Albing, JP Vossen, Cameron Newham

Eloquent JavaScript cover

742. Eloquent JavaScript

by Marijn Haverbeke

Fire from Ice: Searching for the Truth Behind the Cold Fusion Furor cover

743. Fire from Ice: Searching for the Truth Behind the Cold Fusion Furor

by Eugene F. Mallove

Power Living - Mastering The Art of Self-Discipline cover

744. Power Living - Mastering The Art of Self-Discipline

by Michael A. Janke

The Blue-Eyed Salaryman: From World Traveller to Lifer at Mitsubishi cover

745. The Blue-Eyed Salaryman: From World Traveller to Lifer at Mitsubishi

by Niall Murtagh

The Process of Creating Life: Nature of Order, Book 2: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe (The Nature of Order)(Flexible) cover

746. The Process of Creating Life: Nature of Order, Book 2: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe (The Nature of Order)(Flexible)

by Christopher Alexander

Turkmeniscam: How Washington Lobbyists Fought to Flack for a Stalinist Dictatorship cover

747. Turkmeniscam: How Washington Lobbyists Fought to Flack for a Stalinist Dictatorship

by Ken Silverstein

Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq cover

748. Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq

by Stephen Kinzer

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The Sex.Com Chronicles: A White-Hat Lawyer's Journey to the Dark Side of the Internet cover

749. The Sex.Com Chronicles: A White-Hat Lawyer's Journey to the Dark Side of the Internet

by Charles Carreon

Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read cover

750. Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read

by Stanislas Dehaene

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Programming Reactive Extensions and LINQ (Expert's Voice in .NET) cover

751. Programming Reactive Extensions and LINQ (Expert's Voice in .NET)

by Jesse Liberty, Paul Betts

The Perspective of the World cover

752. The Perspective of the World

by Fernand Braudel

All of Statistics: A Concise Course in Statistical Inference (Springer Texts in Statistics) cover

753. All of Statistics: A Concise Course in Statistical Inference (Springer Texts in Statistics)

by Larry Wasserman

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One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding cover

754. One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding

by Rebecca Mead

An Eye for Color cover

755. An Eye for Color

by Olga Gutierrez de la Roza

Graphs, Dioids and Semirings: New Models and Algorithms (Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series) cover

756. Graphs, Dioids and Semirings: New Models and Algorithms (Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series)

by Michel Gondran, Michel Minoux

First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently cover

757. First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently

by Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman

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The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk! cover

758. The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk!

by Jack Trout

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The Art of War cover

759. The Art of War

by Sunzi

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JavaScript Pocket Reference cover

760. JavaScript Pocket Reference

by David Flanagan

Probabilistic Robotics (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents series) cover

761. Probabilistic Robotics (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents series)

by Sebastian Thrun, Wolfram Burgard, Dieter Fox

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I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59 cover

762. I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59

by Douglas Edwards

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Game Theory for Applied Economists cover

763. Game Theory for Applied Economists

by Robert Gibbons

A History of Computing Technology, 2nd Edition cover

764. A History of Computing Technology, 2nd Edition

by Michael R. Williams

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The Pinch: How the Baby Boomers Took Their Children's Future - And Why They Should Give it Back cover

765. The Pinch: How the Baby Boomers Took Their Children's Future - And Why They Should Give it Back

by David Willetts

Options, Futures and Other Derivatives (6th Edition) cover

766. Options, Futures and Other Derivatives (6th Edition)

by Hull, John

What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry cover

767. What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry

by John Markoff

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The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art cover

768. The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art

by Donald N. Thompson, Don Thompson

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The Non-Designer's Design Book cover

769. The Non-Designer's Design Book

by Robin Williams

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Born to Run: The Hidden Tribe, the Ultra-Runners, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen cover

770. Born to Run: The Hidden Tribe, the Ultra-Runners, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

by Christopher McDougall

Mind Performance Hacks: Tips & Tools for Overclocking Your Brain cover

771. Mind Performance Hacks: Tips & Tools for Overclocking Your Brain

by Ron Hale-Evans

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The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and the Brain cover

772. The Symbolic Species: The Co-Evolution of Language and the Brain

by Terrence William Deacon

Mastering Regular Expressions cover

773. Mastering Regular Expressions

by Jeffrey Friedl

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Decision Points cover

774. Decision Points

by George W. Bush

Boo Hoo: A Dot.com Story from Concept to Catastrophe cover

775. Boo Hoo: A Dot.com Story from Concept to Catastrophe

by Ernst Malmsten, Erik Portanger, Charles Drazin

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Streetlights and Shadows: Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making (Bradford Books) cover

776. Streetlights and Shadows: Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making (Bradford Books)

by Gary A. Klein

Venture Capitalists at Work: How VCs Identify and Build Billion-Dollar Successes cover

777. Venture Capitalists at Work: How VCs Identify and Build Billion-Dollar Successes

by Tarang Shah, Shital Shah

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778. Architect or Bee?: The Human / Technology Relationship

by Mike Cooley

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What Is Life?: with

779. What Is Life?: with "Mind and Matter" and "Autobiographical Sketches"

by Erwin Schrödinger

Cosmopolitics I (Posthumanities) cover

780. Cosmopolitics I (Posthumanities)

by Isabelle Stengers

Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science cover

781. Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science

by Werner Heisenberg

The Blank Swan: The End of Probability cover

782. The Blank Swan: The End of Probability

by Elie Ayache

The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime cover

783. The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime

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Wholeness and the Implicate Order cover

784. Wholeness and the Implicate Order

by David Bohm

The Art of Multiprocessor Programming cover

785. The Art of Multiprocessor Programming

by Maurice Herlihy, Nir Shavit

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Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945 cover

786. Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945

by Leo Marks

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Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World cover

787. Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World

by Christopher Steiner

How I Sold 1 Million eBooks in 5 Months! cover

788. How I Sold 1 Million eBooks in 5 Months!

The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene (Popular Science) cover

789. The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene (Popular Science)

by Richard Dawkins

The Algorithm Design Manual cover

790. The Algorithm Design Manual

by Steven S Skiena

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

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

by Eric Ries

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Mapping Music: For Faster Learning and Secure Memory, A Guide for Piano Teachers and Students cover

792. Mapping Music: For Faster Learning and Secure Memory, A Guide for Piano Teachers and Students

by Rebecca Payne Shockley

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Playing Less Hurt: An Injury Prevention Guide for Musicians cover

793. Playing Less Hurt: An Injury Prevention Guide for Musicians

by Janet Horvath

Teacher Education Matters: A Study of Middle School Mathematics Teacher Preparation in Six Countries (0) cover

794. Teacher Education Matters: A Study of Middle School Mathematics Teacher Preparation in Six Countries (0)

by William H. Schmidt, Sigrid Blömeke, Maria Teresa Tatto

The Art of Piano Playing cover

795. The Art of Piano Playing

by Genrikh Gustavovich Neĭgauz, Heinrich Neuhaus

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59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot cover

796. 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot

by Richard Wiseman

Unix Power Tools cover

797. Unix Power Tools

by Shelley Powers

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Quantitative Trading: How to Build Your Own Algorithmic Trading Business cover

798. Quantitative Trading: How to Build Your Own Algorithmic Trading Business

by Ernie Chan

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Textbook on Intellectual Property cover

799. Textbook on Intellectual Property

by Hector L. MacQueen, Charlotte Waelde, Graeme T. Laurie

More Math Into LaTeX, 4th Edition cover

800. More Math Into LaTeX, 4th Edition

by George Grätzer