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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Apr 2, 2012 - Apr 9, 2012

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

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

by Peter M. Senge

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

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

by Arbinger Institute

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Ready Player One cover

3. Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline

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Your Memory : How It Works and How to Improve It cover

4. Your Memory : How It Works and How to Improve It

by Kenneth L. Higbee

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Defenders of the Truth: The Sociobiology Debate cover

5. Defenders of the Truth: The Sociobiology Debate

by Ullica Christina Olofsdotter Segerstråle

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

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

by Felix Dennis

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PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance cover

7. PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance

by Gregory Smith

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Optimizing Oracle Performance cover

8. Optimizing Oracle Performance

by Cary Millsap, Jeff Holt

Performance Tuning with SQL Server Dynamic Management Views (High Performance SQL Server) cover

9. Performance Tuning with SQL Server Dynamic Management Views (High Performance SQL Server)

by Louis Davidson, Tim Ford

How to Develop a Super Power Memory cover

10. How to Develop a Super Power Memory

by Harry Lorayne

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Campbell Biology cover

11. Campbell Biology

by Jane B. Reece

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

12. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

by Joshua Foer

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Programming Windows Azure cover

13. Programming Windows Azure

by Sriram Krishnan

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Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition cover

14. Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition

by Jon Erickson

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Discrete Mathematics, 2nd Edition cover

15. Discrete Mathematics, 2nd Edition

by Norman Biggs

Geek Silicon Valley: The Inside Guide To Palo Alto, Stanford, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, San Jose, San Francisco cover

16. Geek Silicon Valley: The Inside Guide To Palo Alto, Stanford, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, San Jose, San Francisco

by Ashlee Vance

The New Rules of Lifting: Six Basic Moves for Maximum Muscle cover

17. The New Rules of Lifting: Six Basic Moves for Maximum Muscle

by Lou Schuler, Alwyn Cosgrove

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The New Rules of Lifting for Women: Lift Like a Man, Look Like a Goddess cover

18. The New Rules of Lifting for Women: Lift Like a Man, Look Like a Goddess

by Lou Schuler, Cassandra E. Forsythe, Alwyn Cosgrove

Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human cover

19. Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human

by Richard W. Wrangham

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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide: Activate Your Web Pages (Definitive Guides) cover

20. JavaScript: The Definitive Guide: Activate Your Web Pages (Definitive Guides)

by David Flanagan

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Please Just F*Off: It's Our Turn Now cover

21. Please Just F*Off: It's Our Turn Now

by Ryan Heath

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen cover

22. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

by Christopher McDougall

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How to be a Billionaire: Proven Strategies from the Titans of Wealth cover

23. How to be a Billionaire: Proven Strategies from the Titans of Wealth

by Martin S. Fridson

The Startup Game: Inside the Partnership between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs cover

24. The Startup Game: Inside the Partnership between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs

by William H. Draper, III

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The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything cover

25. The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything

by Guy Kawasaki

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Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur cover

26. Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur

by Dermot Berkery

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Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days cover

27. Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days

by Jessica Livingston

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Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press) cover

28. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press)

by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein

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Computational Geometry: Algorithms and Applications cover

29. Computational Geometry: Algorithms and Applications

by Mark de Berg, Otfried Cheong, Marc van Kreveld, Mark Overmars