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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between May 7, 2012 - May 14, 2012

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The River : A Journey to the Source of HIV and AIDS cover

1. The River : A Journey to the Source of HIV and AIDS

by Edward Hooper, Bill Hamilton

A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World cover

2. A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World

by Gregory Clark

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The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick) cover

3. The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)

by Seth Godin

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The Transparency of Evil: Essays in Extreme Phenomena cover

4. The Transparency of Evil: Essays in Extreme Phenomena

by Jean Baudrillard

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business cover

5. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

by Charles Duhigg

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

6. The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws

by Dafydd Stuttard, Marcus Pinto

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Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back Again cover

7. Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back Again

by Norah Vincent

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Blood-Drenched Altars: A Catholic Commentary on the History of Mexico cover

8. Blood-Drenched Altars: A Catholic Commentary on the History of Mexico

by Francis Clement Kelley, Most Rev. Francis Kelly

Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command cover

9. Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command

by S. L. A. Marshall

The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher cover

10. The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher

by Julian Baggini

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Jazz cover

11. Jazz

by John Fordham

Egalia's Daughters: A Satire of the Sexes cover

12. Egalia's Daughters: A Satire of the Sexes

by Gerd Brantenberg

Toward Zero Defect Programming cover

13. Toward Zero Defect Programming

by Allan M. Stavely

Calculated Bets: Computers, Gambling, and Mathematical Modeling to Win (Outlooks) cover

14. Calculated Bets: Computers, Gambling, and Mathematical Modeling to Win (Outlooks)

by Steven S. Skiena

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The Eudaemonic Pie cover

15. The Eudaemonic Pie

by Thomas A. Bass

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

16. 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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The Tao of Objects: A Beginner's Guide to Object-Oriented Programming cover

17. The Tao of Objects: A Beginner's Guide to Object-Oriented Programming

by Gary Entsminger

Object-Oriented Analysis, Second Edition. cover

18. Object-Oriented Analysis, Second Edition.

by Peter Coad, Edward Yourdon

Object-Oriented Design cover

19. Object-Oriented Design

by Peter Coad, Edward Yourdon

The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires cover

20. The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

by Tim Wu

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Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War cover

21. Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

by Robert Coram

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Certain to Win: The Strategy of John Boyd, Applied to Business cover

22. Certain to Win: The Strategy of John Boyd, Applied to Business

by Chet Richards

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Steve Jobs & the Next Big Thing cover

23. Steve Jobs & the Next Big Thing

by Randall E. Stross

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The Newtonian Casino cover

24. The Newtonian Casino

by Thomas A. Bass

The iOS 5 Developer's Cookbook: Core Concepts and Essential Recipes for iOS Programmers (3rd Edition) (Developer's Library) cover

25. The iOS 5 Developer's Cookbook: Core Concepts and Essential Recipes for iOS Programmers (3rd Edition) (Developer's Library)

by Erica Sadun

How to Lie with Statistics cover

26. How to Lie with Statistics

by Darrell Huff

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Clojure in Action cover

27. Clojure in Action

by Amit Rathore

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Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days cover

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

by Jessica Livingston

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Financial Intelligence: A Manager's Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean cover

29. Financial Intelligence: A Manager's Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean

by Karen Berman, Joe Knight, John Case

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

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

by Guy Kawasaki

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The Bootstrapper's Bible: How to Start and Build a Business With a Great Idea and (Almost) No Money cover

31. The Bootstrapper's Bible: How to Start and Build a Business With a Great Idea and (Almost) No Money

by Seth Godin

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running cover

32. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

by Haruki Murakami

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