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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jun 11, 2012 - Jun 18, 2012

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Rosemary's Baby cover

1. Rosemary's Baby

by Ira Levin

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This Perfect Day: A Novel cover

2. This Perfect Day: A Novel

by Ira Levin

Computer Models of Musical Creativity (MIT Press) cover

3. Computer Models of Musical Creativity (MIT Press)

by David Cope

112 Acting Games: A Comprehensive Workbook Of Theatre Games for Developing Acting Skills cover

4. 112 Acting Games: A Comprehensive Workbook Of Theatre Games for Developing Acting Skills

by Gavin Levy

The Merc: The Emergence of a Global Financial Powerhouse cover

5. The Merc: The Emergence of a Global Financial Powerhouse

by Bob Tamarkin

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

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

by Dan Ariely

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Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition cover

7. Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition

by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

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The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams cover

8. The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams

by John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Abigail Adams

My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams cover

9. My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams

by John Adams

The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves cover

10. The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves

by Matt Ridley

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The New Evolution Diet: What Our Paleolithic Ancestors Can Teach Us about Weight Loss, Fitness, and Aging cover

11. The New Evolution Diet: What Our Paleolithic Ancestors Can Teach Us about Weight Loss, Fitness, and Aging

by Arthur De Vany

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The Art of Electronics Student Manual cover

12. The Art of Electronics Student Manual

by Thomas C. Hayes, Paul Horowitz

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Programming and Interfacing the 6502: With Experiments (The Blacksburg continuing education series) cover

13. Programming and Interfacing the 6502: With Experiments (The Blacksburg continuing education series)

by Marvin L. De Jong

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains cover

14. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

by Nicholas Carr

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C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software cover

15. C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software

by David R. Hanson

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Refactoring: Ruby Edition cover

16. Refactoring: Ruby Edition

by Jay Fields

Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code cover

17. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code

by Martin Fowler, Kent Beck

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The Dying Light cover

18. The Dying Light

by Henry Porter

Software Configuration Management Strategies and Rational ClearCase(R): A Practical Introduction (Addison-Wesley Object Technology) cover

19. Software Configuration Management Strategies and Rational ClearCase(R): A Practical Introduction (Addison-Wesley Object Technology)

by Brian A. White

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

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

by Steve Krug

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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

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

22. 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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Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis cover

23. Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis

by James Rickards

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Too Big to Fail: The Hazards of Bank Bailouts cover

24. Too Big to Fail: The Hazards of Bank Bailouts

by Gary H. Stern, Ron J. Feldman

Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft cover

25. Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft

by G. Pascal Zachary

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