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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jun 25, 2012 - Jul 2, 2012

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Why Mexicans Don't Drink Molson cover

1. Why Mexicans Don't Drink Molson

by Andrea Mandel-Campbell

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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America cover

2. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

by Barbara Ehrenreich

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How to Be Idle: A Loafer's Manifesto cover

3. How to Be Idle: A Loafer's Manifesto

by Tom Hodgkinson

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Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens cover

4. Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens

by Nicholas Shaxson

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Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager cover

5. Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager

by Michael Lopp

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Inspired: How To Create Products Customers Love cover

6. Inspired: How To Create Products Customers Love

by Marty Cagan

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Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms (2nd Edition) cover

7. Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms (2nd Edition)

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Maarten van Steen

Language in Thought and Action: Fifth Edition cover

8. Language in Thought and Action: Fifth Edition

by Samuel Ichiyé Hayakawa, Alan R. Hayakawa

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The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (College Edition) (The Norton Series in World Politics) cover

9. The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (College Edition) (The Norton Series in World Politics)

by John J. Mearsheimer

Python for Data Analysis cover

10. Python for Data Analysis

by Wes McKinney

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Dark Pools: The Rise of the Machine Traders and the Rigging of the U.S. Stock Market cover

11. Dark Pools: The Rise of the Machine Traders and the Rigging of the U.S. Stock Market

by Scott Patterson

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Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit cover

12. Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit

by Barry Estabrook

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

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

by Clayton M. Christensen

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

14. Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game

by Paul Midler

The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space cover

15. The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space

by Eugene Cernan, Donald A. Davis

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Flight: My Life in Mission Control cover

16. Flight: My Life in Mission Control

by Christopher C. Kraft

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First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong cover

17. First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong

Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race cover

18. Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race

by David Scott, Alexei Leonov

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The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks (Thorndike Press Large Print Popular and Narrative Nonfiction Series) cover

19. The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks (Thorndike Press Large Print Popular and Narrative Nonfiction Series)

by Rebecca Skloot

Object Oriented Software Engineering: A Use Case Driven Approach cover

20. Object Oriented Software Engineering: A Use Case Driven Approach

by Ivar Jacobson

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Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond cover

21. Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

by Gene Kranz

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The Rails 3 Way (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby) cover

22. The Rails 3 Way (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby)

by Obie Fernandez

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The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption cover

23. The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption

by Clay Johnson

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Hacking: The Next Generation (Animal Guide) cover

24. Hacking: The Next Generation (Animal Guide)

by Nitesh Dhanjani, Billy Rios, Brett Hardin

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Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science (Mathematics Across the Curriculum) cover

25. Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science (Mathematics Across the Curriculum)

by Kenneth Bogart, Clifford Stein, Robert L. Drysdale

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind cover

26. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

by Shunryū Suzuki

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Guide to Essential Math: A Review for Physics, Chemistry and Engineering Students (Complementary Science) cover

27. Guide to Essential Math: A Review for Physics, Chemistry and Engineering Students (Complementary Science)

by S. M. Blinder

Essential Mathematical Skills: For Engineering, Science and Applied Mathematics cover

28. Essential Mathematical Skills: For Engineering, Science and Applied Mathematics

by Steven Barry, Stephen Davis

DAEMON cover

29. DAEMON

by Daniel Suarez

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