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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Aug 13, 2012 - Aug 20, 2012

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1. Singapore development policies and trends

by Peter S. J. Chen

Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator cover

2. Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator

by Ryan Holiday

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Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

3. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters: White Slavery in the Mediterranean, The Barbary Coast, and Italy, 1500-1800 (Early Modern History Society and Culture) cover

4. Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters: White Slavery in the Mediterranean, The Barbary Coast, and Italy, 1500-1800 (Early Modern History Society and Culture)

by R. Davis

Islam's Black Slaves: The Other Black Disporia cover

5. Islam's Black Slaves: The Other Black Disporia

by Ronald Segal

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The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin cover

6. The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin

by Masha Gessen

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Classic Feynman: All the Adventures of a Curious Character cover

7. Classic Feynman: All the Adventures of a Curious Character

by Richard Phillips Feynman, Ralph Leighton

On Intelligence cover

8. On Intelligence

by Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee

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The Egg-Free, Milk-Free, Wheat-Free Cookbook cover

9. The Egg-Free, Milk-Free, Wheat-Free Cookbook

by Becky Hamrick, Stephen L. Wiesenfeld

The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage : The Official Style Guide Used by the Writers and Editors of the World's Most Authoritative Newspaper cover

10. The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage : The Official Style Guide Used by the Writers and Editors of the World's Most Authoritative Newspaper

by Allan M. Siegal, William G. Connolly

Working Effectively with Legacy Code cover

11. Working Effectively with Legacy Code

by Michael C. Feathers

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Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices) cover

12. Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices)

by Steve McConnell

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Agile Estimating and Planning cover

13. Agile Estimating and Planning

by Mike Cohn

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The Executioner Always Chops Twice: Ghastly Blunders on the Scaffold cover

14. The Executioner Always Chops Twice: Ghastly Blunders on the Scaffold

by Geoffrey Abbott

One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding cover

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

by Rebecca Mead

Probabilistic Robotics (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents series) cover

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

by Sebastian Thrun, Wolfram Burgard, Dieter Fox

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Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use cover

17. Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use

by Jacob Sullum

Crashing Through: A True Story of Risk, Adventure, and the Man Who Dared to See cover

18. Crashing Through: A True Story of Risk, Adventure, and the Man Who Dared to See

by Robert Kurson

Algorithms in Java, Part 5: Graph Algorithms (3rd Edition) (Pt.5) cover

19. Algorithms in Java, Part 5: Graph Algorithms (3rd Edition) (Pt.5)

by Robert Sedgewick

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Diffusion of Innovations, 5th Edition cover

20. Diffusion of Innovations, 5th Edition

by Everett M. Rogers

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The Wisdom of Crowds cover

21. The Wisdom of Crowds

by James Surowiecki

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Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks cover

22. Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks

by Mark Buchanan

Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age cover

23. Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age

by Duncan J. Watts

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Introduction to Graph Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

24. Introduction to Graph Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Richard J. Trudeau

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Network Science: Theory and Applications cover

25. Network Science: Theory and Applications

by T. G. Lewis

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Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life cover

26. Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life

by Albert-laszlo Barabasi

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Introductory Graph Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

27. Introductory Graph Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Gary Chartrand

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Programming in Go: Creating Applications for the 21st Century (Developer's Library) cover

28. Programming in Go: Creating Applications for the 21st Century (Developer's Library)

by Mark Summerfield

Teach Yourself Game Programming in 21 Days/Book and Cd-Rom (Sams Teach Yourself) cover

29. Teach Yourself Game Programming in 21 Days/Book and Cd-Rom (Sams Teach Yourself)

by André LaMothe

The Making of the Atomic Bomb cover

30. The Making of the Atomic Bomb

by Richard Rhodes

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Relativity the Special and General Theory (Classic Reprint) cover

31. Relativity the Special and General Theory (Classic Reprint)

by Albert Einstein

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Brighter than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists cover

32. Brighter than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists

by Robert Jungk

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

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

by Nicholas Carr

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Space Systems Failures: Disasters and Rescues of Satellites, Rocket and Space Probes (Springer Praxis Books) cover

34. Space Systems Failures: Disasters and Rescues of Satellites, Rocket and Space Probes (Springer Praxis Books)

by David M. Harland, Ralph Lorenz

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The Practice of System and Network Administration, Second Edition cover

35. The Practice of System and Network Administration, Second Edition

by Thomas A. Limoncelli, Tom Limoncelli, Christina J. Hogan, Strata R. Chalup

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Dumbth: The Lost Art of Thinking With 101 Ways to Reason Better & Improve Your Mind cover

36. Dumbth: The Lost Art of Thinking With 101 Ways to Reason Better & Improve Your Mind

by Steve Allen

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software cover

37. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

by Charles Petzold

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