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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Aug 20, 2012 - Aug 27, 2012

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A Discipline of Programming cover

1. A Discipline of Programming

by Edsger W. Dijkstra

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Making Software cover

2. Making Software

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson

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Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else cover

3. Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

by Geoff Colvin

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Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius cover

4. Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius

by Marc J. Seifer, Simon Prebble

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Moleskine Limited Edition: Pac-Man Black Ruled Large cover

5. Moleskine Limited Edition: Pac-Man Black Ruled Large

Moleskine LEGO Limited Edition Notebook, Large, Plain, Black, Hard Cover (5 x 8.25) (Limited Editions) cover

6. Moleskine LEGO Limited Edition Notebook, Large, Plain, Black, Hard Cover (5 x 8.25) (Limited Editions)

by Moleskine

Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World cover

7. Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World

by Jill Jonnes

Building Web Reputation Systems cover

8. Building Web Reputation Systems

by Randy Farmer, Bryce Glass

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Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla : Biography of a Genius (Citadel Press Book) cover

9. Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla : Biography of a Genius (Citadel Press Book)

by Marc J. Seifer

The Number Sense: How the Mind Creates Mathematics cover

10. The Number Sense: How the Mind Creates Mathematics

by Stanislas Dehaene

The Nature of Happiness cover

11. The Nature of Happiness

by Desmond Morris

Working Effectively with Legacy Code cover

12. Working Effectively with Legacy Code

by Michael C. Feathers

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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code cover

13. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code

by Martin Fowler, Kent Beck

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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion cover

14. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

by Jonathan Haidt

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Making a Real Killing: Rocky Flats and the Nuclear West cover

15. Making a Real Killing: Rocky Flats and the Nuclear West

by Len Ackland

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Managing The Professional Service Firm cover

16. Managing The Professional Service Firm

by David H. Maister

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Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime cover

17. Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime

by Aubrey de Grey, Michael Rae

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Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

18. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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Machine Learning cover

19. Machine Learning

by Robert J. Schalkoff

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A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War cover

20. A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War

by Victor Davis Hanson

The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood cover

21. The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood

by James Gleick

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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk cover

22. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish

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Tartabull's Throw cover

23. Tartabull's Throw

by Henry Garfield

The Flaw of Averages: Why We Underestimate Risk in the Face of Uncertainty cover

24. The Flaw of Averages: Why We Underestimate Risk in the Face of Uncertainty

by Sam L. Savage

The Best of the Journal of Irreproducible Results cover

25. The Best of the Journal of Irreproducible Results

by George H. Scherr, Richard Liebmann-Smith

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The Morality of Capitalism: What Your Professors Won't Tell You cover

26. The Morality of Capitalism: What Your Professors Won't Tell You

by Tom G. Palmer