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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Oct 15, 2012 - Oct 22, 2012

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Should I Be Tested for Cancer?: Maybe Not and Here's Why cover

1. Should I Be Tested for Cancer?: Maybe Not and Here's Why

by H. Gilbert Welch

The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers cover

2. The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers

by Will Durant

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Civilization: The Six Killer Apps of Western Power cover

3. Civilization: The Six Killer Apps of Western Power

by Niall Ferguson

Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change cover

4. Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change

by Timothy D. Wilson

Obfuscated C and Other Mysteries cover

5. Obfuscated C and Other Mysteries

by Don Libes

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Agile Data Science cover

6. Agile Data Science

by Russell Jurney

JavaScript: The Definitive Guide cover

7. JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

by David Flanagan

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Practical Django Projects (Expert's Voice in Web Development) cover

8. Practical Django Projects (Expert's Voice in Web Development)

by James Bennett

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Let's Read: A Linguistic Approach cover

9. Let's Read: A Linguistic Approach

by Leonard Bloomfield, Clarence Lewis Barnhart

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Beginning Chinese Reader (Beginning Chinese Reader, Part I) cover

10. Beginning Chinese Reader (Beginning Chinese Reader, Part I)

by John DeFrancis, Chia-yee Yung Teng, Chih-sheng Yung

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The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe cover

11. The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe

by Roger Penrose

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Maintainable JavaScript cover

12. Maintainable JavaScript

by Nicholas Zakas

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Power Living - Mastering The Art of Self-Discipline cover

13. Power Living - Mastering The Art of Self-Discipline

by Michael A. Janke

Enigma: How the German Machine Cipher Was Broken and How It Was Read by the Allies in World War Two (Foreign intelligence book series) cover

14. Enigma: How the German Machine Cipher Was Broken and How It Was Read by the Allies in World War Two (Foreign intelligence book series)

by Władysław Kozaczuk

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Everything Is Obvious: *Once You Know the Answer cover

15. Everything Is Obvious: *Once You Know the Answer

by Duncan J. Watts

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The Computer Boys Take Over: Computers, Programmers, and the Politics of Technical Expertise (History of Computing) cover

16. The Computer Boys Take Over: Computers, Programmers, and the Politics of Technical Expertise (History of Computing)

by Nathan Ensmenger

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The Stable Marriage Problem: Structure and Algorithms (Foundations of Computing) cover

17. The Stable Marriage Problem: Structure and Algorithms (Foundations of Computing)

by Dan Gusfield

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Two-Sided Matching: A Study in Game-Theoretic Modeling and Analysis (Econometric Society Monographs) cover

18. Two-Sided Matching: A Study in Game-Theoretic Modeling and Analysis (Econometric Society Monographs)

by Alvin E. Roth, Marilda A. Oliveira Sotomayor

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

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

by Charles Duhigg

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The Antipodes of the Mind: Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience cover

20. The Antipodes of the Mind: Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience

by Benny Shanon

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The Henry Root Letters cover

21. The Henry Root Letters

by Henry Root