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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Nov 26, 2012 - Dec 3, 2012

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The Design of the UNIX Operating System cover

1. The Design of the UNIX Operating System

by Maurice J. Bach

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Operating System Concepts cover

2. Operating System Concepts

by Abraham Silberschatz, Greg Gagne, Peter B. Galvin

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Interactive Data Visualization for the Web cover

3. Interactive Data Visualization for the Web

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Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness cover

4. Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness

by Roger Penrose

Embedded Controller Forth For The 8051 Family cover

5. Embedded Controller Forth For The 8051 Family

by William H. Payne

Beyond BIOS: Developing with the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface 2nd Edition cover

6. Beyond BIOS: Developing with the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface 2nd Edition

by Vincent Zimmer, Michael Rothman, Suresh Marisetty

Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (2nd Edition) cover

7. Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (2nd Edition)

by Randal E. Bryant, Davie Richard O'Hallaron

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C Programming Language, 2nd Edition cover

8. C Programming Language, 2nd Edition

by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie

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uC/OS-III: The Real-Time Kernel cover

9. uC/OS-III: The Real-Time Kernel

by Jean J. Labrosse

Data Structures Using C cover

10. Data Structures Using C

by Aaron M. Tenenbaum, Yedidyah Langsam, Moshe Augenstein

Code Complete cover

11. Code Complete

by Steve McConnell

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Data Structures In C cover

12. Data Structures In C

by Noel Kalicharan

C Traps and Pitfalls cover

13. C Traps and Pitfalls

by Andrew Koenig

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API Design for C++ cover

14. API Design for C++

by Martin Reddy

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software cover

15. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides

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Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design cover

16. Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design

by Wendy Walrabenstein

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An Embedded Software Primer cover

17. An Embedded Software Primer

by David E. Simon

The Data Warehouse Toolkit: The Complete Guide to Dimensional Modeling cover

18. The Data Warehouse Toolkit: The Complete Guide to Dimensional Modeling

by Ralph Kimball, Margy Ross

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Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook: A Machiavellian Manifesto―Illustrated with Comic Strips for Bosses and Cubicle Dwellers cover

19. Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook: A Machiavellian Manifesto―Illustrated with Comic Strips for Bosses and Cubicle Dwellers

by Scott Adams

Left Back: A Century of Battles over School Reform cover

20. Left Back: A Century of Battles over School Reform

by Diane Ravitch

The Elements of Color: A Treatise on the Color System of Johannes Itten Based on His Book the Art of Color cover

21. The Elements of Color: A Treatise on the Color System of Johannes Itten Based on His Book the Art of Color

by Johannes Itten

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The Elements of Typographic Style cover

22. The Elements of Typographic Style

by Robert Bringhurst

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Interaction of Color: Revised Edition cover

23. Interaction of Color: Revised Edition

by Josef Albers

Thinking with Type, 2nd revised ed.: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students cover

24. Thinking with Type, 2nd revised ed.: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students

by Ellen Lupton

Concerning the Spiritual in Art cover

25. Concerning the Spiritual in Art

by Wassily Kandinsky

Typography: A Manual of Design cover

26. Typography: A Manual of Design

by Emil Ruder

Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel cover

27. Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel

by Rolf Potts

The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing cover

28. The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing

by Beverly Engel

The World Economy cover

29. The World Economy

by Maddison Angus

Tog on Interface cover

30. Tog on Interface

by Bruce Tognazzini

Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary cover

31. Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary

by Linus Torvalds, David Diamond

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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success cover

32. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

by Carol S. Dweck

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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die cover

33. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

by Chip Heath, Dan Heath

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How to Win Friends and Influence People cover

34. How to Win Friends and Influence People

by Dale Carnegie

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Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence cover

35. Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence

by Lisa Cron

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Women Don't Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation--and Positive Strategies for Change cover

36. Women Don't Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation--and Positive Strategies for Change

by Linda Babcock, Sara Laschever

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Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea cover

37. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea

by Charles Seife

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Everything Is Obvious: How Common Sense Fails Us cover

38. Everything Is Obvious: How Common Sense Fails Us

by Duncan J. Watts

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks cover

39. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

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This Is Modern Art cover

40. This Is Modern Art

by Matthew Collings

How the University Works: Higher Education and the Low-Wage Nation (Cultural Front) cover

41. How the University Works: Higher Education and the Low-Wage Nation (Cultural Front)

by Marc Bousquet, Cary Nelson

Authentic Happiness : Using the New Positive Psychology to Realise Your Potential for Lasting Fulfilment cover

42. Authentic Happiness : Using the New Positive Psychology to Realise Your Potential for Lasting Fulfilment

by Martin E. P. Seligman

Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences cover

43. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences

by John Allen Paulos

The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain cover

44. The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

by Betty Edwards

Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent Is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think cover

45. Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent Is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think

by Bryan Caplan

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The Princeton Companion to Mathematics cover

46. The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

by Timothy Gowers, June Barrow-Green, Imre Leader

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Beamtimes and Lifetimes: The World of High Energy Physicists cover

47. Beamtimes and Lifetimes: The World of High Energy Physicists

by Sharon Traweek

Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman s Guide to Why Feminism Matters cover

48. Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman s Guide to Why Feminism Matters

by Jessica Valenti

From One to Zero: A Universal History of Numbers cover

49. From One to Zero: A Universal History of Numbers

by Georges Ifrah

The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter and How to Make the Most of Them Now cover

50. The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter and How to Make the Most of Them Now

by Meg Jay

How to Lie with Statistics cover

51. How to Lie with Statistics

by Darrell Huff

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Foundations of Python Network Programming: The comprehensive guide to building network applications with Python (Books for Professionals by Professionals) cover

52. Foundations of Python Network Programming: The comprehensive guide to building network applications with Python (Books for Professionals by Professionals)

by Brandon Rhodes

Python Algorithms: Mastering Basic Algorithms in the Python Language (Expert's Voice in Open Source) cover

53. Python Algorithms: Mastering Basic Algorithms in the Python Language (Expert's Voice in Open Source)

by Magnus Lie Hetland

Introduction to Tornado: Modern Web Applications with Python cover

54. Introduction to Tornado: Modern Web Applications with Python

by Michael Dory, Adam Parrish, Allison Parrish, Brendan Berg

Python for Data Analysis: Data Wrangling with Pandas, NumPy, and IPython cover

55. Python for Data Analysis: Data Wrangling with Pandas, NumPy, and IPython

by Wes McKinney

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Data Structures and Algorithms Using Python cover

56. Data Structures and Algorithms Using Python

by Rance D. Necaise

Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition cover

57. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition

by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein

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Python 3 Object Oriented Programming cover

58. Python 3 Object Oriented Programming

by Dusty Phillips

Python Web Programming cover

59. Python Web Programming

by Steve Holden, David M. Beazley

The Definitive Guide to Django: Web Development Done Right cover

60. The Definitive Guide to Django: Web Development Done Right

by Adrian Holovaty

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Twisted Network Programming Essentials cover

61. Twisted Network Programming Essentials

by Abe Fettig, Glyph Lefkowitz

Democracy – The God That Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy and Natural Order (Perspectives on Democratic Practice) cover

62. Democracy – The God That Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy and Natural Order (Perspectives on Democratic Practice)

by Hans-Hermann Hoppe

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Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

63. Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by Scott Meyers

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Programming Problems: A Primer for The Technical Interview cover

64. Programming Problems: A Primer for The Technical Interview

by B. Green

Programming Pearls (ACM Press) cover

65. Programming Pearls (ACM Press)

by Jon Louis Bentley

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JavaScript: The Good Parts cover

66. JavaScript: The Good Parts

by Douglas Crockford, Ke luo ke fu de, Yan xue kun, Douglas Crockford

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How to Meditate: A Guide to Self-Discovery cover

67. How to Meditate: A Guide to Self-Discovery

by Lawrence L. LeShan, Lawrence Leshan

Foundations of Python Network Programming cover

68. Foundations of Python Network Programming

by John Goerzen

Programming Collective Intelligence cover

69. Programming Collective Intelligence

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PostgreSQL: Up and Running cover

70. PostgreSQL: Up and Running

by Regina O. Obe, Leo S. Hsu

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