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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Dec 3, 2012 - Dec 10, 2012

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Running Money: Hedge Fund Honchos, Monster Markets and My Hunt for the Big Score cover

1. Running Money: Hedge Fund Honchos, Monster Markets and My Hunt for the Big Score

by Andy Kessler

What Is Intelligence?: Beyond the Flynn Effect cover

2. What Is Intelligence?: Beyond the Flynn Effect

by James Robert Flynn

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The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe cover

3. The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe

by Michael D. Gordin

When Can You Trust the Experts?: How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education cover

4. When Can You Trust the Experts?: How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education

by Daniel T. Willingham

The Design of Everyday Things cover

5. The Design of Everyday Things

by Donald A. Norman

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The Joyless Economy: The Psychology of Human Satisfaction cover

6. The Joyless Economy: The Psychology of Human Satisfaction

by Tibor Scitovsky

The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations cover

7. The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

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The Lego Book cover

8. The Lego Book

by Nevin Martell

Designing Solutions for Your Business Problems cover

9. Designing Solutions for Your Business Problems

by Betty Vandenbosch

Statistics, 4th Edition cover

10. Statistics, 4th Edition

by David Freedman

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The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How. cover

11. The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How.

by Daniel Coyle

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Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development (3rd Edition) cover

12. Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development (3rd Edition)

by Craig Larman

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PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance cover

13. PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance

by Gregory Smith

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Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (2nd Edition) (Voices That Matter) cover

14. Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (2nd Edition) (Voices That Matter)

by Garr Reynolds

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

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

by Geoff Colvin

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eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work cover

16. eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work

by Randall E. Stross

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Professional Node.js: Building Javascript Based Scalable Software cover

17. Professional Node.js: Building Javascript Based Scalable Software

by Pedro Teixeira

The Process of Creating Life: Nature of Order, Book 2: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe (The Nature of Order)(Flexible) cover

18. The Process of Creating Life: Nature of Order, Book 2: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe (The Nature of Order)(Flexible)

by Christopher Alexander

Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything cover

19. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

by Joshua Foer

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Who Hates Whom: Well-Armed Fanatics, Intractable Conflicts, and Various Things Blowing Up A Woefully Incomplete Guide cover

20. Who Hates Whom: Well-Armed Fanatics, Intractable Conflicts, and Various Things Blowing Up A Woefully Incomplete Guide

by Bob Harris

Robotic Explorations: A Hands-On Introduction to Engineering cover

21. Robotic Explorations: A Hands-On Introduction to Engineering

by Fred G. Martin

From Bauhaus to Our House cover

22. From Bauhaus to Our House

by Tom Wolfe

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Design Rules, Vol. 1: The Power of Modularity cover

23. Design Rules, Vol. 1: The Power of Modularity

by Carliss Young Baldwin, Kim B. Clark

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Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production cover

24. Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production

by Taiichi Ohno

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The Memory Book: How to Remember Anything You Want cover

25. The Memory Book: How to Remember Anything You Want

by Tony Buzan

Use Your Perfect Memory: Dramatic New Techniques for Improving Your Memory; Third Edition (Plume) cover

26. Use Your Perfect Memory: Dramatic New Techniques for Improving Your Memory; Third Edition (Plume)

by Tony Buzan

The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play cover

27. The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory at Work, at School, and at Play

by Harry Lorayne, Jerry Lucas

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Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating cover

28. Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating

by Walter Willett

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Improve Your Memory Skills (Superskills Series) cover

29. Improve Your Memory Skills (Superskills Series)

by S. Reid, Struan Reid

The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier cover

30. The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier

by Howard Rheingold

X Windows System Administrator's Guide, Vol 8 (Definitive Guides to the X Window System) cover

31. X Windows System Administrator's Guide, Vol 8 (Definitive Guides to the X Window System)

by Linda Mui, Eric Pearce

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A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines cover

32. A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines

by Janna Levin