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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Dec 17, 2012 - Dec 24, 2012

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Over the Himalaya cover

1. Over the Himalaya

by Kōichirō Ōmori

Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days cover

2. Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days

by Jessica Livingston

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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society cover

3. On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

by Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman

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Proofs from THE BOOK cover

4. Proofs from THE BOOK

by Martin Aigner, Günter M. Ziegler

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Buttonless: Incredible iPhone and iPad Games and the Stories Behind Them cover

5. Buttonless: Incredible iPhone and iPad Games and the Stories Behind Them

by Ryan Rigney

Hacking The LSAT: Full Explanations For LSATs 29-38 (Volume I: LSATs 29-33): An LSAT Prep and Study Guide For The Next Ten Actual Official LSATs (Includes Logic Games Diagrams) cover

6. Hacking The LSAT: Full Explanations For LSATs 29-38 (Volume I: LSATs 29-33): An LSAT Prep and Study Guide For The Next Ten Actual Official LSATs (Includes Logic Games Diagrams)

by Graeme Blake

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Skin Deep: A Mind/Body Program for Healthy Skin cover

7. Skin Deep: A Mind/Body Program for Healthy Skin

by Ted A. Grossbart, Carl Sherman

Beginning Sous Vide: Low Temperature Recipes and Techniques for Getting Started at Home cover

8. Beginning Sous Vide: Low Temperature Recipes and Techniques for Getting Started at Home

by Jason Logsdon

Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution cover

9. Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution

by Brent Berlin, Paul Kay

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The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business cover

10. The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business

by Clayton M. Christensen

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The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan cover

11. The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan

by Robert Kanigel

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Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff between Privacy and Security cover

12. Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff between Privacy and Security

by Daniel J. Solove

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What Is This Thing Called Science? Third Edition cover

13. What Is This Thing Called Science? Third Edition

by Alan F. Chalmers

Leadville cover

14. Leadville

by Edward Platt

Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent cover

15. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

by Harvey Silverglate

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The Indian Clerk: A Novel cover

16. The Indian Clerk: A Novel

by David Leavitt

The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

17. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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The Hobbit: Or, There and Back Again cover

18. The Hobbit: Or, There and Back Again

by J. R. R. Tolkien

Programming F# 3.0 cover

19. Programming F# 3.0

by Chris Smith

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Why Photography Matters as Art as Never Before cover

20. Why Photography Matters as Art as Never Before

by Michael Fried

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The Photobook: A History - Volume 2 cover

21. The Photobook: A History - Volume 2

by Martin Parr, Gerry Badger

The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition cover

22. The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition

by Donald C. Shoup

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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software cover

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

by Charles Petzold

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Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C cover

24. Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C

by Bruce Schneier

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The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders cover

25. The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders

by John E. Sarno

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The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain cover

26. The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain

by John E. Sarno

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UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging cover

27. UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging

by Scott Stratten

Probability Theory in Finance: A Mathematical Guide to the Black-Scholes Formula (Graduate Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 70) cover

28. Probability Theory in Finance: A Mathematical Guide to the Black-Scholes Formula (Graduate Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 70)

by Seán Dineen

Deep Space Propulsion: A Roadmap to Interstellar Flight (Astronomers' Universe) cover

29. Deep Space Propulsion: A Roadmap to Interstellar Flight (Astronomers' Universe)

by K. F. Long

Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

30. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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Debunking Economics - Revised and Expanded Edition: The Naked Emperor Dethroned? cover

31. Debunking Economics - Revised and Expanded Edition: The Naked Emperor Dethroned?

by Steve Keen

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The Mapmakers, Revised Edition cover

32. The Mapmakers, Revised Edition

by John Noble Wilford

The Mathematical Coloring Book: Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of its Creators cover

33. The Mathematical Coloring Book: Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of its Creators

by Alexander Soifer

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) cover

34. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software cover

35. Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

by Eric Evans

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The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart cover

36. The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart

by Bill Bishop, Robert G. Cushing

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

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

by Geoff Colvin

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Iterating Infusion: Clearer Views of Objects, Classes, and Systems cover

38. Iterating Infusion: Clearer Views of Objects, Classes, and Systems

by Greg Anthony

Unix Power Tools cover

39. Unix Power Tools

by Shelley Powers

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Once-A-Month Cooking: A Proven System for Spending Less Time in the Kitchen and Enjoying Delicious, Homemade Meals Everyday cover

40. Once-A-Month Cooking: A Proven System for Spending Less Time in the Kitchen and Enjoying Delicious, Homemade Meals Everyday

by Mimi Wilson, Mary Beth Lagerborg

Objective-C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (Big Nerd Ranch Guides) cover

41. Objective-C Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (Big Nerd Ranch Guides)

by Aaron Hillegass

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Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X (3rd Edition) cover

42. Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X (3rd Edition)

by Aaron Hillegass

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The Internet For Dummies cover

43. The Internet For Dummies

by John R. Levine, Margaret Levine Young, Carol Baroudi