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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Dec 31, 2012 - Jan 7, 2013

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

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

by Harvey Silverglate
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Data Analysis with Open Source Tools cover

2. Data Analysis with Open Source Tools

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Elements of Programming Interviews: The Insiders' Guide cover

3. Elements of Programming Interviews: The Insiders' Guide

by Adnan Aziz, Tsung-Hsien Lee, Amit Prakash
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Nothing Like It In the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 cover

4. Nothing Like It In the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869

by Stephen E. Ambrose
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Mathematical Methods for Physicists: A Comprehensive Guide cover

5. Mathematical Methods for Physicists: A Comprehensive Guide

by George Brown Arfken, George B. Arfken, Hans J. Weber, Frank E. Harris
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JavaScript Patterns: Build Better Applications with Coding and Design Patterns cover

6. JavaScript Patterns: Build Better Applications with Coding and Design Patterns

by Stoyan Stefanov
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success cover

7. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

by Carol S. Dweck
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong cover

8. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

by James W. Loewen
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Logicomix: An epic search for truth cover

9. Logicomix: An epic search for truth

by Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos H. Papadimitriou
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Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment cover

10. Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment

by George Leonard
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JavaScript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts cover

11. JavaScript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts

by Callie L. French, Dan/M Pelletier
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The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy cover

12. The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko
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Information Rules cover

13. Information Rules

by Carl Shapiro, Hal R. Varian
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The Elements of Style (4th Edition) cover

14. The Elements of Style (4th Edition)

by William Strunk
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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right cover

15. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

by Atul Gawande
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Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed cover

16. Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

by James C. Scott
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The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development cover

17. The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development

by Donald G. Reinertsen
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