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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Apr 1, 2013 - Apr 8, 2013

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Your Movie Sucks cover

1. Your Movie Sucks

by Roger Ebert

Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals (MIT Press) cover

2. Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals (MIT Press)

by Katie Salen Tekinbas, Eric Zimmerman

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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us cover

3. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

by Daniel H. Pink

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A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts cover

4. A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts

by Andrew Chaikin

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You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises cover

5. You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises

by Mark Lauren, Joshua Clark

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Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It cover

6. Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress--and a Plan to Stop It

by Lawrence Lessig

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Mathographics (Dover Recreational Math) cover

7. Mathographics (Dover Recreational Math)

by Robert A. Dixon

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Natural Flexibility: The New Risk-Free Alternative to Stretching cover

8. Natural Flexibility: The New Risk-Free Alternative to Stretching

by Charles Kenny

Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond cover

9. Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

by Gene Kranz

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The 90-Minute Baby Sleep Program: Follow Your Child's Natural Sleep Rhythms for Better Nights and Naps cover

10. The 90-Minute Baby Sleep Program: Follow Your Child's Natural Sleep Rhythms for Better Nights and Naps

by Polly Moore

Computers, Pattern, Chaos and Beauty cover

11. Computers, Pattern, Chaos and Beauty

by Clifford A. Pickover

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The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies cover

12. The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies

by Bryan Douglas Caplan

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Don't Be Such a Scientist: Talking Substance in an Age of Style cover

13. Don't Be Such a Scientist: Talking Substance in an Age of Style

by Randy Olson

R Graph Cookbook cover

14. R Graph Cookbook

by Hrishi V. Mittal

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Turtle Geometry: The Computer as a Medium for Exploring Mathematics (Artificial Intelligence) cover

15. Turtle Geometry: The Computer as a Medium for Exploring Mathematics (Artificial Intelligence)

by Harold Abelson, Andrea Disessa

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Grow Your Own Vegetables cover

16. Grow Your Own Vegetables

by Joy Larkcom

Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens cover

17. Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens

by Nicholas Shaxson

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How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built cover

18. How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built

by Stewart Brand

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Who: The A Method for Hiring cover

19. Who: The A Method for Hiring

by Geoff Smart

Mathematics of Classical and Quantum Physics (Dover Books on Physics) cover

20. Mathematics of Classical and Quantum Physics (Dover Books on Physics)

by Frederick W. Byron, Robert W. Fuller

Quantum Mechanics in Simple Matrix Form (Dover Books on Physics) cover

21. Quantum Mechanics in Simple Matrix Form (Dover Books on Physics)

by Thomas F. Jordan

Investment Intelligence from Insider Trading (MIT Press) cover

22. Investment Intelligence from Insider Trading (MIT Press)

by H. Nejat Seyhun

The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (Robert C. Martin Series) cover

23. The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (Robert C. Martin Series)

by Robert C. Martin

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This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly cover

24. This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly

by Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth S. Rogoff

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The Maverick Selling Method: Simplifying The Complex Sale cover

25. The Maverick Selling Method: Simplifying The Complex Sale

by Brian Burns

The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation cover

26. The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation

by Matthew Dixon, Brent Adamson

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The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4A: Combinatorial Algorithms, Part 1 cover

27. The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4A: Combinatorial Algorithms, Part 1

by Donald Ervin Knuth

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PHP and MySQL Web Development (4th Edition) cover

28. PHP and MySQL Web Development (4th Edition)

by Luke Welling

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PHP: The Good Parts cover

29. PHP: The Good Parts

by Peter MacIntyre

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PHP for the Web: Visual QuickStart Guide (4th Edition) cover

30. PHP for the Web: Visual QuickStart Guide (4th Edition)

by Larry Ullman

Secrets of Power Negotiating, 15th Anniversary Edition: Inside Secrets from a Master Negotiator cover

31. Secrets of Power Negotiating, 15th Anniversary Edition: Inside Secrets from a Master Negotiator

by Roger Dawson

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Hacker's Delight (2nd Edition) cover

32. Hacker's Delight (2nd Edition)

by Henry S. Warren

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