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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between May 13, 2013 - May 20, 2013

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Overcoming Gravity: A Systematic Approach to Gymnastics and Bodyweight Strength cover

1. Overcoming Gravity: A Systematic Approach to Gymnastics and Bodyweight Strength

by Steven Low

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How to Make Webcomics cover

2. How to Make Webcomics

by Brad J. Guigar, Scott Kurtz, Dave Kellett, Peter Straub, Kris Straub

The Structure and Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics cover

3. The Structure and Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

by R. I. G. Hughes

Creativity from Constraints: The Psychology of Breakthrough cover

4. Creativity from Constraints: The Psychology of Breakthrough

by Patricia D. Stokes

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

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

by Garr Reynolds

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How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character cover

6. How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character

by Paul Tough

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Who Owns the Future? cover

7. Who Owns the Future?

by Jaron Lanier

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Statistical Models and Causal Inference: A Dialogue with the Social Sciences cover

8. Statistical Models and Causal Inference: A Dialogue with the Social Sciences

by David A. Freedman

Calculus Made Easy cover

9. Calculus Made Easy

by Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner

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Symbol Sourcebook: An Authoritative Guide to International Graphic Symbols cover

10. Symbol Sourcebook: An Authoritative Guide to International Graphic Symbols

by Henry Dreyfuss

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Concepts of Programming Languages (10th Edition) cover

11. Concepts of Programming Languages (10th Edition)

by Robert W. Sebesta

Quantum Computing since Democritus cover

12. Quantum Computing since Democritus

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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) cover

13. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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A Time of Little Choice: The Disintegration of Tribal Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1769-1810 (Ballena Press Anthropological Papers ; No) cover

14. A Time of Little Choice: The Disintegration of Tribal Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1769-1810 (Ballena Press Anthropological Papers ; No)

by Randall Milliken

The Female Brain cover

15. The Female Brain

by Louann Brizendine, MD

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Jack: Straight from the Gut cover

16. Jack: Straight from the Gut

by Jack Welch, John A. Byrne

Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (2nd Edition) cover

17. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (2nd Edition)

by David Jeffery Griffiths

Showstopper! the Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft cover

18. Showstopper! the Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft

by Pascal G. Zachary

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The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger cover

19. The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger

by Marc Levinson

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Liar's Poker (Norton Paperback) cover

20. Liar's Poker (Norton Paperback)

by Michael Lewis

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The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy cover

21. The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy

by Adam Tooze

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The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature cover

22. The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

by Matt Ridley

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ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW IN BUSINESS I LEARNED AT MICROSOFT: Insider Strategies to Help You Succeed cover

23. ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW IN BUSINESS I LEARNED AT MICROSOFT: Insider Strategies to Help You Succeed

by Julie Bick

What Intelligence Tests Miss: The Psychology of Rational Thought cover

24. What Intelligence Tests Miss: The Psychology of Rational Thought

by Keith E. Stanovich

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Becoming a Supple Leopard: The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance cover

25. Becoming a Supple Leopard: The Ultimate Guide to Resolving Pain, Preventing Injury, and Optimizing Athletic Performance

by Kelly Starrett, Glen Cordoza

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My Lobotomy: A Memoir cover

26. My Lobotomy: A Memoir

by Howard Dully, Charles Fleming

Dinner with Friends (TCG Edition) cover

27. Dinner with Friends (TCG Edition)

by Donald Margulies

How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World: A Handbook for Personal Liberty cover

28. How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World: A Handbook for Personal Liberty

by Harry Browne

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Are We Getting Smarter?: Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century cover

29. Are We Getting Smarter?: Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century

by James R. Flynn

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Brave New World cover

30. Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

To Kill a Mockingbird cover

31. To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

The Road cover

32. The Road

by Cormac McCarthy

A Thousand Splendid Suns cover

33. A Thousand Splendid Suns

by Khaled Hosseini

The Painted Bird cover

34. The Painted Bird

by Jerzy Kosinski

Burmese Days: A Novel cover

35. Burmese Days: A Novel

by George Orwell

The Catcher in the Rye cover

36. The Catcher in the Rye

by J.D. Salinger

For Whom the Bell Tolls cover

37. For Whom the Bell Tolls

by Ernest Hemingway

Catch-22: 50th Anniversary Edition cover

38. Catch-22: 50th Anniversary Edition

by Joseph Heller

The Sun Also Rises cover

39. The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest Hemingway

Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success cover

40. Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success

by Adam Grant

An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

41. An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by John Robinson Pierce

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Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World. cover

42. Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World.

by Bruce Schneier

Essential System Administration cover

43. Essential System Administration

by AEleen Frisch

HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites cover

44. HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites

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SQL Cookbook (Cookbooks (O'Reilly)) cover

45. SQL Cookbook (Cookbooks (O'Reilly))

by Anthony Molinaro