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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jun 17, 2013 - Jun 24, 2013

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Broken Piano for President cover

1. Broken Piano for President

by Patrick Wensink

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The Chinese Revolution in Historical Perspective, 2nd Edition cover

2. The Chinese Revolution in Historical Perspective, 2nd Edition

by John E. Schrecker

Who cover

3. Who

by Geoff Smart, Randy Street

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Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) cover

4. Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)

by Tom Vanderbilt

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How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer cover

5. How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer

by Sarah Bakewell

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The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985 - 1993 cover

6. The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985 - 1993

by Jordan Mechner

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The Making of Karateka: Journals 1982-1985 cover

7. The Making of Karateka: Journals 1982-1985

by Jordan Mechner

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Mastering Nginx cover

8. Mastering Nginx

by Dipankar Sarkar, Dimitri Aivaliotis

Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces cover

9. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces

by Radley Balko

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The Flight of the Falcon: The True Story of the Escape and Manhunt for America's Most Wanted Spy cover

10. The Flight of the Falcon: The True Story of the Escape and Manhunt for America's Most Wanted Spy

by Robert Lindsey

Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers cover

11. Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers

by Jan Gullberg

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Digital Circuit Design for Computer Science Students: An Introductory Textbook cover

12. Digital Circuit Design for Computer Science Students: An Introductory Textbook

by Niklaus Wirth

Computation Structures (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) cover

13. Computation Structures (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

by Stephen A. Ward, Robert H. Halstead

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses cover

14. The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

by Eric Ries

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The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition cover

15. The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition

by Donald C. Shoup

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Reckoning with Risk: Learning to Live with Uncertainty cover

16. Reckoning with Risk: Learning to Live with Uncertainty

by Gerd Gigerenzer

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The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists cover

17. The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists

by Neil Strauss

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The Pickup Artist: The New and Improved Art of Seduction cover

18. The Pickup Artist: The New and Improved Art of Seduction

by Mystery

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

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

by Daniel J. Solove

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Facing Violence: Preparing for the Unexpected cover

20. Facing Violence: Preparing for the Unexpected

by Rory Miller

Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions cover

21. Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions

by Cass R. Sunstein, Martha Craven Nussbaum

Understanding Privacy cover

22. Understanding Privacy

by Daniel J. Solove

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Foundations of Python Network Programming: The comprehensive guide to building network applications with Python (Books for Professionals by Professionals) cover

23. Foundations of Python Network Programming: The comprehensive guide to building network applications with Python (Books for Professionals by Professionals)

by Brandon Rhodes

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Realm of Racket: Learn to Program, One Game at a Time! cover

24. Realm of Racket: Learn to Program, One Game at a Time!

by Matthias Felleisen, David Van Horn, Conrad Barski, Northeastern University Students

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Violent Python: A Cookbook for Hackers, Forensic Analysts, Penetration Testers and Security Engineers cover

25. Violent Python: A Cookbook for Hackers, Forensic Analysts, Penetration Testers and Security Engineers

by TJ O'Connor

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On Numbers and Games cover

26. On Numbers and Games

by John H. Conway

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Gray Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Reverse Engineers cover

27. Gray Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Reverse Engineers

by Justin Seitz

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The Shadow Factory: The NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America cover

28. The Shadow Factory: The NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America

by James Bamford

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Arrest-Proof Yourself: An Ex-Cop Reveals How Easy It Is for Anyone to Get Arrested, How Even a Single Arrest Could Ruin Your Life, and What to Do If the Police Get in Your Face cover

29. Arrest-Proof Yourself: An Ex-Cop Reveals How Easy It Is for Anyone to Get Arrested, How Even a Single Arrest Could Ruin Your Life, and What to Do If the Police Get in Your Face

by Dale C. Carson, Wes Denham

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PopCo cover

30. PopCo

by Scarlett Thomas

Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet cover

31. Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet

by Andrew Blum

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Contagious: Why Things Catch On cover

32. Contagious: Why Things Catch On

by Jonah Berger

Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier cover

33. Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier

by Edward Ludwig Glaeser

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In Defense of Flogging cover

34. In Defense of Flogging

by Peter Moskos

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Machine Learning for Hackers cover

35. Machine Learning for Hackers

by Drew Conway, John White

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Inspired: How To Create Products Customers Love cover

36. Inspired: How To Create Products Customers Love

by Marty Cagan

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