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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jul 8, 2013 - Jul 15, 2013

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

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

by James Bamford

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Back to Our Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live in Now--Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Everything cover

2. Back to Our Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live in Now--Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Everything

by David J. Sirota

In Our Hands : A Plan To Replace The Welfare State cover

3. In Our Hands : A Plan To Replace The Welfare State

by Charles A. Murray

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What's Wrong With a Free Lunch? (New Democracy Forum) cover

4. What's Wrong With a Free Lunch? (New Democracy Forum)

by Philippe Van Parijs

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The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order (Council on Foreign Relations Books (Princeton University Press)) cover

5. The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order (Council on Foreign Relations Books (Princeton University Press))

by Benn Steil

ClojureScript: Up and Running cover

6. ClojureScript: Up and Running

by Stuart Sierra, Luke VanderHart

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Professional Software Development: Shorter Schedules, Higher Quality Products, More Successful Projects, Enhanced Careers cover

7. Professional Software Development: Shorter Schedules, Higher Quality Products, More Successful Projects, Enhanced Careers

by Steve McConnell

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For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs cover

8. For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs

by Robert A. Heinlein

The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires cover

9. The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

by Tim Wu

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Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy cover

10. Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy

by Thomas Sowell

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Air Disaster (Vol. 2) cover

11. Air Disaster (Vol. 2)

by Macarthur Job

Air Disaster, Vol. 1 cover

12. Air Disaster, Vol. 1

by Macarthur Job

Tools of the Trade (Monograph Book) cover

13. Tools of the Trade (Monograph Book)

by Paul J. Sally (Jr.)

Silence: Lectures and Writings, 50th Anniversary Edition cover

14. Silence: Lectures and Writings, 50th Anniversary Edition

by John Cage

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Markets Not Capitalism: Individualist Anarchism Against Bosses, Inequality, Corporate Power, and Structural Poverty cover

15. Markets Not Capitalism: Individualist Anarchism Against Bosses, Inequality, Corporate Power, and Structural Poverty

by Gary Chartier, Charles W. Johnson

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The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia (Kodansha Globe) cover

16. The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia (Kodansha Globe)

by Peter Hopkirk

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Contracts: Examples and Explanations (Examples & Explanations Series) cover

17. Contracts: Examples and Explanations (Examples & Explanations Series)

by Brian A. Blum

Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America cover

18. Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America

by Jeff Ryan

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When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress cover

19. When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress

by Gabor Maté, MD

The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems cover

20. The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems

by Jef Raskin

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Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions cover

21. Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

by Dan Ariely

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An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases cover

22. An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases

by Moises Velasquez-Manoff

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Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude cover

23. Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude

by Robert Baer

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The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws cover

24. The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws

by Dafydd Stuttard, Marcus Pinto

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The Zenith Angle cover

25. The Zenith Angle

by Bruce Sterling

Poka-Yoke: Improving Product Quality by Preventing Defects cover

26. Poka-Yoke: Improving Product Quality by Preventing Defects

by Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun

The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production-- Toyota's Secret Weapon in the Global Car Wars That Is Now Revolutionizing World Industry cover

27. The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production-- Toyota's Secret Weapon in the Global Car Wars That Is Now Revolutionizing World Industry

by James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, Daniel Roos

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First, Break All The Rules: What The Worlds Greatest Managers Do Differently cover

28. First, Break All The Rules: What The Worlds Greatest Managers Do Differently

by Curt Coffman

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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment cover

29. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

by Eckhart Tolle

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In the Gravest Extreme: The Role of the Firearm in Personal Protection cover

30. In the Gravest Extreme: The Role of the Firearm in Personal Protection

by Massad F. Ayoob

Models: Attract Women Through Honesty cover

31. Models: Attract Women Through Honesty

by Mark Manson

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How to Win Friends & Influence People cover

32. How to Win Friends & Influence People

by Dale Carnegie

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Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony cover

33. Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony

by Jeff Ashton

Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton (Cambridge Paperback Library) cover

34. Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton (Cambridge Paperback Library)

by Richard S. Westfall

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Climbing Mount Improbable cover

35. Climbing Mount Improbable

by Richard Dawkins