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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jan 14, 2013 - Jan 21, 2013

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Web Design for ROI: Turning Browsers into Buyers & Prospects into Leads cover

1. Web Design for ROI: Turning Browsers into Buyers & Prospects into Leads

by Lance Loveday, Sandra Niehaus
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Programming iOS 5 cover

2. Programming iOS 5

by Matt Neuburg
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Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West cover

3. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

by Blaine Harden
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business cover

4. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

by Neil Postman
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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction cover

5. On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction

by William Zinsser
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The Non-Designer's Design Book cover

6. The Non-Designer's Design Book

by Robin Williams
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The Internet is a Playground: Irreverent Correspondences of an Evil Online Genius cover

7. The Internet is a Playground: Irreverent Correspondences of an Evil Online Genius

by David Thorne
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Crisp: Notes on Graphic Design and Visual Communication cover

8. Crisp: Notes on Graphic Design and Visual Communication

by Gregg Berryman
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PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance cover

9. PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance

by Gregory Smith
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Envisioning Information cover

10. Envisioning Information

by Edward R. Tufte
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Computer Crime Law, 2d (American Casebook) cover

11. Computer Crime Law, 2d (American Casebook)

by Orin S. Kerr
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Language in Thought and Action: Fifth Edition cover

12. Language in Thought and Action: Fifth Edition

by Samuel Ichiyé Hayakawa, Alan R. Hayakawa
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Murphy's Law: The 26th Anniversary Edition cover

13. Murphy's Law: The 26th Anniversary Edition

by Arthur Bloch
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) cover

14. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)

by Richard Phillips Feynman, Ralph Leighton
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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition cover

15. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

by Robert B. Cialdini
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The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature cover

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

by Matt Ridley
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Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (10th Edition) cover

17. Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (10th Edition)

by Joseph M. Williams, Gregory G. Colomb
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Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent cover

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

by Harvey Silverglate
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How Would You Move Mount Fuji?: Microsoft's Cult of the Puzzle -- How the World's Smartest Companies Select the Most Creative Thinkers cover

19. How Would You Move Mount Fuji?: Microsoft's Cult of the Puzzle -- How the World's Smartest Companies Select the Most Creative Thinkers

by William Poundstone
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Liberty in Eclipse cover

20. Liberty in Eclipse

by William Norman Grigg
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With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful cover

21. With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful

by Glenn Greenwald
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The Tyranny of Good Intentions: How Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Are Trampling the Constitution in the Name of Justice cover

22. The Tyranny of Good Intentions: How Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Are Trampling the Constitution in the Name of Justice

by Paul Craig Roberts, Lawrence M. Stratton
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Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea cover

23. Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea

by Barbara Demick
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Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea cover

24. Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

by Guy Delisle
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine cover

25. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

by Michael M. Lewis
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Team Geek cover

26. Team Geek

by Brian Fitzpatrick, Ben Collins-Sussman
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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography cover

27. The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

by Simon Singh
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The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger cover

28. The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger

by Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett
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Blondie24: Playing at the Edge of AI (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Artificial Intelligence) cover

29. Blondie24: Playing at the Edge of AI (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Artificial Intelligence)

by David B. Fogel
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747: Creating the World's First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures from a Life in Aviation cover

30. 747: Creating the World's First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures from a Life in Aviation

by Joe Sutter, Jay Spenser
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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society cover

31. On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

by Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman
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Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Ind ependence: Revised and Updated for the 21st Century cover

32. Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Ind ependence: Revised and Updated for the 21st Century

by Vicki Robin, Joe Dominguez
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Designing with the Mind in Mind: Simple Guide to Understanding User Interface Design Rules cover

33. Designing with the Mind in Mind: Simple Guide to Understanding User Interface Design Rules

by Johnson, Jeff Ph. D.
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The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity cover

34. The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity

by Steven Henry Strogatz
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Database: A Primer (Micro computer books) cover

35. Database: A Primer (Micro computer books)

by C. J. Date
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The Design of Everyday Things cover

36. The Design of Everyday Things

by Donald A. Norman
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The Pc is not a typewriter cover

37. The Pc is not a typewriter

by Robin Williams
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