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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Aug 12, 2013 - Aug 19, 2013

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Dark Waters:: An Insider's Account of the NR-1 The Cold War's Undercover Nuclear Sub cover

1. Dark Waters:: An Insider's Account of the NR-1 The Cold War's Undercover Nuclear Sub

by Lee Vyborny, Donald Davis

Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage cover

2. Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage

by Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew

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The Rocket Company (Library of Flight) cover

3. The Rocket Company (Library of Flight)

by Patrick J. G. Stiennon, David M. Hoerr

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A Victorian Handbook of Mechanical Movements cover

4. A Victorian Handbook of Mechanical Movements

by Thomas Walter Barber

1800 Mechanical Movements, Devices and Appliances (Dover Science Books) cover

5. 1800 Mechanical Movements, Devices and Appliances (Dover Science Books)

by Gardner Dexter Hiscox

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507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices (Dover Science Books) cover

6. 507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices (Dover Science Books)

by Henry T. Brown

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It's Not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome!: RSI Theory and Therapy for Computer Professionals cover

7. It's Not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome!: RSI Theory and Therapy for Computer Professionals

by Suparna Damany, Jack Bellis

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The Theory of Horology cover

8. The Theory of Horology

by Charles-André Reymondin, Georges Monnier, Didier Jeanneret, Umberto Pelaratti

Practical Benchwork for Horologists cover

9. Practical Benchwork for Horologists

by Louis Levin, Samuel Levin

Why Does College Cost So Much? cover

10. Why Does College Cost So Much?

by Robert B. Archibald, David H. Feldman

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This Machine Kills Secrets: How WikiLeakers, Cypherpunks, and Hacktivists Aim to Free the World's Informatio n cover

11. This Machine Kills Secrets: How WikiLeakers, Cypherpunks, and Hacktivists Aim to Free the World's Informatio n

by Andy Greenberg

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Elite Deviance (9th Edition) cover

12. Elite Deviance (9th Edition)

by David R. Simon

The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain cover

13. The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain

by John E. Sarno

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Product Design and Development cover

14. Product Design and Development

by Karl T. Ulrich, Steven D. Eppinger

Machine Design (4th Edition) cover

15. Machine Design (4th Edition)

by Robert L. Norton

Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything cover

16. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

by Joshua Foer

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Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment cover

17. Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment

by George Leonard

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Walden on Wheels: On The Open Road from Debt to Freedom cover

18. Walden on Wheels: On The Open Road from Debt to Freedom

by Ken Ilgunas

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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer cover

19. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses cover

20. Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses

by Richard Arum, Josipa Roksa

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

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

by Neil Postman

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The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid Oliver Byrne cover

22. The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid Oliver Byrne

by Euclid, Oliver Byrne, Werner Oechslin

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Coherence, Reference, and the Theory of Grammar cover

23. Coherence, Reference, and the Theory of Grammar

by Andrew Kehler

Death March (2nd Edition) cover

24. Death March (2nd Edition)

by Edward Yourdon

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Being No One: The Self-Model Theory of Subjectivity (MIT Press) cover

25. Being No One: The Self-Model Theory of Subjectivity (MIT Press)

by Thomas Metzinger

Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking cover

26. Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking

by Douglas Hofstadter, Emmanuel Sander

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Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them cover

27. Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them

by Al Franken

28. "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character

by Richard Phillips Feynman, Ralph Leighton

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Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight cover

29. Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight

by M.E. Thomas

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The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry cover

30. The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry

by Jon Ronson

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Confessions of a Public Speaker (English and English Edition) cover

31. Confessions of a Public Speaker (English and English Edition)

by Scott Berkun

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Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us cover

32. Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us

by Robert D. Hare

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Cryptography Engineering: Design Principles and Practical Applications cover

33. Cryptography Engineering: Design Principles and Practical Applications

by Niels Ferguson, Bruce Schneier, Tadayoshi Kohno

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Book Yourself Solid: The Fastest, Easiest, and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle Even if You Hate Marketing and Selling cover

34. Book Yourself Solid: The Fastest, Easiest, and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle Even if You Hate Marketing and Selling

by Michael Port

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Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. cover

35. Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.

by Ron Chernow

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Fortune's Children cover

36. Fortune's Children

by Arthur T. Vanderbilt

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature cover

37. The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

by Steven Pinker, Victor Bevine, Roc Filella Escolà, ʻImanuʾel Loṭem

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Cyclecraft: Skilled Cycling Techniques for Adults cover

38. Cyclecraft: Skilled Cycling Techniques for Adults

by John Franklin

Piano: The Making of a Steinway Concert Grand cover

39. Piano: The Making of a Steinway Concert Grand

by James Barron

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers cover

40. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

by Mary Roach

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Men and Feminism: Seal Studies cover

41. Men and Feminism: Seal Studies

by Shira Tarrant

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking cover

42. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

by Susan Cain

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Numerical Recipes in Fortran 77: The Art of Scientific Computing cover

43. Numerical Recipes in Fortran 77: The Art of Scientific Computing

by William H. Press, Brian P. Flannery, Saul A. Teukolsky, William T. Vetterling