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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Sep 16, 2013 - Sep 23, 2013

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The Hipster Handbook cover

1. The Hipster Handbook

by Robert Lanham

Great Mambo Chicken And The Transhuman Condition: Science Slightly Over The Edge cover

2. Great Mambo Chicken And The Transhuman Condition: Science Slightly Over The Edge

by Ed Regis

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Game Over: How Nintendo Conquered The World cover

3. Game Over: How Nintendo Conquered The World

by David Sheff

An Island to Oneself cover

4. An Island to Oneself

by Tom Neale

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Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition cover

5. Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition

by Mark Rippetoe, Lon Kilgore

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Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners cover

6. Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners

by Larry Harris

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15 Minutes: General Curtis LeMay and the Countdown to Nuclear Annihilation cover

7. 15 Minutes: General Curtis LeMay and the Countdown to Nuclear Annihilation

by L. Douglas Keeney

Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking cover

8. Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking

by Daniel C Dennett

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Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming (2nd Edition) cover

9. Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming (2nd Edition)

by Clemens Szyperski, Dominik Gruntz, Stephan Murer

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Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification cover

10. Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification

by Christopher Peterson, Martin E. P. Seligman

Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices) cover

11. Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art (Developer Best Practices)

by Steve McConnell

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The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small cover

12. The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small

by John Gall

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

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

by Radley Balko

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Mastering Your PhD: Survival and Success in the Doctoral Years and Beyond cover

14. Mastering Your PhD: Survival and Success in the Doctoral Years and Beyond

by Patricia Gosling, Lambertus D. Noordam

The RSpec Book: Behaviour Driven Development with RSpec, Cucumber, and Friends (Facets of Ruby) cover

15. The RSpec Book: Behaviour Driven Development with RSpec, Cucumber, and Friends (Facets of Ruby)

by David Chelimsky

Distributed Algorithms (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

16. Distributed Algorithms (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by Nancy A. Lynch

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Purely Functional Data Structures cover

17. Purely Functional Data Structures

by Chris Okasaki

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The Functional Approach to Programming cover

18. The Functional Approach to Programming

by Guy Cousineau, Michel Mauny

The Algorithm Design Manual cover

19. The Algorithm Design Manual

by Steven S Skiena

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Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design cover

20. Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design

by Richard Bird

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Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press) cover

21. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press)

by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein

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Fourier Analysis: An Introduction (Princeton Lectures in Analysis) cover

22. Fourier Analysis: An Introduction (Princeton Lectures in Analysis)

by Elias M. Stein, Rami Shakarchi

Calculus, Vol. 1: One-Variable Calculus, with an Introduction to Linear Algebra cover

23. Calculus, Vol. 1: One-Variable Calculus, with an Introduction to Linear Algebra

by Tom M. Apostol

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Calculus, 4th edition cover

24. Calculus, 4th edition

by Michael Spivak

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Calculus, Vol. 2: Multi-Variable Calculus and Linear Algebra with Applications to Differential Equations and Probability cover

25. Calculus, Vol. 2: Multi-Variable Calculus and Linear Algebra with Applications to Differential Equations and Probability

by Tom M. Apostol

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China's Urban Billion: The Story behind the Biggest Migration in Human History (Asian Arguments) cover

26. China's Urban Billion: The Story behind the Biggest Migration in Human History (Asian Arguments)

by Tom Miller

Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time cover

27. Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time

by Brian Tracy

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Clojure Programming cover

28. Clojure Programming

by Chas Emerick, Brian Carper, Christophe Grand

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The Connection Machine (Artificial Intelligence) cover

29. The Connection Machine (Artificial Intelligence)

by W. Daniel Hillis

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Street Fight: The Struggle over Urban Mobility in San Francisco cover

30. Street Fight: The Struggle over Urban Mobility in San Francisco

by Jason Henderson

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LED Lighting: A Primer to Lighting the Future cover

31. LED Lighting: A Primer to Lighting the Future

by Sal Cangeloso

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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software cover

32. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

by Charles Petzold

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Plundering the Public Sector: How New Labour are Letting Consultants Run off with GBP70 Billion of Our Money cover

33. Plundering the Public Sector: How New Labour are Letting Consultants Run off with GBP70 Billion of Our Money

by David Craig, Richard Brooks

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The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance cover

34. The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance

by W. Timothy Gallwey

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Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 3rd Edition cover

35. Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 3rd Edition

by John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson, David Goldberg

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Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game (2nd Edition) cover

36. Agile Software Development: The Cooperative Game (2nd Edition)

by Alistair Cockburn

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Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman cover

37. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

by Daniel Kahneman

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

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

by Joshua Foer

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Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change, 2nd Edition (The XP Series) cover

39. Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change, 2nd Edition (The XP Series)

by Kent Beck, Cynthia Andres

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The Art of Agile Development cover

40. The Art of Agile Development

by James Shore, Shane Warden

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Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change cover

41. Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change

by Kent Beck

Agile Software Development with Scrum (Series in Agile Software Development) cover

42. Agile Software Development with Scrum (Series in Agile Software Development)

by Ken Schwaber, Mike Beedle

Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business cover

43. Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business

by David J. Anderson

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Developing Bioinformatics Computer Skills cover

44. Developing Bioinformatics Computer Skills

by Cynthia Gibas, Per Jambeck