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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Oct 7, 2013 - Oct 14, 2013

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Algorithms (4th Edition) cover

1. Algorithms (4th Edition)

by Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne

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

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

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

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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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Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

4. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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Harried Leisure Class cover

5. Harried Leisure Class

by Staffan Burenstam Linder

From Third World to First: The Singapore Story - 1965-2000 cover

6. From Third World to First: The Singapore Story - 1965-2000

by Lee Kuan Yew

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Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation (3rd Edition) cover

7. Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation (3rd Edition)

by John E. Hopcroft, Rajeev Motwani, Jeffrey D. Ullman

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Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent cover

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

by Harvey Silverglate

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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) cover

9. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Markets, Speculation and the State cover

10. Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Markets, Speculation and the State

by William H. Janeway

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The Book of Five Rings cover

11. The Book of Five Rings

by Miyamoto Musashi

The Art of War cover

12. The Art of War

by Sunzi

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Behavioral Genetics cover

13. Behavioral Genetics

by Robert Plomin

Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century, Twentieth Anniversary Edition cover

14. Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century, Twentieth Anniversary Edition

by Greil Marcus

Professional Assembly Language cover

15. Professional Assembly Language

by Richard Blum

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Assembly Language for Intel-Based Computers (5th Edition) cover

16. Assembly Language for Intel-Based Computers (5th Edition)

by Kip R. Irvine

Computer Architecture, Fifth Edition: A Quantitative Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

17. Computer Architecture, Fifth Edition: A Quantitative Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

by John L. Hennessy

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Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings cover

18. Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings

by Zhuangzi, G. Cox, P. Lowe, M. Winter, A.C. (Translator) Graham

Basic Korean: A Grammar and Workbook (Grammar Workbooks) cover

19. Basic Korean: A Grammar and Workbook (Grammar Workbooks)

by Andrew Sangpil Byon

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas cover

20. Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

by Seymour A. Papert

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Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy cover

21. Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy

by Matthew R. Simmons

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us cover

22. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

by Daniel H. Pink

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The Unix Programming Environment (Prentice-Hall Software Series) cover

23. The Unix Programming Environment (Prentice-Hall Software Series)

by Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike

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Computer Crime Law, 2d (American Casebook) cover

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

by Orin S. Kerr

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The Chair: Rethinking Culture, Body, and Design cover

25. The Chair: Rethinking Culture, Body, and Design

by Galen Cranz

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Anarchy, State, and Utopia cover

26. Anarchy, State, and Utopia

by Robert Nozick

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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History cover

27. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

by S. C. Gwynne

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Integrated Korean: Beginning 1, 2nd Edition (Klear Textbooks in Korean Language) cover

28. Integrated Korean: Beginning 1, 2nd Edition (Klear Textbooks in Korean Language)

by Young-mee Yu Cho, Hyo Sang Lee, Carol Schulz, Ho-min Sohn, Sung-Ock Sohn

Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering cover

29. Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering

by Robert L. Glass

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How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World: A Handbook for Personal Liberty cover

30. How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World: A Handbook for Personal Liberty

by Harry Browne

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Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print cover

31. Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print

by Lawrence Block

Automate This: How Algorithms Took Over Our Markets, Our Jobs, and the World cover

32. Automate This: How Algorithms Took Over Our Markets, Our Jobs, and the World

by Christopher Steiner

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Class: A Guide Through the American Status System cover

33. Class: A Guide Through the American Status System

by Paul Fussell

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