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

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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business cover

1. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

by Charles Duhigg

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So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love cover

2. So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love

by Cal Newport

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High Performance JavaScript cover

3. High Performance JavaScript

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Earth's Climate: Past and Future cover

4. Earth's Climate: Past and Future

by William F. Ruddiman

Tcl and the Tk Toolkit cover

5. Tcl and the Tk Toolkit

by John K. Ousterhout, Ken Jones

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Science and Relativism: Some Key Controversies in the Philosophy of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series) cover

6. Science and Relativism: Some Key Controversies in the Philosophy of Science (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)

by Larry Laudan

The Motivation Hacker cover

7. The Motivation Hacker

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The Measure of Man and Woman: Human Factors in Design cover

8. The Measure of Man and Woman: Human Factors in Design

by Alvin R. Tilley, Henry Dreyfuss Associates

Radio Congo: Signals of Hope from Africa's Deadliest War cover

9. Radio Congo: Signals of Hope from Africa's Deadliest War

by Ben Rawlence

The Scientist as Rebel (New York Review Books (Paperback)) cover

10. The Scientist as Rebel (New York Review Books (Paperback))

by Freeman Dyson

Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain cover

11. Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

by John J. Ratey

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Inside Isapi cover

12. Inside Isapi

by Kevin Clements

The Nature of Paleolithic Art cover

13. The Nature of Paleolithic Art

by R. Dale Guthrie

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Zidbits: Learn something new today! Volume 1 cover

14. Zidbits: Learn something new today! Volume 1

by Z. B. Charles

Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980 cover

15. Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980

by Charles Murray

Million Dollar Consulting: The Professional's Guide to Growing a Practice cover

16. Million Dollar Consulting: The Professional's Guide to Growing a Practice

by Alan Weiss

Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

17. Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Ian Stewart

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Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It cover

18. Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It

by Gary Taubes

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How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes cover

19. How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes

by Peter D. Schiff, Andrew J. Schiff

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The Cross-Time Engineer (Adventures of Conrad Stargard, Book 1) cover

20. The Cross-Time Engineer (Adventures of Conrad Stargard, Book 1)

by Leo Frankowski

The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation cover

21. The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation

by Matthew Dixon, Brent Adamson

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When Money Dies: The Nightmare of Deficit Spending, Devaluation, and Hyperinflation in Weimar Germany cover

22. When Money Dies: The Nightmare of Deficit Spending, Devaluation, and Hyperinflation in Weimar Germany

by Adam Fergusson

Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle (Vintage Departures) cover

23. Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle (Vintage Departures)

by Daniel L. Everett

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Programming Collective Intelligence cover

24. Programming Collective Intelligence

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Modern Times Revised Edition: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties (Perennial Classics) cover

25. Modern Times Revised Edition: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties (Perennial Classics)

by Paul Johnson

Becoming a Supple Leopard, 1st Edition: The Ultimate Guide To Resolving Pain Preventing Injury And Opti cover

26. Becoming a Supple Leopard, 1st Edition: The Ultimate Guide To Resolving Pain Preventing Injury And Opti

by Kelly Starrett, Glen Cordoza

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The Dating Game: One Man's Search for the Age of the Earth cover

27. The Dating Game: One Man's Search for the Age of the Earth

by Cherry Lewis

The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History cover

28. The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History

by Gregory Zuckerman

The Big Short cover

29. The Big Short

by Michael M. Lewis

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Foundation cover

30. Foundation

by Isaac Asimov

Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond cover

31. Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond

by Deepak Malhotra, Max Bazerman

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Lucifer's Hammer: A Novel cover

32. Lucifer's Hammer: A Novel

by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

Working Effectively with Legacy Code (Robert C. Martin Series) cover

33. Working Effectively with Legacy Code (Robert C. Martin Series)

by Michael C. Feathers

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