Hacker News Books for 2014

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Hacker News Books for 2014

Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News during 2014.

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The Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command cover

301. The Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command

by Andrew Gordon

The World's Wasted Wealth 2: Save Our Wealth, Save Our Environment cover

302. The World's Wasted Wealth 2: Save Our Wealth, Save Our Environment

by J. W. Smith

The Book of Yields: Accuracy in Food Costing and Purchasing 8th Edition with Professional Chef 9th Edition Set cover

303. The Book of Yields: Accuracy in Food Costing and Purchasing 8th Edition with Professional Chef 9th Edition Set

by Culinary Institute of America, Francis T. Lynch

Blitzcat cover

304. Blitzcat

by Robert Westall

Hallucinations cover

305. Hallucinations

by Oliver Sacks

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The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present cover

306. The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present

by Eric Kandel

Bock (Classic Beer Style) cover

307. Bock (Classic Beer Style)

by Darryl Richman

Data Science at the Command Line cover

308. Data Science at the Command Line

by Jeroen Janssens

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Concept and Reality in Early Buddhist Thought cover

309. Concept and Reality in Early Buddhist Thought

by Ñāṇananda (Bhikkhu), Nanananda (bhikkhu, monaco buddhista.), Buddhist Publication Society

The Magic of the Mind: An Exposition of the Kalakarama Sutta cover

310. The Magic of the Mind: An Exposition of the Kalakarama Sutta

by Ñāṇananda (Bhikkhu)

Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works, Third Edition (3rd Edition) (Graphic Design & Visual Communication Courses) cover

311. Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works, Third Edition (3rd Edition) (Graphic Design & Visual Communication Courses)

by Erik Spiekermann

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The Space Elevator: A Revolutionary Earth-to-Space Transportation System cover

312. The Space Elevator: A Revolutionary Earth-to-Space Transportation System

by Bradley C. Edwards, Eric A. Westling

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Straight and Crooked Thinking cover

313. Straight and Crooked Thinking

by Robert Henry Thouless

The Power of Habit cover

314. The Power of Habit

by Charles Duhigg

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The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism cover

315. The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism

by Trevor Aaronson

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Brotherhood of Kings: How International Relations Shaped the Ancient Near East cover

316. Brotherhood of Kings: How International Relations Shaped the Ancient Near East

by Amanda H. Podany

Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition cover

317. Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition

by Steve McConnell

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Concepts in Enterprise Resource Planning cover

318. Concepts in Enterprise Resource Planning

by Ellen Monk, Bret Wagner

Enterprise Resource Planning cover

319. Enterprise Resource Planning

by Bret Wagner, Ellen Monk

Effective JavaScript: 68 Specific Ways to Harness the Power of JavaScript (Effective Software Development Series) cover

320. Effective JavaScript: 68 Specific Ways to Harness the Power of JavaScript (Effective Software Development Series)

by David Herman

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The Case Against Punishment: Retribution, Crime Prevention, and the Law cover

321. The Case Against Punishment: Retribution, Crime Prevention, and the Law

by Deirdre Golash

Life Without Bread: How a Low-Carbohydrate Diet Can Save Your Life cover

322. Life Without Bread: How a Low-Carbohydrate Diet Can Save Your Life

by Christian Allen, Wolfgang Lutz

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage: A novel cover

323. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage: A novel

by Haruki Murakami

Quantum Computing since Democritus cover

324. Quantum Computing since Democritus

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Cake-Cutting Algorithms: Be Fair if You Can cover

325. Cake-Cutting Algorithms: Be Fair if You Can

by Jack Robertson, William Webb

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Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud cover

326. Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud

by Brendan Gregg

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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software cover

327. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides

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Memoirs Found in a Bathtub cover

328. Memoirs Found in a Bathtub

by Stanisław Lem

The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining: How to Make and Drink Whiskey cover

329. The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining: How to Make and Drink Whiskey

by David Haskell

Operating System Concepts with Java cover

330. Operating System Concepts with Java

by Abraham Silberschatz, Peter B. Galvin, Greg Gagne

The Housing Trap: How Buyers Are Captured And Abused And How To Defend Yourself cover

331. The Housing Trap: How Buyers Are Captured And Abused And How To Defend Yourself

by Patrick Killelea

The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power cover

332. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power

by Daniel Yergin

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An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases cover

333. An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases

by Moises Velasquez-Manoff

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Blind Lake cover

334. Blind Lake

by Robert Charles Wilson

Head First Design Patterns cover

335. Head First Design Patterns

by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson, Elisabeth Freeman, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates

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Learning JavaScript Design Patterns cover

336. Learning JavaScript Design Patterns

by Addy Osmani

Design Patterns in Ruby cover

337. Design Patterns in Ruby

by Russ Olsen

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On Competition, Updated and Expanded Edition cover

338. On Competition, Updated and Expanded Edition

by Michael E. Porter

The Future of Competition: Co-Creating Unique Value With Customers cover

339. The Future of Competition: Co-Creating Unique Value With Customers

by C. K Prahalad

The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production-- Toyota's Secret Weapon in the Global Car Wars That Is Now Revolutionizing World Industry cover

340. The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production-- Toyota's Secret Weapon in the Global Car Wars That Is Now Revolutionizing World Industry

by James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, Daniel Roos

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Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters cover

341. Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters

by Richard Rumelt

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Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance cover

342. Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance

by Michael E. Porter

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Working Knowledge cover

343. Working Knowledge

by Thomas H. Davenport, Laurence Prusak

Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant cover

344. Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant

by W. Chan Kim

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Common Knowledge: How Companies Thrive by Sharing What They Know cover

345. Common Knowledge: How Companies Thrive by Sharing What They Know

by Nancy M. Dixon, Nancy M. Dixon

Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy cover

346. Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy

by Joan Magretta

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The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action cover

347. The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action

by Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton

If Only We Knew What We Know: The Transfer of Internal Knowledge and Best Practice cover

348. If Only We Knew What We Know: The Transfer of Internal Knowledge and Best Practice

by C. Jackson Grayson, Carla O'dell

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The Strategy-Focused Organization: How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business Environment cover

349. The Strategy-Focused Organization: How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business Environment

by Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton

Strategy Maps: Converting Intangible Assets into Tangible Outcomes cover

350. Strategy Maps: Converting Intangible Assets into Tangible Outcomes

by Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton

A Speeder's Guide to Avoiding Tickets cover

351. A Speeder's Guide to Avoiding Tickets

by James M. Eagen

F'D Companies: Spectacular Dot-com Flameouts cover

352. F'D Companies: Spectacular Dot-com Flameouts

by Philip J. Kaplan

The Acoustical Foundations of Music (Second Edition) cover

353. The Acoustical Foundations of Music (Second Edition)

by John Backus

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Her Majesty's Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage cover

354. Her Majesty's Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage

by Stephen Budiansky

The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg cover

355. The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg

by Nicholas Dawidoff

How to Cook Everything Fast: A Better Way to Cook Great Food cover

356. How to Cook Everything Fast: A Better Way to Cook Great Food

by Mark Bittman

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A Clearing in the Forest: Law, Life, and Mind cover

357. A Clearing in the Forest: Law, Life, and Mind

by Steven L. Winter

Philosophy In The Flesh cover

358. Philosophy In The Flesh

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Quantum Computation and Quantum Information (Cambridge Series on Information and the Natural Sciences) cover

359. Quantum Computation and Quantum Information (Cambridge Series on Information and the Natural Sciences)

by Michael A. Nielsen, Isaac L. Chuang

Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update cover

360. Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update

by Donella H. Meadows, Jørgen Randers, Dennis L. Meadows

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From Worst to First: Behind the Scenes of Continental's Remarkable Comeback cover

361. From Worst to First: Behind the Scenes of Continental's Remarkable Comeback

by Gordon Bethune

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action cover

362. Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

by Simon Sinek

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

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

by John J. Ratey

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The Ancient Engineers: An Astonishing Look Back at the Ancient Wonders of the World and Their Creators cover

364. The Ancient Engineers: An Astonishing Look Back at the Ancient Wonders of the World and Their Creators

by L. Sprague De Camp

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JPEG: Still Image Data Compression Standard (Digital Multimedia Standards) (Digital Multimedia Standards S) cover

365. JPEG: Still Image Data Compression Standard (Digital Multimedia Standards) (Digital Multimedia Standards S)

by William B. Pennebaker, Joan L. Mitchell

Improvised Munitions Handbook cover

366. Improvised Munitions Handbook

by United States. Department of the Army

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

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

by Brian Tracy

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Sex and the Origins of Death cover

368. Sex and the Origins of Death

by William R. Clark

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Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season cover

369. Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season

by Nick Heil

No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 cover

370. No Way Down: Life and Death on K2

by Graham Bowley

Annapurna: The First Conquest Of An 8,000-Meter Peak cover

371. Annapurna: The First Conquest Of An 8,000-Meter Peak

by Maurice Herzog

The Will to Climb: Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna--the World's Deadliest Peak cover

372. The Will to Climb: Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna--the World's Deadliest Peak

by Ed Viesturs, David Roberts

Dies the Fire: A Novel of the Change cover

373. Dies the Fire: A Novel of the Change

by S. M. Stirling

The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined cover

374. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

by Steven Pinker

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Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens cover

375. Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens

by Nicholas Shaxson

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Probabilistic Graphical Models: Principles and Techniques (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series) cover

376. Probabilistic Graphical Models: Principles and Techniques (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning series)

by Daphne Koller, Nir Friedman

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Apollo, Challenger, Columbia: The Decline of the Space Program: A Study in Organizational Communication cover

377. Apollo, Challenger, Columbia: The Decline of the Space Program: A Study in Organizational Communication

by Phillip K. Tompkins

Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down cover

378. Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down

by J. E. Gordon

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Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests cover

379. Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests

by Steve Freeman, Nat Pryce

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Test Driven Development: By Example cover

380. Test Driven Development: By Example

by Kent Beck

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A First Course in Probability (9th Edition) cover

381. A First Course in Probability (9th Edition)

by Sheldon M. Ross

Linear Algebra with Applications, 5th Edition cover

382. Linear Algebra with Applications, 5th Edition

by Otto Bretscher

Math You Can't Use: Patents, Copyright, and Software cover

383. Math You Can't Use: Patents, Copyright, and Software

by Ben Klemens

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One Second After (A John Matherson Novel) cover

384. One Second After (A John Matherson Novel)

by William R. Forstchen

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Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country cover

385. Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country

by William Greider

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Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion cover

386. Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

by Sam Harris

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The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage cover

387. The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

by Cliff Stoll

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Functional JavaScript cover

388. Functional JavaScript

by Michael Fogus

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The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry cover

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

by Jon Ronson

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Crashing Through: The Extraordinary True Story of the Man Who Dared to See cover

390. Crashing Through: The Extraordinary True Story of the Man Who Dared to See

by Robert Kurson

Beginning Haskell: A Project-Based Approach cover

391. Beginning Haskell: A Project-Based Approach

by Alejandro Serrano Mena

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Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing

392. Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax"

by Philip C. Plait

Unshadowed Thought: Representation in Thought and Language cover

393. Unshadowed Thought: Representation in Thought and Language

by Charles Travis

Zen and Japanese Culture (Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology) cover

394. Zen and Japanese Culture (Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology)

by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, Richard M. Jaffe

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395. Zen in English Literature and Oriental Classics

by R. H. Blyth

The Way of Zen cover

396. The Way of Zen

by Alan Watts

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Luminous cover

397. Luminous

by Greg Egan

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Beside Still Waters: Searching for Meaning in an Age of Doubt cover

398. Beside Still Waters: Searching for Meaning in an Age of Doubt

by Gregg Easterbrook

Algebra (2nd Edition) cover

399. Algebra (2nd Edition)

by Michael Artin

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Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed cover

400. Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

by James C. Scott

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