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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Mar 31, 2014 - Apr 7, 2014

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Women, Fire and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind cover

1. Women, Fire and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind

by George Lakoff

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Data Structures: An Advanced Approach Using C cover

2. Data Structures: An Advanced Approach Using C

by Jeffrey Esakov, Tom Weiss

Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression, 2nd Edition cover

3. Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression, 2nd Edition

by Frederick K. Goodwin, Kay Redfield Jamison

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

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

by Amanda H. Podany

Human Universals cover

5. Human Universals

by Donald Brown

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Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy cover

6. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

by David D. Burns

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How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd Edition cover

7. How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd Edition

by Daniel J. Velleman

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Blood Medicine: Blowing the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever cover

8. Blood Medicine: Blowing the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever

by Kathleen Sharp

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Trillionaire Next Door: The Greedy Investor's Guide to Day Trading cover

9. Trillionaire Next Door: The Greedy Investor's Guide to Day Trading

by Andy Borowitz

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Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America cover

10. Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America

by Robert Whitaker

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Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier cover

11. Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier

by Edward Ludwig Glaeser

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Formula 1 Technology (Premiere Series Books) cover

12. Formula 1 Technology (Premiere Series Books)

by Peter Wright, Tony Matthews

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Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design cover

13. Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design

by Richard Bird

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Code Optimization: Effective Memory Usage cover

14. Code Optimization: Effective Memory Usage

by Kris Kaspersky

Self-Discipline in 10 days: How To Go From Thinking to Doing cover

15. Self-Discipline in 10 days: How To Go From Thinking to Doing

by Theodore Bryant

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Functional JavaScript cover

16. Functional JavaScript

by Michael Fogus

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The Problem of HFT - Collected Writings on High Frequency Trading & Stock Market Structure Reform cover

17. The Problem of HFT - Collected Writings on High Frequency Trading & Stock Market Structure Reform

by Haim Bodek

Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writings cover

18. Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writings

by Neal Stephenson

The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind cover

19. The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind

by Michio Kaku

The Intelligent Asset Allocator: How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk cover

20. The Intelligent Asset Allocator: How to Build Your Portfolio to Maximize Returns and Minimize Risk

by William Bernstein

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Automatic Wealth for Grads... and Anyone Else Just Starting Out cover

21. Automatic Wealth for Grads... and Anyone Else Just Starting Out

by Michael Masterson

Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal cover

22. Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal

by Nick Bilton

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Java Concurrency in Practice cover

23. Java Concurrency in Practice

by Brian Goetz

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Digital Design and Computer Architecture, Second Edition cover

24. Digital Design and Computer Architecture, Second Edition

by David Money Harris, Sarah L. Harris

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Fundamentals of Physics Extended cover

25. Fundamentals of Physics Extended

by David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Jearl Walker

Introduction to Algorithms, Third Edition (International Edition) cover

26. Introduction to Algorithms, Third Edition (International Edition)

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

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Analysis I (Texts and Readings in Mathematics, No. 37) cover

27. Analysis I (Texts and Readings in Mathematics, No. 37)

by Terence Tao

Touch of Class: Learning to Program Well with Objects and Contracts cover

28. Touch of Class: Learning to Program Well with Objects and Contracts

by Bertrand Meyer

Analysis II (Texts and Readings in Mathematics) cover

29. Analysis II (Texts and Readings in Mathematics)

by Terence Tao

Introduction to Linear Algebra, Fourth Edition cover

30. Introduction to Linear Algebra, Fourth Edition

by Gilbert Strang

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