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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between May 12, 2014 - May 19, 2014

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Texturing and Modeling, Third Edition: A Procedural Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics) cover

1. Texturing and Modeling, Third Edition: A Procedural Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics)

by David S. Ebert

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The Major Transitions in Evolution cover

2. The Major Transitions in Evolution

by John Maynard Smith, Eors Szathmary

Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life cover

3. Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life

by Nick Lane

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Protocol: How Control Exists after Decentralization (Leonardo Books) cover

4. Protocol: How Control Exists after Decentralization (Leonardo Books)

by Alexander R. Galloway

The Little Schemer - 4th Edition cover

5. The Little Schemer - 4th Edition

by Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen

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When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment cover

6. When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment

by Mark A. R. Kleiman

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Making Software: What Really Works, and Why We Believe It cover

7. Making Software: What Really Works, and Why We Believe It

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson

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Refactoring to Patterns cover

8. Refactoring to Patterns

by Joshua Kerievsky

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

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

by Radley Balko

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

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

by Steve McConnell

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Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series) cover

11. Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series)

by Liping Ma

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Library Research Models: A Guide to Classification, Cataloging, and Computers cover

12. Library Research Models: A Guide to Classification, Cataloging, and Computers

by Thomas Mann

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JavaScript Enlightenment cover

13. JavaScript Enlightenment

by Cody Lindley

The Design of Everyday Things cover

14. The Design of Everyday Things

by Donald A. Norman

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Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests cover

15. Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests

by Steve Freeman, Nat Pryce

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The Existential Pleasures of Engineering (Thomas Dunne Book) cover

16. The Existential Pleasures of Engineering (Thomas Dunne Book)

by Samuel C. Florman

French Kids Eat Everything: How Our Family Moved to France, Cured Picky Eating, Banned Snacking, and Discovered 10 Simple Rules for Raising Happy, Healthy Eaters cover

17. French Kids Eat Everything: How Our Family Moved to France, Cured Picky Eating, Banned Snacking, and Discovered 10 Simple Rules for Raising Happy, Healthy Eaters

by Karen Le Billon

Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

18. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen

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Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices cover

19. Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices

by Robert C. Martin

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Test Driven Development: By Example cover

20. Test Driven Development: By Example

by Kent Beck

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The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (Robert C. Martin Series) cover

21. The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (Robert C. Martin Series)

by Robert C. Martin

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Earthsearch cover

22. Earthsearch

by John Cassidy

Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology cover

23. Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology

by Neil Postman

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