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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Sep 8, 2014 - Sep 15, 2014

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Discrete Mathematics with Applications cover

1. Discrete Mathematics with Applications

by Susanna S. Epp

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The New Geography of Jobs cover

2. The New Geography of Jobs

by Enrico Moretti

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How to Build and Use Electronic Devices Without Frustration Panic Mountains of Money or an Engineer Degree cover

3. How to Build and Use Electronic Devices Without Frustration Panic Mountains of Money or an Engineer Degree

by Stuart A. Hoenig

The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East cover

4. The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East

by Timur Kuran

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The Art of Electronics cover

5. The Art of Electronics

by The Wikipedians

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No: The Only Negotiating System You Need for Work and Home cover

6. No: The Only Negotiating System You Need for Work and Home

by Jim Camp

Faster: The Obsession, Science and Luck Behind the World's Fastest Cyclists cover

7. Faster: The Obsession, Science and Luck Behind the World's Fastest Cyclists

by Michael Hutchinson

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Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting cover

8. Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting

by Pamela Druckerman

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Holy Ignorance: When Religion and Culture Part Ways (Columbia/Hurst) cover

9. Holy Ignorance: When Religion and Culture Part Ways (Columbia/Hurst)

by Olivier Roy

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

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

by Andrew Gordon

Memoirs Found in a Bathtub cover

11. Memoirs Found in a Bathtub

by Stanisław Lem

Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture cover

12. Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

by David Kushner

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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage cover

13. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

by Alfred Lansing

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Set Phasers on Stun: And Other True Tales of Design, Technology, and Human Error cover

14. Set Phasers on Stun: And Other True Tales of Design, Technology, and Human Error

by Steven Michael Casey

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The Cat in Numberland cover

15. The Cat in Numberland

by Ivar Ekeland

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Information Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of Data cover

16. Information Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of Data

by Stephen Few

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The Origin of Wealth: The Radical Remaking of Economics and What it Means for Business and Society cover

17. The Origin of Wealth: The Radical Remaking of Economics and What it Means for Business and Society

by Eric D. Beinhocker

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Jim Blinn's Corner: A Trip Down the Graphics Pipeline (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics) cover

18. Jim Blinn's Corner: A Trip Down the Graphics Pipeline (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics)

by Jim Blinn

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Jim Blinn's Corner: Dirty Pixels (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics) cover

19. Jim Blinn's Corner: Dirty Pixels (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics)

by Jim Blinn

The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos cover

20. The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos

by Deborah Heiligman

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The Economics of Regulation: Principles and Institutions cover

21. The Economics of Regulation: Principles and Institutions

by Alfred E. Kahn

The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires cover

22. The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

by Tim Wu

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Prolog Programming for Artificial Intelligence (4th Edition) (International Computer Science Series) cover

23. Prolog Programming for Artificial Intelligence (4th Edition) (International Computer Science Series)

by Ivan Bratko

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Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo cover

24. Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo

by Sean B. Carroll

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Borges: Selected Non-Fictions cover

25. Borges: Selected Non-Fictions

by Jorge Luis Borges

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Mr. Bunny's Guide to ActiveX cover

26. Mr. Bunny's Guide to ActiveX

by Carlton Egremont

Buried In Ice: A Time Quest Book cover

27. Buried In Ice: A Time Quest Book

by Owen Beattie, John Geiger, Shelley Tanaka

Cities on a Hill: A Brilliant Exploration of Visionary Communities Remaking the American Dream cover

28. Cities on a Hill: A Brilliant Exploration of Visionary Communities Remaking the American Dream

by Frances FitzGerald

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ cover

29. Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

by Daniel Goleman

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Clapton's Guitar: Watching Wayne Henderson Build the Perfect Instrument cover

30. Clapton's Guitar: Watching Wayne Henderson Build the Perfect Instrument

by Allen St. John

The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century cover

31. The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century

by David Salsburg

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The Essential Knuth cover

32. The Essential Knuth

by Donald E. Knuth, Edgar G. Daylight

Building Web Reputation Systems cover

33. Building Web Reputation Systems

by Randy Farmer, Bryce Glass

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Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist cover

34. Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

by Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson

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The Game: Penetrating The Secret Society Of Pickup Artists cover

35. The Game: Penetrating The Secret Society Of Pickup Artists

by Neil Strauss

Understanding and Using English Grammar (Azar English Grammar) cover

36. Understanding and Using English Grammar (Azar English Grammar)

by Betty Schrampfer Azar