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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Sep 15, 2014 - Sep 22, 2014

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Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition cover

1. Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition

by Jon Erickson

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Teach Yourself C in 21 Days (Sams Teach Yourself) cover

2. Teach Yourself C in 21 Days (Sams Teach Yourself)

by Peter G. Aitken, Bradley Jones

Art of Computer Programming, Volume 2: Seminumerical Algorithms (3rd Edition) cover

3. Art of Computer Programming, Volume 2: Seminumerical Algorithms (3rd Edition)

by Donald Ervin Knuth

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Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle cover

4. Softwar: An Intimate Portrait of Larry Ellison and Oracle

by Matthew Symonds

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Survival Wisdom & Know How: Everything You Need to Know to Subsist in the Wilderness cover

5. Survival Wisdom & Know How: Everything You Need to Know to Subsist in the Wilderness

by Amy Rost

Garden Wisdom and Know-How: Everything You Need to Know to Plant, Grow, and Harvest cover

6. Garden Wisdom and Know-How: Everything You Need to Know to Plant, Grow, and Harvest

by Judy Pray, Rodale Gardening Books

AppleScript: The Definitive Guide cover

7. AppleScript: The Definitive Guide

by Matt Neuburg

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

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

by Steven L. Winter

Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy cover

9. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

by David D. Burns

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Understanding the Linux Kernel, Third Edition cover

10. Understanding the Linux Kernel, Third Edition

by Daniel P. Bovet

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The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook cover

11. The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook

by Michael Kerrisk

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Games Prisoners Play: The Tragicomic Worlds of Polish Prison cover

12. Games Prisoners Play: The Tragicomic Worlds of Polish Prison

by Marek M. Kaminski

Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy cover

13. Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy

by Chris Hayes

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Decoded: The Science Behind Why We Buy cover

14. Decoded: The Science Behind Why We Buy

by Phil Barden

How Brands Grow: What Marketers Don't Know cover

15. How Brands Grow: What Marketers Don't Know

by Byron Sharp

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Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software cover

16. Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

by Eric Evans

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Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty cover

17. Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty

by David Kadavy

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

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

by Nick Bilton

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Rational Ritual: Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge cover

19. Rational Ritual: Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge

by Michael Suk-Young Chwe

Timeline cover

20. Timeline

by Michael Crichton

Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think cover

21. Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think

by Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler

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Medieval Machine: The Industrial Revolution of the Middle Ages cover

22. Medieval Machine: The Industrial Revolution of the Middle Ages

by Jean Gimpel

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future cover

23. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

by Peter Thiel, Blake Masters

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Global Catastrophic Risks cover

24. Global Catastrophic Risks

by Nick Bostrom, Milan M. Cirkovic

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Harvard and the Unabomber: The Education of an American Terrorist cover

25. Harvard and the Unabomber: The Education of an American Terrorist

by Alston Chase

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies cover

26. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

by Nick Bostrom

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Effective Cycling (MIT Press) cover

27. Effective Cycling (MIT Press)

by John Forester

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Making Software cover

28. Making Software

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson

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Passing Exams For Dummies cover

29. Passing Exams For Dummies

by Patrick Sherratt