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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Oct 13, 2014 - Oct 20, 2014

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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software cover

1. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

by Charles Petzold

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

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

by Trevor Aaronson

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Physically Based Rendering, Second Edition: From Theory to Implementation cover

3. Physically Based Rendering, Second Edition: From Theory to Implementation

by Matt Pharr, Greg Humphreys

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The Design of the UNIX Operating System cover

4. The Design of the UNIX Operating System

by Maurice J. Bach

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Data Visualization with JavaScript cover

5. Data Visualization with JavaScript

by Stephen A. Thomas

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Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design cover

6. Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design

by Richard Bird

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Purely Functional Data Structures cover

7. Purely Functional Data Structures

by Chris Okasaki

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Programming Pearls (2nd Edition) cover

8. Programming Pearls (2nd Edition)

by Jon Louis Bentley

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A Small Matter of Programming: Perspectives on End User Computing cover

9. A Small Matter of Programming: Perspectives on End User Computing

by Bonnie A. Nardi

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The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error cover

10. The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error

by Sidney Dekker

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Introduction to Functional Programming using Haskell (2nd Edition) cover

11. Introduction to Functional Programming using Haskell (2nd Edition)

by Richard Bird

Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure cover

12. Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure

by Jerry Kaplan

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Odd Bits: How to Cook the Rest of the Animal cover

13. Odd Bits: How to Cook the Rest of the Animal

by Jennifer McLagan

The Poor Had No Lawyers: Who Owns Scotland (and How They Got It) cover

14. The Poor Had No Lawyers: Who Owns Scotland (and How They Got It)

by Andy Wightman

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Beginning Haskell: A Project-Based Approach cover

15. Beginning Haskell: A Project-Based Approach

by Alejandro Serrano Mena

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

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

by Cliff Stoll

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The Glass Cage: Automation and Us cover

17. The Glass Cage: Automation and Us

by Nicholas Carr

Panzer Leader cover

18. Panzer Leader

by Heinz Guderian

Panzer Battles cover

19. Panzer Battles

by F. W. Von Mellenthin

German Army 1933-1945 cover

20. German Army 1933-1945

by Matthew Cooper

Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age cover

21. Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age

by Peter Paret, Gordon A. Craig, Felix Gilbert

Intimate Lives of the Ancient Greeks (Intimate Lives of the Ancient Peoples) cover

22. Intimate Lives of the Ancient Greeks (Intimate Lives of the Ancient Peoples)

by Stephanie L. Budin

The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century cover

23. The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century

by Alex Ross

SPIN Selling cover

24. SPIN Selling

by Neil Rackham

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Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty cover

25. Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty

by Roy F. Baumeister

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies cover

26. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared M. Diamond

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A Book of Abstract Algebra: Second Edition (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

27. A Book of Abstract Algebra: Second Edition (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Charles C Pinter

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Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job cover

28. Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job

by John Mongan, Eric Giguère, Noah Kindler

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The Wisdom of Crowds cover

29. The Wisdom of Crowds

by James Surowiecki

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Compared to What?: An Introduction to the Anaylsis of Algorithms (Principles of Computer Science Series) cover

30. Compared to What?: An Introduction to the Anaylsis of Algorithms (Principles of Computer Science Series)

by Gregory J. E. Rawlins

Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press) cover

31. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition (MIT Press)

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

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The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-4A Boxed Set cover

32. The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-4A Boxed Set

by Donald Knuth

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