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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Nov 3, 2014 - Nov 10, 2014

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

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

by Jared M. Diamond

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An Introduction to Japanese Society cover

2. An Introduction to Japanese Society

by Yoshio Sugimoto

James A. Michener's Writer's Handbook: Explorations in Writing and Publishing cover

3. James A. Michener's Writer's Handbook: Explorations in Writing and Publishing

by James A. Michener

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One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War cover

4. One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War

by Michael Dobbs

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

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

by Edward Ludwig Glaeser

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The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy cover

6. The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy

by David Hoffman

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Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety cover

7. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety

by Eric Schlosser

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How the End Begins: The Road to a Nuclear World War III cover

8. How the End Begins: The Road to a Nuclear World War III

by Ron Rosenbaum

Programming Language Processors in Java: Compilers and Interpreters cover

9. Programming Language Processors in Java: Compilers and Interpreters

by David Anthony Watt, Deryck F. Brown

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications cover

10. Designing Data-Intensive Applications

by Martin Kleppmann

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Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream cover

11. Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream

by Adam W. Shepard

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iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It cover

12. iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It

by Steve Wozniak, Gina Smith

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Out of their Minds: The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists cover

13. Out of their Minds: The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists

by Dennis Shasha, Cathy Lazere

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Meditations: A New Translation cover

14. Meditations: A New Translation

by Marcus Aurelius

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The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business cover

15. The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business

by Clayton M. Christensen

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The Physics of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable cover

16. The Physics of Wall Street: A Brief History of Predicting the Unpredictable

by James Owen Weatherall

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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success cover

17. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

by Carol S. Dweck

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On-Chip ESD Protection for Integrated Circuits: An IC Design Perspective (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science) cover

18. On-Chip ESD Protection for Integrated Circuits: An IC Design Perspective (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)

by Albert Z.H. Wang

Dr. Pascarelli's Complete Guide to Repetitive Strain Injury: What You Need to Know About RSI and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome cover

19. Dr. Pascarelli's Complete Guide to Repetitive Strain Injury: What You Need to Know About RSI and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

by Emil Pascarelli, M.D.

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La Disparition (French Language Edition) cover

20. La Disparition (French Language Edition)

by Georges Perec

Solar System Dynamics cover

21. Solar System Dynamics

by Carl D. Murray, Stanley F. Dermott

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

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

by Steve McConnell

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Paul Rand: A Designer`s Art cover

23. Paul Rand: A Designer`s Art

by Paul Rand

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Paul Rand cover

24. Paul Rand

by Steven Heller

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Gravitation cover

25. Gravitation

by Charles W. Misner, Kip S. Thorne, John Archibald Wheeler

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The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert cover

26. The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert

by John Mordechai Gottman, Nan Silver

Digital Wars: Apple, Google, Microsoft and the Battle for the Internet cover

27. Digital Wars: Apple, Google, Microsoft and the Battle for the Internet

by Charles Arthur

Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima cover

28. Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima

by James A. Mahaffey

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Programming JavaScript Applications cover

29. Programming JavaScript Applications

by Eric Elliott

The Little Schemer - 4th Edition cover

30. The Little Schemer - 4th Edition

by Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen

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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong cover

31. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

by James W. Loewen

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The Ashley Book of Knots cover

32. The Ashley Book of Knots

by Clifford Warren Ashley

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A Short History of Nuclear Folly cover

33. A Short History of Nuclear Folly

by Rudolph Herzog

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship cover

34. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Robert C. Martin

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A New Stoicism cover

35. A New Stoicism

by Lawrence C. Becker

Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga cover

36. Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga

by Hunter S. Thompson

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The Practice of Programming (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

37. The Practice of Programming (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike

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Writing Solid Code (Microsoft Programming Series) cover

38. Writing Solid Code (Microsoft Programming Series)

by Steve Maguire

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The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you cover

39. The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

by Rob Fitzpatrick

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Damn! Why Didn't I Write That?: How Ordinary People Are Raking in $100,000.00... or More Writing Nonfiction Books & How You Can Too! cover

40. Damn! Why Didn't I Write That?: How Ordinary People Are Raking in $100,000.00... or More Writing Nonfiction Books & How You Can Too!

by Marc McCutcheon