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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Dec 22, 2014 - Dec 29, 2014

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Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed cover

1. Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

by James C. Scott

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It's Not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome!: RSI Theory and Therapy for Computer Professionals cover

2. It's Not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome!: RSI Theory and Therapy for Computer Professionals

by Suparna Damany, Jack Bellis

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Rapid Recovery from Back and Neck Pain: A Proven Nine-Step Recovery Plan cover

3. Rapid Recovery from Back and Neck Pain: A Proven Nine-Step Recovery Plan

by Fred Amir

Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One) cover

4. Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One)

by Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Andre? Nikolaevich Kolmogorov, M. A. Lavrent'ev

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The Running Revolution: How to Run Faster, Farther, and Injury-Free--for Life cover

5. The Running Revolution: How to Run Faster, Farther, and Injury-Free--for Life

by Nicholas S. Romanov

A Tour of C++ (C++ In Depth SERIES) cover

6. A Tour of C++ (C++ In Depth SERIES)

by Bjarne Stroustrup

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Elements of Distributed Computing (Wiley - IEEE) cover

7. Elements of Distributed Computing (Wiley - IEEE)

by Vijay K. Garg

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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined cover

8. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

by Steven Pinker

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High Speed Digital Design: A Handbook of Black Magic (Prentice Hall Modern Semiconductor Design) cover

9. High Speed Digital Design: A Handbook of Black Magic (Prentice Hall Modern Semiconductor Design)

by Howard W. Johnson, Martin Graham

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Database Systems: The Complete Book cover

10. Database Systems: The Complete Book

by Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey D. Ullman, Jennifer Widom

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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined cover

11. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

by Steven Pinker

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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie cover

12. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

by Laura Joffe Numeroff

The Making of the Atomic Bomb: 25th Anniversary Edition cover

13. The Making of the Atomic Bomb: 25th Anniversary Edition

by Richard Rhodes

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Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents cover

14. Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents

by Ellen Ullman

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In Our Hands : A Plan To Replace The Welfare State cover

15. In Our Hands : A Plan To Replace The Welfare State

by Charles A. Murray

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Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding cover

16. Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding

by Arthur A. Reblitz

Effective Modern C++: 42 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of C++11 and C++14 cover

17. Effective Modern C++: 42 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of C++11 and C++14

by Scott Meyers

Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets cover

18. Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets

by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh

At Home: A Short History of Private Life cover

19. At Home: A Short History of Private Life

by Bill Bryson

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Oliver Heaviside: The Life, Work, and Times of an Electrical Genius of the Victorian Age cover

20. Oliver Heaviside: The Life, Work, and Times of an Electrical Genius of the Victorian Age

by Paul J. Nahin

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The Maxwellians (Cornell History of Science) cover

21. The Maxwellians (Cornell History of Science)

by Bruce J. Hunt

Men on Strike: Why Men Are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream - and Why It Matters cover

22. Men on Strike: Why Men Are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream - and Why It Matters

by Helen Smith

A Comprehensive French Grammar (Blackwell Reference Grammars) (English and French Edition) cover

23. A Comprehensive French Grammar (Blackwell Reference Grammars) (English and French Edition)

by Glanville Price

Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Comprehensive Grammars) cover

24. Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Comprehensive Grammars)

by Yip, Po-ching, Yip Po-Ching, Don Rimmington

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The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language cover

25. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language

by Rodney D. Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum

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English Grammar for Students of French: The Study Guide for Those Learning French (English and French Edition) cover

26. English Grammar for Students of French: The Study Guide for Those Learning French (English and French Edition)

by Jacqueline Morton

A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language cover

27. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language

by Ted Gioia

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French Grammar: A Complete Reference Guide cover

28. French Grammar: A Complete Reference Guide

by Daniel Calvez

Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference Grammar cover

29. Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference Grammar

by Charles N. Li, Sandra A. Thompson

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The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century cover

30. The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century

by Steven Pinker

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Principles of Operating Systems: Design and Applications (Advanced Topics) cover

31. Principles of Operating Systems: Design and Applications (Advanced Topics)

by Brian Stuart

Whom Do You Like More? (Chinese Breeze 300-word Level) with CD cover

32. Whom Do You Like More? (Chinese Breeze 300-word Level) with CD

by Yuehua Liu, Chengzhi Chu, Jinhai Wen

All for the King's Shilling: The British Soldier under Wellington, 1808–1814 (Volume 24) (Campaigns and Commanders Series) cover

33. All for the King's Shilling: The British Soldier under Wellington, 1808–1814 (Volume 24) (Campaigns and Commanders Series)

by Edward J. Coss

On Certainty cover

34. On Certainty

by Ludwig Wittgenstein

The Hearts of Men: American Dreams and the Flight from Commitment cover

35. The Hearts of Men: American Dreams and the Flight from Commitment

by Barbara Ehrenreich

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Probability Theory: The Logic of Science cover

36. Probability Theory: The Logic of Science

by E. T. Jaynes

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JavaScript: The Good Parts cover

37. JavaScript: The Good Parts

by Douglas Crockford, Ke luo ke fu de, Yan xue kun, Douglas Crockford

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Patterns in Network Architecture: A Return to Fundamentals cover

38. Patterns in Network Architecture: A Return to Fundamentals

by John Day

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The 8088 Project Book cover

39. The 8088 Project Book

by Robert Grossblatt

Real-Life BPMN: Using BPMN 2.0 to Analyze, Improve, and Automate Processes in Your Company cover

40. Real-Life BPMN: Using BPMN 2.0 to Analyze, Improve, and Automate Processes in Your Company

by Freund, Jakob, Bernd Rücker

Smart Enough Systems: How to Deliver Competitive Advantage by Automating Hidden Decisions cover

41. Smart Enough Systems: How to Deliver Competitive Advantage by Automating Hidden Decisions

by James Taylor, James Taylor, Neil Raden

Essential Business Process Modeling cover

42. Essential Business Process Modeling

by Michael Harvey

Social BPM: Work, Planning and Collaboration Under the Impact of Social Technology (Bpm and Workflow Handbook Series) cover

43. Social BPM: Work, Planning and Collaboration Under the Impact of Social Technology (Bpm and Workflow Handbook Series)

by Keith D Swenson, Nathaniel Palmer, Sandy Kemsley, Keith Harrison-Broninski, Max Pucher, Manoj Das

iBPMS - Intelligent BPM Systems: Impact and Opportunity (BPM and Workflow Handbook Series) cover

44. iBPMS - Intelligent BPM Systems: Impact and Opportunity (BPM and Workflow Handbook Series)

by Nathaniel Palmer, Keith D Swenson, Robert Shapiro, Setrag Khoshafian, Charles Webster - undifferentiated, James Taylor, Pieter van Schalkwyk, Steinar Carlsen, et al, Alan N. Fish

Professional JavaScript for Web Developers cover

45. Professional JavaScript for Web Developers

by Nicholas C. Zakas

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Shadow Government: Surveillance, Secret Wars, and a Global Security State in a Single-Superpower World cover

46. Shadow Government: Surveillance, Secret Wars, and a Global Security State in a Single-Superpower World

by Tom Engelhardt

Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism cover

47. Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism

by Sheldon S. Wolin

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Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle cover

48. Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle

by Chris Hedges

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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media cover

49. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

by Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky

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National Security and Double Government cover

50. National Security and Double Government

by Michael J. Glennon