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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Mar 16, 2015 - Mar 23, 2015

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The Unix System (International Computer Science Series) cover

1. The Unix System (International Computer Science Series)

by S. R. Bourne

Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent cover

2. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

by Harvey Silverglate

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Developing Drivers with the Windows® Driver Foundation (Developer Reference) cover

3. Developing Drivers with the Windows® Driver Foundation (Developer Reference)

by Penny Orwick, Guy Smith

21st Century C cover

4. 21st Century C

by Ben Klemens

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Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas cover

5. Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

by Seymour A. Papert

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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (3rd Edition) cover

6. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (3rd Edition)

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

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The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition cover

7. The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition

by Donald C. Shoup

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Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education cover

8. Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education

by Danielle Allen

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Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed cover

9. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

by Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos

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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies cover

10. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

by Nick Bostrom

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Where Are the Customers' Yachts?: or A Good Hard Look at Wall Street cover

11. Where Are the Customers' Yachts?: or A Good Hard Look at Wall Street

by Fred Schwed, Jr.

Read 8 comments

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

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

by Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson

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The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology) cover

13. The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology)

by Joseph Tainter

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Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition cover

14. Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition

by Steve Krug

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The Design of Everyday Things cover

15. The Design of Everyday Things

by Donald A. Norman

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The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature cover

16. The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

by Matt Ridley

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The Antipodes of the Mind: Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience cover

17. The Antipodes of the Mind: Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience

by Benny Shanon

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The Supermen: The Story of Seymour Cray and the Technical Wizards Behind the Supercomputer cover

18. The Supermen: The Story of Seymour Cray and the Technical Wizards Behind the Supercomputer

by Charles J. Murray

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Debugging with GDB: The GNU Source-Level Debugger cover

19. Debugging with GDB: The GNU Source-Level Debugger

by Richard Stallman, Roland Pesch, Stan Shebs

Working Effectively with Legacy Code cover

20. Working Effectively with Legacy Code

by Michael C. Feathers

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Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis cover

21. Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis

by James Rickards

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Rethinking Autism: Variation and Complexity cover

22. Rethinking Autism: Variation and Complexity

by Lynn H. Waterhouse, Lynn Waterhouse

The Algorithm Design Manual cover

23. The Algorithm Design Manual

by Steven S Skiena

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Satellite Technology: Principles and Applications cover

24. Satellite Technology: Principles and Applications

by Anil K. Maini, Varsha Agrawal

Debugging: The 9 Indispensable Rules for Finding Even the Most Elusive Software and Hardware Problems cover

25. Debugging: The 9 Indispensable Rules for Finding Even the Most Elusive Software and Hardware Problems

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Complete Commodore ROM Disassembly cover

26. Complete Commodore ROM Disassembly

by Peter Gerrard, Kevin Bergin

Debunking Economics - Revised and Expanded Edition: The Naked Emperor Dethroned? cover

27. Debunking Economics - Revised and Expanded Edition: The Naked Emperor Dethroned?

by Steve Keen

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Operating Systems Design and Implementation (3rd Edition) cover

28. Operating Systems Design and Implementation (3rd Edition)

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Albert S. Woodhull

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Edible: An Adventure into the World of Eating Insects and the Last Great Hope to Save the Planet cover

29. Edible: An Adventure into the World of Eating Insects and the Last Great Hope to Save the Planet

by Daniella Martin

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Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age cover

30. Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age

by Michael A. Hiltzik

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Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness cover

31. Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness

by Jon Kabat-Zinn

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Operating Systems Design and Implementation cover

32. Operating Systems Design and Implementation

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Albert S. Woodhull

Managing the Design Factory cover

33. Managing the Design Factory

by Donald Reinertsen

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Elements of Programming Interviews: The Insiders' Guide cover

34. Elements of Programming Interviews: The Insiders' Guide

by Adnan Aziz, Tsung-Hsien Lee, Amit Prakash

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Algorithms cover

35. Algorithms

by Umesh Vazirani, Algorithms, Christos H. Papadimitriou, Algorithms, Sanjoy Dasgupta, Algorithms

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Armor Attacks: The Tank Platoon - An Interactive Exercise in Small-Unit Tactics and Leadership cover

36. Armor Attacks: The Tank Platoon - An Interactive Exercise in Small-Unit Tactics and Leadership

by John F. Antal

Practical Foundations for Programming Languages cover

37. Practical Foundations for Programming Languages

by Robert Harper

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Sounds Like Teen Spirit: Stolen Melodies, Ripped-Off Riffs, and the Secret History of Rock and Roll cover

38. Sounds Like Teen Spirit: Stolen Melodies, Ripped-Off Riffs, and the Secret History of Rock and Roll

by Tim English

Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (3rd Edition) cover

39. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (3rd Edition)

by Stuart Jonathan Russell, Peter Norvig, Ernest Davis

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Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference cover

40. Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference

by Cordelia Fine

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Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain cover

41. Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain

by Michael Paterniti

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The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles cover

42. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

by Steven Pressfield

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Enterprise Android: Programming Android Database Applications for the Enterprise cover

43. Enterprise Android: Programming Android Database Applications for the Enterprise

by Zigurd Mednieks, G. Blake Meike, Laird Dornin, Zane Pan

Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War cover

44. Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

by Robert Coram

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