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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Apr 27, 2015 - May 4, 2015

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Conceptual Mathematics: A First Introduction to Categories cover

1. Conceptual Mathematics: A First Introduction to Categories

by Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, Steven Brakman, Harry Garretsen, Charles van Marrewijk

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Rough Justice: Days and Nights of a Young D.A. cover

2. Rough Justice: Days and Nights of a Young D.A.

by David Heilbroner

The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism cover

3. The Machinery of Freedom: Guide to a Radical Capitalism

by David D. Friedman

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The Little MLer cover

4. The Little MLer

by Matthias Felleisen, Daniel P. Friedman

Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications cover

5. Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications

by Toby Segaran

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Detecting Lies and Deceit: Pitfalls and Opportunities cover

6. Detecting Lies and Deceit: Pitfalls and Opportunities

by Aldert Vrij

Making Software: What Really Works, and Why We Believe It cover

7. Making Software: What Really Works, and Why We Believe It

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson

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Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Differential Forms A Unified Approach cover

8. Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Differential Forms A Unified Approach

by John H. Hubbard, Barbara Burke Hubbard

Schild's Ladder: A Novel cover

9. Schild's Ladder: A Novel

by Greg Egan

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The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke cover

10. The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke

by Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi

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Mindset: How You Can Fulfill Your Potential cover

11. Mindset: How You Can Fulfill Your Potential

Gangbuster cover

12. Gangbuster

by Peter Bleksley

Land the Tech Job You Love (Pragmatic Life) cover

13. Land the Tech Job You Love (Pragmatic Life)

by Andy Lester

The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error cover

14. The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error

by Sidney Dekker

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UNIX Network Programming cover

15. UNIX Network Programming

by W. Richard Stevens

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Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs cover

16. Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs

by John Bowe, Marisa Bowe, Sabin Streeter

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Calculus Made Easy cover

17. Calculus Made Easy

by Silvanus P. Thompson, Martin Gardner

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Organizing for the Creative Person: Right-Brain Styles for Conquering Clutter, Mastering Time, and Reaching Your Goals cover

18. Organizing for the Creative Person: Right-Brain Styles for Conquering Clutter, Mastering Time, and Reaching Your Goals

by Dorothy Lehmkuhl, Dolores Cotter Lamping

ADD Success Stories: A Guide to Fulfillment for Families with Attention Deficit Disorder cover

19. ADD Success Stories: A Guide to Fulfillment for Families with Attention Deficit Disorder

by Thom Hartmann

Learning Outside The Lines: Two Ivy League Students with Learning Disabilities and ADHD Give You the Tools for Academic Success and Educational Revolution cover

20. Learning Outside The Lines: Two Ivy League Students with Learning Disabilities and ADHD Give You the Tools for Academic Success and Educational Revolution

by Jonathan Mooney, Dave Cole

Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain cover

21. Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

by John J. Ratey

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Neurodiversity: Discovering the Extraordinary Gifts of Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Brain Differences cover

22. Neurodiversity: Discovering the Extraordinary Gifts of Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Brain Differences

by Thomas Armstrong

Learning to Learn cover

23. Learning to Learn

by Carolyn Olivier, Rosemary Bowler

Statistics in Plain English, Third Edition cover

24. Statistics in Plain English, Third Edition

by Timothy C. Urdan

Computer Architecture, Fifth Edition: A Quantitative Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

25. Computer Architecture, Fifth Edition: A Quantitative Approach (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

by John L. Hennessy

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AWS System Administration: Best Practices for Sysadmins in the Amazon Cloud cover

26. AWS System Administration: Best Practices for Sysadmins in the Amazon Cloud

by Mike Ryan, Federico Lucifredi

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Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior cover

27. Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior

by Ori Brafman, Rom Brafman

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Worthless: The Young Person's Indispensable Guide to Choosing the Right Major cover

28. Worthless: The Young Person's Indispensable Guide to Choosing the Right Major

by Aaron Clarey

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Military Nanotechnology: Potential Applications and Preventive Arms Control (Contemporary Security Studies) cover

29. Military Nanotechnology: Potential Applications and Preventive Arms Control (Contemporary Security Studies)

by Jürgen Altmann

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The Voice Book: For Everyone Who Wants to Make the Most of Their Voice cover

30. The Voice Book: For Everyone Who Wants to Make the Most of Their Voice

by Michael McCallion

The First Directorate: My 32 Years in Intelligence and Espionage Against the West cover

31. The First Directorate: My 32 Years in Intelligence and Espionage Against the West

by Oleg Kalugin, Fen Montaigne

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Breaking the Maya Code (Third Edition) cover

32. Breaking the Maya Code (Third Edition)

by Michael D Coe

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Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon (Translation/Transnation) cover

33. Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon (Translation/Transnation)

by Michael Wood

Star Trek: Make It So: Leadership Lessons from Star Trek: The Next Generation cover

34. Star Trek: Make It So: Leadership Lessons from Star Trek: The Next Generation

by Wess Roberts, Bill Ross

Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain cover

35. Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain

by Pete Egoscue, Roger Gittines

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What You Can Change and What You Can't: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement cover

36. What You Can Change and What You Can't: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement

by Martin E.P. Seligman

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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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A First Course in General Relativity cover

38. A First Course in General Relativity

by Bernard Schutz

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Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives (9th Edition) cover

39. Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives (9th Edition)

by John C. Hull

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Programming Pearls (2nd Edition) cover

40. Programming Pearls (2nd Edition)

by Jon Louis Bentley

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The Handmaid's Tale cover

41. The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

The TCP/IP Guide: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Internet Protocols Reference cover

42. The TCP/IP Guide: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Internet Protocols Reference

by Charles M. Kozierok

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