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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between May 25, 2015 - Jun 1, 2015

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Down and Out in Paris and London cover

1. Down and Out in Paris and London

by George Orwell
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Accounts Demystified: The Astonishingly Simple Guide To Accounting (6th Edition) cover

2. Accounts Demystified: The Astonishingly Simple Guide To Accounting (6th Edition)

by Anthony Rice
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Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs: What You Really Need to Know About the Numbers cover

3. Financial Intelligence for Entrepreneurs: What You Really Need to Know About the Numbers

by Karen Berman, Joe Knight, John Case
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Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts cover

4. Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts

by Stanislas Dehaene
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Algebraic Models For Accounting Systems cover

5. Algebraic Models For Accounting Systems

by Salvador Cruz Rambaud, Robert A. Nehmer
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What Would Machiavelli Do? The Ends Justify the Meanness cover

6. What Would Machiavelli Do? The Ends Justify the Meanness

by Stanley Bing
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid cover

7. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

by Douglas R. Hofstadter
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A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness: From Impostor Poodles to Purple Numbers cover

8. A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness: From Impostor Poodles to Purple Numbers

by V. S. Ramachandran
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On Intelligence cover

9. On Intelligence

by Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee
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Mathematics and Its History (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

10. Mathematics and Its History (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by John Stillwell
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A Tremor In The Blood cover

11. A Tremor In The Blood

by David T. Lykken
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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined cover

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

by Steven Pinker
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Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Latin edition) cover

13. Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Latin edition)

by J. K. Rowling
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Adaptive Control (2nd Edition) cover

14. Adaptive Control (2nd Edition)

by Karl Johan Åström, Björn Wittenmark
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The Fractional Calculus: Theory and Applications of Differentiation and Integration to Arbitrary Order (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

15. The Fractional Calculus: Theory and Applications of Differentiation and Integration to Arbitrary Order (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Keith B. Oldham, Jerome Spanier
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Dowry Murder: The Imperial Origins of a Cultural Crime cover

16. Dowry Murder: The Imperial Origins of a Cultural Crime

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Overcoming Anxiety cover

17. Overcoming Anxiety

by Helen Kennerley
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Writing Los Angeles: a Literary Anthology (Library of America) cover

18. Writing Los Angeles: a Literary Anthology (Library of America)

by David L. Ulin
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Hacker's Delight (2nd Edition) cover

19. Hacker's Delight (2nd Edition)

by Henry S. Warren
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Marvirinstrato: Originalaj noveloj en Esperanto (Esperanto Edition) cover

20. Marvirinstrato: Originalaj noveloj en Esperanto (Esperanto Edition)

by Tim Westover
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Conquering Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Other Repetitive Strain Injuries: A Self-Care Program cover

21. Conquering Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Other Repetitive Strain Injuries: A Self-Care Program

by Sharon J. Butler
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Anarchy Unbound: Why Self-Governance Works Better Than You Think (Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society) cover

22. Anarchy Unbound: Why Self-Governance Works Better Than You Think (Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society)

by Peter T. Leeson
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Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution - 25th Anniversary Edition cover

23. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution - 25th Anniversary Edition

by Steven Levy
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The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World cover

24. The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World

by David Kirkpatrick
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The Indian History of the Modoc War cover

25. The Indian History of the Modoc War

by Jeff C. Riddle
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Programming Scala cover

26. Programming Scala

by Dean Wampler, Alex Payne
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Working in the Shadows: A Year of Doing the Jobs (Most) Americans Won't Do cover

27. Working in the Shadows: A Year of Doing the Jobs (Most) Americans Won't Do

by Gabriel Thompson
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Linkers and Loaders (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Software Engineering and Programming) cover

28. Linkers and Loaders (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Software Engineering and Programming)

by John R. Levine
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why's (poignant) guide to Ruby cover

29. why's (poignant) guide to Ruby

by why the why the lucky stiff, Createspace Independent Pub
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why's (poignant) guide to Ruby: in color cover

30. why's (poignant) guide to Ruby: in color

by why the why the lucky stiff
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The Garden of Invention: Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding Plants cover

31. The Garden of Invention: Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding Plants

by Jane S. Smith
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