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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jun 8, 2015 - Jun 15, 2015

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The Soul of A New Machine cover

1. The Soul of A New Machine

by Tracy Kidder

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VHDL Implimentation of a 16-bit microprocessor: Digital design using FPGAs cover

2. VHDL Implimentation of a 16-bit microprocessor: Digital design using FPGAs

by Piratla Uma Sathyakam

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software cover

3. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

by Charles Petzold

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In Search of Stupidity: Over 20 Years of High-Tech Marketing Disasters cover

4. In Search of Stupidity: Over 20 Years of High-Tech Marketing Disasters

by Merrill R. Chapman

Gangster Capitalism: The United States and the Global Rise of Organized Crime cover

5. Gangster Capitalism: The United States and the Global Rise of Organized Crime

by Michael Woodiwiss

Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal cover

6. Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal

by Nick Bilton

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Lanky Twang: How it is Spoke (Minibooks) cover

7. Lanky Twang: How it is Spoke (Minibooks)

by Peter Wright

Hammer's German Grammar and Usage, Fifth Edition (German Edition) cover

8. Hammer's German Grammar and Usage, Fifth Edition (German Edition)

by Martin Durrell

English Grammar for Students of German: The Study Guide for Those Learning German (English Grammar Series) cover

9. English Grammar for Students of German: The Study Guide for Those Learning German (English Grammar Series)

by Cecile Zorach

Low Intensity Operations: Subversion, Insurgency and Peacekeeping cover

10. Low Intensity Operations: Subversion, Insurgency and Peacekeeping

by Frank Kitson

Cakes, Custard and Category Theory: Easy Recipes for Understanding Complex Maths cover

11. Cakes, Custard and Category Theory: Easy Recipes for Understanding Complex Maths

by Eugenia Cheng

Probability Theory: The Logic of Science cover

12. Probability Theory: The Logic of Science

by E. T. Jaynes

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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) cover

13. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself cover

14. Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

by Melody Beattie

You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises cover

15. You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises

by Mark Lauren, Joshua Clark

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Daily Rituals: How Artists Work cover

16. Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

by Mason Currey

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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea cover

17. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

by Barbara Demick

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Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West cover

18. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

by Blaine Harden

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Specifying Systems: The TLA+ Language and Tools for Hardware and Software Engineers cover

19. Specifying Systems: The TLA+ Language and Tools for Hardware and Software Engineers

by Leslie Lamport

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Introduction to the Theory of Computation cover

20. Introduction to the Theory of Computation

by Michael Sipser

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Bamn: Outlaw Manifestos and Ephemera, 1965-70 cover

21. Bamn: Outlaw Manifestos and Ephemera, 1965-70

by Peter Stansill, David Zane Mairowitz

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Caught in The Pulpit: Leaving Belief Behind cover

22. Caught in The Pulpit: Leaving Belief Behind

by Daniel Clement Dennett, Linda Lascola

If You Can't Say Anything Nice, Say It In Yiddish cover

23. If You Can't Say Anything Nice, Say It In Yiddish

by Lita Epstein

Mastering Python for Finance cover

24. Mastering Python for Finance

by James Ma, James Ma Weiming

Raspberry Pi Gaming Second Edition cover

25. Raspberry Pi Gaming Second Edition

by Shea Silverman

Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation cover

26. Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation

by Jeff Chang

Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy cover

27. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

by David D. Burns

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Calculus for the Practical Man cover

28. Calculus for the Practical Man

by J. E. Thompson

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Web Operations: Keeping the Data on Time cover

29. Web Operations: Keeping the Data on Time

by John Allspaw, Jesse Robbins

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Designing the User Interface: Pearson New International Edition cover

30. Designing the User Interface: Pearson New International Edition

by Ben Shneiderman, Catherine Plaisant, Maxine Cohen, Steven Jacobs

Do What You Love, The Money Will Follow: Discovering Your Right Livelihood cover

31. Do What You Love, The Money Will Follow: Discovering Your Right Livelihood

by Marsha Sinetar