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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Aug 24, 2015 - Aug 31, 2015

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The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense cover

1. The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense

by Suzette Haden Elgin

Mr. Wizard's Supermarket Science cover

2. Mr. Wizard's Supermarket Science

by Don Herbert

Manual For Ear Training And Sight Singing cover

3. Manual For Ear Training And Sight Singing

The Complete Musician: An Integrated Approach to Tonal Theory, Analysis, and Listening, 3rd Edition cover

4. The Complete Musician: An Integrated Approach to Tonal Theory, Analysis, and Listening, 3rd Edition

Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis cover

5. Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis

by Robert D. Putnam

Beginning Haskell: A Project-Based Approach cover

6. Beginning Haskell: A Project-Based Approach

by Alejandro Serrano Mena

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Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous cover

7. Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous

by Gabriella Coleman

Handwriting of the Twentieth Century cover

8. Handwriting of the Twentieth Century

by Rosemary Sassoon

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Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied cover

9. Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied

by Andrei Alexandrescu

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Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis cover

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

by James Rickards

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A Beginner's Guide to Meditation: Practical Advice and Inspiration from Contemporary Buddhist Teachers (Shambhala Sun Books) cover

11. A Beginner's Guide to Meditation: Practical Advice and Inspiration from Contemporary Buddhist Teachers (Shambhala Sun Books)

by Rod Meade Sperry, Editors of the Shambhala Sun

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Book of Proof cover

12. Book of Proof

by Richard H. Hammack

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How to Cook Everything: 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food,10th Anniversary Edition cover

13. How to Cook Everything: 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food,10th Anniversary Edition

by Mark Bittman

Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor cover

14. Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor

by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh

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How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd Edition cover

15. How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd Edition

by Daniel J. Velleman

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The Shaky Game (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series) cover

16. The Shaky Game (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)

by Arthur Fine

The End of Certainty cover

17. The End of Certainty

by Ilya Prigogine, Isabelle Stengers

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Guidebook to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance cover

18. Guidebook to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

by Ron Di Santo, Tom Steele

More Maths for Mums and Dads cover

19. More Maths for Mums and Dads

by Robert Eastaway, Mike Askew

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Help Your Kids with Math: A visual problem solver for kids and parents cover

20. Help Your Kids with Math: A visual problem solver for kids and parents

by DK Publishing, Barry Lewis

What Can I Do to Help My Child with Math When I Don't Know Any Myself? cover

21. What Can I Do to Help My Child with Math When I Don't Know Any Myself?

by Tahir Yaqoob

Maths for Mums and Dads cover

22. Maths for Mums and Dads

by Robert Eastaway, Mike Askew

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Math Power: How to Help Your Child Love Math, Even If You Don't (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

23. Math Power: How to Help Your Child Love Math, Even If You Don't (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Patricia Clark Kenschaft

Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain cover

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

by Pete Egoscue, Roger Gittines

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The Doubter's Companion: A Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense cover

25. The Doubter's Companion: A Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense

by John Ralston Saul

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Recovering Sarepta, A Phoenician City: Excavations at Sarafund, 1969-1974, by the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania cover

26. Recovering Sarepta, A Phoenician City: Excavations at Sarafund, 1969-1974, by the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania

by James B. Pritchard

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

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

by Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson

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The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It cover

28. The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It

by Kelly McGonigal

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Mr. Wizard's Experiments for Young Scientists cover

29. Mr. Wizard's Experiments for Young Scientists

by Don Herbert

Mr. Wizard's 400 Experiments in Science cover

30. Mr. Wizard's 400 Experiments in Science

by Don Herbert, Hyman Ruchlis

Jim Blinn's Corner: A Trip Down the Graphics Pipeline (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics) cover

31. Jim Blinn's Corner: A Trip Down the Graphics Pipeline (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics)

by Jim Blinn

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Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things cover

32. Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things

by Don Norman

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

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

by Aaron Clarey

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The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity cover

34. The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity

by Alan Cooper

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

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

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

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Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets cover

36. Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets

by Peter Van der Linden

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37. Advanced C: Tips and Techniques (Hayden Books C Library)

by Paul Anderson, Gail Anderson

Allen Carr's Easy Way To Stop Smoking cover

38. Allen Carr's Easy Way To Stop Smoking

by Allen Carr

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The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers cover

39. The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers

by Tom Standage

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