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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Oct 19, 2015 - Oct 26, 2015

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The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition cover

1. The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition

by Thomas E. Pearsall

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The ART OF WAR FOR LOVERS cover

2. The ART OF WAR FOR LOVERS

by Connell Cowan

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MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom (Tony Robbins Financial Freedom Series) cover

3. MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom (Tony Robbins Financial Freedom Series)

by Anthony Robbins, Tony Robbins

Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum cover

4. Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum

by Leonard Susskind, Art Friedman

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The Art of War in the Middle Ages cover

5. The Art of War in the Middle Ages

by Charles Oman

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

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

by Steve Keen

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The Education of a Value Investor: My Transformative Quest for Wealth, Wisdom, and Enlightenment cover

7. The Education of a Value Investor: My Transformative Quest for Wealth, Wisdom, and Enlightenment

by Guy Spier

The Pyramid Principle:Logic in Writing and Thinking cover

8. The Pyramid Principle:Logic in Writing and Thinking

by Barbara Minto

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Fighter Wing: A Guided Tour of an Air Force Combat Wing (Tom Clancy's Military Reference) cover

9. Fighter Wing: A Guided Tour of an Air Force Combat Wing (Tom Clancy's Military Reference)

by Tom Clancy, John Gresham

The Constitutional Convention: A Narrative History from the Notes of James Madison (Modern Library Classics) cover

10. The Constitutional Convention: A Narrative History from the Notes of James Madison (Modern Library Classics)

by James Madison, Edward J. Larson, Michael P. Winship

The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time cover

11. The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time

by Jonathan Weiner

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Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories cover

12. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories

by Alice Munro

The Principia : Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy cover

13. The Principia : Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

by Isaac Newton

The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition cover

14. The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

by Caroline Alexander

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

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

by Michael A. Hiltzik

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Hold 'em Poker: For Advanced Players cover

16. Hold 'em Poker: For Advanced Players

by David Sklansky, Mason Malmuth

Molecular Biology of the Cell cover

17. Molecular Biology of the Cell

by Bruce Alberts, Alexander D. Johnson, Julian Lewis

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Republic (Hackett Classics) cover

18. Republic (Hackett Classics)

by Plato, G. M. A. Grube

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

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

by Charles J. Murray

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Solution Selling: Creating Buyers in Difficult Selling Markets cover

20. Solution Selling: Creating Buyers in Difficult Selling Markets

by Michael T. Bosworth

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The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership cover

21. The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership

by Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh

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The Conscience of a Liberal cover

22. The Conscience of a Liberal

by Paul Krugman

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The Management Myth: Debunking Modern Business Philosophy cover

23. The Management Myth: Debunking Modern Business Philosophy

by Matthew Stewart

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

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

by Harvey Silverglate

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Closure: The Definitive Guide cover

25. Closure: The Definitive Guide

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Clojure Programming cover

26. Clojure Programming

by Chas Emerick. Brian Carper. Christophe Grand

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The Insider/Outsider Problem in the Study of Religion: A Reader (Controversies in the Study of Religion) cover

27. The Insider/Outsider Problem in the Study of Religion: A Reader (Controversies in the Study of Religion)

by Russell T. McCutcheon

Realm of Racket: Learn to Program, One Game at a Time! cover

28. Realm of Racket: Learn to Program, One Game at a Time!

by Matthias Felleisen, David Van Horn, Conrad Barski, Northeastern University Students

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Error-Free Software: Know-How and Know-Why of Program Correctness (Wiley Series in Software Engineering Practice) cover

29. Error-Free Software: Know-How and Know-Why of Program Correctness (Wiley Series in Software Engineering Practice)

by Robert L. Baber

Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions cover

30. Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell

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Elements of Programming Interviews: The Insiders' Guide cover

31. Elements of Programming Interviews: The Insiders' Guide

by Adnan Aziz, Tsung-Hsien Lee, Amit Prakash

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Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It cover

32. Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It

by Gary Taubes

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The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet cover

33. The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet

by Nina Teicholz

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Blank Slate, The cover

34. Blank Slate, The

by Steven Pinker, Victor Bevine, Roc Filella Escolà, ʻImanuʾel Loṭem

The Wall Street Journal Guide to Business Style and Usage (Wall Street Journal Book) cover

35. The Wall Street Journal Guide to Business Style and Usage (Wall Street Journal Book)

by Paul R. Martin

The Race for a New Game Machine: Creating the Chips Inside the XBox 360 and the Playstation 3 cover

36. The Race for a New Game Machine: Creating the Chips Inside the XBox 360 and the Playstation 3

by David James Shippy, Mickie Phipps

Salt: A World History cover

37. Salt: A World History

by Mark Kurlansky

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Agile!: The Good, the Hype and the Ugly cover

38. Agile!: The Good, the Hype and the Ugly

by Bertrand Meyer

Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction cover

39. Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

by Philip E. Tetlock, Dan Gardner

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In the Land of Invented Languages: Adventures in Linguistic Creativity, Madness, and Genius cover

40. In the Land of Invented Languages: Adventures in Linguistic Creativity, Madness, and Genius

by Arika Okrent

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Rhythms of the Brain cover

41. Rhythms of the Brain

by G. Buzsáki

The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World cover

42. The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World

by Pedro Domingos

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Cape Horn to Starboard cover

43. Cape Horn to Starboard

by John Kretschmer

Hurry Hard: The Russ Howard Story cover

44. Hurry Hard: The Russ Howard Story

by Russ Howard, Bob Weeks

The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events cover

45. The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events

by Bernard Grun

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

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

by John R. Levine

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American Millstone: An Examination of the Nation's Permanent Underclass cover

47. American Millstone: An Examination of the Nation's Permanent Underclass

by Chicago Tribune

The Cat in Numberland cover

48. The Cat in Numberland

by Ivar Ekeland

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The Elephant's Journey cover

49. The Elephant's Journey

by José Saramago

The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger cover

50. The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger

by Marc Levinson

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Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace) – Google's Proven Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence Guide cover

51. Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace) – Google's Proven Mindfulness and Emotional Intelligence Guide

by Chade-Meng Tan, Daniel Goleman, Jon Kabat-Zinn

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JavaScript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts cover

52. JavaScript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts

by Callie L. French, Dan/M Pelletier

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JavaScript: The Good Parts cover

53. JavaScript: The Good Parts

by Douglas Crockford, Ke luo ke fu de, Yan xue kun, Douglas Crockford

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Gun Laws of America - 6th Edition cover

54. Gun Laws of America - 6th Edition

by Alan Korwin, Michael P. Anthony

Non-Designer's Design Book, The cover

55. Non-Designer's Design Book, The

by Robin Williams

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Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary cover

56. Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary

by Linus Torvalds, David Diamond

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