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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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Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary cover

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

by Linus Torvalds, David Diamond

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Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace) cover

3. Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace)

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MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom cover

4. MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom

by Anthony Robbins, Tony Robbins

Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum cover

5. Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum

by Leonard Susskind, Art Friedman

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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

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

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

by Harvey Silverglate

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

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

by Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh

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

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

by Alice Munro

Solution Selling: Creating Buyers in Difficult Selling Markets cover

13. Solution Selling: Creating Buyers in Difficult Selling Markets

by Michael T. Bosworth

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The Principia : Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy cover

14. The Principia : Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

by Isaac Newton

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future cover

15. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

by Peter Thiel, Blake Masters

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

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

by Jonathan Weiner

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Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

17. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition cover

18. The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

by Caroline Alexander

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Molecular Biology of the Cell cover

19. Molecular Biology of the Cell

by Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter

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

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

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

Republic (Hackett Classics) cover

21. Republic (Hackett Classics)

by Plato, G. M. A. Grube

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

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

by Michael A. Hiltzik

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The ART OF WAR FOR LOVERS cover

23. The ART OF WAR FOR LOVERS

by Connell Cowan

Hold 'em Poker: For Advanced Players cover

24. Hold 'em Poker: For Advanced Players

by David Sklansky, Mason Malmuth

Winning cover

25. Winning

by Jack Welch, Suzy Welch

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

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

by Charles J. Murray

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Clojure Programming cover

27. Clojure Programming

by Chas Emerick, Brian Carper, Christophe Grand

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Closure: The Definitive Guide cover

28. Closure: The Definitive Guide

by Michael Bolin

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Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions cover

29. 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

30. Elements of Programming Interviews: The Insiders' Guide

by Adnan Aziz, Tsung-Hsien Lee, Amit Prakash

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The Management Myth: Debunking Modern Business Philosophy cover

31. The Management Myth: Debunking Modern Business Philosophy

by Matthew Stewart

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

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

by Russell T. McCutcheon

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

33. 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

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

by Nina Teicholz

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

35. 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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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

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

37. The Wall Street Journal Guide to Business Style and Usage (Wall Street Journal Guides to...)

by Paul R. Martin

Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction cover

38. Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

by Philip Eyrikson Tetlock, Dan Gardner

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

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

by Bertrand Meyer

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature cover

40. The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

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

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

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

by Robert L. Baber

Rhythms of the Brain cover

42. Rhythms of the Brain

by G. Buzsáki

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

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

by Arika Okrent

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Cape Horn to Starboard cover

44. Cape Horn to Starboard

by John Kretschmer

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

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

by Pedro Domingos

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

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

by Bernard Grun

The Art of War in the Middle Ages cover

47. The Art of War in the Middle Ages

by Charles Oman

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

48. 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

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

by Chicago Tribune

Hurry Hard: The Russ Howard Story cover

50. Hurry Hard: The Russ Howard Story

by Russ Howard, Bob Weeks

The Cat in Numberland cover

51. The Cat in Numberland

by Ivar Ekeland

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The Elephant's Journey cover

52. The Elephant's Journey

by José Saramago

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

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

by Marc Levinson

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I Am Jack (I am Jack #1) cover

54. I Am Jack (I am Jack #1)

by Susanne Gervay

JavaScript: The Good Parts cover

55. 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

56. Gun Laws of America - 6th Edition

by Alan Korwin, Michael P. Anthony

The Non-Designer's Design Book (4th Edition) cover

57. The Non-Designer's Design Book (4th Edition)

by Robin Williams

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