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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Nov 9, 2015 - Nov 16, 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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Not for Bread Alone cover

2. Not for Bread Alone

by Konosuke Matsushita

Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry in the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth... The Remedy cover

3. Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry in the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth... The Remedy

by Henry George

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Anarchy, State, and Utopia cover

4. Anarchy, State, and Utopia

by Robert Nozick

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A Theory of Justice cover

5. A Theory of Justice

by John Rawls

The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence cover

6. The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence

by Gary A. Haugen, Victor Boutros

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Accelerando (Singularity) cover

7. Accelerando (Singularity)

by Charles Stross

Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy (Commonwealth Fund Book Program) cover

8. Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy (Commonwealth Fund Book Program)

by Kip S Thorne

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On Directing Film cover

9. On Directing Film

by David Mamet

The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students cover

10. The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students

by Allan Bloom

The Wisdom of Crowds cover

11. The Wisdom of Crowds

by James Surowiecki

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Simple C++: Featuring Robodog and the Profound Object-Oriented Programming Method (Poop) cover

12. Simple C++: Featuring Robodog and the Profound Object-Oriented Programming Method (Poop)

by Jeffrey M. Cogswell

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Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic cover

13. Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic

by Sam Quinones

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High Output Management cover

14. High Output Management

by Andrew S. Grove

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Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life cover

15. Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life

by David Perlmutter

Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain cover

16. Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain

by Antonio Damasio

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Mailing May: A Picture Book About a Spunky Girl Sent by U.S. Mail Across Idaho Mountains in 1914 for Kids (Ages 4-8) cover

17. Mailing May: A Picture Book About a Spunky Girl Sent by U.S. Mail Across Idaho Mountains in 1914 for Kids (Ages 4-8)

by Michael O. Tunnell

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From Bauhaus To Our House cover

18. From Bauhaus To Our House

by Tom Wolfe

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Ancient Inventions cover

19. Ancient Inventions

by Peter J. James, Nick Thorpe, I. J. Thorpe

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Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler)) cover

20. Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))

by Jez Humble

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Basic Structures of Matter: Supergravitation Unified Theory cover

21. Basic Structures of Matter: Supergravitation Unified Theory

by Stoyan Sarg

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Red Rising (Red Rising Series Book 1) cover

22. Red Rising (Red Rising Series Book 1)

by Pierce Brown

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The Physics of Musical Instruments cover

23. The Physics of Musical Instruments

by Neville H. Fletcher, Thomas Rossing

War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier cover

24. War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

by Smedley Darlington Butler

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Trade is War cover

25. Trade is War

by Yashpal Tandon