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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between May 2, 2016 - May 9, 2016

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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) cover

1. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right cover

2. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

by Atul Gawande

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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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Saving Normal: An Insider's Revolt against Out-of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life cover

4. Saving Normal: An Insider's Revolt against Out-of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life

by Allen Frances

Turtle Geometry: The Computer as a Medium for Exploring Mathematics (Artificial Intelligence) cover

5. Turtle Geometry: The Computer as a Medium for Exploring Mathematics (Artificial Intelligence)

by Harold Abelson, Andrea Disessa

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Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A Doctor's Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Choices cover

6. Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A Doctor's Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Choices

by Sarah J. Buckley

The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

7. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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Spy Handler: Memoir of a KGB Officer - The True Story of the Man Who Recruited Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames cover

8. Spy Handler: Memoir of a KGB Officer - The True Story of the Man Who Recruited Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames

by Victor Cherkashin, Gregory Feifer

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Scarcity: The New Science of Having Less and How It Defines Our Lives cover

9. Scarcity: The New Science of Having Less and How It Defines Our Lives

by Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir

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The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape cover

10. The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape

by James Howard Kunstler

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The Rails 4 Way (3rd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby) cover

11. The Rails 4 Way (3rd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby)

by Obie Fernandez, Kevin Faustino

The Death and Life of Great American Cities cover

12. The Death and Life of Great American Cities

by Jane Jacobs

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California Indians and Their Environment: An Introduction (California Natural History Guides) cover

13. California Indians and Their Environment: An Introduction (California Natural History Guides)

by Kent G. Lightfoot, Otis Parrish

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

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

by Harvey Silverglate

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Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War cover

15. Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

by Robert Coram

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Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street cover

16. Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street

by William Poundstone

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Body by Science: A Research Based Program for Strength Training, Body building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week cover

17. Body by Science: A Research Based Program for Strength Training, Body building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week

by John Little, Doug McGuff

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The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky: A Visual Fugue cover

18. The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky: A Visual Fugue

by Vida T. Johnson, Graham Petrie

Feynman Lectures On Computation cover

19. Feynman Lectures On Computation

by Richard Phillips Feynman

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Clashes: Air Combat over North Vietnam, 1965-1972 cover

20. Clashes: Air Combat over North Vietnam, 1965-1972

by Marshall L. Michel, III

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Modernes C++ Design cover

21. Modernes C++ Design

by Andrei Alexandrescu

Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail cover

22. Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail

by Matthys Levy, Mario Salvadori

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Jesus and the Logic of History (New Studies in Biblical Theology) cover

23. Jesus and the Logic of History (New Studies in Biblical Theology)

by Paul W. Barnett

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SQL Antipatterns: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Database Programming (Pragmatic Programmers) cover

24. SQL Antipatterns: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Database Programming (Pragmatic Programmers)

by Bill Karwin

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An Introduction to Database Systems (8th Edition) cover

25. An Introduction to Database Systems (8th Edition)

by C.J. Date

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Car: A Drama of the American Workplace cover

26. Car: A Drama of the American Workplace

by Mary Walton

From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time cover

27. From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time

by Sean Carroll

Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications cover

28. Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications

by Toby Segaran

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Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming cover

29. Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming

by Peter Seibel

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The Emergent Multiverse: Quantum Theory according to the Everett Interpretation cover

30. The Emergent Multiverse: Quantum Theory according to the Everett Interpretation

by David Wallace

The Darwin Economy: Liberty, Competition, and the Common Good cover

31. The Darwin Economy: Liberty, Competition, and the Common Good

by Robert H. Frank

Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers cover

32. Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers

by John MacCormick

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Becoming the Tech-Savvy Family Lawyer cover

33. Becoming the Tech-Savvy Family Lawyer

by Melissa A. Kucinski, Daniel J. Berlin

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Oliver Byrne: The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid cover

34. Oliver Byrne: The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid

by Oliver Byrne, Euclid, Werner Oechslin

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