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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between May 16, 2016 - May 23, 2016

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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business cover

1. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

by Neil Postman

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High Performance Computing cover

2. High Performance Computing

by Kevin Dowd, Charles R. Severance

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A Small Matter of Programming: Perspectives on End User Computing cover

3. A Small Matter of Programming: Perspectives on End User Computing

by Bonnie A. Nardi

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Physical Biology of the Cell cover

4. Physical Biology of the Cell

by Robert Brooks Phillips, Jane Kondev, Julie Theriot

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AWS System Administration: Best Practices for Sysadmins in the Amazon Cloud cover

5. AWS System Administration: Best Practices for Sysadmins in the Amazon Cloud

by Mike Ryan, Federico Lucifredi

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Arrest-Proof Yourself cover

6. Arrest-Proof Yourself

by Dale Carson, Wes Denham

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C Programming Absolute Beginner's Guide (3rd Edition) cover

7. C Programming Absolute Beginner's Guide (3rd Edition)

by Greg M. Perry, Dean Miller

Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (Big Nerd Ranch Guides) cover

8. Android Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (Big Nerd Ranch Guides)

by Bill Phillips, Brian Hardy

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A Practical Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms using Java (Chapman & Hall/CRC Applied Algorithms and Data Structures series) cover

9. A Practical Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms using Java (Chapman & Hall/CRC Applied Algorithms and Data Structures series)

by Sally. A Goldman, Kenneth. J Goldman

Statistics in a Nutshell cover

10. Statistics in a Nutshell

by Sarah Boslaugh, Dr. Paul Watters

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Linux 3-D Graphics Programming cover

11. Linux 3-D Graphics Programming

by Norman Lin

The Second Brain: A Groundbreaking New Understanding of Nervous Disorders of the Stomach and Intestine cover

12. The Second Brain: A Groundbreaking New Understanding of Nervous Disorders of the Stomach and Intestine

by Michael Gershon

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Modelling Extremal Events: for Insurance and Finance (Stochastic Modelling and Applied Probability) cover

13. Modelling Extremal Events: for Insurance and Finance (Stochastic Modelling and Applied Probability)

by Paul Embrechts, Claudia Klüppelberg, Thomas Mikosch

DAEMON cover

14. DAEMON

by Daniel Suarez

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One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War cover

15. One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War

by Michael Dobbs

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Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): Concepts, Technology, and Design cover

16. Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): Concepts, Technology, and Design

Molecular Cell Biology cover

17. Molecular Cell Biology

by Harvey F. Lodish

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Rust: The Longest War cover

18. Rust: The Longest War

by Jonathan Waldman

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Principles of Neural Science cover

19. Principles of Neural Science

by Eric R. Kandel, James Harris Schwartz, Thomas Jessell

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Welcome to Terrorland: Mohamed Atta & the 9-11 Cover-up in Florida cover

20. Welcome to Terrorland: Mohamed Atta & the 9-11 Cover-up in Florida

by Daniel Hopsicker

Group Theory in the Bedroom, and Other Mathematical Diversions cover

21. Group Theory in the Bedroom, and Other Mathematical Diversions

by Brian Hayes

A Book of Abstract Algebra: Second Edition (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

22. A Book of Abstract Algebra: Second Edition (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Charles C Pinter

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Groups: A Path to Geometry cover

23. Groups: A Path to Geometry

by R. P. Burn

The Wandering Mind: What the Brain Does When You're Not Looking cover

24. The Wandering Mind: What the Brain Does When You're Not Looking

by Michael C. Corballis

The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (Robert C. Martin Series) cover

25. The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (Robert C. Martin Series)

by Robert C. Martin

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Algebra (2nd Edition) cover

26. Algebra (2nd Edition)

by Michael Artin

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Project Whirlwind: History of a Pioneer Computer cover

27. Project Whirlwind: History of a Pioneer Computer

by Kent C. Redmond, Thomas Malcolm Smith

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An Introduction to Kolmogorov Complexity and Its Applications (Texts in Computer Science) cover

28. An Introduction to Kolmogorov Complexity and Its Applications (Texts in Computer Science)

by Ming Li, Paul Vitanyi

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Introduction to the Theory of Computation cover

29. Introduction to the Theory of Computation

by Michael Sipser

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Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing (MIT Press) cover

30. Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing (MIT Press)

by Jane Margolis, Allan Fisher

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Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design cover

31. Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design

by Terry Winograd, Fernando Flores

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The Powerhouse: America, China, and the Great Battery War cover

32. The Powerhouse: America, China, and the Great Battery War

by Steve LeVine

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Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle (Vintage Departures) cover

33. Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle (Vintage Departures)

by Daniel Leonard Everett

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Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

34. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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The Money Class: How to Stand in Your Truth and Create the Future You Deserve cover

35. The Money Class: How to Stand in Your Truth and Create the Future You Deserve

by Suze Orman

Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster (Lean Series) cover

36. Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster (Lean Series)

by Alistair Croll, Benjamin Yoskovitz

The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup (The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship) cover

37. The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup (The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship)

by Noam Wasserman

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