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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jul 4, 2016 - Jul 11, 2016

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Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger, 3rd Edition cover

1. Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger, 3rd Edition

by Peter Bevelin

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The Decision Book: 50 Models for Strategic Thinking cover

2. The Decision Book: 50 Models for Strategic Thinking

by Mikael Krogerus, Roman Tschäppeler, Philip Earnhart

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Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond cover

3. Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

by Gene Kranz

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A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts cover

4. A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts

by Andrew Chaikin

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CSS Secrets cover

5. CSS Secrets

by Lea Verou

Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth cover

6. Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth

by Gabriel Weinberg, Justin Mares

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Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job cover

7. Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job

by John Mongan, Eric Giguère, Noah Kindler

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The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal cover

8. The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal

by Desmond Morris

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind cover

9. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari

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What Intelligence Tests Miss: The Psychology of Rational Thought cover

10. What Intelligence Tests Miss: The Psychology of Rational Thought

by Keith E. Stanovich

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Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces cover

11. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces

by Radley Balko

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Growing a Business cover

12. Growing a Business

by Paul Hawken

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Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age cover

13. Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age

by Modris Eksteins

Drawing Theories Apart: The Dispersion of Feynman Diagrams in Postwar Physics cover

14. Drawing Theories Apart: The Dispersion of Feynman Diagrams in Postwar Physics

by David Kaiser

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Hacker’s Delight, Second Edition cover

15. Hacker’s Delight, Second Edition

by Henry S. Warren Jr.

Off-Season: Discovering America on Winter's Shore cover

16. Off-Season: Discovering America on Winter's Shore

by Ken McAlpine

How We Know cover

17. How We Know

by Harry Binswanger

All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood cover

18. All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood

by Jennifer Senior

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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing cover

19. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

by Marie Kondo

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The Undercover Economist, Revised and Updated Edition: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor - and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car! cover

20. The Undercover Economist, Revised and Updated Edition: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor - and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!

by Tim Harford

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The Forgotten Cure: The Past and Future of Phage Therapy cover

21. The Forgotten Cure: The Past and Future of Phage Therapy

by Anna Kuchment

Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great cover

22. Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great

by Esther Derby, Diana Larsen

The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal cover

23. The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal

by M. Mitchell Waldrop

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Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages cover

24. Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages

by Carlota Perez

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Reading and Writing in Babylon cover

25. Reading and Writing in Babylon

by Dominique Charpin

Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima cover

26. Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima

by James A. Mahaffey

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The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing cover

27. The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing

by Mel Lindauer, Taylor Larimore, Michael LeBoeuf

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The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific cover

28. The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific

by J. Maarten Troost

The Institutional Revolution: Measurement and the Economic Emergence of the Modern World (Markets and Governments in Economic History) cover

29. The Institutional Revolution: Measurement and the Economic Emergence of the Modern World (Markets and Governments in Economic History)

by Douglas W. Allen

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

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

by Steve Keen

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Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World (Popular Science) cover

31. Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World (Popular Science)

by Nick Lane

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iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (5th Edition) (Big Nerd Ranch Guides) cover

32. iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (5th Edition) (Big Nerd Ranch Guides)

by Christian Keur, Aaron Hillegass

Challenging Mathematical Problems With Elementary Solutions (Volume 2) cover

33. Challenging Mathematical Problems With Elementary Solutions (Volume 2)

by ?. ? ?????, Isaak Moiseevich I?Aglom, Basil Gordon

Unlimited Power : The New Science Of Personal Achievement cover

34. Unlimited Power : The New Science Of Personal Achievement

by Tony Robbins

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CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions (Black & White) cover

35. CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions (Black & White)

by Andy Budd

The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth's Past) cover

36. The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth's Past)

by Cixin Liu

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