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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jul 11, 2016 - Jul 18, 2016

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Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook, Revised Edition cover

1. Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook, Revised Edition

by Edward Luttwak

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Pictures, Pop Bottles and Pills: Kodak Electronics Technology That Made a Better World But Didn't Save the Day cover

2. Pictures, Pop Bottles and Pills: Kodak Electronics Technology That Made a Better World But Didn't Save the Day

by K. Bradley Paxton

Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale cover

3. Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale

by William A. Sethares

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The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall cover

4. The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall

by Ian Bremmer

The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan cover

5. The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan

by Robert Kanigel

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The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology) cover

6. The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology)

by K. Anders Ericsson, Neil Charness, Paul J. Feltovich, Robert R. Hoffman

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The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. cover

7. The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown.

by Daniel Coyle

Programmierung- eine Einführung in die Informatik mit Standard ML. cover

8. Programmierung- eine Einführung in die Informatik mit Standard ML.

by Gert Smolka

The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio cover

9. The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio

by William Bernstein

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The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy cover

10. The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy

by Thomas Sowell

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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right. Atul Gawande cover

11. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right. Atul Gawande

by Atul Gawande

Zoning Rules!: The Economics of Land Use Regulation cover

12. Zoning Rules!: The Economics of Land Use Regulation

by William A. Fischel

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Trolling Euclid: An Irreverent Guide to Nine of Mathematics' Most Important Problems cover

13. Trolling Euclid: An Irreverent Guide to Nine of Mathematics' Most Important Problems

by Tom Wright

The Story of Jane Doe: A Book about Rape cover

14. The Story of Jane Doe: A Book about Rape

by Jane Doe

Cryptanalysis: A Study of Ciphers and Their Solution cover

15. Cryptanalysis: A Study of Ciphers and Their Solution

by Helen F. Gaines

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Programming Pearls (2nd Edition) cover

16. Programming Pearls (2nd Edition)

by Jon Louis Bentley

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Data Structures and Algorithms cover

17. Data Structures and Algorithms

by Alfred V. Aho, John E. Hopcroft, Jeffrey D. Ullman

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Drawing Programs: The Theory and Practice of Schematic Functional Programming cover

18. Drawing Programs: The Theory and Practice of Schematic Functional Programming

by Tom Addis, Jan Addis

Computational Ocean Acoustics (Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing) cover

19. Computational Ocean Acoustics (Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing)

by Finn B. Jensen, William A. Kuperman, Michael B. Porter, Henrik Schmidt

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The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win cover

20. The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford

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Will It Fly? How to Test Your Next Business Idea So You Don't Waste Your Time and Money cover

21. Will It Fly? How to Test Your Next Business Idea So You Don't Waste Your Time and Money

by Pat Flynn

Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? cover

22. Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

by Seth Godin

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The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance cover

23. The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance

by Josh Waitzkin

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Assembly Language and Computer Architecture Using C++ and JavaTM cover

24. Assembly Language and Computer Architecture Using C++ and JavaTM

by Anthony J. Dos Reis

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An Introduction to Functional Programming Through Lambda Calculus (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

25. An Introduction to Functional Programming Through Lambda Calculus (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Greg Michaelson

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Compiler Construction Using Java, JavaCC, and Yacc cover

26. Compiler Construction Using Java, JavaCC, and Yacc

by Anthony J. Dos Reis

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Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming (MIT Press) cover

27. Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming (MIT Press)

by Peter Van Roy, Seif Haridi

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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid cover

28. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

by Douglas R. Hofstadter

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The Big Book of Concepts (MIT Press) cover

29. The Big Book of Concepts (MIT Press)

by Gregory Murphy

Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests cover

30. Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests

by Steve Freeman, Nat Pryce

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The Elements of Color: A Treatise on the Color System of Johannes Itten Based on His Book the Art of Color cover

31. The Elements of Color: A Treatise on the Color System of Johannes Itten Based on His Book the Art of Color

by Johannes Itten

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