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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Aug 22, 2016 - Aug 29, 2016

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Proxima cover

1. Proxima

by Stephen Baxter

Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics cover

2. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

by Tim Marshall

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Cloud Architecture Patterns cover

3. Cloud Architecture Patterns

by Bill Wilder

Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease: The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition-Based Cure cover

4. Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease: The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition-Based Cure

by Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr. M.D.

Fluent Python cover

5. Fluent Python

by Luciano Ramalho

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Fire Someone Today: And Other Surprising Tactics for Making Your Business a Success cover

6. Fire Someone Today: And Other Surprising Tactics for Making Your Business a Success

by Bob Pritchett

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The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller: 20th Anniversary Edition cover

7. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller: 20th Anniversary Edition

by Sogyal Rinpoche

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The Underachiever's Manifesto: The Guide to Accomplishing Little and Feeling Great cover

8. The Underachiever's Manifesto: The Guide to Accomplishing Little and Feeling Great

by Ray Bennett

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Shenzhen Insider's Guide: Never Ever Get Lost cover

9. Shenzhen Insider's Guide: Never Ever Get Lost

A Whirlwind Tour of Python cover

10. A Whirlwind Tour of Python

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Solitude: A Return to the Self cover

11. Solitude: A Return to the Self

by Anthony Storr

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The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM) cover

12. The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM)

by Hal Elrod

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The Smart Startup: How To Crush It Without Falling Into The Venture Capital Trap cover

13. The Smart Startup: How To Crush It Without Falling Into The Venture Capital Trap

by John Elder

King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone cover

14. King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone

by David Carey, John E. Morris

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The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization cover

15. The Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization

by James Bamford

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

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

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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17. JavaScript for Sound Artists: Learn to Code with the Web Audio API

by William Turner, Steve Leonard

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software cover

18. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

by Charles Petzold

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Practical Probabilistic Programming cover

19. Practical Probabilistic Programming

by Avi Pfeffer

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Bad Predictions cover

20. Bad Predictions

by Laura Lee

Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts cover

21. Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts

by Stanislas Dehaene

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Lean UX cover

22. Lean UX

by Jeff Gothelf

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Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place cover

23. Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place

by John R. Logan, Harvey Luskin Molotch

Specifying Systems: The TLA+ Language and Tools for Hardware and Software Engineers cover

24. Specifying Systems: The TLA+ Language and Tools for Hardware and Software Engineers

by Leslie Lamport

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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus cover

25. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

by Charles C. Mann

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The Structures of Everyday Life: Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century Volume 1 cover

26. The Structures of Everyday Life: Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century Volume 1

by Fernand Braudel

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Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, Second Edition (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

27. Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, Second Edition (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago

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Consciousness and the Social Brain cover

28. Consciousness and the Social Brain

by Michael S. A. Graziano

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Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory cover

29. Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory

by Ben Macintyre

Alibaba's World: How a Remarkable Chinese Company is Changing the Face of Global Business cover

30. Alibaba's World: How a Remarkable Chinese Company is Changing the Face of Global Business

by Porter Erisman

The Concept of Mind cover

31. The Concept of Mind

by Gilbert Ryle

Bird on Fire: Lessons from the World's Least Sustainable City cover

32. Bird on Fire: Lessons from the World's Least Sustainable City

by Andrew Ross

Crossing the Chasm, 3rd Edition: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers (Collins Business Essentials) cover

33. Crossing the Chasm, 3rd Edition: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers (Collins Business Essentials)

by Geoffrey A. Moore

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Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence cover

34. Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence

by David Benatar

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Gaining Ground, Second Edition: The Origin and Evolution of Tetrapods (Life of the Past) cover

35. Gaining Ground, Second Edition: The Origin and Evolution of Tetrapods (Life of the Past)

by Jennifer A. Clack

The Money Game cover

36. The Money Game

by Adam Smith