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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Nov 14, 2016 - Nov 21, 2016

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Site Reliability Engineering cover

1. Site Reliability Engineering

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life cover

2. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

by Mark Manson

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Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future cover

3. Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future

by Paul Mason

The Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies cover

4. The Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies

by Thomas C. Mcevilley

The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief cover

5. The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief

by Clair Davies, Amber Davies

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Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation cover

6. Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation

by John E. Hopcroft, Rajeev Motwani, Jeffrey D. Ullman

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Repetitive Strain Injury: A Computer User's Guide cover

7. Repetitive Strain Injury: A Computer User's Guide

by Emil Pascarelli, M.D., Deborah Quilter

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The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, 2nd Edition cover

8. The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, 2nd Edition

by Clair Davies, Amber Davies

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How Music Got Free: A Story of Obsession and Invention cover

9. How Music Got Free: A Story of Obsession and Invention

by Stephen Witt

Conquering Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Other Repetitive Strain Injuries: A Self-Care Program cover

10. Conquering Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Other Repetitive Strain Injuries: A Self-Care Program

by Sharon J. Butler

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Apollo cover

11. Apollo

by Charles A. Murray, Catherine Bly Cox

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It's Not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome!: RSI Theory and Therapy for Computer Professionals cover

12. It's Not Carpal Tunnel Syndrome!: RSI Theory and Therapy for Computer Professionals

by Suparna Damany, Jack Bellis

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Autobiography of a Yogi (Self-Realization Fellowship) cover

13. Autobiography of a Yogi (Self-Realization Fellowship)

by Yogananda (Paramahansa), Walter Yeeling Evans-Wentz

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The Romantic Economist: Imagination in Economics cover

14. The Romantic Economist: Imagination in Economics

by Richard Bronk

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The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World cover

15. The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World

by Daniel Yergin

Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols cover

16. Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols

by Radia Perlman

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Spymaster: My Thirty-two Years in Intelligence and Espionage Against the West cover

17. Spymaster: My Thirty-two Years in Intelligence and Espionage Against the West

by Oleg Kalugin

Etudes for Programmers cover

18. Etudes for Programmers

by Charles Wetherell

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Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas cover

19. Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas

by Natasha Dow Schüll

No bullshit guide to math and physics cover

20. No bullshit guide to math and physics

by Ivan Savov

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Project Whirlwind: The history of a pioneer computer cover

21. Project Whirlwind: The history of a pioneer computer

by Kent C. Redmond, Thomas Malcolm Smith

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The Radioactive Boyscout : The True Story of a Boy Who Built a Nuclear Reactor in His Shed cover

22. The Radioactive Boyscout : The True Story of a Boy Who Built a Nuclear Reactor in His Shed

by Ken Silverstein

Information Machines cover

23. Information Machines

by Ben H. Bagdikian

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Religions of Iran: From Prehistory to the Present cover

24. Religions of Iran: From Prehistory to the Present

by Richard Foltz

Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes cover

25. Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes

by Alfie Kohn

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Keep It Simple: The Early Design Years of Apple cover

26. Keep It Simple: The Early Design Years of Apple

by Hartmut Esslinger

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Introduction to the Theory of Computation cover

27. Introduction to the Theory of Computation

by Michael Sipser

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Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator cover

28. Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator

by Ryan Holiday

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Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command cover

29. Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command

by Andrew Gordon, Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon

Beyond the Hoax: Science, Philosophy and Culture cover

30. Beyond the Hoax: Science, Philosophy and Culture

by Alan Sokal

Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us cover

31. Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us

by Michael Moss

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How to Lie with Statistics cover

32. How to Lie with Statistics

by Darrell Huff

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Thinking in Systems: International Bestseller cover

33. Thinking in Systems: International Bestseller

by Donella Meadows

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The Art of SEO: Mastering Search Engine Optimization cover

34. The Art of SEO: Mastering Search Engine Optimization

by Eric Enge, Stephan Spencer, Jessie Stricchiola

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Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking cover

35. Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking

by Fuchsia Dunlop

Trec: Experiment and Evaluation in Information Retrieval (Digital Libraries and Electronic Publishing) cover

36. Trec: Experiment and Evaluation in Information Retrieval (Digital Libraries and Electronic Publishing)

by E. Voorhees, Donna K. Harman

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution cover

37. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

by Steven Levy

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The Soul of A New Machine cover

38. The Soul of A New Machine

by Tracy Kidder

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IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation-Expanded Edition cover

39. IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation-Expanded Edition

by Edwin Black

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A History of Modern Computing, second edition (History of Computing) cover

40. A History of Modern Computing, second edition (History of Computing)

by Paul E. Ceruzzi

Stranger in a Strange Land cover

41. Stranger in a Strange Land

by Robert Anson Heinlein

Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe cover

42. Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe

by George Dyson

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The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood cover

43. The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood

by James Gleick

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Social Physics: How Social Networks Can Make Us Smarter cover

44. Social Physics: How Social Networks Can Make Us Smarter

by Alex Pentland

The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution cover

45. The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

by Walter Isaacson

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Seeds of Disaster (Stackpole Military History Series) cover

46. Seeds of Disaster (Stackpole Military History Series)

by Robert A. Doughty

Data science gophers cover

47. Data science gophers

Code cover

48. Code

by Charles Petzold

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Feedback Control for Computer Systems cover

49. Feedback Control for Computer Systems

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Would You Kill the Fat Man?: The Trolley Problem and What Your Answer Tells Us about Right and Wrong cover

50. Would You Kill the Fat Man?: The Trolley Problem and What Your Answer Tells Us about Right and Wrong

by David Edmonds

Gwynne's Grammar: The Ultimate Introduction to Grammar and the Writing of Good English cover

51. Gwynne's Grammar: The Ultimate Introduction to Grammar and the Writing of Good English

by N. M. Gwynne

A Student's Grammar of the English Language cover

52. A Student's Grammar of the English Language

by Sidney Greenbaum, Randolph Quirk

Solving the Procrastination Puzzle: A Concise Guide to Strategies for Change cover

53. Solving the Procrastination Puzzle: A Concise Guide to Strategies for Change

by Timothy A. Pychyl