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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Nov 28, 2016 - Dec 5, 2016

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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software cover

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

by Charles Petzold

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The Works: Anatomy of a City cover

2. The Works: Anatomy of a City

by Kate Ascher

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Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day? (Richard Scarry's Busy World) cover

3. Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day? (Richard Scarry's Busy World)

by Richard Scarry

Digital Design: With an Introduction to the Verilog HDL cover

4. Digital Design: With an Introduction to the Verilog HDL

by M. Morris Mano, Michael D. Ciletti

Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking cover

5. Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking

by Michael Ruhlman

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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication (with featured article “The Necessary Art of Persuasion,” by Jay A. Conger) cover

6. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication (with featured article “The Necessary Art of Persuasion,” by Jay A. Conger)

by Harvard Business Review

The Art of Facilitation: The Essentials for Leading Great Meetings and Creating Group Synergy cover

7. The Art of Facilitation: The Essentials for Leading Great Meetings and Creating Group Synergy

by Dale Hunter

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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable cover

8. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

by Patrick M. Lencioni

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Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators cover

9. Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators

by Patrick M. Lencioni

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Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration cover

10. Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

by Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace

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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America cover

11. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

by Barbara Ehrenreich

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Proofs from THE BOOK cover

12. Proofs from THE BOOK

by Martin Aigner, Günter M. Ziegler

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Unlimited Power : The New Science Of Personal Achievement cover

13. Unlimited Power : The New Science Of Personal Achievement

by Tony Robbins

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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business cover

14. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

by Charles Duhigg

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Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design cover

15. Pearls of Functional Algorithm Design

by Richard Bird

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Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself cover

16. Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself

by Sheila Bair

Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc cover

17. Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc

by Hugh Aldersey-Williams

The Spark in the Machine: How the Science of Acupuncture Explains the Mysteries of Western Medicine cover

18. The Spark in the Machine: How the Science of Acupuncture Explains the Mysteries of Western Medicine

by Daniel Keown

Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, 10th Anniversary Edition cover

19. Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling, 10th Anniversary Edition

by John Taylor Gatto

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Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics) cover

20. Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics)

by Christopher M. Bishop

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The Secret Chief Revealed cover

21. The Secret Chief Revealed

by Myron J. Stolaroff

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The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you cover

22. The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

by Rob Fitzpatrick

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On the Grid: A Plot of Land, an Average Neighborhood, and the Systems That Make Our World Work cover

23. On the Grid: A Plot of Land, an Average Neighborhood, and the Systems That Make Our World Work

by Scott Huler

The Voynich Manuscript cover

24. The Voynich Manuscript

by Raymond Clemens, Deborah Harkness

Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition cover

25. Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition

by Jon Erickson

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Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One) cover

26. Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One)

by Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Andre? Nikolaevich Kolmogorov, M. A. Lavrent'ev

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PGP: Source Code and Internals cover

27. PGP: Source Code and Internals

by Philip R. Zimmermann

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The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food cover

28. The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food

by Jennifer B. Lee

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Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: Expanded Edition cover

29. Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: Expanded Edition

by Lawrence Weschler

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Creative Destruction: How Globalization Is Changing the World's Cultures cover

30. Creative Destruction: How Globalization Is Changing the World's Cultures

by Tyler Cowen

Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms? when My Lab Tests Are Normal: a Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Hashimoto's Disease and Hypothyroidism cover

31. Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms? when My Lab Tests Are Normal: a Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Hashimoto's Disease and Hypothyroidism

by Datis Kharrazian

Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health cover

32. Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health

by David Michaels

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The Slaughter of Cities: Urban Renewal As Ethnic Cleansing cover

33. The Slaughter of Cities: Urban Renewal As Ethnic Cleansing

by E. Michael Jones

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Self-Directed Behavior: Self-Modification for Personal Adjustment cover

34. Self-Directed Behavior: Self-Modification for Personal Adjustment

by David L. Watson, Roland G. Tharp

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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success cover

35. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

by Carol S. Dweck

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The Russia I Believe In: The Memoirs of Samuel N. Harper 1902 to 1941 cover

36. The Russia I Believe In: The Memoirs of Samuel N. Harper 1902 to 1941

The Dangerous Book for Boys cover

37. The Dangerous Book for Boys

by Conn Iggulden, Hal Iggulden

The American Boy's Handy Book: What to Do and How to Do It, Centennial Edition cover

38. The American Boy's Handy Book: What to Do and How to Do It, Centennial Edition

by Daniel Carter Beard

Mathematical Understanding of Nature: Essays on Amazing Physical Phenomena and Their Understanding by Mathematicians cover

39. Mathematical Understanding of Nature: Essays on Amazing Physical Phenomena and Their Understanding by Mathematicians

by V. I. Arnold

Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition cover

40. Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition

by Mark Rippetoe, Lon Kilgore

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Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders cover

41. Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders

by Warren Buffett

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