Hacker News Books for 2017

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Hacker News Books for 2017

Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News during 2017.

Showing 401 - 500 of 1813 books

30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans cover

401. 30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans

by Karl Pillemer, Ph.D.

Angelhead: My Brother's Descent into Madness cover

402. Angelhead: My Brother's Descent into Madness

by Greg Bottoms

Compiling with Continuations cover

403. Compiling with Continuations

by Andrew W. Appel

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Networks of Power: Electrification in Western Society, 1880-1930 (Softshell Books) cover

404. Networks of Power: Electrification in Western Society, 1880-1930 (Softshell Books)

by Thomas P. Hughes

The Secret Chief Revealed cover

405. The Secret Chief Revealed

by Myron J. Stolaroff

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The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders and Deceivers cover

406. The Art of Intrusion: The Real Stories Behind the Exploits of Hackers, Intruders and Deceivers

by Kevin D. Mitnick, William L. Simon

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The Elements of Pizza: Unlocking the Secrets to World-Class Pies at Home cover

407. The Elements of Pizza: Unlocking the Secrets to World-Class Pies at Home

by Ken Forkish

Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time! cover

408. Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time!

by Conrad Barski

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From Impossible To Inevitable: How Hyper-Growth Companies Create Predictable Revenue cover

409. From Impossible To Inevitable: How Hyper-Growth Companies Create Predictable Revenue

by Aaron Ross, Jason Lemkin

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Civilization: The West and the Rest cover

410. Civilization: The West and the Rest

by Niall Ferguson

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Practical UML Statecharts in C/C++: Event-Driven Programming for Embedded Systems cover

411. Practical UML Statecharts in C/C++: Event-Driven Programming for Embedded Systems

by Miro Samek

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Purely Functional Data Structures cover

412. Purely Functional Data Structures

by Chris Okasaki

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The Back Sufferer's Bible: The Essential Manual for Solving Back Problems cover

413. The Back Sufferer's Bible: The Essential Manual for Solving Back Problems

by Sarah Key

The Multifidus Back Pain Solution: Simple Exercises That Target the Muscles That Count cover

414. The Multifidus Back Pain Solution: Simple Exercises That Target the Muscles That Count

by Jim Johnson

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

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

by Mark Manson

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The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America cover

416. The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America

by Daniel J. Boorstin

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What Do You Do With an Idea? cover

417. What Do You Do With an Idea?

by Kobi Yamada

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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking cover

418. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

by Susan Cain

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No bullshit guide to linear algebra cover

419. No bullshit guide to linear algebra

by Ivan Savov

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Visual Complex Functions: An Introduction with Phase Portraits cover

420. Visual Complex Functions: An Introduction with Phase Portraits

by Elias Wegert

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Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective cover

421. Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective

by Kenneth O. Stanley, Joel Lehman

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The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America, Fourth Edition cover

422. The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America, Fourth Edition

by Warren Buffett

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Red Plenty cover

423. Red Plenty

by Francis Spufford

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The Bhagavad Gita (Easwaran's Classics of Indian Spirituality) cover

424. The Bhagavad Gita (Easwaran's Classics of Indian Spirituality)

by Eknath Easwaran

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TensorFlow Machine Learning Cookbook cover

425. TensorFlow Machine Learning Cookbook

by Nick McClure

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship cover

426. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Robert C. Martin

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Strategic Intuition: The Creative Spark in Human Achievement (Columbia Business School Publishing) cover

427. Strategic Intuition: The Creative Spark in Human Achievement (Columbia Business School Publishing)

by William Duggan

The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex cover

428. The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex

by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence INCITE!

The Human Brain Coloring Book (Coloring Concepts Series) cover

429. The Human Brain Coloring Book (Coloring Concepts Series)

by Marian Cleeves Diamond

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The New Rational Manager cover

430. The New Rational Manager

by Charles Higgins Kepner, Benjamin B. Tregoe

C++ in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself (6th Edition) cover

431. C++ in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself (6th Edition)

by Rogers Cadenhead, Jesse Liberty

Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed cover

432. Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

by James C. Scott

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Introduction to Algorithms cover

433. Introduction to Algorithms

by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein

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The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes: Fifty Tantalizing Problems of Chess Detection (Dover Recreational Math) cover

434. The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes: Fifty Tantalizing Problems of Chess Detection (Dover Recreational Math)

by Raymond M. Smullyan

So What?: How to Communicate What Really Matters to Your Audience cover

435. So What?: How to Communicate What Really Matters to Your Audience

by Mark Magnacca

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The Shallows: How the Internet Is Changing the Way We Think, Read and Remember cover

436. The Shallows: How the Internet Is Changing the Way We Think, Read and Remember

by Nicholas G. Carr

A Guide to Better Movement: The Science and Practice of Moving With More Skill And Less Pain cover

437. A Guide to Better Movement: The Science and Practice of Moving With More Skill And Less Pain

by Todd Hargrove

Startupland: How Three Guys Risked Everything to Turn an Idea into a Global Business cover

438. Startupland: How Three Guys Risked Everything to Turn an Idea into a Global Business

by Mikkel Svane

Philosophy of Physics: Space and Time (Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy) cover

439. Philosophy of Physics: Space and Time (Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy)

by Tim Maudlin

Fuzzy Logic: The Revolutionary Computer Technology that Is Changing Our World cover

440. Fuzzy Logic: The Revolutionary Computer Technology that Is Changing Our World

by Daniel Mcneill, Dan McNeill, Paul Freiberger

Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back cover

441. Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back

by William MacAskill

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How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World cover

442. How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

by Steven Johnson

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A Course of Higher Mathematics: Adiwes International Series in Mathematics cover

443. A Course of Higher Mathematics: Adiwes International Series in Mathematics

In Search of Perfection cover

444. In Search of Perfection

by Heston Blumenthal

How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine (HOW - How To) cover

445. How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine (HOW - How To)

by Trisha Greenhalgh

What Your Contractor Can't Tell You: The Essential Guide to Building and Renovating cover

446. What Your Contractor Can't Tell You: The Essential Guide to Building and Renovating

by Amy Johnston

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies cover

447. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

by Nick Bostrom

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Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction cover

448. Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

by Philip Eyrikson Tetlock, Dan Gardner

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Nuclear War Survival Skills: Lifesaving Nuclear Facts and Self-Help Instructions cover

449. Nuclear War Survival Skills: Lifesaving Nuclear Facts and Self-Help Instructions

by Cresson H. Kearny

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SAS Survival Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere cover

450. SAS Survival Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere

by John Wiseman

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) cover

451. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman

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Windows++: Writing Reusable Windows Code in C++ (Andrew Schulman Programming Series) cover

452. Windows++: Writing Reusable Windows Code in C++ (Andrew Schulman Programming Series)

by Paul DiLascia

Bayesian Data Analysis, Third Edition (Chapman & Hall/CRC Texts in Statistical Science) cover

453. Bayesian Data Analysis, Third Edition (Chapman & Hall/CRC Texts in Statistical Science)

by Andrew Gelman, John B. Carlin, Hal S. Stern, David B. Dunson, Aki Vehtari, Donald B. Rubin

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Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job cover

454. Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job

by Lynn Taylor

Designing Data-Intensive Applications, 1st Edition cover

455. Designing Data-Intensive Applications, 1st Edition

by Martin Kleppmann

Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets cover

456. Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets

by Peter Van der Linden

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Common Lisp Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach cover

457. Common Lisp Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

by Edmund Weitz

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Write Great Code: Volume I: Understanding the Machine cover

458. Write Great Code: Volume I: Understanding the Machine

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Mastering Algorithms with C: Useful Techniques from Sorting to Encryption cover

459. Mastering Algorithms with C: Useful Techniques from Sorting to Encryption

by Kyle Loudon

Migrations And Cultures: A World View cover

460. Migrations And Cultures: A World View

by Thomas Sowell

The Road to Alaska cover

461. The Road to Alaska

by Eric Matthes

The Immortal Game: A History of Chess cover

462. The Immortal Game: A History of Chess

by David Shenk

Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design (Robert C. Martin Series) cover

463. Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design (Robert C. Martin Series)

by Robert C. Martin

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Windows 98 Annoyances: Taking Charge of Windows 98 cover

464. Windows 98 Annoyances: Taking Charge of Windows 98

by David Karp

How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (A Touchstone book) cover

465. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (A Touchstone book)

by Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren

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The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top Traders cover

466. The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top Traders

by Jack D. Schwager

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The Gutenberg Galaxy cover

467. The Gutenberg Galaxy

by Marshall McLuhan, W. Terrence Gordon, Elena Lamberti, Dominique Scheffel-Dunand

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Hedge Fund Market Wizards: How Winning Traders Win cover

468. Hedge Fund Market Wizards: How Winning Traders Win

by Jack D. Schwager

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More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite (Council on Foreign Relations Books (Penguin Press)) cover

469. More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite (Council on Foreign Relations Books (Penguin Press))

by Sebastian Mallaby

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Market Wizards, Updated: Interviews With Top Traders cover

470. Market Wizards, Updated: Interviews With Top Traders

by Jack D. Schwager

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Pit Bull: Lessons from Wall Street's Champion Day Trader cover

471. Pit Bull: Lessons from Wall Street's Champion Day Trader

by Martin Schwartz

Predator At The Chessboard: A Field Guide To Chess Tactics (Book I) cover

472. Predator At The Chessboard: A Field Guide To Chess Tactics (Book I)

by Ward Farnsworth

Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human cover

473. Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human

by Richard W. Wrangham

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Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice cover

474. Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice

by Bill Browder

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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy cover

475. Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

by Cathy O'Neil

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Dictator's Handbook: A Practical Manual for the Aspiring Tyrant cover

476. Dictator's Handbook: A Practical Manual for the Aspiring Tyrant

by Randall Wood, Carmine DeLuca

Hiding from the Internet: Eliminating Personal Online Information cover

477. Hiding from the Internet: Eliminating Personal Online Information

by Michael Bazzell

Mathematical Methods for Physicists, Seventh Edition: A Comprehensive Guide cover

478. Mathematical Methods for Physicists, Seventh Edition: A Comprehensive Guide

by George Brown Arfken, George B. Arfken, Hans J. Weber, Frank E. Harris

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All of Statistics: A Concise Course in Statistical Inference (Springer Texts in Statistics) cover

479. All of Statistics: A Concise Course in Statistical Inference (Springer Texts in Statistics)

by Larry Wasserman

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

480. 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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The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World cover

481. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World

by Peter Wohlleben

The Little Schemer - 4th Edition cover

482. The Little Schemer - 4th Edition

by Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen

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Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth cover

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

by Gabriel Weinberg, Justin Mares

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Barefoot Gen, Vol. 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima cover

484. Barefoot Gen, Vol. 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima

by Keiji Nakazawa, Art Spiegelman

Threaded Interpretive Languages: Their Design and Implementation cover

485. Threaded Interpretive Languages: Their Design and Implementation

by R. G. Loeliger

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The Social Life of Coffee: The Emergence of the British Coffeehouse cover

486. The Social Life of Coffee: The Emergence of the British Coffeehouse

by Brian William Cowan

C++ Concurrency in Action cover

487. C++ Concurrency in Action

by Anthony Williams

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Basic Economics cover

488. Basic Economics

by Thomas Sowell

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Nonlinear Dynamics And Chaos: With Applications To Physics, Biology, Chemistry, And Engineering (Studies in Nonlinearity) cover

489. Nonlinear Dynamics And Chaos: With Applications To Physics, Biology, Chemistry, And Engineering (Studies in Nonlinearity)

by Steven H. Strogatz, Steven Strogatz, Steven H. Strogatz

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The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training for Climbers cover

490. The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training for Climbers

by Arno Ilgner

SPIN Selling cover

491. SPIN Selling

by Neil Rackham

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Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions) cover

492. Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Henry David Thoreau

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493. Regulation of Pharmaceutical Innovation: The 1962 Amendments (Evaluative Studies 15)

by Sam Peltzman

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Atlanta Nights cover

494. Atlanta Nights

by Travis Tea

Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet cover

495. Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet

by Katie Hafner, Matthew Lyon

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Russian Stories: A Dual-Language Book (English and Russian Edition) cover

496. Russian Stories: A Dual-Language Book (English and Russian Edition)

by Gleb Struve

Locks, Safes and Security: An International Police Reference (2 volume set) cover

497. Locks, Safes and Security: An International Police Reference (2 volume set)

by Marc Weber Tobias

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) cover

498. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age cover

499. A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age

by Jimmy Soni, Rob Goodman

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Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge cover

500. Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge

by Edward O. Wilson