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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between May 15, 2017 - May 22, 2017

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The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide cover

1. The Matrix: Computer Networks and Conferencing Systems Worldwide

by John S. Quarterman

Algebraic Geometry (Graduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

2. Algebraic Geometry (Graduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Robin Hartshorne

The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. 1: Mainly Mechanics, Radiation, and Heat cover

3. The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. 1: Mainly Mechanics, Radiation, and Heat

by Richard Phillips Feynman

Die Architektur der Mathematik. Denken in Strukturen. cover

4. Die Architektur der Mathematik. Denken in Strukturen.

by Pierre Basieux

The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition cover

5. The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition

by Donald C. Shoup

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The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles cover

6. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

by Steven Pressfield

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

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

by Rogers Cadenhead, Jesse Liberty

The Immortal Game: A History of Chess cover

8. The Immortal Game: A History of Chess

by David Shenk

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

by Sam Peltzman

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The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal cover

10. The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal

by David E. Hoffman

The Secret Piano: From Mao’s Labor Camps to Bach’s Goldberg Variations cover

11. The Secret Piano: From Mao’s Labor Camps to Bach’s Goldberg Variations

by Xiao-Mei Zhu

Drugs: From Discovery to Approval cover

12. Drugs: From Discovery to Approval

by Rick Ng

6502 Assembly Language Programming cover

13. 6502 Assembly Language Programming

by Lance A. Leventhal

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Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action cover

14. Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

by Simon Sinek

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Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic Change cover

15. Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Leading a Great Enterprise through Dramatic Change

by Louis V. Gerstner

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Strategy : Seeking and Securing Competitive Advantage cover

16. Strategy : Seeking and Securing Competitive Advantage

by Cynthia A. Montgomery, Michael E. Porter

The Shareholder Value Myth: How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public cover

17. The Shareholder Value Myth: How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public

by Lynn Stout

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Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets cover

18. Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets

by David Simon

Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic cover

19. Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic

by Sam Quinones

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Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy cover

20. Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy

by Chris Hayes

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Teaching in the Terrordome: Two Years in West Baltimore with Teach for America cover

21. Teaching in the Terrordome: Two Years in West Baltimore with Teach for America

by Heather Kirn Lanier

Making Software: What Really Works, and Why We Believe It cover

22. Making Software: What Really Works, and Why We Believe It

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson

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Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics cover

23. Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics

by Henry Hazlitt

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The Simple Path to Wealth: Your road map to financial independence and a rich, free life cover

24. The Simple Path to Wealth: Your road map to financial independence and a rich, free life

by J. Collins

Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence cover

25. Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence

by Vicki Robin

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C++ Concurrency in Action: Practical Multithreading cover

26. C++ Concurrency in Action: Practical Multithreading

by Anthony Williams

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The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way cover

27. The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way

by Amanda Ripley

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Early Retirement Extreme: A Philosophical and Practical Guide to Financial Independence cover

28. Early Retirement Extreme: A Philosophical and Practical Guide to Financial Independence

by Jacob Lund Fisker

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The End of the Suburbs: Where the American Dream Is Moving cover

29. The End of the Suburbs: Where the American Dream Is Moving

by Leigh Gallagher

Foundations of Quantum Programming cover

30. Foundations of Quantum Programming

by Mingsheng Ying