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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Oct 30, 2017 - Nov 6, 2017

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The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error' cover

1. The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error'

by Professor Sidney Dekker

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Behind Human Error cover

2. Behind Human Error

by David D. Woods, Sidney Dekker, Richard Cook

The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error cover

3. The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error

by Sidney Dekker

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McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld cover

4. McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld

by Misha Glenny

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Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition (Principles of Neural Science (Kandel)) cover

5. Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition (Principles of Neural Science (Kandel))

by Eric R. Kandel

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Building High Integrity Applications with SPARK cover

6. Building High Integrity Applications with SPARK

by John W. McCormick, Peter C. Chapin

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Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction cover

7. Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction

by Annalee Newitz

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

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

by Bill Browder

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C++ Concurrency in Action cover

9. C++ Concurrency in Action

by Anthony Williams

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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion cover

10. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

by Jonathan Haidt

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The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder cover

11. The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder

by Mr. Peter Zeihan

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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man cover

12. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

by John Perkins

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How We Know: Epistemology on an Objectivist Foundation cover

13. How We Know: Epistemology on an Objectivist Foundation

by Harry Binswanger

Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (Ayn Rand Library) cover

14. Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (Ayn Rand Library)

by Leonard Peikoff

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The Neglected Sun: How the Sun Precludes Climate Catastrophe (Independent Minds) cover

15. The Neglected Sun: How the Sun Precludes Climate Catastrophe (Independent Minds)

by Fritz Vahrenholt, Sebastian Lüning

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16. Milk, Sulphate and Alby Starvation

by Martin Millar

Fail-Safe Investing: Lifelong Financial Security in 30 Minutes cover

17. Fail-Safe Investing: Lifelong Financial Security in 30 Minutes

by Harry Browne

The Permanent Portfolio: Harry Browne's Long-Term Investment Strategy cover

18. The Permanent Portfolio: Harry Browne's Long-Term Investment Strategy

by Craig Rowland, J. M. Lawson

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Real-Time Rendering, Third Edition cover

19. Real-Time Rendering, Third Edition

by Tomas Akenine-Möller, Eric Haines, Naty Hoffman

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Programming Pearls (2nd Edition) cover

20. Programming Pearls (2nd Edition)

by Jon Louis Bentley

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The Architecture Of Open Source Applications cover

21. The Architecture Of Open Source Applications

by Amy Brown, Greg Wilson

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Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition cover

22. Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition

by Steve McConnell

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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master cover

23. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

by Andy Hunt, David Thomas, Dave Thomas, David . Thomas

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The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage cover

24. The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

by Cliff Stoll

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Engineers' Dreams cover

25. Engineers' Dreams

by Bartolomé Leal

Mushrooming without Fear: The Beginner's Guide to Collecting Safe and Delicious Mushrooms cover

26. Mushrooming without Fear: The Beginner's Guide to Collecting Safe and Delicious Mushrooms

by Alexander Schwab

100 Edible Mushrooms cover

27. 100 Edible Mushrooms

by Michael Kuo

Fascinating Fungi of New England cover

28. Fascinating Fungi of New England

by Lawrence Millman

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto) cover

29. Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Sweating Bullets: Notes about Inventing PowerPoint cover

30. Sweating Bullets: Notes about Inventing PowerPoint

by Robert Gaskins

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The Non-Designer's Design Book (4th Edition) cover

31. The Non-Designer's Design Book (4th Edition)

by Robin Williams

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Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter) cover

32. Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter)

by Steve Krug

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Know Your Onions - Graphic Design: How to Think Like a Creative, Act like a Businessman and Design Like a God cover

33. Know Your Onions - Graphic Design: How to Think Like a Creative, Act like a Businessman and Design Like a God

by Drew de Soto

JavaScript: The Good Parts cover

34. JavaScript: The Good Parts

by Douglas Crockford, Ke luo ke fu de, Yan xue kun, Douglas Crockford

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1: The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company cover

35. 1: The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company

by Steven Gary Blank, Bob Dorf

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Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist cover

36. Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist

by Om P. Malik

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The Math Gene: How Mathematical Thinking Evolved And Why Numbers Are Like Gossip cover

37. The Math Gene: How Mathematical Thinking Evolved And Why Numbers Are Like Gossip

by Keith Devlin

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Oxford Student Texts: John Milton: Paradise Lost: Bk. 9 cover

38. Oxford Student Texts: John Milton: Paradise Lost: Bk. 9

by John Milton

The Connell Guide to John Milton's

39. The Connell Guide to John Milton's "Paradise Lost"

by Caroline Moore