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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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Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety (ALA Notable Books for Adults) cover

2. Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety (ALA Notable Books for Adults)

by Eric Schlosser
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McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld cover

3. McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld

by Misha Glenny
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The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error cover

4. The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error

by Sidney Dekker
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The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error cover

5. The Field Guide to Understanding Human Error

by Sidney Dekker
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Behind Human Error cover

6. Behind Human Error

by David D. Woods, Sidney Dekker, Richard Cook
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Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice cover

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

by Bill Browder
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Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition cover

8. Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition

by Eric R. Kandel
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Building High Integrity Applications with SPARK cover

9. 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

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

by Annalee Newitz
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C++ Concurrency in Action cover

11. C++ Concurrency in Action

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

13. 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

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

by Mr. Peter Zeihan
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How We Know: Epistemology on an Objectivist Foundation cover

15. How We Know: Epistemology on an Objectivist Foundation

by Harry Binswanger
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Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (Ayn Rand Library) cover

16. 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

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

by Fritz Vahrenholt, Sebastian Lüning
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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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Fail-Safe Investing: Lifelong Financial Security in 30 Minutes cover

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

by Harry Browne
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Real-Time Rendering, Third Edition cover

20. Real-Time Rendering, Third Edition

by Tomas Akenine-Möller, Eric Haines, Naty Hoffman
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The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage cover

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

by Cliff Stoll
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Engineers' Dreams cover

22. Engineers' Dreams

by Bartolomé Leal
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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 Architecture of Open Source Applications cover

24. The Architecture of Open Source Applications

by Amy Brown, Greg Wilson
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Programming Pearls (ACM Press) cover

25. Programming Pearls (ACM Press)

by Jon Louis Bentley
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Code Complete cover

26. Code Complete

by Steve McConnell
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Sweating Bullets: Notes about Inventing PowerPoint cover

27. Sweating Bullets: Notes about Inventing PowerPoint

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

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

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Fascinating Fungi of New England cover

29. Fascinating Fungi of New England

by Lawrence Millman
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100 Edible Mushrooms cover

30. 100 Edible Mushrooms

by Michael Kuo
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Mushrooming Without Fear: The Beginner's Guide to Collecting Safe and Delicious Mushrooms cover

31. Mushrooming Without Fear: The Beginner's Guide to Collecting Safe and Delicious Mushrooms

by Alexander Schwab
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JavaScript: The Good Parts cover

32. JavaScript: The Good Parts

by Douglas Crockford, Ke luo ke fu de, Yan xue kun, Douglas Crockford
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The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Great Company cover

33. The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Great Company

by Steve Blank, Steven Gary Blank, Bob Dorf
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Broadbandits: Inside the $750 Billion Telecom Heist cover

34. 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

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

by Keith Devlin
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