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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Dec 4, 2017 - Dec 11, 2017

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SPIN Selling cover

1. SPIN Selling

by Neil Rackham

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Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow cover

2. Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow

by Aurélien Géron

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Relativity: The Special and General Theory cover

3. Relativity: The Special and General Theory

by Albert Einstein

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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media cover

4. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

by Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky

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Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator cover

5. Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator

by Ryan Holiday

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The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living: An Expert Guide to Making the Life-Saving Benefits of Carbohydrate Restriction Sustainable and Enjoyable cover

6. The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living: An Expert Guide to Making the Life-Saving Benefits of Carbohydrate Restriction Sustainable and Enjoyable

by Jeff S. Volek, Phd Stephen D. Phinney MD, Rd Jeff S. Volek Phd, Stephen D. Phinney

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The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance cover

7. The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance

by Jeff Volek, Stephen D. Phinney

Mastering Linux Kernel Development: A kernel developer's reference manual cover

8. Mastering Linux Kernel Development: A kernel developer's reference manual

by Raghu Bharadwaj

Thinking, Fast and Slow cover

9. Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman, Daniel Kahneman

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

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

by Mark Magnacca

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Rise of the Warrior Cop cover

11. Rise of the Warrior Cop

by Radley Balko

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War of Art, The cover

12. War of Art, The

by Steven Pressfield

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No bullshit guide to linear algebra cover

13. No bullshit guide to linear algebra

by Ivan Savov

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OverSuccess: Healing the American Obsession With Wealth, Fame, Power, and Perfection cover

14. OverSuccess: Healing the American Obsession With Wealth, Fame, Power, and Perfection

by Jim Rubens, James M. Rubens

The Reasoned Schemer, second edition (Mit Press) cover

15. The Reasoned Schemer, second edition (Mit Press)

by Daniel P. Friedman, William E. Byrd, Oleg Kiselyov, Jason Hemann

Statistical Analysis with Missing Data (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics) cover

16. Statistical Analysis with Missing Data (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics)

by Roderick J. A. Little, Donald B. Rubin

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Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech cover

17. Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech

by Sara Wachter-Boettcher

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk (The How To Talk Series) cover

18. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk (The How To Talk Series)

by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish

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Purely Functional Data Structures (Volume 0) cover

19. Purely Functional Data Structures (Volume 0)

by Chris Okasaki

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Working with Coders: A Guide to Software Development for the Perplexed Non-Techie cover

20. Working with Coders: A Guide to Software Development for the Perplexed Non-Techie

by Patrick Gleeson

Writing An Interpreter In Go cover

21. Writing An Interpreter In Go

by Thorsten Ball

Linear Algebra Done Right (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

22. Linear Algebra Done Right (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Sheldon Jay Axler

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Linear Algebra Done Right (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

23. Linear Algebra Done Right (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Sheldon Jay Axler

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Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ (2nd Edition) cover

24. Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ (2nd Edition)

by Bjarne Stroustrup

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C++ Primer (5th Edition) cover

25. C++ Primer (5th Edition)

by Stanley B. Lippman

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A Tour of C++ (C++ In Depth SERIES) cover

26. A Tour of C++ (C++ In Depth SERIES)

by Bjarne Stroustrup

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My Adventures in Sillyville cover

27. My Adventures in Sillyville

by Richard Klein

The Cheating of America: How Tax Avoidance and Evasion by the Super Rich Are Costing the Country Billions--and What You Can Do About It cover

28. The Cheating of America: How Tax Avoidance and Evasion by the Super Rich Are Costing the Country Billions--and What You Can Do About It

by Charles Lewis

Python for Data Analysis: Data Wrangling with Pandas, NumPy, and IPython cover

29. Python for Data Analysis: Data Wrangling with Pandas, NumPy, and IPython

by Wes McKinney

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Elegant Objects cover

30. Elegant Objects

by Yegor Bugayenko

Elegant Objects cover

31. Elegant Objects

by Yegor Bugayenko

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature, 1) cover

32. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World (The Mysteries of Nature, 1)

by Peter Wohlleben

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Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap -- and What Women Can Do About It cover

33. Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap -- and What Women Can Do About It

by Warren Farrell

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Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula cover

34. Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula

by Bram Stoker, Valdimar Ásmundsson

Flight: My Life in Mission Control cover

35. Flight: My Life in Mission Control

by Christopher C. Kraft

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Algorithmic Program Debugging cover

36. Algorithmic Program Debugging

by Ehud Y. Shapiro

Handbook for William: A Carolingian Woman's Counsel for Her Son, trans. by Carol Neel (Not In A Series) cover

37. Handbook for William: A Carolingian Woman's Counsel for Her Son, trans. by Carol Neel (Not In A Series)

by Dhuoda

Modern Monopolies: What It Takes to Dominate the 21st Century Economy cover

38. Modern Monopolies: What It Takes to Dominate the 21st Century Economy

by Alex Moazed, Nicholas L. Johnson

Axel Rauschmayer cover

39. Axel Rauschmayer

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity cover

40. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

by Katherine Boo

Garbage Land cover

41. Garbage Land

by Elizabeth Royte

The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa cover

42. The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa

by Deborah Brautigam

Lean Software Strategies: Proven Techniques for Managers and Developers cover

43. Lean Software Strategies: Proven Techniques for Managers and Developers

by Peter Middleton, James Sutton

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The Know-It-Alls: The Rise of Silicon Valley as a Political Powerhouse and Social Wrecking Ball cover

44. The Know-It-Alls: The Rise of Silicon Valley as a Political Powerhouse and Social Wrecking Ball

by Noam Cohen

China's Guaranteed Bubble cover

45. China's Guaranteed Bubble

by Ning Zhu

War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier cover

46. War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

by Smedley Darlington Butler

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The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed.: The Definitive Book on Value Investing cover

47. The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed.: The Definitive Book on Value Investing

by Benjamin Graham

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