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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Apr 9, 2018 - Apr 16, 2018

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The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities cover

1. The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities

by Mancur Olson

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Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Markets, Speculation and the State cover

2. Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Markets, Speculation and the State

by William H. Janeway

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Team Geek cover

3. Team Geek

by Brian Fitzpatrick, Ben Collins-Sussman

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The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness cover

4. The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness

by John Yates, Matthew Immergut, Jeremy Graves

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Thinking in Systems: A Primer cover

5. Thinking in Systems: A Primer

by Donella Meadows

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The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization cover

6. The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization

by Peter M. Senge

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Systems Thinking For Social Change: A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results cover

7. Systems Thinking For Social Change: A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results

by David Peter Stroh

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Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management cover

8. Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management

by Mark Easterby-Smith, Marjorie A. Lyles

The New Edge in Knowledge: How Knowledge Management Is Changing the Way We Do Business cover

9. The New Edge in Knowledge: How Knowledge Management Is Changing the Way We Do Business

by Carla O'Dell, Cindy Hubert

Wellsprings of Knowledge: Building and Sustaining the Sources of Innovation cover

10. Wellsprings of Knowledge: Building and Sustaining the Sources of Innovation

by Dorothy Leonard-Barton

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If Only We Knew What We Know: The Transfer of Internal Knowledge and Best Practice cover

11. If Only We Knew What We Know: The Transfer of Internal Knowledge and Best Practice

by C. Jackson Grayson, Carla O'dell

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The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization cover

12. The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

by Peter M. Senge

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JavaScript with Promises cover

13. JavaScript with Promises

by Daniel Parker

Effective Modern C++: 42 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of C++11 and C++14 cover

14. Effective Modern C++: 42 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of C++11 and C++14

by Scott Meyers

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Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology cover

15. Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology

by Jim Al-Khalili, Johnjoe McFadden

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Enterprise Integration Patterns: Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions cover

16. Enterprise Integration Patterns: Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions

by Gregor Hohpe, Bobby Woolf

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Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software cover

17. Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

by Eric Evans

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The Illuminatus! Trilogy: The Eye in the Pyramid, The Golden Apple, Leviathan cover

18. The Illuminatus! Trilogy: The Eye in the Pyramid, The Golden Apple, Leviathan

by Robert Shea

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Elements of Programming cover

19. Elements of Programming

by Alexander A. Stepanov, Paul McJones

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From Mathematics to Generic Programming cover

20. From Mathematics to Generic Programming

by Alexander A. Stepanov, Daniel E. Rose

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Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life cover

21. Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Viruses: A Very Short Introduction cover

22. Viruses: A Very Short Introduction

by Dorothy H. Crawford

Viruses: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) cover

23. Viruses: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

by Dorothy H. Crawford

Shrinking the Technosphere: Getting a Grip on Technologies that Limit our Autonomy, Self-Sufficiency and Freedom cover

24. Shrinking the Technosphere: Getting a Grip on Technologies that Limit our Autonomy, Self-Sufficiency and Freedom

by Dmitry Orlov

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Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Artificial Intelligence) cover

25. Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Artificial Intelligence)

by Ronald Brachman, Hector Levesque

Property Rights and Eminent Domain cover

26. Property Rights and Eminent Domain

by Ellen Frankel Paul

The Power of Intuition: How to Use Your Gut Feelings to Make Better Decisions at Work cover

27. The Power of Intuition: How to Use Your Gut Feelings to Make Better Decisions at Work

by Gary Klein

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How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching cover

28. How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching

by Susan A. Ambrose, Michael W. Bridges, Michele DiPietro, Marsha C. Lovett, Marie K. Norman

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Weapons of Choice: The Development of Precision Guided Munitions cover

29. Weapons of Choice: The Development of Precision Guided Munitions

by Paul G. Gillespie

Molecular Biology of the Cell cover

30. Molecular Biology of the Cell

by Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter

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Victory in Vietnam: The Official History of the People's Army of Vietnam, 1954-1975 (Modern War Studies) cover

31. Victory in Vietnam: The Official History of the People's Army of Vietnam, 1954-1975 (Modern War Studies)

by Military History Institute of Vietnam

Last and First Men and Star Maker : Two Science Fiction Novels cover

32. Last and First Men and Star Maker : Two Science Fiction Novels

by Olaf Stapledon

Million Dollar Consulting cover

33. Million Dollar Consulting

by Alan Weiss

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Toilet Humour cover

34. Toilet Humour

by Jacob Buchowiecki

Ayy Lmao cover

35. Ayy Lmao

by Jacob Buchowiecki

The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science cover

36. The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

by Norman Doidge

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Democracy’s Detectives: The Economics of Investigative Journalism cover

37. Democracy’s Detectives: The Economics of Investigative Journalism

by James Hamilton

Achtung Baby: An American Mom on the German Art of Raising Self-Reliant Children cover

38. Achtung Baby: An American Mom on the German Art of Raising Self-Reliant Children

by Sara Zaske

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The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: The Amazing Story of How America Lost Its Mind Over a Plush Toy--and the Eccentric Genius Behind It cover

39. The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: The Amazing Story of How America Lost Its Mind Over a Plush Toy--and the Eccentric Genius Behind It

by Zac Bissonnette

Ice Age cover

40. Ice Age

by John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin

Spanish for Guitar -- Masters in TAB: Easy to Intermediate Solos by the Spanish Masters cover

41. Spanish for Guitar -- Masters in TAB: Easy to Intermediate Solos by the Spanish Masters

by Howard Wallach

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams cover

42. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

by Matthew Walker

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The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

43. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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