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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jun 11, 2018 - Jun 18, 2018

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How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps cover

1. How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps

by Natalie Sidner, Lawrence Krubner

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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup cover

2. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

by John Carreyrou

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Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant cover

3. Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant

by W. Chan Kim

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Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, 3rd Edition: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides) cover

4. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, 3rd Edition: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides)

by Marshall B. Rosenberg

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The Secret Chief Revealed cover

5. The Secret Chief Revealed

by Myron J. Stolaroff

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Mind Over Mood, Second Edition: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think cover

6. Mind Over Mood, Second Edition: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way You Think

by Dennis Greenberger, Christine A. Padesky

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The Situation Is Hopeless But Not Serious (The Pursuit of Unhappiness) cover

7. The Situation Is Hopeless But Not Serious (The Pursuit of Unhappiness)

by Paul Watzlawick

Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View (Perennial Classics) cover

8. Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View (Perennial Classics)

by Stanley Milgram

Throwing the Elephant: Zen and the Art of Managing Up cover

9. Throwing the Elephant: Zen and the Art of Managing Up

by Stanley Bing

Man's Search for Meaning cover

10. Man's Search for Meaning

by Viktor Emil Frankl

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21st Century C cover

11. 21st Century C

by Ben Klemens

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How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence cover

12. How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence

by Michael Pollan

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The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell cover

13. The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell

by Aldous Huxley

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

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

by Steven Pressfield

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life cover

15. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

by Mark Manson

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Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume One (6th Edition) cover

16. Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume One (6th Edition)

by Douglas Comer

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Internetworking with TCP/IP Vol. II: ANSI C Version: Design, Implementation, and Internals (3rd Edition) cover

17. Internetworking with TCP/IP Vol. II: ANSI C Version: Design, Implementation, and Internals (3rd Edition)

by Douglas Comer

Internetworking with TCP/IP, Vol. III: Client-Server Programming and Applications, Linux/Posix Sockets Version cover

18. Internetworking with TCP/IP, Vol. III: Client-Server Programming and Applications, Linux/Posix Sockets Version

by Douglas Comer, David L. Stevens

Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time cover

19. Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time

by Brian Tracy

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The 48 Laws of Power cover

20. The 48 Laws of Power

by Robert Greene

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The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically cover

21. The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically

by Peter Singer

Backwards & Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays cover

22. Backwards & Forwards: A Technical Manual for Reading Plays

by David Ball

Zone 22 cover

23. Zone 22

by Tig Hague

Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art cover

24. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

by Scott McCloud

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How to Be Miserable: 40 Strategies You Already Use cover

25. How to Be Miserable: 40 Strategies You Already Use

by Randy J. Paterson

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies cover

26. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared M. Diamond

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Trout Flies: The Tier's Reference cover

27. Trout Flies: The Tier's Reference

by Dave Hughes

Solving the Procrastination Puzzle: A Concise Guide to Strategies for Change cover

28. Solving the Procrastination Puzzle: A Concise Guide to Strategies for Change

by Timothy A. Pychyl

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Zoned Out: Regulation, Markets, and Choices in Transportation and Metropolitan Land Use cover

29. Zoned Out: Regulation, Markets, and Choices in Transportation and Metropolitan Land Use

by Jonathan C. Levine

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Wealth, Poverty and Politics cover

30. Wealth, Poverty and Politics

by Thomas Sowell

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The Concise Guide to Economics cover

31. The Concise Guide to Economics

by Jim Cox

Operating System Design, Vol. 2: Internetworking with Xinu (Prentice-Hall Software Series) cover

32. Operating System Design, Vol. 2: Internetworking with Xinu (Prentice-Hall Software Series)

by Douglas Comer

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Our Knowledge of the Growth of Knowledge: Popper or Wittgenstein? (Routledge Revivals) cover

33. Our Knowledge of the Growth of Knowledge: Popper or Wittgenstein? (Routledge Revivals)

by Peter Munz

New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World--and How to Make It Work for You cover

34. New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World--and How to Make It Work for You

by Jeremy Heimans, Henry Timms

Operating System Concepts cover

35. Operating System Concepts

by Abraham Silberschatz, Peter B. Galvin, Greg Gagne

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Modern Operating Systems (4th Edition) cover

36. Modern Operating Systems (4th Edition)

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Herbert Bos

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Just Culture: Balancing Safety and Accountability cover

37. Just Culture: Balancing Safety and Accountability

by Sidney Dekker

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

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

by Matthew Walker

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Full Catastrophe Living (Revised Edition): Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness cover

39. Full Catastrophe Living (Revised Edition): Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness

by Jon Kabat-Zinn

The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World is Still the Least Valued cover

40. The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World is Still the Least Valued

by Ann Crittenden

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Badass: Making Users Awesome cover

41. Badass: Making Users Awesome

by Kathy Sierra

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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 cover

42. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932

by William Manchester

Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration cover

43. Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

by Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace

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The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions cover

44. The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions

by Scott Adams

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The Rise of Victimhood Culture: Microaggressions, Safe Spaces, and the New Culture Wars cover

45. The Rise of Victimhood Culture: Microaggressions, Safe Spaces, and the New Culture Wars

by Bradley Campbell, Jason Manning

The Ominous Parallels: The End of Freedom in America cover

46. The Ominous Parallels: The End of Freedom in America

by Leonard Peikoff

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Intellectuals and Race cover

47. Intellectuals and Race

by Thomas Sowell

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The Compleat Taildragger Pilot cover

48. The Compleat Taildragger Pilot

by Harvey S. Plourde

Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Spain, Germany, and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S, Japan, Australia—and Even Iraq—Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World’s Most Popular Sport cover

49. Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Spain, Germany, and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S, Japan, Australia—and Even Iraq—Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World’s Most Popular Sport

by Simon Kuper