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

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Mr Birdsnest and the House Next Door cover

1. Mr Birdsnest and the House Next Door

by Julia Donaldson

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The Knight Who Said No! cover

2. The Knight Who Said No!

by Lucy Rowland

Nine Open Arms cover

3. Nine Open Arms

by Benny Lindelauf, John Nieuwenhuizen

The London Eye Mystery cover

4. The London Eye Mystery

by Siobhan Dowd

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The Lost Words cover

5. The Lost Words

by Robert Macfarlane

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My Little Book of Big Freedoms: The Human Rights Act in Pictures cover

6. My Little Book of Big Freedoms: The Human Rights Act in Pictures

by Chris Riddell, Amnesty International

More Matrix and Philosophy: Revolutions and Reloaded Decoded (Popular Culture and Philosophy) cover

7. More Matrix and Philosophy: Revolutions and Reloaded Decoded (Popular Culture and Philosophy)

by William Irwin

The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect cover

8. The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect

by Judea Pearl, Dana Mackenzie

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The Education of Millionaires: Everything You Won't Learn in College About How to Be Successful cover

9. The Education of Millionaires: Everything You Won't Learn in College About How to Be Successful

by Michael Ellsberg

Gödel's Proof cover

10. Gödel's Proof

by Ernest Nagel, James Roy Newman

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The Oasis of Now: Selected Poems (Lannan Translations Selection Series) cover

11. The Oasis of Now: Selected Poems (Lannan Translations Selection Series)

by Suhrāb Sipihrī

The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story cover

12. The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story

by Michael Lewis

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Making 8-bit Arcade Games in C cover

13. Making 8-bit Arcade Games in C

by Steven Hugg

Building Scalable Web Sites cover

14. Building Scalable Web Sites

by Cal Henderson

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Fast Furniture: The Zegel System: A Unique Forgotten Method of Building Simple, Beautiful Wooden Furniture cover

15. Fast Furniture: The Zegel System: A Unique Forgotten Method of Building Simple, Beautiful Wooden Furniture

by Jon Zegel

Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software cover

16. Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software

by Scott Rosenberg

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So Good They Can't Ignore You cover

17. So Good They Can't Ignore You

by Cal Newport

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Introduction to Probability, 2nd Edition cover

18. Introduction to Probability, 2nd Edition

by Dimitri Bertsekas, John N. Tsitsiklis

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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success cover

19. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

by Carol S. Dweck

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems cover

20. Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

by Martin Kleppmann

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Amy's Guide to Best Behavior in Japan: Do It Right and Be Polite! cover

21. Amy's Guide to Best Behavior in Japan: Do It Right and Be Polite!

by Amy Chavez

ENVY: A Theory of Social Behaviour cover

22. ENVY: A Theory of Social Behaviour

by Helmut Schoeck

The Biology of Belief 10th Anniversary Edition: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles cover

23. The Biology of Belief 10th Anniversary Edition: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles

by Bruce H. Lipton, PHD

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Uncommon Sense: The Heretical Nature of Science cover

24. Uncommon Sense: The Heretical Nature of Science

by Alan H. Cromer

Essentials of Programming Languages (The MIT Press) cover

25. Essentials of Programming Languages (The MIT Press)

by Daniel P. Friedman, Mitchell Wand

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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us cover

26. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

by Daniel H. Pink

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The Russo German War, 1941-45 cover

27. The Russo German War, 1941-45

by Albert Seaton

Why Does E=mc2? (And Why Should We Care?) cover

28. Why Does E=mc2? (And Why Should We Care?)

by Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw

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Where Are the Customers' Yachts?: or A Good Hard Look at Wall Street cover

29. Where Are the Customers' Yachts?: or A Good Hard Look at Wall Street

by Fred Schwed, Jr.

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Atomic Adventures: Secret Islands, Forgotten N-Rays, and Isotopic Murder: A Journey into the Wild World of Nuclear Science cover

30. Atomic Adventures: Secret Islands, Forgotten N-Rays, and Isotopic Murder: A Journey into the Wild World of Nuclear Science

by James A. Mahaffey

Willful Ignorance: The Mismeasure of Uncertainty cover

31. Willful Ignorance: The Mismeasure of Uncertainty

by Herbert I. Weisberg

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World cover

32. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

by Cal Newport

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British Rail Designed 1948-1997 cover

33. British Rail Designed 1948-1997

by David Lawrence

Capital without Borders: Wealth Managers and the One Percent cover

34. Capital without Borders: Wealth Managers and the One Percent

by Brooke Harrington

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

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

by Mark Manson

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The Moderns: Midcentury American Graphic Design cover

36. The Moderns: Midcentury American Graphic Design

by Steven Heller, Greg D'Onofrio

The Battle for the Life and Beauty of the Earth: A Struggle Between Two World-Systems (Center for Environmental Structure) cover

37. The Battle for the Life and Beauty of the Earth: A Struggle Between Two World-Systems (Center for Environmental Structure)

by Christopher Alexander, Hans Joachim Neis, Maggie Moore Alexander

Why Liberalism Failed (Politics and Culture) cover

38. Why Liberalism Failed (Politics and Culture)

by Patrick J. Deneen

The Middle Moffat cover

39. The Middle Moffat

by Eleanor Estes