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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Sep 17, 2018 - Sep 24, 2018

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A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness cover

1. A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness

by Nassir Ghaemi

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The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life cover

2. The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

by Kevin Simler, Robin Hanson

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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master cover

3. The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

by Andy Hunt, David Thomas, Dave Thomas, David . Thomas

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Windows Assembly Language and Systems Programming: 16- and 32-Bit Low-Level Programming for the PC and Windows cover

4. Windows Assembly Language and Systems Programming: 16- and 32-Bit Low-Level Programming for the PC and Windows

by Barry Kauler

Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist cover

5. Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

by Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson

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Types and Programming Languages (The MIT Press) cover

6. Types and Programming Languages (The MIT Press)

by Benjamin C. Pierce

Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble cover

7. Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble

by Dan Lyons

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The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics cover

8. The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

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Reporter: A Memoir cover

9. Reporter: A Memoir

by Hersh, Seymour M.

Viz 40th Anniversary Profanisaurus: War and Piss cover

10. Viz 40th Anniversary Profanisaurus: War and Piss

by Simon Thorp, Graham Dury

And Suddenly the Inventor Appeared: TRIZ, the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving cover

11. And Suddenly the Inventor Appeared: TRIZ, the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving

by Genrikh Saulovich Alʹtshuller

Kitchen cover

12. Kitchen

by Banana Yoshimoto, Megan Backus

Lectures on Quantum Mechanics for Mathematics Students (Student Mathematical Library) cover

13. Lectures on Quantum Mechanics for Mathematics Students (Student Mathematical Library)

by L. D. Faddeev, Oleg Aleksandrovich I︠A︡kubovskiĭ

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think cover

14. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund

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The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind cover

15. The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind

by Gustave Le Bon

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The Wisdom of Crowds cover

16. The Wisdom of Crowds

by James Surowiecki

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The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business cover

17. The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business

by Clayton M. Christensen

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The Influential Mind: What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others cover

18. The Influential Mind: What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others

by Tali Sharot

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Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy cover

19. Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy

by Irvin D. Yalom, Molyn Leszcz

Conservatism: An Invitation to the Great Tradition cover

20. Conservatism: An Invitation to the Great Tradition

by Roger Scruton

The Tyranny of Metrics cover

21. The Tyranny of Metrics

by Jerry Z. Muller

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The Data Warehousing Handbook cover

22. The Data Warehousing Handbook

by Rob Mattison

Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (Rutgers University Press Classics) cover

23. Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (Rutgers University Press Classics)

by John Drury Clark

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The Green Flame: Surviving Government Secrecy cover

24. The Green Flame: Surviving Government Secrecy

by Andrew Dequasie

Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment cover

25. Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment

by George Leonard

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Schaum's 3,000 Solved Problems in Calculus (Schaum's Outlines) cover

26. Schaum's 3,000 Solved Problems in Calculus (Schaum's Outlines)

by Elliott Mendelson

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Calculus: 1,001 Practice Problems For Dummies (+ Free Online Practice) (For Dummies Series) cover

27. Calculus: 1,001 Practice Problems For Dummies (+ Free Online Practice) (For Dummies Series)

by Patrick Jones

The Humongous Book of Calculus Problems (Humongous Books) cover

28. The Humongous Book of Calculus Problems (Humongous Books)

by W. Michael Kelley

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Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking cover

29. Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking

by Georgia Weidman

The Hacker Playbook 3: Practical Guide To Penetration Testing cover

30. The Hacker Playbook 3: Practical Guide To Penetration Testing

by Peter Kim

Language at the Speed of Sight: How We Read, Why So Many Can’t, and What Can Be Done About It cover

31. Language at the Speed of Sight: How We Read, Why So Many Can’t, and What Can Be Done About It

by Mark Seidenberg

The Official ScratchJr Book: Help Your Kids Learn to Code cover

32. The Official ScratchJr Book: Help Your Kids Learn to Code

by Marina Umaschi Bers, Mitchel Resnick

Video Game Programming for Kids cover

33. Video Game Programming for Kids

by Jonathan S. Harbour

The Anthropology of Childhood: Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings cover

34. The Anthropology of Childhood: Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings

by David F. Lancy

Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams cover

35. Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams

by Matthew Walker

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Fluent Python cover

36. Fluent Python

by Luciano Ramalho

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Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development (3rd Edition) cover

37. Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development (3rd Edition)

by Craig Larman

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