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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Oct 8, 2018 - Oct 15, 2018

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The Conspiracy against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror cover

1. The Conspiracy against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror

by Thomas Ligotti, Ray Brassier

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Algorithmic Trading and DMA: An introduction to direct access trading strategies cover

2. Algorithmic Trading and DMA: An introduction to direct access trading strategies

by Barry Johnson

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The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fast cover

3. The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fast

by Jimmy Moore, Jason Fung

Men Without Work: America's Invisible Crisis (New Threats to Freedom Series) cover

4. Men Without Work: America's Invisible Crisis (New Threats to Freedom Series)

by Nick Eberstadt

Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long cover

5. Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long

by David Rock

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Data Science from Scratch: First Principles with Python cover

6. Data Science from Scratch: First Principles with Python

by Joel Grus

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All of Statistics: A Concise Course in Statistical Inference (Springer Texts in Statistics) cover

7. All of Statistics: A Concise Course in Statistical Inference (Springer Texts in Statistics)

by Larry Wasserman

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Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces cover

8. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces

by Radley Balko

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Land of Lisp cover

9. Land of Lisp

by Conrad Barski

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Strand: New Concepts in Parallel Programming cover

10. Strand: New Concepts in Parallel Programming

by Ian Foster, Stephen Taylor

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Programming Rust cover

11. Programming Rust

by Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff

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Heuristics and Biases: The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment cover

12. Heuristics and Biases: The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment

by Thomas Gilovich, Dale Griffin, Daniel Kahneman

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Programming Web Services with XML-RPC cover

13. Programming Web Services with XML-RPC

by Simon St. Laurent, Joe Johnston, Edd Dumbill

Warren's Abstract Machine: A Tutorial Reconstruction (Logic Programming) cover

14. Warren's Abstract Machine: A Tutorial Reconstruction (Logic Programming)

by Hassan Aït-Kaci

On War cover

15. On War

by Carl Von Clausewitz

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The Art Of War cover

16. The Art Of War

by Sun Tzu, Sunzi

Programming in Prolog: Using the ISO Standard cover

17. Programming in Prolog: Using the ISO Standard

by William F. Clocksin, Christopher S. Mellish

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Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp cover

18. Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp

by Peter Norvig

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The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers: Volume 1 cover

19. The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers: Volume 1

by Szczepaniak, S M G Szczepaniak

Scale: The Universal Laws of Life, Growth, and Death in Organisms, Cities, and Companies cover

20. Scale: The Universal Laws of Life, Growth, and Death in Organisms, Cities, and Companies

by Geoffrey West

Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs (3rd Edition) cover

21. Effective C++: 55 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs (3rd Edition)

by Scott Meyers

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A Tour of C++ (C++ In-Depth Series) cover

22. A Tour of C++ (C++ In-Depth Series)

by Bjarne Stroustrup

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Mathematics and the Roots of Postmodern Thought cover

23. Mathematics and the Roots of Postmodern Thought

by Vladimir Tasić

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Discovering Modern C++: An Intensive Course for Scientists, Engineers, and Programmers (C++ In-Depth Series) cover

24. Discovering Modern C++: An Intensive Course for Scientists, Engineers, and Programmers (C++ In-Depth Series)

by Peter Gottschling

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Churchill & Secret Service cover

25. Churchill & Secret Service

by David Stafford

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Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge cover

26. Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge

by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change) cover

27. The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change)

by Clayton M. Christensen

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Mathematical Models of Financial Derivatives (Springer Finance) cover

28. Mathematical Models of Financial Derivatives (Springer Finance)

by Yue-Kuen Kwok