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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Nov 12, 2018 - Nov 19, 2018

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New computational paradigms for computer music cover

1. New computational paradigms for computer music

by Gérard Assayag

Head First Design Patterns cover

2. Head First Design Patterns

by Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson, Elisabeth Freeman, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates

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The Great American Jobs Scam: Corporate Tax Dodging and the Myth of Job Creation cover

3. The Great American Jobs Scam: Corporate Tax Dodging and the Myth of Job Creation

by Greg LeRoy

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

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

by Scott Rosenberg

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Secret Sauce: The Ultimate Growth Hacking Guide cover

5. Secret Sauce: The Ultimate Growth Hacking Guide

by Austen Allred, Vin Clancy

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

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

by Steven Pressfield

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The Unix Programming Environment (Prentice-Hall Software Series) cover

7. The Unix Programming Environment (Prentice-Hall Software Series)

by Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike

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Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn cover

8. Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn

by Richard R. Hamming

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The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition) cover

9. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)

by Frederick P. Brooks (Jr.)

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

10. 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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How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps cover

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

by Natalie Sidner, Lawrence Krubner

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Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers cover

12. Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers

by Jacques Vallee

The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System (2nd Edition) cover

13. The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System (2nd Edition)

by Marshall Kirk McKusick, George V. Neville-Neil, Robert N. M. Watson

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It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work cover

14. It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work

by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

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Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters cover

15. Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters

by Richard Rumelt

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The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy cover

16. The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy

by John J. Mearsheimer, Stephen M. Walt

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Shadows on the Wasteland: Crossing Antarctica with Ranulph Fiennes cover

17. Shadows on the Wasteland: Crossing Antarctica with Ranulph Fiennes

by Mike Stroud

Mind over Matter cover

18. Mind over Matter

by Ranulph Fiennes

Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media cover

19. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media

by Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky

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The Lost Art of Steam Heating cover

20. The Lost Art of Steam Heating

by Dan Holohan

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Big Science: Ernest Lawrence and the Invention that Launched the Military-Industrial Complex cover

21. Big Science: Ernest Lawrence and the Invention that Launched the Military-Industrial Complex

by Michael A. Hiltzik

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion cover

22. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

by Jonathan Haidt

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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

23. 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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Pink Brain, Blue Brain: How Small Differences Grow Into Troublesome Gaps -- And What We Can Do About It cover

24. Pink Brain, Blue Brain: How Small Differences Grow Into Troublesome Gaps -- And What We Can Do About It

by Lise Eliot

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AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order cover

25. AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order

by Kai-Fu Lee

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Solaris Internals: Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris Kernel Architecture (paperback) (2nd Edition) cover

26. Solaris Internals: Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris Kernel Architecture (paperback) (2nd Edition)

by Richard McDougall, Jim Mauro

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software cover

27. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

by Charles Petzold

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Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology cover

28. Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology

by George A. Feldhamer

Building High Integrity Applications with SPARK cover

29. Building High Integrity Applications with SPARK

by John W. McCormick, Peter C. Chapin

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Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic cover

30. Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic

by Sam Quinones

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

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

by Matthew Walker

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What Doesn't Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength cover

32. What Doesn't Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength

by Scott Carney

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

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

by John Carreyrou

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Beyond Anger: A Guide for Men: How to Free Yourself from the Grip of Anger and Get More Out of Life cover

34. Beyond Anger: A Guide for Men: How to Free Yourself from the Grip of Anger and Get More Out of Life

by Thomas Harbin

In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette cover

35. In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

by Hampton Sides

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking cover

36. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking

by Samin Nosrat

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Magnolia Table: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering cover

37. Magnolia Table: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering

A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas cover

38. A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas

by Warren Berger

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Milkman: A Novel cover

39. Milkman: A Novel

by Anna Burns

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice cover

40. Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice

by Bill Browder

Small Wars Their Principles and Practice cover

41. Small Wars Their Principles and Practice

by C. E. Callwell

On Intelligence: How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines cover

42. On Intelligence: How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines

by Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee

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The Laws of Human Nature cover

43. The Laws of Human Nature

by Robert Greene

The Apollo Guidance Computer: Architecture and Operation (Springer Praxis Books) cover

44. The Apollo Guidance Computer: Architecture and Operation (Springer Praxis Books)

by Frank O'Brien

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ACM Turing Award Lectures: The First Twenty Years 1966-1985 cover

45. ACM Turing Award Lectures: The First Twenty Years 1966-1985

by Robert L.. Ashenhurst

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The Clock Of The Long Now: Time and Responsibility cover

46. The Clock Of The Long Now: Time and Responsibility

by Stewart Brand

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Real Analysis: A Long-Form Mathematics Textbook cover

47. Real Analysis: A Long-Form Mathematics Textbook

by Jay Cummings

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A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market cover

48. A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market

by Edward O. Thorp

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Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules cover

49. Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules

by Steve McConnell

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Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions cover

50. Cracking the Coding Interview: 189 Programming Questions and Solutions

by Gayle Laakmann McDowell

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The Algorithm Design Manual cover

51. The Algorithm Design Manual

by Steven S Skiena

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Algorithms in C++ Part 5: Graph Algorithms (3rd Edition) (Pt.5) cover

52. Algorithms in C++ Part 5: Graph Algorithms (3rd Edition) (Pt.5)

by Robert Sedgewick

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Algorithms in C++, Parts 1-4: Fundamentals, Data Structure, Sorting, Searching, Third Edition cover

53. Algorithms in C++, Parts 1-4: Fundamentals, Data Structure, Sorting, Searching, Third Edition

by Robert Sedgewick

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