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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Nov 26, 2018 - Dec 3, 2018

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The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires cover

1. The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

by Tim Wu

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Against Intellectual Monopoly cover

2. Against Intellectual Monopoly

by Michele Boldrin, David K. Levine

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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) cover

3. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman

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Looting Greece: A New Financial Imperialism Emerges cover

4. Looting Greece: A New Financial Imperialism Emerges

by Jack Rasmus

Glasshouse cover

5. Glasshouse

by Charles Stross

Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works (2nd Edition) cover

6. Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works (2nd Edition)

by Erik Spiekermann, E. M. Ginger

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The Elements of Typographic Style: Version 4.0: 20th Anniversary Edition cover

7. The Elements of Typographic Style: Version 4.0: 20th Anniversary Edition

by Robert Bringhurst

Heuristics and Biases: The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment cover

8. Heuristics and Biases: The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment

by Thomas Gilovich, Dale Griffin, Daniel Kahneman

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The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy cover

9. The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy

by David Hoffman

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Wealth, Poverty and Politics cover

10. Wealth, Poverty and Politics

by Thomas Sowell

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Refactoring: Ruby Edition: Ruby Edition (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby Series) cover

11. Refactoring: Ruby Edition: Ruby Edition (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby Series)

by Jay Fields, Shane Harvie, Martin Fowler, Kent Beck

Lore of Nutrition: Challenging conventional dietary beliefs cover

12. Lore of Nutrition: Challenging conventional dietary beliefs

by Tim Noakes, Marika Sboros

Necessary But Not Sufficient cover

13. Necessary But Not Sufficient

by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Eli Schragenheim, Carol A. Ptak

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The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe, Book 4 - The Luminous Ground (Center for Environmental Structure, Vol. 12) cover

14. The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe, Book 4 - The Luminous Ground (Center for Environmental Structure, Vol. 12)

by Christopher Alexander

Working Effectively with Legacy Code cover

15. Working Effectively with Legacy Code

by Michael C. Feathers

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Debt: The First 5,000 Years cover

16. Debt: The First 5,000 Years

by David Graeber

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Quantum Models of Cognition and Decision cover

17. Quantum Models of Cognition and Decision

by Jerome R. Busemeyer, Peter D. Bruza

American Nightmare: How Government Undermines the Dream of Home Ownership cover

18. American Nightmare: How Government Undermines the Dream of Home Ownership

by Randal O'Toole

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American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964 cover

19. American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964

by William Manchester

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Database Management Systems cover

20. Database Management Systems

by Raghu Ramakrishnan, Johannes Gehrke

The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War cover

21. The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War

by Stephen Kinzer

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Robot Builder's Bonanza, 5th Edition cover

22. Robot Builder's Bonanza, 5th Edition

by Gordon McComb

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How to Talk so Kids Will Listen...And Listen So Kids Will Talk cover

23. How to Talk so Kids Will Listen...And Listen So Kids Will Talk

The Algorithm Design Manual cover

24. The Algorithm Design Manual

by Steven S Skiena

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The No Asshole Rule Building a Civilised Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't. Robert Sutton cover

25. The No Asshole Rule Building a Civilised Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't. Robert Sutton

by Robert I. Sutton

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine cover

26. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

by Ilan Pappé, Luis Noriega, Ilan Papeh

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The Internet Is My Religion cover

27. The Internet Is My Religion

by Jim Gilliam

The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition cover

28. The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition

by Don Norman

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