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

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Against Intellectual Monopoly cover

1. Against Intellectual Monopoly

by Michele Boldrin, David K. Levine

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

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

by Tim Wu

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

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

by Jimmy Moore, Jason Fung

Looting Greece: A New Financial Imperialism Emerges cover

5. Looting Greece: A New Financial Imperialism Emerges

by Jack Rasmus

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

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

by David Hoffman

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Glasshouse cover

7. Glasshouse

by Charles Stross

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

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

by Robert Bringhurst

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Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works cover

10. Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works

by Erik Spiekermann, E. M. Ginger

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Wealth, Poverty and Politics cover

11. Wealth, Poverty and Politics

by Thomas Sowell

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Debt: The First 5,000 Years cover

12. Debt: The First 5,000 Years

by David Graeber

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Transactional Information Systems: Theory, Algorithms, and the Practice of Concurrency Control and Recovery (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

13. Transactional Information Systems: Theory, Algorithms, and the Practice of Concurrency Control and Recovery (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by Gerhard Weikum, Gottfried Vossen

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Transaction Processing: Concepts and Techniques (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) cover

14. Transaction Processing: Concepts and Techniques (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

by Jim Gray, Andreas Reuter

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

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

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

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Lore of Nutrition: Challenging conventional dietary beliefs cover

16. Lore of Nutrition: Challenging conventional dietary beliefs

by Tim Noakes, Marika Sboros

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

17. 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

Necessary But Not Sufficient cover

18. Necessary But Not Sufficient

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

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Measuring and Managing Performance in Organizations cover

19. Measuring and Managing Performance in Organizations

by Karl Eugene Wiegers

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The Corporation : A Centennial Biography of United States Steel Corporation, 1901-2001 cover

20. The Corporation : A Centennial Biography of United States Steel Corporation, 1901-2001

by Brian Apelt, Warren Hull

Working Effectively with Legacy Code (Robert C. Martin Series) cover

21. Working Effectively with Legacy Code (Robert C. Martin Series)

by Michael C. Feathers

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The Internet Is My Religion cover

22. The Internet Is My Religion

by Jim Gilliam

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

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

by Randal O'Toole

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Quantum Models of Cognition and Decision cover

24. Quantum Models of Cognition and Decision

by Jerome R. Busemeyer, Peter D. Bruza

American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964 cover

25. American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964

by William Manchester

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

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

by Stephen Kinzer

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The Algorithm Design Manual cover

27. The Algorithm Design Manual

by Steven S Skiena

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Python Cookbook cover

28. Python Cookbook

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Robot Builder's Bonanza, 5th Edition cover

29. 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

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

A Philosophy of Software Design cover

31. A Philosophy of Software Design

by John Ousterhout

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The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine cover

32. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

by Ilan Pappé, Luis Noriega, Ilan Papeh

The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition cover

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

by Don Norman

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