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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Mar 18, 2019 - Mar 25, 2019

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The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully cover

1. The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully

by Gerald M. Weinberg
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JavaScript: The Good Parts cover

2. JavaScript: The Good Parts

by Douglas Crockford, Ke luo ke fu de, Yan xue kun, Douglas Crockford
Read 60 comments
The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small cover

3. The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small

by John Gall
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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler)) cover

4. Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler))

by Martin Fowler
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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software cover

5. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides
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Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind cover

6. Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind

by Jack Trout, Al Ries
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US Army Special Forces Medical Handbook: United States Army Institute for Military Assistance cover

7. US Army Special Forces Medical Handbook: United States Army Institute for Military Assistance

by U S Army
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Tryptamine Palace: 5-MeO-DMT and the Sonoran Desert Toad cover

8. Tryptamine Palace: 5-MeO-DMT and the Sonoran Desert Toad

by James Oroc
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BeOS: Porting UNIX Applications cover

9. BeOS: Porting UNIX Applications

by Martin C. Brown
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Elements of ML Programming, ML97 Edition (2nd Edition) cover

10. Elements of ML Programming, ML97 Edition (2nd Edition)

by Jeffrey D. Ullman
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The Silk Roads: A New History of the World cover

11. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

by Peter Frankopan
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Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth cover

12. Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

by Andrew Smith
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The Fifth Generation: Artificial Intelligence and Japan's Computer Challenge to the World cover

13. The Fifth Generation: Artificial Intelligence and Japan's Computer Challenge to the World

by Edward A. Feigenbaum, Pamela McCorduck
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Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win cover

14. Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win

by Luke Harding
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Vaccine Safety Manual for Concerned Families and Health Practitioners, 2nd Edition: Guide to Immunization Risks and Protection cover

15. Vaccine Safety Manual for Concerned Families and Health Practitioners, 2nd Edition: Guide to Immunization Risks and Protection

by Neil Z. Miller
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Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition: The Hardware Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) cover

16. Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition: The Hardware Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

by David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy
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Vaka Moana, Voyages of the Ancestors: The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific cover

17. Vaka Moana, Voyages of the Ancestors: The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific

by K. R. Howe
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Why the West Rules--for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future cover

18. Why the West Rules--for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future

by Ian Morris
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The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline cover

19. The End of Alzheimer's: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline

by Dale Bredesen
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Willpower: Rediscovering Our Greatest Strength cover

20. Willpower: Rediscovering Our Greatest Strength

by Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney
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Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days cover

21. Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days

by Jessica Livingston
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