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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between May 20, 2019 - May 27, 2019

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Leonardo's Lost Robots cover

1. Leonardo's Lost Robots

by Mikhail Cherniakov

Mechanisms and Mechanical Devices Sourcebook, 5th Edition cover

2. Mechanisms and Mechanical Devices Sourcebook, 5th Edition

by Neil Sclater

507 Mechanical Movements cover

3. 507 Mechanical Movements

by Henry T. Brown

Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion cover

4. Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion

by Alain De Botton

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Debugging Teams cover

5. Debugging Teams

by Brian Fitzpatrick, Ben Collins-Sussman

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The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

6. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business Into a Sales Machine with the $100 Million Best Practices of Salesforce.com cover

7. Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business Into a Sales Machine with the $100 Million Best Practices of Salesforce.com

by Aaron Ross, Marylou Tyler

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The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy cover

8. The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

by Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko

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Emancipation of Robert Sadler, The: The Powerful True Story of a Twentieth-Century Plantation Slave cover

9. Emancipation of Robert Sadler, The: The Powerful True Story of a Twentieth-Century Plantation Slave

by Robert Sadler, Marie Chapian

The Transparency Sale: How Unexpected Honesty and Understanding the Buying Brain Can Transform Your Results cover

10. The Transparency Sale: How Unexpected Honesty and Understanding the Buying Brain Can Transform Your Results

by Todd Caponi

Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre cover

11. Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre

by Keith Johnstone

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How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps cover

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

by Natalie Sidner, Lawrence Krubner

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The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care cover

13. The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care

by T. R. Reid

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The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City cover

14. The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City

by Jennifer Toth

The Pentagon Wars: Reformers Challenge the Old Guard cover

15. The Pentagon Wars: Reformers Challenge the Old Guard

by James G Burton

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PC 98 System Design Guide cover

16. PC 98 System Design Guide

by Intel Corporation

Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain cover

17. Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain

by Pete Egoscue, Roger Gittines

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Pain Free at Your PC: Using a Computer Doesn't Have to Hurt cover

18. Pain Free at Your PC: Using a Computer Doesn't Have to Hurt

by Pete Egoscue, Roger Gittines

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The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict cover

19. The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict

by Arbinger Institute

My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance cover

20. My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance

by Emanuel Derman

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Pressure Cooker Perfection: 100 Foolproof Recipes That Will Change the Way You Cook cover

21. Pressure Cooker Perfection: 100 Foolproof Recipes That Will Change the Way You Cook

by America's Test Kitchen

The Rust Programming Language cover

22. The Rust Programming Language

by Steve Klabnik, Carol Nichols

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Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman cover

23. Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman

by Yvon Chouinard

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Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives (10th Edition) cover

24. Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives (10th Edition)

by John Hull

On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen cover

25. On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

by Harold McGee

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A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age cover

26. A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age

by Jimmy Soni, Rob Goodman

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Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief cover

27. Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

by Jordan B. Peterson

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Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? cover

28. Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?

by Bill McKibben

Common-Sense Pest Control: Least-Toxic Solutions for Your Home, Garden, Pets and Community cover

29. Common-Sense Pest Control: Least-Toxic Solutions for Your Home, Garden, Pets and Community

by William Olkowski, Sheila Daar, Helga Olkowski

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Annie Besant (Lives of Modern Women) cover

30. Annie Besant (Lives of Modern Women)

by Rosemary Dinnage

The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa cover

31. The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa

by Yukichi Fukuzawa

32. "Raw Data" Is an Oxymoron (Infrastructures)

by Lisa Gitelman

Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War cover

33. Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

by Robert Coram

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Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era cover

34. Musashi: An Epic Novel of the Samurai Era

by Eiji Yoshikawa

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Thinking with a Pencil cover

35. Thinking with a Pencil

by Henning Nelms

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Not by Design: Retiring Darwin’s Watchmaker cover

36. Not by Design: Retiring Darwin’s Watchmaker

by John Reiss

Analog Circuit Design: Art, Science and Personalities (EDN Series for Design Engineers) cover

37. Analog Circuit Design: Art, Science and Personalities (EDN Series for Design Engineers)

by Jim Williams

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Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar): Biography of the Prophet cover

38. Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar): Biography of the Prophet

by Safi-ur-Rahman Mubarkpuri

How to Destroy A Man Now (DAMN): A Handbook cover

39. How to Destroy A Man Now (DAMN): A Handbook

by Angela Confidential, Angela Confidential Psy D

The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic cover

40. The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic

by Mike Duncan

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Say Good Night to Insomnia: The Six-Week, Drug-Free Program Developed At Harvard Medical School cover

41. Say Good Night to Insomnia: The Six-Week, Drug-Free Program Developed At Harvard Medical School

by Gregg D. Jacobs

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The Solution To Social Anxiety: Break Free From The Shyness That Holds You Back cover

42. The Solution To Social Anxiety: Break Free From The Shyness That Holds You Back

by Aziz Gazipura, Dr Aziz Gazipura Psyd

If You Build It Will They Come?: Three Steps to Test and Validate Any Market Opportunity cover

43. If You Build It Will They Come?: Three Steps to Test and Validate Any Market Opportunity

by Rob Adams

The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company cover

44. The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company

by Steven Gary Blank, Bob Dorf

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The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you cover

45. The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

by Rob Fitzpatrick

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Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers cover

46. Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers

by Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur

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Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup cover

47. Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup

by Bill Aulet

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The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win cover

48. The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford

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Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness cover

49. Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

by Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein

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