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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jun 10, 2019 - Jun 17, 2019

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Equal Rites: A Novel of Discworld cover

1. Equal Rites: A Novel of Discworld

by Terry Pratchett

High Output Management cover

2. High Output Management

by Andrew S. Grove

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The Happiest Toddler on the Block: How to Eliminate Tantrums and Raise a Patient, Respectful, and Cooperative One- to Four-Year-Old: Revised Edition cover

3. The Happiest Toddler on the Block: How to Eliminate Tantrums and Raise a Patient, Respectful, and Cooperative One- to Four-Year-Old: Revised Edition

by Harvey Karp, M.D.

Don't Shoot the Dog! : The New Art of Teaching and Training cover

4. Don't Shoot the Dog! : The New Art of Teaching and Training

by Karen Pryor

The Children of Tomorrow: A Monks' Guide to Mindful Parenting cover

5. The Children of Tomorrow: A Monks' Guide to Mindful Parenting

by Om Swami

The Aisles Have Eyes: How Retailers Track Your Shopping, Strip Your Privacy, and Define Your Power cover

6. The Aisles Have Eyes: How Retailers Track Your Shopping, Strip Your Privacy, and Define Your Power

by Joseph Turow

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The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change cover

7. The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change

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Buried by the Times: The Holocaust and America's Most Important Newspaper cover

8. Buried by the Times: The Holocaust and America's Most Important Newspaper

by Laurel Leff

Let It Go: My Extraordinary Story - From Refugee to Entrepreneur to Philanthropist cover

9. Let It Go: My Extraordinary Story - From Refugee to Entrepreneur to Philanthropist

by Dame Stephanie Shirley

Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life cover

10. Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life

by David D. Friedman

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The Equations of Life: How Physics Shapes Evolution cover

11. The Equations of Life: How Physics Shapes Evolution

by Charles S. Cockell

How to Cheat at Everything: A Con Man Reveals the Secrets of the Esoteric Trade of Cheating, Scams, and Hustles cover

12. How to Cheat at Everything: A Con Man Reveals the Secrets of the Esoteric Trade of Cheating, Scams, and Hustles

by Simon Lovell

Gambling Scams: How They Work, How to Detect Them, How to Protect Yourself cover

13. Gambling Scams: How They Work, How to Detect Them, How to Protect Yourself

by Darwin Ortiz

The Fifth Risk cover

14. The Fifth Risk

by Michael Lewis

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Bicycles & Tricycles: A Classic Treatise on Their Design and Construction (Dover Transportation) cover

15. Bicycles & Tricycles: A Classic Treatise on Their Design and Construction (Dover Transportation)

by Archibald Sharp

Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot (Reprint ed.) cover

16. Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot (Reprint ed.)

by James B. Stockdale

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The Lessons of History cover

17. The Lessons of History

by Will Durant, Ariel Durant

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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think cover

18. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund

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In Defense of Flogging cover

19. In Defense of Flogging

by Peter Moskos

How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop, The Machine Speaks cover

20. How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop, The Machine Speaks

by Dave Tompkins

Performance Modeling and Design of Computer Systems: Queueing Theory in Action cover

21. Performance Modeling and Design of Computer Systems: Queueing Theory in Action

by Mor Harchol-Balter

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JavaScript: The Good Parts cover

22. JavaScript: The Good Parts

by Douglas Crockford, Ke luo ke fu de, Yan xue kun, Douglas Crockford

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Discovery of a new class of vertebrates: Crocodiles aren't reptiles. Crocodiles are a separate class which have been derived from reptiles such as birds & mammals cover

23. Discovery of a new class of vertebrates: Crocodiles aren't reptiles. Crocodiles are a separate class which have been derived from reptiles such as birds & mammals

by Ramin Amirmardfar