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

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Equal Rites (Discworld) cover

1. Equal Rites (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.

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

4. 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

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

by Joseph Turow

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

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

by Dame Stephanie Shirley

Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life cover

7. Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life

by David D. Friedman

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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

The Equations of Life: How Physics Shapes Evolution cover

9. The Equations of Life: How Physics Shapes Evolution

by Charles S. Cockell

How to Cheat at Everything cover

10. How to Cheat at Everything

by Simon Lovell

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

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

by Darwin Ortiz

The Lost Words cover

12. The Lost Words

by Robert Macfarlane

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

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

by Archibald Sharp

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

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

by James B. Stockdale

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

15. 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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The Lessons of History cover

16. The Lessons of History

by Will Durant, Ariel Durant

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The Fifth Risk cover

17. The Fifth Risk

by Michael Lewis

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In Defense of Flogging cover

18. In Defense of Flogging

by Peter Moskos

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

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

by Dave Tompkins

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

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

by Mor Harchol-Balter

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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

21. 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