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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jul 1, 2019 - Jul 8, 2019

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The Surprising Science of Meetings: How You Can Lead Your Team to Peak Performance cover

1. The Surprising Science of Meetings: How You Can Lead Your Team to Peak Performance

by Steven G. Rogelberg

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Never Lost Again: The Google Mapping Revolution That Sparked New Industries and Augmented Our Reality – The Essential Application's Creation Story from Keyhole cover

2. Never Lost Again: The Google Mapping Revolution That Sparked New Industries and Augmented Our Reality – The Essential Application's Creation Story from Keyhole

by Bill Kilday

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Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture cover

3. Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture

by David Kushner

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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) cover

4. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - 2nd Edition (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman

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Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition cover

5. Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition

by Eric R. Kandel

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The Aquaponic Farmer: A Complete Guide to Building and Operating a Commercial Aquaponic System cover

6. The Aquaponic Farmer: A Complete Guide to Building and Operating a Commercial Aquaponic System

by Adrian Southern, Whelm King

The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium cover

7. The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium

by Martin Gurri

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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition cover

8. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

by Robert B. Cialdini

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Freighter Captain cover

9. Freighter Captain

by Max Hardberger

Introduction To Probability cover

10. Introduction To Probability

by Dimitri P. Bertsekas, John N. Tsitsiklis

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Epistemology and the Psychology of Human Judgment cover

11. Epistemology and the Psychology of Human Judgment

by Michael A. Bishop, J. D. Trout

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Kundalini -- An Untold Story: A Himalayan Mystic's Insight into the Power of Kundalini and Chakra Sadhana cover

12. Kundalini -- An Untold Story: A Himalayan Mystic's Insight into the Power of Kundalini and Chakra Sadhana

by Om Swami

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How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business cover

13. How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business

by Douglas W. Hubbard

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Beautiful No-Mow Yards: 50 Amazing Lawn Alternatives cover

14. Beautiful No-Mow Yards: 50 Amazing Lawn Alternatives

by Evelyn Hadden

Lawn Gone!: Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Attractive Alternatives for Your Yard cover

15. Lawn Gone!: Low-Maintenance, Sustainable, Attractive Alternatives for Your Yard

by Pam Penick

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma cover

16. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

by Bessel A. Van der Kolk

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The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics cover

17. The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics

by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

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

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

by Mor Harchol-Balter

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Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World cover

19. Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World

by Paul Stamets

The Gnostic Gospels / Adam, Eve, and the Serpent / The Origins of Satan cover

20. The Gnostic Gospels / Adam, Eve, and the Serpent / The Origins of Satan

by Elaine H. Pagels

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation cover

21. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

by Joseph J. Ellis

Lean UX cover

22. Lean UX

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Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond cover

23. Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

by Gene Kranz

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Hungry Planet: What the World Eats cover

24. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats

by Peter Menzel, Faith D'Aluisio

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis cover

25. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

by J. D. Vance

Python Data Science Handbook cover

26. Python Data Science Handbook

by Jacob T. Vanderplas

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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City cover

27. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

by Matthew Desmond

Cold Cash, Cool Climate: Science-Based Advice for Ecological Entrepreneurs cover

28. Cold Cash, Cool Climate: Science-Based Advice for Ecological Entrepreneurs

by Jon Koomey

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Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas cover

29. Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

by Seymour A. Papert

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Rethinking Madness: Towards a Paradigm Shift in Our Understanding and Treatment of Psychosis cover

30. Rethinking Madness: Towards a Paradigm Shift in Our Understanding and Treatment of Psychosis

by Paris Williams

Qigong Essentials for Health Promotion cover

31. Qigong Essentials for Health Promotion

by Guorui Jiao

Chinese Qigong Therapy cover

32. Chinese Qigong Therapy

by Mingwu Zhang

Illustration of Channels and Points for Acupuncture and Moxibustion cover

33. Illustration of Channels and Points for Acupuncture and Moxibustion

by 王一方

Inconvenient Facts: The science that Al Gore doesn't want you to know cover

34. Inconvenient Facts: The science that Al Gore doesn't want you to know

by Gregory Wrightstone

Cryptanalysis: A Study of Ciphers and Their Solution (Dover Brain Games & Puzzles) cover

35. Cryptanalysis: A Study of Ciphers and Their Solution (Dover Brain Games & Puzzles)

by Helen F. Gaines

The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph cover

36. The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

by Ryan Holiday

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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography cover

37. The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

by Simon Singh

Neanderthal Man cover

38. Neanderthal Man

O'Reilly Newsletters - O'Reilly Media cover

39. O'Reilly Newsletters - O'Reilly Media

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