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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Aug 5, 2019 - Aug 12, 2019

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America Walks into a Bar: A Spirited History Of Taverns And Saloons, Speakeasies And Grog Shops cover

1. America Walks into a Bar: A Spirited History Of Taverns And Saloons, Speakeasies And Grog Shops

by Christine Sismondo

Threaded Interpretive Languages: Their Design and Implementation cover

2. Threaded Interpretive Languages: Their Design and Implementation

by R. G. Loeliger

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Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump cover

3. Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump

by David Neiwert

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The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement cover

4. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

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

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

by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford

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Algorithmics: The Spirit of Computing (3rd Edition) cover

6. Algorithmics: The Spirit of Computing (3rd Edition)

by David Harel, Yishai A. Feldman

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Planet of Slums cover

7. Planet of Slums

by Mike Davis

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City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles cover

8. City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles

by Mike Davis

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Parkinsons Law: Or The Pursuit Of Progress (Business Library) cover

9. Parkinsons Law: Or The Pursuit Of Progress (Business Library)

by Cyril Northcote Parkinson

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The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals cover

10. The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals

by Jane Mayer

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The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration cover

11. The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration

by Jack Goldsmith

Programming Rust: Fast, Safe Systems Development cover

12. Programming Rust: Fast, Safe Systems Development

by Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff

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The New Fast Food: The Veggie Queen Pressure Cooks Whole Food Meals in Less than 30 MInutes cover

13. The New Fast Food: The Veggie Queen Pressure Cooks Whole Food Meals in Less than 30 MInutes

by Jill Nussinow

Mind Performance Hacks: Tips & Tools for Overclocking Your Brain cover

14. Mind Performance Hacks: Tips & Tools for Overclocking Your Brain

by Ron Hale-Evans

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Mastering Regular Expressions cover

15. Mastering Regular Expressions

by Jeffrey Friedl

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Burn Math Class: And Reinvent Mathematics for Yourself cover

16. Burn Math Class: And Reinvent Mathematics for Yourself

by Jason Wilkes

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Warren Buffett Accounting Book: Reading Financial Statements for Value Investing cover

17. Warren Buffett Accounting Book: Reading Financial Statements for Value Investing

by Preston Pysh, Stig Brodersen

Warren Buffett's 3 Favorite Books: A guide to The Intelligent Investor, Security Analysis, and The Wealth of Nations cover

18. Warren Buffett's 3 Favorite Books: A guide to The Intelligent Investor, Security Analysis, and The Wealth of Nations

by Preston Pysh

GENKI I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese (English and Japanese Edition) cover

19. GENKI I: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese (English and Japanese Edition)

by 坂野永理, 池田庸子, 大野裕

Remembering the Kanji 1: A Complete Course on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters cover

20. Remembering the Kanji 1: A Complete Course on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters

by James W. Heisig

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Class: A Guide Through the American Status System cover

21. Class: A Guide Through the American Status System

by Paul Fussell

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Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society cover

22. Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society

by Eric A. Posner, Eric Glen Weyl

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The Future of Fusion Energy cover

23. The Future of Fusion Energy

by Jason Parisi, Justin Ball

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Principles Of Fusion Energy: An Introduction To Fusion Energy For Students Of Science And Engineering cover

24. Principles Of Fusion Energy: An Introduction To Fusion Energy For Students Of Science And Engineering

by A. A. Harms, Klaus F.. Schoepf, David Ross Kingdon

Initiative: A Proven Method to Bring Your Passions to Life (and Work) cover

25. Initiative: A Proven Method to Bring Your Passions to Life (and Work)

by Joshua Spodek

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Leadership Step by Step: Become the Person Others Follow cover

26. Leadership Step by Step: Become the Person Others Follow

by Joshua Spodek

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Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton (Cambridge Paperback Library) cover

27. Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton (Cambridge Paperback Library)

by Richard S. Westfall

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Subtle is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein cover

28. Subtle is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein

by Abraham Pais

Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World cover

29. Inward Bound: Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World

by Abraham Pais

The Historical Development of Quantum Theory 1-6 (v. 1-6) cover

30. The Historical Development of Quantum Theory 1-6 (v. 1-6)

by Jagdish Mehra

Harvest Of Rage: Why Oklahoma City Is Only The Beginning cover

31. Harvest Of Rage: Why Oklahoma City Is Only The Beginning

by Joel Dyer

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Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World cover

32. Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World

by Tom Wright, Bradley Hope

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Brain Lock, Twentieth Anniversary Edition: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior cover

33. Brain Lock, Twentieth Anniversary Edition: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior

by Jeffrey M. Schwartz

The Killing Zone, Second Edition: How & Why Pilots Die cover

34. The Killing Zone, Second Edition: How & Why Pilots Die

by Paul A. Craig

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A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World) cover

35. A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)

by Gregory Clark

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The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World cover

36. The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World

by Pedro Domingos

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Unified Theories of Cognition (The William James Lectures) cover

37. Unified Theories of Cognition (The William James Lectures)

by Allen Newell

The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind cover

38. The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind

by Marvin Minsky

On Intelligence: How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines cover

39. On Intelligence: How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines

by Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee

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Engineering General Intelligence, Part 1: A Path to Advanced AGI via Embodied Learning and Cognitive Synergy (Atlantis Thinking Machines) cover

40. Engineering General Intelligence, Part 1: A Path to Advanced AGI via Embodied Learning and Cognitive Synergy (Atlantis Thinking Machines)

by Ben Goertzel, Cassio Pennachin, Nil Geisweiller

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Universal Artificial Intelligence: Sequential Decisions Based On Algorithmic Probability cover

41. Universal Artificial Intelligence: Sequential Decisions Based On Algorithmic Probability

by Marcus Hutter

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How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed cover

42. How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed

by Ray Kurzweil

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The Society of Mind cover

43. The Society of Mind

by Marvin Minsky

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The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology cover

44. The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

by Ray Kurzweil

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Artificial General Intelligence (Cognitive Technologies) cover

45. Artificial General Intelligence (Cognitive Technologies)

by Ben Goertzel, Cassio Pennachin

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How Can the Human Mind Occur in the Physical Universe? (Oxford Series on Cognitive Models and Architectures) cover

46. How Can the Human Mind Occur in the Physical Universe? (Oxford Series on Cognitive Models and Architectures)

by John Robert Anderson

Engineering General Intelligence, Part 2: The CogPrime Architecture for Integrative, Embodied AGI (Atlantis Thinking Machines) cover

47. Engineering General Intelligence, Part 2: The CogPrime Architecture for Integrative, Embodied AGI (Atlantis Thinking Machines)

by Ben Goertzel, Cassio Pennachin, Nil Geisweiller

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Fullstack React: The Complete Guide to ReactJS and Friends cover

48. Fullstack React: The Complete Guide to ReactJS and Friends

by Accomazzo Anthony, Murray Nathaniel, Ari Lerner

Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era cover

49. Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era

by Zbigniew K. Brzezinski, Zbigniew Brzezinski

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