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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Aug 19, 2019 - Aug 26, 2019

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Silent Invasion: China's Influence in Australia cover

1. Silent Invasion: China's Influence in Australia

by Clive Hamilton

Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life cover

2. Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life

by Peter Gray

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Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America cover

3. Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America

by Andrew Gumbel

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Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons cover

4. Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons

by Kris Newby

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The Kerbal Player's Guide: The Easiest Way to Launch a Space Program cover

5. The Kerbal Player's Guide: The Easiest Way to Launch a Space Program

by Jon Manning, Tim Nugent, Alasdair Allan, Paul Fenwick, Paris Buttfield-Addison

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Counterexamples in Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

6. Counterexamples in Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Bernard R. Gelbaum, John M. H. Olmsted

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How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading cover

7. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading

by Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems cover

8. Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

by Martin Kleppmann

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Proofiness: How You're Being Fooled by the Numbers cover

9. Proofiness: How You're Being Fooled by the Numbers

by Charles Seife

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Jolly Phonics Activity Books 1-7 cover

10. Jolly Phonics Activity Books 1-7

by Sue Lloyd, Sara Wernham

AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order cover

11. AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order

by Kai-Fu Lee

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

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

by Joshua Spodek

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Hundred-Year Marathon cover

13. Hundred-Year Marathon

by Michael Pillsbury

Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism cover

14. Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

by James W. Loewen

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How to Win Friends & Influence People cover

15. How to Win Friends & Influence People

by Dale Carnegie

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The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken cover

16. The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken

by The Secret Barrister

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Dreamland cover

17. Dreamland

by Sam Quinones, Neil Hellegers

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Software Requirements (3rd Edition) (Developer Best Practices) cover

18. Software Requirements (3rd Edition) (Developer Best Practices)

by Karl Eugene Wiegers, Joy Beatty

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Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World (Belfer Center Studies in International Security) cover

19. Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master's Insights on China, the United States, and the World (Belfer Center Studies in International Security)

by Kuan Yew Lee, Graham Allison, Robert D. Blackwill, Ali Wyne

The China Dream: Great Power Thinking and Strategic Posture in the Post-American Era cover

20. The China Dream: Great Power Thinking and Strategic Posture in the Post-American Era

by Mingfu Liu

Translucent Databases cover

21. Translucent Databases

by Peter Wayner

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Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual cover

22. Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual

by Yvon Chouinard

The Responsible Company: What We've Learned From Patagonia's First 40 Years cover

23. The Responsible Company: What We've Learned From Patagonia's First 40 Years

by Yvon Chouinard, Vincent Stanley

Machinery's Handbook, Toolbox Edition cover

24. Machinery's Handbook, Toolbox Edition

by Erik Oberg, Franklin D. Jones, Holbrook Lynedon Horton, Henry H. Ryffel

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition cover

25. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

by Robert B. Cialdini

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Algorithms cover

26. Algorithms

by Umesh Vazirani, Algorithms, Christos H. Papadimitriou, Algorithms, Sanjoy Dasgupta, Algorithms

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Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray cover

27. Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

by Sabine Hossenfelder

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Macroeconomics cover

28. Macroeconomics

by N. Gregory Mankiw

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Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought cover

29. Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought

by Drew Neil

What is Category Theory? cover

30. What is Category Theory?

by Giandomenico Sica

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

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

by Zbigniew K. Brzezinski, Zbigniew Brzezinski

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Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production cover

32. Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production

by Taiichi Ohno

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Human Error cover

33. Human Error

by James Reason

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Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child cover

34. Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child

by Anthony Esolen

Die Wahrheit uber Hansel und Gretel (German Edition) cover

35. Die Wahrheit uber Hansel und Gretel (German Edition)

by Hans Traxler

The Road since Structure: Philosophical Essays, 1970-1993, with an Autobiographical Interview cover

36. The Road since Structure: Philosophical Essays, 1970-1993, with an Autobiographical Interview

by Thomas S. Kuhn

Princes of the Yen: Japan's Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy (East Gate Books) cover

37. Princes of the Yen: Japan's Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy (East Gate Books)

by Richard Werner

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Algebra (AMS Chelsea Publishing) cover

38. Algebra (AMS Chelsea Publishing)

by Saunders Mac Lane, Garrett Birkhoff

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Interface: A Novel cover

39. Interface: A Novel

by Neal Stephenson, Frederick George