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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Sep 2, 2019 - Sep 9, 2019

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Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well cover

1. Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well

by Douglas Stone, Sheila Heen

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Sleeping on a Volcano: The Worldwide Demographic Decline and the Economic and Geopolitical Implications cover

2. Sleeping on a Volcano: The Worldwide Demographic Decline and the Economic and Geopolitical Implications

by Joshua Konstantinos

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Applied Ethics (Oxford Readings in Philosophy) cover

3. Applied Ethics (Oxford Readings in Philosophy)

by Peter Singer

Breaking Windows: How Bill Gates Fumbled the Future of Microsoft cover

4. Breaking Windows: How Bill Gates Fumbled the Future of Microsoft

by David Bank

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Learning Core Audio: A Hands-On Guide to Audio Programming for Mac and iOS cover

5. Learning Core Audio: A Hands-On Guide to Audio Programming for Mac and iOS

by Chris Adamson, Kevin Avila

The Book of Xen: A Practical Guide for the System Administrator cover

6. The Book of Xen: A Practical Guide for the System Administrator

by Chris Takemura, Luke S. Crawford

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The Weighted Blanket Guide: Everything You Need to Know about Weighted Blankets and Deep Pressure for Autism, Chronic Pain, and Other Conditions cover

7. The Weighted Blanket Guide: Everything You Need to Know about Weighted Blankets and Deep Pressure for Autism, Chronic Pain, and Other Conditions

by Eileen Parker, Cara Koscinski

Tim O'Reilly - Frank Herbert - O'Reilly Media cover

8. Tim O'Reilly - Frank Herbert - O'Reilly Media

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$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America cover

9. $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America

by Kathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer

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The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter cover

10. The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter

by Joseph Henrich

Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age cover

11. Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age

by Brad Smith, Carol Ann Browne

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Gödel's Proof cover

12. Gödel's Proof

by Ernest Nagel, James Roy Newman

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Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty (Galaxy Books) cover

13. Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty (Galaxy Books)

by Morris Kline

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Wealth Secrets cover

14. Wealth Secrets

by Sam Wilkin

The Effortless Sleep Method: The Incredible New Cure for Insomnia and Chronic Sleep Problems cover

15. The Effortless Sleep Method: The Incredible New Cure for Insomnia and Chronic Sleep Problems

by Sasha Stephens

Effective Writing for Engineers, Managers, Scientists, 2nd Edition cover

16. Effective Writing for Engineers, Managers, Scientists, 2nd Edition

by H. J. Tichy, Sylvia Fourdrinier

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

17. 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

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

by Joshua Spodek

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Learning Cocoa with Objective-C, 2nd Edition cover

19. Learning Cocoa with Objective-C, 2nd Edition

The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the JunkBond Raiders cover

20. The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the JunkBond Raiders

by Connie Bruck

What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World cover

21. What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World

by Jon Young

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The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization cover

22. The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization

by Bryan Ward-Perkins

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The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters cover

23. The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters

by Tom Nichols

Missing Person (Verba Mundi Book) cover

24. Missing Person (Verba Mundi Book)

by Patrick Modiano

Gödel's Theorem cover

25. Gödel's Theorem

by Torkel Franzén

BOSH!: Simple Recipes * Amazing Food * All Plants – A Fun, Unpretentious Vegan Guide: 100+ Easy Meals from Dinners to Cocktails (BOSH Series) cover

26. BOSH!: Simple Recipes * Amazing Food * All Plants – A Fun, Unpretentious Vegan Guide: 100+ Easy Meals from Dinners to Cocktails (BOSH Series)

by Ian Theasby, Henry David Firth

Secret Games of the Gods: Ancient Ritual Systems in Board Games cover

27. Secret Games of the Gods: Ancient Ritual Systems in Board Games

by Nigel Pennick

Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations cover

28. Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations

by Robert Charles Bell

THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF RELIGION AND EMOTION cover

29. THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF RELIGION AND EMOTION

by John Corrigan

The Pyramid Principle:Logic in Writing and Thinking cover

30. The Pyramid Principle:Logic in Writing and Thinking

by Barbara Minto

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Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats cover

31. Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats

by Gwynne Dyer

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The Water Knife cover

32. The Water Knife

by Paolo Bacigalupi

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Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems: SCADA, DCS, PLC, HMI, and SIS cover

33. Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems: SCADA, DCS, PLC, HMI, and SIS

by Tyson Macaulay, Bryan L. Singer