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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jan 21, 2019 - Jan 28, 2019

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The New Rules of Posture: How to Sit, Stand, and Move in the Modern World cover

1. The New Rules of Posture: How to Sit, Stand, and Move in the Modern World

by Mary Bond

An Introduction to Database Systems (8th Edition) cover

2. An Introduction to Database Systems (8th Edition)

by C.J. Date

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New Functional Training for Sports cover

3. New Functional Training for Sports

by Michael Boyle

8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back: Natural Posture Solutions for Pain in the Back, Neck, Shoulder, Hip, Knee, and Foot cover

4. 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back: Natural Posture Solutions for Pain in the Back, Neck, Shoulder, Hip, Knee, and Foot

by Esther Gokhale

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The Hardware Hacker: Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware cover

5. The Hardware Hacker: Adventures in Making and Breaking Hardware

by Andrew "bunnie" Huang

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The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell cover

6. The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell

by Mark Kurlansky

Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law cover

7. Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law

by Peter Woit

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A Philosophy of Software Design cover

8. A Philosophy of Software Design

by John Ousterhout

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Visual Group Theory (MAA Problem Book Series) cover

9. Visual Group Theory (MAA Problem Book Series)

by Nathan Carter

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Melville & Milton: An Edition and Analysis of Melville's Annotations on Milton (Medieval & Renaissance Literary Studies) cover

10. Melville & Milton: An Edition and Analysis of Melville's Annotations on Milton (Medieval & Renaissance Literary Studies)

by Robin Sandra Grey

The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life cover

11. The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life

by David Quammen

The Most Human Human: What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us About Being Alive cover

12. The Most Human Human: What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us About Being Alive

by Brian Christian

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Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich cover

13. Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich

by Kevin Phillips

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Blue: The History of a Color. cover

14. Blue: The History of a Color.

by Michel Pastoureau

Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color cover

15. Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color

by Philip Ball

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Survival Theory: A Preparedness Guide cover

16. Survival Theory: A Preparedness Guide

by Jonathan Hollerman

Numbers and Geometry (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

17. Numbers and Geometry (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by John Stillwell

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Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution cover

18. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution

by Steven Levy

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Working cover

19. Working

by Robert A. Caro

The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat cover

20. The Hungry Brain: Outsmarting the Instincts That Make Us Overeat

by Stephan J. Guyenet

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The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small cover

21. The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small

by John Gall

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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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1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created cover

23. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created

by Charles C. Mann

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How Apollo Flew to the Moon (Springer Praxis Books) cover

24. How Apollo Flew to the Moon (Springer Praxis Books)

by W. David Woods

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Why Rust? cover

25. Why Rust?

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Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491 cover

26. Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491

by Charles C. Mann

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus cover

27. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

by Charles C. Mann

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A Visual Introduction to Differential Forms and Calculus on Manifolds cover

28. A Visual Introduction to Differential Forms and Calculus on Manifolds

by Jon Pierre Fortney

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The Lebesgue Integral for Undergraduates (MAA Textbooks) cover

29. The Lebesgue Integral for Undergraduates (MAA Textbooks)

by William Johnston

Writing A Compiler In Go cover

30. Writing A Compiler In Go

by Thorsten Ball

Writing An Interpreter In Go cover

31. Writing An Interpreter In Go

by Thorsten Ball

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Practical Programming for Strength Training cover

32. Practical Programming for Strength Training

by Mark Rippetoe, Andy Baker (Powerlifter)

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Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition cover

33. Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, 3rd edition

by Mark Rippetoe, Lon Kilgore

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Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming (2nd Edition) cover

34. Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming (2nd Edition)

by Clemens Szyperski, Dominik Gruntz, Stephan Murer

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How to Cook Children: A Grisly Recipe Book cover

35. How to Cook Children: A Grisly Recipe Book

by Martin Howard

From Mathematics to Generic Programming cover

36. From Mathematics to Generic Programming

by Alexander A. Stepanov, Daniel E. Rose

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