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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Oct 14, 2019 - Oct 21, 2019

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Showing 1 - 31 of 31 books

Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual cover

1. Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual

by Jocko Willink

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2. The Ashley Book of Knots

by Clifford Warren Ashley

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Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming, 2/E (Addison-wesley Component Software) cover

3. Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming, 2/E (Addison-wesley Component Software)

by Clemens Szyperski, Dominik Gruntz, Stephan Murer

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The Underachiever's Manifesto: The Guide to Accomplishing Little and Feeling Great (Funny Self-Help Book, Guide to Lowering Stress and Dealing with Perfectionism) cover

4. The Underachiever's Manifesto: The Guide to Accomplishing Little and Feeling Great (Funny Self-Help Book, Guide to Lowering Stress and Dealing with Perfectionism)

by Ray Bennett

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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams cover

5. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

by Matthew Walker

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Atlas of Prejudice 2: Chasing Horizons, Vol. 2 cover

6. Atlas of Prejudice 2: Chasing Horizons, Vol. 2

by Yanko Tsvetkov

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China, Trade and Power: Why the West's Economic Engagement Has Failed cover

7. China, Trade and Power: Why the West's Economic Engagement Has Failed

by Stewart Paterson

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Tartine Bread (Artisan Bread Cookbook, Best Bread Recipes, Sourdough Book) cover

8. Tartine Bread (Artisan Bread Cookbook, Best Bread Recipes, Sourdough Book)

by Chad Robertson

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CSS: The Definitive Guide: Visual Presentation for the Web cover

9. CSS: The Definitive Guide: Visual Presentation for the Web

by Eric A. Meyer, Estelle Weyl

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10. The Mormon Way of Doing Business

by Jeff Benedict

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11. Physics of the Plasma Universe

by Anthony L. Peratt

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Where Are the Customers' Yachts?: or A Good Hard Look at Wall Street cover

12. Where Are the Customers' Yachts?: or A Good Hard Look at Wall Street

by Fred Schwed, Jr.

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Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer (Alex Awards (Awards)) cover

13. Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer (Alex Awards (Awards))

by Lynne Cox

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Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching : A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way cover

14. Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching : A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way

by Laozi, Ursula K. Le Guin

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The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation cover

15. The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation

by Rod Dreher

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The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition cover

16. The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition

by Don Norman

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Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things cover

17. Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things

by Don Norman

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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive, 4th Edition cover

18. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive, 4th Edition

by Betty Edwards

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19. Gilgamesh the King

by Robert Silverberg

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More Awesome Than Money: Four Boys, Three Years, and a Chronicle of Ideals and Ambition in Silicon Valley cover

20. More Awesome Than Money: Four Boys, Three Years, and a Chronicle of Ideals and Ambition in Silicon Valley

by Jim Dwyer

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21. Programming a personal computer

by Per Brinch Hansen

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The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be cover

22. The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be

by James Bernard MacKinnon

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23. Mathematics for Computer Science

by Eric Lehman, F. Thomson Leighton, Albert R. Meyer

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The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How. cover

24. The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How.

by Daniel Coyle

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Designing Bots: Creating Conversational Experiences cover

25. Designing Bots: Creating Conversational Experiences

by Amir Shevat

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Designing Voice User Interfaces: Principles of Conversational Experiences cover

26. Designing Voice User Interfaces: Principles of Conversational Experiences

by Cathy Pearl

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Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance cover

27. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

by Angela Duckworth

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28. Spiritual Vibrations

by Елена Петровна Блаватская

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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Oct 14, 2019 - Oct 21, 2019

Showing 1 - 31 of 31 books

1. Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual

2. The Ashley Book of Knots

3. Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming, 2/E (Addison-wesley Component Software)

4. The Underachiever's Manifesto: The Guide to Accomplishing Little and Feeling Great (Funny Self-Help Book, Guide to Lowering Stress and Dealing with Perfectionism)

5. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

6. Atlas of Prejudice 2: Chasing Horizons, Vol. 2

7. China, Trade and Power: Why the West's Economic Engagement Has Failed

8. Tartine Bread (Artisan Bread Cookbook, Best Bread Recipes, Sourdough Book)

9. CSS: The Definitive Guide: Visual Presentation for the Web

10. The Mormon Way of Doing Business

11. Physics of the Plasma Universe

12. Where Are the Customers' Yachts?: or A Good Hard Look at Wall Street

13. Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer (Alex Awards (Awards))

14. Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching : A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way

15. The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation

16. The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition

17. Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things

18. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive, 4th Edition

19. Gilgamesh the King

20. More Awesome Than Money: Four Boys, Three Years, and a Chronicle of Ideals and Ambition in Silicon Valley

21. Programming a personal computer

22. The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be

23. Mathematics for Computer Science

24. The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How.

25. Designing Bots: Creating Conversational Experiences

26. Designing Voice User Interfaces: Principles of Conversational Experiences

27. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

28. Spiritual Vibrations

29. The Origins of Unhappiness: A New Understanding of Personal Distress

30. Laika

31. Computer Time Travel: How to build a microprocessor from transistors