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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Nov 18, 2019 - Nov 25, 2019

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The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything . . . Fast! cover

1. The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything . . . Fast!

by Josh Kaufman

Mac OS X and iOS Internals: To the Apple's Core cover

2. Mac OS X and iOS Internals: To the Apple's Core

by Jonathan Levin

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MAC OS X Internals: A Systems Approach cover

3. MAC OS X Internals: A Systems Approach

by Amit Singh

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Never Lost Again: The Google Mapping Revolution That Sparked New Industries and Augmented Our Reality – The Essential Application's Creation Story from Keyhole cover

4. Never Lost Again: The Google Mapping Revolution That Sparked New Industries and Augmented Our Reality – The Essential Application's Creation Story from Keyhole

by Bill Kilday

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Radar Man: A Personal History of Stealth cover

5. Radar Man: A Personal History of Stealth

by Edward Lovick Jr, Edward Lovick

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Trailblazer: The Power of Business as the Greatest Platform for Change cover

6. Trailblazer: The Power of Business as the Greatest Platform for Change

by Marc Benioff, Monica Langley

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus cover

7. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

by Charles C. Mann

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Mastering Mountain Bike Skills cover

8. Mastering Mountain Bike Skills

by Lopes, Brian, McCormack, Lee

Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies cover

9. Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies

by Ben MacIntyre

Why the Pharaohs Built the Pyramids with Fake Stones cover

10. Why the Pharaohs Built the Pyramids with Fake Stones

by Joseph Davidovits

The Pyramids: An Enigma Solved cover

11. The Pyramids: An Enigma Solved

by Joseph Davidovits, Margie Morris

Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed cover

12. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

by Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos

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The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy cover

13. The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy

by Mariana Mazzucato

Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism cover

14. Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism

by Richard D. Wolff

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Thunder at Twilight: Vienna, 1913-1914 cover

15. Thunder at Twilight: Vienna, 1913-1914

by Frederic Morton

Lisp in Small Pieces cover

16. Lisp in Small Pieces

by Christian Queinnec

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Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor: Unraveling the Linothorax Mystery cover

17. Reconstructing Ancient Linen Body Armor: Unraveling the Linothorax Mystery

by Gregory S. Aldrete, Scott M. Bartell, Alicia Aldrete

The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness cover

18. The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness

by John Yates, Matthew Immergut, Jeremy Graves

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The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition cover

19. The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition

by Donald C. Shoup

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Electronic Design Automation cover

20. Electronic Design Automation

by Laung-Terng Wang, Yao-Wen Chang, Kwang-Ting Cheng

Brevísima relación de la destruición de las Indias (Humanidades/ Humanities) (Spanish Edition) cover

21. Brevísima relación de la destruición de las Indias (Humanidades/ Humanities) (Spanish Edition)

by Bartolomé de las Casas

The Quest for Longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993 cover

22. The Quest for Longitude: The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 4-6, 1993

by William J. H. Andrewes, Harvard University. Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments

Aristotle’s Revenge: The Metaphysical Foundations of Physical and Biological Science cover

23. Aristotle’s Revenge: The Metaphysical Foundations of Physical and Biological Science

by Edward Feser

By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment cover

24. By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment

by Edward Feser, Joseph Bessette

UNIX: A History and a Memoir cover

25. UNIX: A History and a Memoir

by Brian W. Kernighan

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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma cover

26. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

by Bessel A. Van der Kolk

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