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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Nov 25, 2019 - Dec 2, 2019

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Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To cover

1. Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don't Have To

by David A. Sinclair, Matthew D. LaPlante

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Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America cover

2. Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America

by Chris Arnade

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Self-Made Man: One Woman's Year Disguised as a Man cover

3. Self-Made Man: One Woman's Year Disguised as a Man

by Norah Vincent

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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams cover

4. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

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OpenGL 4 Shading Language Cookbook: Build high-quality, real-time 3D graphics with OpenGL 4.6, GLSL 4.6 and C++17, 3rd Edition cover

5. OpenGL 4 Shading Language Cookbook: Build high-quality, real-time 3D graphics with OpenGL 4.6, GLSL 4.6 and C++17, 3rd Edition

by David Wolff

The Last Lingua Franca: English Until the Return of Babel cover

6. The Last Lingua Franca: English Until the Return of Babel

by Nicholas Ostler

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Beautiful Code cover

7. Beautiful Code

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson

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Getting to

8. Getting to "Yes And": The Art of Business Improv

by Bob Kulhan, Chuck Crisafulli

Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System, The cover

9. Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System, The

by Marshall Kirk McKusick, George V. Neville-Neil, Robert N. M. Watson

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Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 10th Edition cover

10. Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 10th Edition

by Erwin Kreyszig

MAC OS X Internals: A Systems Approach cover

11. MAC OS X Internals: A Systems Approach

by Amit Singh

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When Computers Were Human cover

12. When Computers Were Human

by David Alan Grier

Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture cover

13. Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture

by Johan Huizinga

Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World (Pulitzer Prize Winner) cover

14. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

by Liaquat Ahamed

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Why Don't Students Like School? cover

15. Why Don't Students Like School?

by Daniel T. Willingham

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The Bliss of Inner Fire: Heart Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa cover

16. The Bliss of Inner Fire: Heart Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa

by Thubten Yeshe

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

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

by Matthew Walker

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Bones of the Master: A Journey to Secret Mongolia cover

18. Bones of the Master: A Journey to Secret Mongolia

by George Crane

Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft cover

19. Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft

by G. Pascal Zachary

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Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth? cover

20. Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?

by Alan Weisman

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Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update cover

21. Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update

by Donella H. Meadows, Jørgen Randers, Dennis L. Meadows

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Origami Design Secrets: Mathematical Methods for an Ancient Art, Second Edition (AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series) cover

22. Origami Design Secrets: Mathematical Methods for an Ancient Art, Second Edition (AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series)

by Robert J. Lang

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Genuine Origami: 43 Mathematically-Based Models, From Simple to Complex cover

23. Genuine Origami: 43 Mathematically-Based Models, From Simple to Complex

by Jun Maekawa

Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion cover

24. Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

by Sam Harris

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The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself cover

25. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

by Michael A. Singer

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The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos cover

26. The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos

by Deborah Heiligman

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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty cover

27. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

by Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

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The Boy Who Reversed Himself cover

28. The Boy Who Reversed Himself

by William Sleator