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

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Showing 1 - 25 of 25 books

Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America cover

1. Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America

by Chris Arnade

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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

2. 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

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Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition cover

3. Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition

by Tomas Akenine-Mo ̈ller, Eric Haines, Naty Hoffman

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Physically Based Rendering: From Theory to Implementation cover

4. Physically Based Rendering: From Theory to Implementation

by Matt Pharr, Greg Humphreys, Wenzel Jakob

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Graphics Shaders: Theory and Practice cover

5. Graphics Shaders: Theory and Practice

by Mike Bailey, Steve Cunningham

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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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7. Beautiful Code

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson

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The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System (2nd Edition) cover

8. The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System (2nd Edition)

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

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Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach (paperback) cover

9. Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach (paperback)

by Amit Singh

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10. When Computers Were Human

by David Alan Grier

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Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World cover

11. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World

by Liaquat Ahamed

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

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

by Johan Huizinga

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Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom cover

13. Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom

by Daniel T. Willingham

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

14. 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

15. 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

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

by George Crane

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

17. 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

18. 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

19. Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update

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

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

Showing 1 - 25 of 25 books

1. Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America

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

3. Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition

4. Physically Based Rendering: From Theory to Implementation

5. Graphics Shaders: Theory and Practice

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

7. Beautiful Code

8. The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System (2nd Edition)

9. Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach (paperback)

10. When Computers Were Human

11. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World

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

13. Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom

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

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

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

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

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

19. Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update

20. Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

21. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself

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

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

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

25. The Boy Who Reversed Himself