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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Mar 30, 2020 - Apr 6, 2020

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The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture cover

1. The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture

by Frank R. Wilson

Conceptual Spaces: The Geometry of Thought (A Bradford Book) cover

2. Conceptual Spaces: The Geometry of Thought (A Bradford Book)

by Peter Gardenfors

Game Coding Complete, Fourth Edition cover

3. Game Coding Complete, Fourth Edition

by Mike McShaffry, David Graham

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Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life cover

4. Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life

by Rory Sutherland

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Internet Yellow Pages (6th ed) cover

5. Internet Yellow Pages (6th ed)

by Jill D. Bond

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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition cover

6. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition

by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, Stephen R. Covey

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Molecular Biology Made Simple and Fun, Third Edition cover

7. Molecular Biology Made Simple and Fun, Third Edition

by David P. Clark, Lonnie Dee Russell

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Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator cover

8. Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator

by Ryan Holiday

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

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

by Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos

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System/370 job control language cover

10. System/370 job control language

by Gary DeWard Brown

The Machinery of Life cover

11. The Machinery of Life

by David S. Goodsell

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Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition cover

12. Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition

by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

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Nonviolent Communication (A Language of Life) cover

13. Nonviolent Communication (A Language of Life)

by Marshall B. Rosenberg

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Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In cover

14. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

by Roger Fisher, William L. Ury, Bruce Patton

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Getting Past No: Negotiating in Difficult Situations cover

15. Getting Past No: Negotiating in Difficult Situations

by William Ury

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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

16. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen

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The Sky: A User's Guide cover

17. The Sky: A User's Guide

by David H. Levy

Reusable Data Structures for C (Prentice-hall Software Series) cover

18. Reusable Data Structures for C (Prentice-hall Software Series)

by Roger Sessions

Cellular Automata Machines: A New Environment for Modeling (Scientific and Engineering Computation) cover

19. Cellular Automata Machines: A New Environment for Modeling (Scientific and Engineering Computation)

by Tommaso Toffoli, Norman Margolus

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The Haves and the Have-Nots cover

20. The Haves and the Have-Nots

by Branko Milanovic

Bob Woolmer's Art and Science of Cricket cover

21. Bob Woolmer's Art and Science of Cricket

by Bob Woolmer, Tim Noakes, Helen Moffett

Intellectuals and Society: Revised and Expanded Edition cover

22. Intellectuals and Society: Revised and Expanded Edition

by Thomas Sowell

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On Writing: 10th Anniversary Edition: A Memoir of the Craft cover

23. On Writing: 10th Anniversary Edition: A Memoir of the Craft

by Stephen King

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The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition) (Collins Business Essentials) cover

24. The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised Edition) (Collins Business Essentials)

by Benjamin Graham, Jason Zweig, Atsuhiro Dokō, Kazumi Masuzawa, Miwa Niimi, Warren Buffett, Yonatan Bar

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