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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jun 1, 2020 - Jun 8, 2020

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Edmund Morris's Theodore Roosevelt Trilogy Bundle: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Rex, and Colonel Roosevelt cover

1. Edmund Morris's Theodore Roosevelt Trilogy Bundle: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Rex, and Colonel Roosevelt

by Edmund Morris

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The Design of the UNIX Operating System cover

2. The Design of the UNIX Operating System

by Maurice J. Bach

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Visual Complex Analysis cover

3. Visual Complex Analysis

by Tristan Needham

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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup cover

4. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

by John Carreyrou

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Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic cover

5. Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic

by Sandra Kahn, Paul R. Ehrlich

Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book cover

6. Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream & Dessert Book

by Ben Cohen, Jerry Greenfield, Nancy Stevens

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America cover

7. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

by Richard Rothstein

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Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism cover

8. Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism

by James W. Loewen

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Wrong: Why experts* keep failing us--and how to know when not to trust them *Scientists, finance wizards, doctors, relationship gurus, celebrity CEOs, ... consultants, health officials and more cover

9. Wrong: Why experts* keep failing us--and how to know when not to trust them *Scientists, finance wizards, doctors, relationship gurus, celebrity CEOs, ... consultants, health officials and more

by David H. Freedman

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Worlds in Collion cover

10. Worlds in Collion

by Immanuel Velikovsky

Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces cover

11. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces

by Radley Balko

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How to End the Autism Epidemic cover

12. How to End the Autism Epidemic

by J.B. Handley

The GMO Deception: What You Need to Know about the Food, Corporations, and Government Agencies Putting Our Families and Our Environment at Risk cover

13. The GMO Deception: What You Need to Know about the Food, Corporations, and Government Agencies Putting Our Families and Our Environment at Risk

by Sheldon Krimsky, Jeremy Gruber

How We Decide cover

14. How We Decide

by Jonah Lehrer

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Emil Cioran: The Criticism of the Idea of Historical Progress cover

15. Emil Cioran: The Criticism of the Idea of Historical Progress

by Daniel Branco

A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family in This Country: Embracing the Descendants, as Far as Known, of the Rev. John Lothropp, of Scituate and ... Mass., And the First Generation of Descen cover

16. A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family in This Country: Embracing the Descendants, as Far as Known, of the Rev. John Lothropp, of Scituate and ... Mass., And the First Generation of Descen

by E. B. Huntington

Facebook: The Inside Story cover

17. Facebook: The Inside Story

by Steven Levy

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How to Be Invisible: Protect Your Home, Your Children, Your Assets, and Your Life cover

18. How to Be Invisible: Protect Your Home, Your Children, Your Assets, and Your Life

by J. J. Luna

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Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World cover

19. Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

by Cal Newport

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

20. 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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Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault (Expanded Edition) cover

21. Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault (Expanded Edition)

by Stephen Ronald Craig Hicks

The Dissent Channel: American Diplomacy in a Dishonest Age cover

22. The Dissent Channel: American Diplomacy in a Dishonest Age

by Elizabeth Shackelford

Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas cover

23. Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas

by Seymour A. Papert

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Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems cover

24. Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems

by Martin Kleppmann

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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

25. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen

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High Output Management cover

26. High Output Management

by Andrew S. Grove

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