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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Aug 10, 2020 - Aug 17, 2020

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

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

by Richard Rothstein

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Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming cover

2. Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming

by Peter Seibel

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Gangster Capitalism: The United States and the Globalization of Organized Crime cover

3. Gangster Capitalism: The United States and the Globalization of Organized Crime

by Michael Woodiwiss

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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software cover

4. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

by Charles Petzold

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Kubernetes: Up and Running: Dive into the Future of Infrastructure cover

5. Kubernetes: Up and Running: Dive into the Future of Infrastructure

by Kelsey Hightower, Brendan Burns, Joe Beda

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PostgreSQL Development Essentials cover

6. PostgreSQL Development Essentials

by Baji Shaik, Manpreet Kaur

Practical SQL: A Beginner's Guide to Storytelling with Data cover

7. Practical SQL: A Beginner's Guide to Storytelling with Data

by Anthony DeBarros

Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach cover

8. Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach

by Tom DeMarco

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

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

by Martin Kleppmann

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Go the F**k to Sleep cover

10. Go the F**k to Sleep

by Adam Mansbach

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History of United States Naval Operations in World War II 15 Volume Set cover

11. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II 15 Volume Set

Epistemology and the Psychology of Human Judgment cover

12. Epistemology and the Psychology of Human Judgment

by Michael A. Bishop, J. D. Trout

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I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to Be Destroyed By Me: Emblems from the Pentagon's Black World cover

13. I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to Be Destroyed By Me: Emblems from the Pentagon's Black World

by Trevor Paglen

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The Fight to Vote cover

14. The Fight to Vote

by Michael Waldman

You Have to F**king Eat cover

15. You Have to F**king Eat

Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon's Secret World cover

16. Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon's Secret World

by Trevor Paglen

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Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications cover

17. Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications

by Kenneth H. Rosen

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Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself--While the Rest of Us Die cover

18. Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself--While the Rest of Us Die

by Garrett M. Graff

The Pomodoro Technique: The Acclaimed Time-Management System That Has Transformed How We Work cover

19. The Pomodoro Technique: The Acclaimed Time-Management System That Has Transformed How We Work

by Francesco Cirillo

Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook, Revised Edition cover

20. Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook, Revised Edition

by Edward Luttwak

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Secrets of Our Spaceship Moon: Inside the NASA Coverup cover

21. Secrets of Our Spaceship Moon: Inside the NASA Coverup

by Don Wilson

The Policeman's Beard is Half Constructed: Computer Prose and Poetry by Racter- The First Book Ever Wrritten by a Computer cover

22. The Policeman's Beard is Half Constructed: Computer Prose and Poetry by Racter- The First Book Ever Wrritten by a Computer

by William Chamberlain

Leonardo da Vinci cover

23. Leonardo da Vinci

by Walter Isaacson

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Java Concurrency in Practice cover

24. Java Concurrency in Practice

by Brian Goetz

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Effective Java (3rd Edition) cover

25. Effective Java (3rd Edition)

by Joshua Bloch

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