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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Aug 17, 2020 - Aug 24, 2020

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The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life cover

1. The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

by Kevin Simler, Robin Hanson

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Growing a New Economy: Beyond Crisis Capitalism and Environmental Destruction cover

2. Growing a New Economy: Beyond Crisis Capitalism and Environmental Destruction

by Roar Bjonnes, Caroline Hargreaves

Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq cover

3. Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq

by Stephen Kinzer

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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind cover

4. The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

by Julian Jaynes

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Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction cover

5. Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction

by Arvind Narayanan, Joseph Bonneau, Edward Felten, Andrew Miller, Steven Goldfeder

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Zen in the Art of Archery cover

6. Zen in the Art of Archery

by Eugen Herrigel

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The Secret History of Wonder Woman cover

7. The Secret History of Wonder Woman

by Jill Lepore

The Silent Deep: The Royal Navy Submarine Service Since 1945 cover

8. The Silent Deep: The Royal Navy Submarine Service Since 1945

by Peter Hennessy, James Jinks

The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect cover

9. The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect

by Judea Pearl, Dana Mackenzie

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Storming the Wall: Climate Change, Migration, and Homeland Security (City Lights Open Media) cover

10. Storming the Wall: Climate Change, Migration, and Homeland Security (City Lights Open Media)

by Todd Miller

Caste as Social Capital cover

11. Caste as Social Capital

by R. Vaidyanathan

The PayPal Wars: Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth cover

12. The PayPal Wars: Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth

by Eric M. Jackson

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First Person: An Astonishingly Frank Self-Portrait by Russia's President cover

13. First Person: An Astonishingly Frank Self-Portrait by Russia's President

by Vladimir Putin, Nataliya Gevorkyan, Natalya Timakova, Andrei Kolesnikov

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August cover

14. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

by Claire North

UNIX: A History and a Memoir cover

15. UNIX: A History and a Memoir

by Brian W. Kernighan

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