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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Aug 24, 2020 - Aug 31, 2020

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How (Not) to Be Secular: Reading Charles Taylor cover

1. How (Not) to Be Secular: Reading Charles Taylor

by James K. A. Smith
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Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems cover

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

by Martin Kleppmann
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A Concise History of China cover

3. A Concise History of China

by J. A. G. Roberts
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The complete Star Ship: A simulation project (DP series in games ; no. 1) cover

4. The complete Star Ship: A simulation project (DP series in games ; no. 1)

by Roger Garrett
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Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose; A Round Table Comic cover

5. Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose; A Round Table Comic

by Tony Hsieh
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The Solar Cat Book cover

6. The Solar Cat Book

by Jim Augustyn
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The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985-1993--Illustrated Edition cover

7. The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985-1993--Illustrated Edition

by Jordan Mechner
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Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) cover

8. Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

by Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, Gregory G. Colomb
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Infoquake (Jump 225 Trilogy) (v. 1) cover

9. Infoquake (Jump 225 Trilogy) (v. 1)

by David Louis Edelman
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The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape cover

10. The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape

by James Howard Kunstler
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OBD: Obsessive Branding Disorder : The Business of Illusion and the Illusion of Business cover

11. OBD: Obsessive Branding Disorder : The Business of Illusion and the Illusion of Business

by Lucas Conley
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Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence cover

12. Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence

by Esther Perel
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Project Identification: The First Scientific Field Study of Ufo Phenomena cover

13. Project Identification: The First Scientific Field Study of Ufo Phenomena

by Harley D. Rutledge
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Sidewinder: Creative Missile Development at China Lake cover

14. Sidewinder: Creative Missile Development at China Lake

by Ron Westrum
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Hacker's Delight (2nd Edition) cover

15. Hacker's Delight (2nd Edition)

by Henry S. Warren
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Prey cover

16. Prey

by Michael Crichton
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When Prophecy Fails cover

17. When Prophecy Fails

by Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, Stanley Schachter
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Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology (Anchor Library of Science) cover

18. Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology (Anchor Library of Science)

by Eric Drexler
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Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme cover

19. Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme

by Richard Brodie
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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right cover

20. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

by Atul Gawande
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Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (7th Edition) cover

21. Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (7th Edition)

by James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross
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