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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Nov 30, 2020 - Dec 7, 2020

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The Art of UNIX Programming (The Addison-Wesley Professional Computng Series) cover

1. The Art of UNIX Programming (The Addison-Wesley Professional Computng Series)

by Eric S. Raymond
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The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking cover

2. The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking

by Saifedean Ammous
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Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People 2nd Edition cover

3. Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People 2nd Edition

by G. Richard Shell
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Getting Past No: Negotiating in Difficult Situations cover

4. Getting Past No: Negotiating in Difficult Situations

by William Ury
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Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In cover

5. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In

by Roger Fisher, William L. Ury, Bruce Patton
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Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages cover

6. Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages

by Carlota Perez
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Practical Ethics cover

7. Practical Ethics

by Peter Singer
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The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers cover

8. The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers

by Will Durant
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The Last Lecture cover

9. The Last Lecture

by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow
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Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem cover

10. Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem

by Simon Singh
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Visual Complex Analysis cover

11. Visual Complex Analysis

by Tristan Needham
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The Art of the Metaobject Protocol cover

12. The Art of the Metaobject Protocol

by Gregor Kiczales, Jim Des Rivieres, Daniel G. Bobrow
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Lisp in Small Pieces cover

13. Lisp in Small Pieces

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

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

by Stephen King
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The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and Thinking cover

15. The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and Thinking

by Barbara Minto
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Start with NO...The Negotiating Tools that the Pros Don't Want You to Know cover

16. Start with NO...The Negotiating Tools that the Pros Don't Want You to Know

by Jim Camp
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Geometric Algebra for Physicists cover

17. Geometric Algebra for Physicists

by Chris Doran, Anthony Lasenby
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Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs cover

18. Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs

by John Bowe, Marisa Bowe, Sabin Streeter
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The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

19. The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken
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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software cover

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

by Charles Petzold
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But How Do It Know? - The Basic Principles of Computers for Everyone cover

21. But How Do It Know? - The Basic Principles of Computers for Everyone

by J. Clark Scott
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The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy cover

22. The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy

by Stanisław Lem
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