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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Dec 14, 2020 - Dec 21, 2020

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Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon cover

1. Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon

by Kim Zetter

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The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance cover

2. The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance

by W. Timothy Gallwey

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Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World cover

3. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

by David Epstein

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Man's Search for Meaning (OLD EDITION/OUT OF PRINT) cover

4. Man's Search for Meaning (OLD EDITION/OUT OF PRINT)

by Viktor Emil Frankl

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Woodpecker Method cover

5. Woodpecker Method

by Axel Smith, Hans Tikkanen

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The Magic Machine: A Handbook of Computer Sorcery cover

6. The Magic Machine: A Handbook of Computer Sorcery

by A. K. Dewdney

From Alice to Ocean: Alone Across the Outback cover

7. From Alice to Ocean: Alone Across the Outback

by Robyn Davidson

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Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations cover

8. Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim

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High Performance Python: Practical Performant Programming for Humans cover

9. High Performance Python: Practical Performant Programming for Humans

by Micha Gorelick, Ian Ozsvald

Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need cover

10. Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need

by Blake Snyder

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Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America cover

11. Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America

by Steve Almond

The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet cover

12. The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet

by Nina Teicholz

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Born-Einstein Letters, 1916-1955: Friendship, Politics and Physics in Uncertain Times (Macmillan Science) cover

13. Born-Einstein Letters, 1916-1955: Friendship, Politics and Physics in Uncertain Times (Macmillan Science)

by Max Born, Albert Einstein

Official Marimba Guide to Bongo cover

14. Official Marimba Guide to Bongo

by Danny Goodman

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The Elements of Computing Systems, second edition: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles cover

15. The Elements of Computing Systems, second edition: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles

by Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

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Perfume: The Story of Murder cover

16. Perfume: The Story of Murder

by Patrick Suskind

Plastics Failure Guide 2E: Cause and Prevention cover

17. Plastics Failure Guide 2E: Cause and Prevention

by Myer Ezrin

Snowflake Science: Activity Book cover

18. Snowflake Science: Activity Book

by Michael Peres, Patricia Cost

Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys cover

19. Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys

by Michael Collins

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Now It Can Be Told: The Story Of The Manhattan Project cover

20. Now It Can Be Told: The Story Of The Manhattan Project

by General Leslie R. Groves

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History cover

21. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

by S. C. Gwynne

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Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition cover

22. Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition

by Tomas Möller, Eric Haines, Naty Hoffman

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Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Professional Judgment: A Guide for Lawyers and Policymakers cover

23. Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Professional Judgment: A Guide for Lawyers and Policymakers

by Paul Brest, Linda Hamilton Krieger

Computers in Context: The Philosophy and Practice of System Design cover

24. Computers in Context: The Philosophy and Practice of System Design

by Bo Dahlbom, Lars Mathiassen

The Martian's Daughter: A Memoir cover

25. The Martian's Daughter: A Memoir

by Marina Whitman

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Essentials of Programming Languages cover

26. Essentials of Programming Languages

by Daniel P. Friedman, Mitchell Wand, Christopher Thomas Haynes

The Little Schemer - 4th Edition cover

27. The Little Schemer - 4th Edition

by Daniel P. Friedman, Matthias Felleisen

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Obviously Awesome: How to Nail Product Positioning so Customers Get It, Buy It, Love It cover

28. Obviously Awesome: How to Nail Product Positioning so Customers Get It, Buy It, Love It

by April Dunford

The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985-1993 cover

29. The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985-1993

by Jordan Mechner

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The Foul and the Fragrant: Odor and the French Social Imagination cover

30. The Foul and the Fragrant: Odor and the French Social Imagination

by Alain Corbin

Beyond Product cover

31. Beyond Product

by Jill Soley, Todd Wilms

Reason and Responsibility: Readings in Some Basic Problems of Philosophy cover

32. Reason and Responsibility: Readings in Some Basic Problems of Philosophy

by Joel Feinberg, Russ Shafer-Landau