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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Apr 5, 2021 - Apr 12, 2021

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The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815 cover

1. The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815

by N A M Rodger

Harmony: A New Way of Looking at Our World cover

2. Harmony: A New Way of Looking at Our World

by Charles HRH The Prince of Wales

Eniac: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer cover

3. Eniac: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer

by Scott McCartney

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Pioneer Programmer: Jean Jennings Bartik and the Computer that Changed the World cover

4. Pioneer Programmer: Jean Jennings Bartik and the Computer that Changed the World

by Jean Bartik, Jon T. Rickman, Kim D. Todd

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260 Drum Machine Patterns (BATTERIE) cover

5. 260 Drum Machine Patterns (BATTERIE)

by Rene-Pierre Bardet

The Cartoon Guide to Physics (Cartoon Guide Series) cover

6. The Cartoon Guide to Physics (Cartoon Guide Series)

by Larry Gonick

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Dirac: A Scientific Biography cover

7. Dirac: A Scientific Biography

by Helge Kragh

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Understanding the Art of Sound Organization (The MIT Press) cover

8. Understanding the Art of Sound Organization (The MIT Press)

by Leigh Landy

Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World cover

9. Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

by Jane McGonigal

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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) cover

10. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice cover

11. Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice

by Clayton M. Christensen, Taddy Hall, Karen Dillon, David S. Duncan

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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (3rd Edition) cover

12. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (3rd Edition)

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

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Making Software: What Really Works, and Why We Believe It cover

13. Making Software: What Really Works, and Why We Believe It

by Andy Oram, Greg Wilson

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The Carnivore Code: Unlocking the Secrets to Optimal Health by Returning to Our Ancestral Diet cover

14. The Carnivore Code: Unlocking the Secrets to Optimal Health by Returning to Our Ancestral Diet

by Paul Saladino

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Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software cover

15. Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software

by Eric Evans

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Effective Java (3rd Edition) cover

16. Effective Java (3rd Edition)

by Joshua Bloch

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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa cover

17. King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

by Adam Hochschild

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The Italian Baker, Revised: The Classic Tastes of the Italian Countryside--Its Breads, Pizza, Focaccia, Cakes, Pastries, and Cookies [A Baking Book] cover

18. The Italian Baker, Revised: The Classic Tastes of the Italian Countryside--Its Breads, Pizza, Focaccia, Cakes, Pastries, and Cookies [A Baking Book]

by Carol Field

Tartine Bread (Artisan Bread Cookbook, Best Bread Recipes, Sourdough Book) cover

19. Tartine Bread (Artisan Bread Cookbook, Best Bread Recipes, Sourdough Book)

by Chad Robertson

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Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet cover

20. Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet

by Katie Hafner, Matthew Lyon

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Twilight's Last Gleaming cover

21. Twilight's Last Gleaming

by John Michael Greer