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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Apr 26, 2021 - May 3, 2021

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How to Build a Car: A high-speed adventure of mechanics, teamwork, and friendship (Technical Tales) cover

1. How to Build a Car: A high-speed adventure of mechanics, teamwork, and friendship (Technical Tales)

by Martin Sodomka, Saskia Lacey

Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth cover

2. Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

by Andrew Smith

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Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys cover

3. Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys

by Michael Collins

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Rise and Fall of American Growth, The (The Princeton Economic Series of the Western World) cover

4. Rise and Fall of American Growth, The (The Princeton Economic Series of the Western World)

by Robert J. Gordon, Michael Butler Murray

Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture cover

5. Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture

by Simon Reynolds

Vulkan Programming Guide: The Official Guide to Learning Vulkan (OpenGL) cover

6. Vulkan Programming Guide: The Official Guide to Learning Vulkan (OpenGL)

by Graham Sellers, John M. Kessenich

The Gap: The Science of What Separates Us from Other Animals cover

7. The Gap: The Science of What Separates Us from Other Animals

by Thomas Suddendorf

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Hardware and Software Support for Virtualization (Synthesis Lectures on Computer Architecture) cover

8. Hardware and Software Support for Virtualization (Synthesis Lectures on Computer Architecture)

by Edouard Bugnion, Margaret Martonosi, Jason Nieh, Dan Tsafrir

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Linux Kernel Development (3rd Edition) cover

9. Linux Kernel Development (3rd Edition)

by Robert Love

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Foundations of Libvirt Development: How to Set Up and Maintain a Virtual Machine Environment with Python cover

10. Foundations of Libvirt Development: How to Set Up and Maintain a Virtual Machine Environment with Python

by W. David Ashley

American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic cover

11. American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

by Andrew Cuomo

Herbal Antivirals: Natural Remedies for Emerging & Resistant Viral Infections cover

12. Herbal Antivirals: Natural Remedies for Emerging & Resistant Viral Infections

by Stephen Harrod Buhner

Strand: New Concepts in Parallel Programming cover

13. Strand: New Concepts in Parallel Programming

by Ian Foster, Stephen Taylor

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Greyfields into Goldfields: Dead Malls become Living Neighborhoods cover

14. Greyfields into Goldfields: Dead Malls become Living Neighborhoods

by Lee S. Sobel, Ellen Greenberg, Steven Bodzin

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Data Wrangling with JavaScript cover

15. Data Wrangling with JavaScript

by Ashley Davis

Rework cover

16. Rework

by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

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Motel Brasil - Uma Antropologia Contemporanea (Em Portugues do Brasil) cover

17. Motel Brasil - Uma Antropologia Contemporanea (Em Portugues do Brasil)

by Jérôme Souty