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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jan 11, 2021 - Jan 18, 2021

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Mein Kampf cover

1. Mein Kampf

by Adolf Hitler
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The Dark Side of the Light Chasers: Reclaiming Your Power, Creativity, Brilliance, and Dreams cover

2. The Dark Side of the Light Chasers: Reclaiming Your Power, Creativity, Brilliance, and Dreams

by Debbie Ford
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Status of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research: From stopping the disease to restoring the motor function. (Overview of ALS Research) cover

3. Status of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research: From stopping the disease to restoring the motor function. (Overview of ALS Research)

by Jean-Pierre Le Rouzic
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The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet cover

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

by Nina Teicholz
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The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism (Forerunners) cover

5. The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism (Forerunners)

by David Golumbia
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The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You cover

6. The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You

by Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D.
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Killing Dragons: The Conquest of the Alps cover

7. Killing Dragons: The Conquest of the Alps

by Fergus Fleming
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How to Good-bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey? or Effective Way? cover

8. How to Good-bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey? or Effective Way?

by Hiroyuki Nishigaki
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Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color cover

9. Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color

by Philip Ball
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Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems cover

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

by Martin Kleppmann
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The UNIX Hater's Handbook: The Best of UNIX-Haters On-line Mailing Reveals Why UNIX Must Die! cover

11. The UNIX Hater's Handbook: The Best of UNIX-Haters On-line Mailing Reveals Why UNIX Must Die!

by Simson Garfinkel, Daniel Weise, Steven Strassmann
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Mig Pilot: The Final Escape of Lt. Belenko cover

12. Mig Pilot: The Final Escape of Lt. Belenko

by John Barron
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Education Automation: Freeing the scholar to return to his studies cover

13. Education Automation: Freeing the scholar to return to his studies

by Richard Buckminster Fuller
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Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed cover

14. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

by Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos
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The Myth of the Lost Cause: Why the South Fought the Civil War and Why the North Won cover

15. The Myth of the Lost Cause: Why the South Fought the Civil War and Why the North Won

by Edward H. Bonekemper
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Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, The cover

16. Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, The

by Oliver Sacks
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An Abridged Version of the Project for Perpetual Peace (Civil War Times/20794) cover

17. An Abridged Version of the Project for Perpetual Peace (Civil War Times/20794)

by Charles Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, M. L'Abbe De Saint-Pierre, Carmen Depasquale, Roderick Pace, Peter Van Dungen
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The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind cover

18. The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind

by Gustave Le Bon
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind cover

19. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari
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Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent cover

20. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

by Harvey Silverglate
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INSPIRED: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love cover

21. INSPIRED: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love

by Marty Cagan
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The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you cover

22. The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you

by Rob Fitzpatrick
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