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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Nov 8, 2021 - Nov 15, 2021

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The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium cover

1. The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium

by Martin Gurri
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Writing GNU Emacs Extensions cover

2. Writing GNU Emacs Extensions

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Hunting Cyber Criminals: A Hacker's Guide to Online Intelligence Gathering Tools and Techniques cover

3. Hunting Cyber Criminals: A Hacker's Guide to Online Intelligence Gathering Tools and Techniques

by Vinny Troia
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Basic Economics cover

4. Basic Economics

by Thomas Sowell
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Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves cover

5. Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves

by Frans de Waal
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Metaprogramming Ruby 2 cover

6. Metaprogramming Ruby 2

by Paolo Perrotta
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What Is Web 2.0 cover

7. What Is Web 2.0

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The Algorithm Design Manual (Texts in Computer Science) cover

8. The Algorithm Design Manual (Texts in Computer Science)

by Steven S. Skiena
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The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order cover

9. The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order

by Sean McFate
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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition cover

10. The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition

by Niall Ferguson
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Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam cover

11. Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam

by Vivek Ramaswamy
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Algorithms (4th Edition) cover

12. Algorithms (4th Edition)

by Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne
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Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking cover

13. Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

by David Bayles, Ted Orland
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Badass: Making Users Awesome cover

14. Badass: Making Users Awesome

by Kathy Sierra
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In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo cover

15. In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo

by Michela Wrong
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Programming Challenges: The Programming Contest Training Manual (Texts in Computer Science) cover

16. Programming Challenges: The Programming Contest Training Manual (Texts in Computer Science)

by Steven S. Skiena, Miguel A. Revilla
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Algorithm Design cover

17. Algorithm Design

by Jon Kleinberg, Éva Tardos
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The Cryotron Files: The Untold Story of Dudley Buck, Cold War Computer Scientist and Microchip Pioneer cover

18. The Cryotron Files: The Untold Story of Dudley Buck, Cold War Computer Scientist and Microchip Pioneer

by Iain Dey, Douglas Buck
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Larry Wall cover

19. Larry Wall

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The Algorithm Design Manual cover

20. The Algorithm Design Manual

by Steven S Skiena
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Algorithmic and High-Frequency Trading (Mathematics, Finance and Risk) cover

21. Algorithmic and High-Frequency Trading (Mathematics, Finance and Risk)

by Álvaro Cartea, Sebastian Jaimungal, José Penalva
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I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad cover

22. I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad

by Baynard Woods, Brandon Soderberg
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Rise of the Warrior Cop cover

23. Rise of the Warrior Cop

by Radley Balko
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Principles of Compiler Design cover

24. Principles of Compiler Design

by Alfred V. Aho, Jeffrey D. Ullman
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Time Traveler: A Scientist's Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality cover

25. Time Traveler: A Scientist's Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality

by Ronald L. Mallett, Bruce B. Henderson
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The Art of the Metaobject Protocol cover

26. The Art of the Metaobject Protocol

by Gregor Kiczales, Jim Des Rivieres, Daniel G. Bobrow
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Distributed Systems Observability cover

27. Distributed Systems Observability

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The Goal: 40th Anniversary Edition: A Process of Ongoing Improvement cover

28. The Goal: 40th Anniversary Edition: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox, David Whitford
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Have Fun at Work cover

29. Have Fun at Work

by William L. Livingston
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