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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Sep 5, 2022 - Sep 12, 2022

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Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era cover

1. Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era

by Zbigniew K. Brzezinski, Zbigniew Brzezinski

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Culture of Honor: The Psychology of Violence in the South (New Directions in Social Psychology) cover

2. Culture of Honor: The Psychology of Violence in the South (New Directions in Social Psychology)

by Richard E Nisbett, Dov Cohen

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From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds cover

3. From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds

by Daniel Clement Dennett, Daniel C. Dennett

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Energy and the Wealth of Nations: Understanding the Biophysical Economy cover

4. Energy and the Wealth of Nations: Understanding the Biophysical Economy

by Charles Hall, Kent Klitgaard

The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability, and Recovering from Another Collapse cover

5. The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability, and Recovering from Another Collapse

by Mohamed A. El-Erian

Central Banking 101 cover

6. Central Banking 101

by Joseph J. Wang

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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software cover

7. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

by Charles Petzold

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Central Banking: Theory and Practice in Sustaining Monetary and Financial Stability (Wiley Finance) cover

8. Central Banking: Theory and Practice in Sustaining Monetary and Financial Stability (Wiley Finance)

by Thammarak Moenjak

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Power System Stability and Control cover

9. Power System Stability and Control

by Prabha Kundur

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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA cover

10. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

by Tim Weiner

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Tolkien, Race, and Racism in Middle-earth cover

11. Tolkien, Race, and Racism in Middle-earth

by Robert Stuart

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Feedback Control for Computer Systems: Introducing Control Theory to Enterprise Programmers cover

12. Feedback Control for Computer Systems: Introducing Control Theory to Enterprise Programmers

by Philipp K. Janert

Probabilistic Robotics (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents series) cover

13. Probabilistic Robotics (Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents series)

by Sebastian Thrun, Wolfram Burgard, Dieter Fox

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Smalltalk, Objects, and Design cover

14. Smalltalk, Objects, and Design

by Chamond Liu

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Building High Integrity Applications with SPARK cover

15. Building High Integrity Applications with SPARK

by John W. McCormick, Peter C. Chapin

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Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country cover

16. Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country

by William Greider

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Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed cover

17. Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

by James C. Scott

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Lingua ex Machina: Reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the Human Brain cover

18. Lingua ex Machina: Reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the Human Brain

by William H. Calvin, Derek Bickerton

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Mathematics and Its History (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

19. Mathematics and Its History (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by John Stillwell

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Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures cover

20. Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures

by Robert K. Wittman, John Shiffman

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

21. 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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The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right cover

22. The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

by Atul Gawande

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The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money cover

23. The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money

by Bryan Caplan

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A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market cover

24. A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market

by Edward O. Thorp

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Mobile Persuasion: 20 Perspectives on the Future of Behavior Change cover

25. Mobile Persuasion: 20 Perspectives on the Future of Behavior Change

by B. J. Fogg

Strategic Management and Core Competencies: Theory and Application cover

26. Strategic Management and Core Competencies: Theory and Application

by Anders Drejer

Compact Data Structures: A Practical Approach cover

27. Compact Data Structures: A Practical Approach

by Gonzalo Navarro

Real-Time Relationships: The Logic of Love cover

28. Real-Time Relationships: The Logic of Love

by Stefan Molyneux

Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work cover

29. Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work

by Chip Heath, Dan Heath

How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices cover

30. How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices

by Annie Duke

A History of Interest Rates, Fourth Edition (Wiley Finance) cover

31. A History of Interest Rates, Fourth Edition (Wiley Finance)

by Sidney Homer, Richard Sylla