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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Aug 28, 2023 - Sep 4, 2023

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The Permanent Portfolio: Harry Browne's Long-Term Investment Strategy cover

1. The Permanent Portfolio: Harry Browne's Long-Term Investment Strategy

by Craig Rowland, J. M. Lawson
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America cover

2. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

by Richard Rothstein
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Cut in Half: The Hidden World Inside Everyday Objects (Pop Science and Photography Gift Book, How Things Work Book) cover

3. Cut in Half: The Hidden World Inside Everyday Objects (Pop Science and Photography Gift Book, How Things Work Book)

by Mike Warren
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CGI Programming with Perl, 2nd Edition cover

4. CGI Programming with Perl, 2nd Edition

by Scott Guelich, Shishir Gundavaram, Gunther Birznieks
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sed & awk, 2nd Edition cover

5. sed & awk, 2nd Edition

by Dale Dougherty, Arnold Robbins
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong cover

6. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

by James W. Loewen
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Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong cover

7. Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong

by James W. Loewen
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Effective awk Programming, 4th Edition cover

8. Effective awk Programming, 4th Edition

by Arnold Arnold Robbins Robbins
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Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future – How Rising Carbon Dioxide Led to the Permian Catastrophe cover

9. Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future – How Rising Carbon Dioxide Led to the Permian Catastrophe

by Peter D. Ward
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Lee and Grant: A Dual Biography cover

10. Lee and Grant: A Dual Biography

by Gene Smith
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The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight cover

11. The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight

by Andrew Leland
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Fundamentals of Astrodynamics (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering) cover

12. Fundamentals of Astrodynamics (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering)

by Roger R. Bate, Donald D. Mueller, Jerry E. White
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Termination Shock: A Thriller about a Near-Future Dealing with Fallout from Environmental Disaster cover

13. Termination Shock: A Thriller about a Near-Future Dealing with Fallout from Environmental Disaster

by Neal Stephenson
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The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play cover

14. The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play

by Neil Fiore
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Going Postal: Rage, Murder, and Rebellion: From Reagan's Workplaces to Clinton's Columbine and Beyond cover

15. Going Postal: Rage, Murder, and Rebellion: From Reagan's Workplaces to Clinton's Columbine and Beyond

by Mark Ames
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MUD Game Programming (Game Development) cover

16. MUD Game Programming (Game Development)

by Ron Penton
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Switzerland A Variety Of Facts Children's People And Places Book cover

17. Switzerland A Variety Of Facts Children's People And Places Book

by Bold Kids
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Moorish Spain cover

18. Moorish Spain

by Richard A. Fletcher, Richard Fletcher
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The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise: Muslims, Christians, and Jews under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain cover

19. The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise: Muslims, Christians, and Jews under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain

by Darío Fernández-Morera
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DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model cover

20. DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model

by Jeremy Keith, Jeffrey Sambells
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Head First HTML and CSS, 2nd Edition cover

21. Head First HTML and CSS, 2nd Edition

by Elisabeth Robson
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Parent Effectiveness Training: The Proven Program for Raising Responsible Children cover

22. Parent Effectiveness Training: The Proven Program for Raising Responsible Children

by Dr. Thomas Gordon
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Two-Income Trap cover

23. Two-Income Trap

by Elizabeth Warren, Amelia Warren Tyagi
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The Clothesline Paradox and the Sharing Economy cover

24. The Clothesline Paradox and the Sharing Economy

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The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens Our Businesses, Infantilizes Our Governments, and Warps Our Economies cover

25. The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens Our Businesses, Infantilizes Our Governments, and Warps Our Economies

by Mariana Mazzucato, Rosie Collington
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C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software cover

26. C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software

by David R. Hanson
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid cover

27. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

by Douglas R. Hofstadter
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Mechanical Engineering for Makers: A Hands-on Guide to Designing and Making Physical Things (Make) cover

28. Mechanical Engineering for Makers: A Hands-on Guide to Designing and Making Physical Things (Make)

by Brian Bunnell, Samer Najia
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The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution cover

29. The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

by Walter Isaacson
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