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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Sep 18, 2023 - Sep 25, 2023

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Journalists for Hire: How the CIA Buys the News cover

1. Journalists for Hire: How the CIA Buys the News

by Udo F. Ulfkotte
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Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs cover

2. Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs

by Ken Kocienda
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The Antidote: Inside the World of New Pharma cover

3. The Antidote: Inside the World of New Pharma

by Barry Werth
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Project Hail Mary: A Novel cover

4. Project Hail Mary: A Novel

by Andy Weir
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Sowing Seeds in the Desert: Natural Farming, Global Restoration, and Ultimate Food Security cover

5. Sowing Seeds in the Desert: Natural Farming, Global Restoration, and Ultimate Food Security

by Masanobu Fukuoka
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Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being cover

6. Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being

by Neil Theise
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The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development cover

7. The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development

by Donald G. Reinertsen
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An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us cover

8. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

by Ed Yong
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How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World cover

9. How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

by Steven Johnson
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Improv(e) Your Conversations: Think on Your Feet, Witty Banter, and Always Know What To Say with Improv Comedy Techniques (How to be More Likable and Charismatic) cover

10. Improv(e) Your Conversations: Think on Your Feet, Witty Banter, and Always Know What To Say with Improv Comedy Techniques (How to be More Likable and Charismatic)

by Patrick King
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My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World cover

11. My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World

by Julian Dibbell
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Loners: The Life Path of Unusual Children cover

12. Loners: The Life Path of Unusual Children

by Sula Wolff
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The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution cover

13. The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution

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

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

by Martin Kleppmann
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Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying; A Guide for Kids and Teens cover

15. Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying; A Guide for Kids and Teens

by Barbara Oakley, PhD, Terrence Sejnowski, PhD, Alistair McConville
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Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre cover

16. Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre

by Keith Johnstone
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Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way To Be Smart cover

17. Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way To Be Smart

by Ian Ayres
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