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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Nov 6, 2023 - Nov 13, 2023

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Serious Cryptography: A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption cover

1. Serious Cryptography: A Practical Introduction to Modern Encryption

by Jean-Philippe Aumasson

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

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

by James C. Scott

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An Introduction to Elvish, Other Tongues, Proper Names and Writing Systems of the Third Age of the Western Lands of Middle-Earth as Set Forth in the Published Writings of Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien cover

3. An Introduction to Elvish, Other Tongues, Proper Names and Writing Systems of the Third Age of the Western Lands of Middle-Earth as Set Forth in the Published Writings of Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

by Nina Carson

The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth: A Complete Guide to All Fourteen of the Languages Tolkien Invented cover

4. The Languages of Tolkien's Middle-Earth: A Complete Guide to All Fourteen of the Languages Tolkien Invented

by Ruth S. Noel

A Primer on Pontryagin's Principle in Optimal Control: Second Edition cover

5. A Primer on Pontryagin's Principle in Optimal Control: Second Edition

by I. Michael Ross

Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico: A Cookbook cover

6. Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico: A Cookbook

by Rick Martínez

Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It cover

7. Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It

by Richard V. Reeves

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk (The How To Talk Series) cover

8. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk (The How To Talk Series)

by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish

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The DV Rebel's Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap cover

9. The DV Rebel's Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap

by Stu Maschwitz

Undocumented Windows: A Programmers Guide to Reserved Microsoft Windows Api Functions (The Andrew Schulman Programming Series/Book and Disk) cover

10. Undocumented Windows: A Programmers Guide to Reserved Microsoft Windows Api Functions (The Andrew Schulman Programming Series/Book and Disk)

by Andrew Schulman, David Maxey, Matt Pietrek

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Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon cover

11. Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon

by Robert Kurson

Atlas Of Middle-Earth cover

12. Atlas Of Middle-Earth

by Karen Wynn Fonstad

Designing Video Game Hardware in Verilog (8bitworkshop) cover

13. Designing Video Game Hardware in Verilog (8bitworkshop)

by Steven Hugg

Paul Rand cover

14. Paul Rand

by Steven Heller, Jessica Helfand

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Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales cover

15. Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales

by Penn Jillette

The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann cover

16. The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann

by Ananyo Bhattacharya

Tragic Design: The Impact of Bad Product Design and How to Fix It cover

17. Tragic Design: The Impact of Bad Product Design and How to Fix It

by Jonathan Shariat, Cynthia Savard Saucier

Tim O'Reilly responds to Amazon's 1-Click and Associates Program patents in his

18. Tim O'Reilly responds to Amazon's 1-Click and Associates Program patents in his "Ask Tim" column.

Design for a Better World: Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity Centered cover

19. Design for a Better World: Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity Centered

by Donald A. Norman

The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers cover

20. The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers

by Tom Standage

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Fear: The History of a Political Idea cover

21. Fear: The History of a Political Idea

by Corey Robin

Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing cover

22. Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing

by Sarah Brayne

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Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Stay Healthy, and Lose Weight cover

23. Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Stay Healthy, and Lose Weight

by Herman Pontzer PhD

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Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland cover

24. Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

by Christopher R. Browning

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Software Architecture: The Hard Parts cover

25. Software Architecture: The Hard Parts

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Writing the Blockbuster Novel cover

26. Writing the Blockbuster Novel

by Albert Zuckerman

The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America cover

27. The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America

by David Hajdu

Seduction of the Innocent cover

28. Seduction of the Innocent

by Fredric Wertham

Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China cover

29. Red Roulette: An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China

by Desmond Shum

Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator cover

30. Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator

by Ryan Holiday

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