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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Jun 17, 2024 - Jun 24, 2024

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Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space cover

1. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

by Adam Higginbotham

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Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge: How Deming Helped Win a War, Altered the Face of Industry, and Holds the Key to Our Future cover

2. Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge: How Deming Helped Win a War, Altered the Face of Industry, and Holds the Key to Our Future

by John Willis

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Robert Young Pelton's The World's Most Dangerous Places: 5th Edition cover

3. Robert Young Pelton's The World's Most Dangerous Places: 5th Edition

by Robert Young Pelton

Extinct Humans cover

4. Extinct Humans

by Ian Tattersall, Jeffrey H. Schwartz

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How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets cover

5. How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets

by Felix Dennis

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Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway cover

6. Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway

by Jonathan B. Parshall, Anthony P. Tully

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour cover

7. The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour

by James D. Hornfischer

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Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal cover

8. Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal

by James D. Hornfischer

The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945 cover

9. The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945

by James D. Hornfischer

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures cover

10. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

by Merlin Sheldrake

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Security Analysis: Sixth Edition, Foreword by Warren Buffett (Security Analysis Prior Editions) cover

11. Security Analysis: Sixth Edition, Foreword by Warren Buffett (Security Analysis Prior Editions)

by Graham

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Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving cover

12. Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving

by Sanjoy Mahajan

The Connection Machine (Mit Press Series in Artificial Intelligence) cover

13. The Connection Machine (Mit Press Series in Artificial Intelligence)

by W. Daniel Hillis

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Taming Cannabis: Drugs and Empire in Nineteenth-Century France (Volume 1) (Intoxicating Histories) cover

14. Taming Cannabis: Drugs and Empire in Nineteenth-Century France (Volume 1) (Intoxicating Histories)

by David A. Guba

The History of Mathematics: An Introduction cover

15. The History of Mathematics: An Introduction

by David Burton

Two Zen Classics: The Gateless Gate and the Blue Cliff Records cover

16. Two Zen Classics: The Gateless Gate and the Blue Cliff Records

by A. V. Grimstone

Potosi: The Silver City That Changed the World (Volume 27) (California World History Library) cover

17. Potosi: The Silver City That Changed the World (Volume 27) (California World History Library)

by Kris Lane

Love, Power, and Justice: Ontological Analyses and Ethical Applications (Galaxy Books) cover

18. Love, Power, and Justice: Ontological Analyses and Ethical Applications (Galaxy Books)

by Paul Tillich

The Bang-Bang Club : The Making of the New South Africa cover

19. The Bang-Bang Club : The Making of the New South Africa

by Greg Marinovich, Joao Silva

Designing Sound (The MIT Press) cover

20. Designing Sound (The MIT Press)

by Andy Farnell

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Effective TypeScript: 83 Specific Ways to Improve Your TypeScript cover

21. Effective TypeScript: 83 Specific Ways to Improve Your TypeScript

by Dan Vanderkam