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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Sep 9, 2024 - Sep 16, 2024

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The Diamond and the Boy: The Creation of Diamonds & The Life of H. Tracy Hall – An Inspiring Picture Book Biography cover

1. The Diamond and the Boy: The Creation of Diamonds & The Life of H. Tracy Hall – An Inspiring Picture Book Biography

by Hannah Holt

Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences, and Reform cover

2. Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences, and Reform

by Susan Rose-Ackerman

Making Software cover

3. Making Software

by Andrew Oram, Greg Wilson

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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History cover

4. Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

by S. C. Gwynne

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Fear of Food: A History of Why We Worry about What We Eat cover

5. Fear of Food: A History of Why We Worry about What We Eat

by Harvey Levenstein

Death March: The Complete Software Developer's Guide to Surviving

6. Death March: The Complete Software Developer's Guide to Surviving "Mission Impossible" Projects (Yourdon Computing Series)

by Edward Yourdon

The Cutting-Off Way: Indigenous Warfare in Eastern North America, 1500–1800 cover

7. The Cutting-Off Way: Indigenous Warfare in Eastern North America, 1500–1800

by Wayne E. Lee

Sounds from the Bell Jar: Ten Psychotic Authors cover

8. Sounds from the Bell Jar: Ten Psychotic Authors

by Gordon Claridge, Ruth Pryor, Gwen Watkins

Regulation of Pharmaceutical Innovation: The 1962 Amendments (Evaluative Studies 15) cover

9. Regulation of Pharmaceutical Innovation: The 1962 Amendments (Evaluative Studies 15)

by Sam Peltzman

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Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food cover

10. Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food

by Chris van Tulleken

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When There Is No Doctor: Preventive and Emergency Healthcare in Challenging Times (Process Self-reliance Series) cover

11. When There Is No Doctor: Preventive and Emergency Healthcare in Challenging Times (Process Self-reliance Series)

by Gerard S. Doyle