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The Best Books Mentioned On Hacker News between Dec 26, 2011 - Jan 2, 2012

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Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals cover

1. Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals

by Robert Pirsig

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Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition cover

2. Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition

by Steve Krug

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Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery cover

3. Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery

by Garr Reynolds

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The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicles, Day 2) cover

4. The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicles, Day 2)

by Patrick Rothfuss

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Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure cover

5. Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure

by Maxwell Ryan

The Wizard of Oz (Puffin Classics) cover

6. The Wizard of Oz (Puffin Classics)

by L. Frank Baum

Good Calories, Bad Calories: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control, and Disease cover

7. Good Calories, Bad Calories: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Control, and Disease

by Gary Taubes

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The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology) cover

8. The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology)

by K. Anders Ericsson, Robert R. Hoffman, Aaron Kozbelt, A. Mark Williams

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Designers Don't Read cover

9. Designers Don't Read

by Austin Howe

The Penguin and the Leviathan: How Cooperation Triumphs over Self-Interest cover

10. The Penguin and the Leviathan: How Cooperation Triumphs over Self-Interest

by Yochai Benkler

Andha Yug (Oxford India Paperbacks) cover

11. Andha Yug (Oxford India Paperbacks)

by the late Dharamvir Bharati

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values cover

12. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values

by Robert M. Pirsig

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Gödel's Proof cover

13. Gödel's Proof

by Ernest Nagel, James Roy Newman

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To Mock a Mockingbird cover

14. To Mock a Mockingbird

by Raymond M. Smullyan

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The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values cover

15. The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values

by Sam Harris

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R Graphs Cookbook cover

16. R Graphs Cookbook

by Hrishi V. Mittal

Zinn's Cycling Primer: Maintenance Tips and Skill Building for Cyclists cover

17. Zinn's Cycling Primer: Maintenance Tips and Skill Building for Cyclists

by Lennard Zinn

Modern Operating Systems (3rd Edition) cover

18. Modern Operating Systems (3rd Edition)

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum

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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most cover

19. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen

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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams cover

20. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

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Light Science & Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting cover

21. Light Science & Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting

by Fil Hunter, Paul Fuqua, Steven Biver

TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1: The Protocols (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

22. TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1: The Protocols (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by W. Richard Stevens, Gary R. Wright

Leadership 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know cover

23. Leadership 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know

TCP/IP Illustrated: The Protocols, Volume 1 (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) cover

24. TCP/IP Illustrated: The Protocols, Volume 1 (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

by Kevin R. Fall, W. Richard Stevens

Project Oberon: The Design of an Operating System and Compiler (Acm Press Books) cover

25. Project Oberon: The Design of an Operating System and Compiler (Acm Press Books)

by Niklaus Wirth, Jürg Gutknecht

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Tap, Move, Shake cover

26. Tap, Move, Shake

Intellectual Property and Open Source: A Practical Guide to Protecting Code cover

27. Intellectual Property and Open Source: A Practical Guide to Protecting Code

by Van Lindberg

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Operating Systems Design and Implementation (Prentice Hall Software Series) cover

28. Operating Systems Design and Implementation (Prentice Hall Software Series)

by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Albert S. Woodhull

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A Guide to Kernel Exploitation: Attacking the Core cover

29. A Guide to Kernel Exploitation: Attacking the Core

by Enrico Perla, Massimiliano Oldani

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Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective cover

30. Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective

by Randal E. Bryant, David R. O'Hallaron

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Linux Kernel Development cover

31. Linux Kernel Development

by Robert Love

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The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Flaws cover

32. The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Flaws

by Dafydd Stuttard, Marcus Pinto

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Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series) cover

33. Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series)

by Liping Ma

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The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom cover

34. The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom

by James W. Stigler, James Hiebert

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Making Learning Whole: How Seven Principles of Teaching Can Transform Education cover

35. Making Learning Whole: How Seven Principles of Teaching Can Transform Education

by David Perkins

Visible Learning cover

36. Visible Learning

by John Hattie

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A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing cover

37. A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing

by Burton G Malkiel

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A Random Walk Down Wall Street: Completely Revised and Updated Edition cover

38. A Random Walk Down Wall Street: Completely Revised and Updated Edition

by Burton Gordon Malkiel

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The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems cover

39. The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems

by Jef Raskin

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Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics) cover

40. Concepts of Modern Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics)

by Ian Stewart

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The Pleasures of Counting cover

41. The Pleasures of Counting

by Thomas William Körner

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From Zero to Infinity cover

42. From Zero to Infinity

by Constance Reid

A Tour of the Calculus cover

43. A Tour of the Calculus

by David Berlinski

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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship cover

44. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

by Hugh Wiley Hitchcock

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Refactoring to Patterns cover

45. Refactoring to Patterns

by Joshua Kerievsky

Data Analysis with Open Source Tools: A Hands-On Guide for Programmers and Data Scientists cover

46. Data Analysis with Open Source Tools: A Hands-On Guide for Programmers and Data Scientists

by Philipp K. Janert

The Art of Readable Code: Simple and Practical Techniques for Writing Better Code cover

47. The Art of Readable Code: Simple and Practical Techniques for Writing Better Code

by Dustin Boswell, Trevor Foucher

Sams Teach Yourself Ios 5: Application Development in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours) cover

48. Sams Teach Yourself Ios 5: Application Development in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours)

by John Ray

One Second After (A John Matherson Novel, 1) cover

49. One Second After (A John Matherson Novel, 1)

by William R. Forstchen

The Cult of Personality Testing: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves cover

50. The Cult of Personality Testing: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves

by Annie Murphy Paul

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