Hacker News Books for 2012

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Hacker News Books for 2012

Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News during 2012.

Showing 101 - 200 of 433 books

Flyboys: A True Story of Courage cover

101. Flyboys: A True Story of Courage

by James Bradley

Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams cover

102. Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams

by Tom DeMarco, Timothy R. Lister

Read 31 comments

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin cover

103. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

by Erik Larson

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The Big Short cover

104. The Big Short

by Michael M. Lewis

Read 9 comments

Real-Time Rendering, Third Edition cover

105. Real-Time Rendering, Third Edition

by Tomas Akenine-Möller, Eric Haines, Naty Hoffman

Read 5 comments

Drugs Without the Hot Air: Minimising the harms of legal and illegal drugs cover

106. Drugs Without the Hot Air: Minimising the harms of legal and illegal drugs

by David J. Nutt

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Programming Clojure cover

107. Programming Clojure

by Stuart Dabbs Halloway, Aaron Bedra

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No More Mr Nice Guy: A Proven Plan for Getting What You Want in Love, Sex, and Life cover

108. No More Mr Nice Guy: A Proven Plan for Getting What You Want in Love, Sex, and Life

by Robert A. Glover

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When Can You Trust the Experts?: How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education cover

109. When Can You Trust the Experts?: How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education

by Daniel T. Willingham

Proofs from THE BOOK cover

110. Proofs from THE BOOK

by Martin Aigner, Günter M. Ziegler

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Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else cover

111. Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

by Geoff Colvin

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Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook: A Machiavellian Manifesto―Illustrated with Comic Strips for Bosses and Cubicle Dwellers cover

112. Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook: A Machiavellian Manifesto―Illustrated with Comic Strips for Bosses and Cubicle Dwellers

by Scott Adams

Theories for Everything: An Illustrated History of Science cover

113. Theories for Everything: An Illustrated History of Science

by John Langone, Bruce Stutz, Andrea Gianopoulos

Hilary Mason: An Introduction to Machine Learning with Web Data cover

114. Hilary Mason: An Introduction to Machine Learning with Web Data

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Le Ton Beau De Marot: In Praise Of The Music Of Language cover

115. Le Ton Beau De Marot: In Praise Of The Music Of Language

by Douglas R. Hofstadter

Interactive Data Visualization for the Web cover

116. Interactive Data Visualization for the Web

by Scott Murray

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Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages (Pragmatic Programmers) cover

117. Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages (Pragmatic Programmers)

by Bruce Tate

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Seven Databases in Seven Weeks: A Guide to Modern Databases and the NoSQL Movement cover

118. Seven Databases in Seven Weeks: A Guide to Modern Databases and the NoSQL Movement

by Eric Redmond, Jim R. Wilson

Left Back: A Century of Battles over School Reform cover

119. Left Back: A Century of Battles over School Reform

by Diane Ravitch

Version Control with Git cover

120. Version Control with Git

by Jon Loeliger

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Building Web Reputation Systems cover

121. Building Web Reputation Systems

by F. Randall Farmer

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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark cover

122. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan

Read 8 comments

The Joyless Economy: The Psychology of Human Satisfaction cover

123. The Joyless Economy: The Psychology of Human Satisfaction

by Tibor Scitovsky

Modern Multivariate Statistical Techniques: Regression, Classification, and Manifold Learning (Springer Texts in Statistics) cover

124. Modern Multivariate Statistical Techniques: Regression, Classification, and Manifold Learning (Springer Texts in Statistics)

by Alan J. Izenman

How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed cover

125. How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed

by Ray Kurzweil

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The Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America cover

126. The Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America

On Photography cover

127. On Photography

by Susan Sontag

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The Princeton Companion to Mathematics cover

128. The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

by Timothy Gowers, June Barrow-Green, Imre Leader

Read 10 comments

The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles cover

129. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

by Steven Pressfield

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Building Hypermedia APIs with HTML5 and Node cover

130. Building Hypermedia APIs with HTML5 and Node

by Michael Amundsen

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Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel cover

131. Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel

by Rolf Potts

C Programming Language, 2nd Edition cover

132. C Programming Language, 2nd Edition

by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie

Read 36 comments

The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations cover

133. The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

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CouchDB: The Definitive Guide cover

134. CouchDB: The Definitive Guide

Data Source Handbook cover

135. Data Source Handbook

by Pete Warden

The Art of SEO cover

136. The Art of SEO

by Eric Enge, Stephan Spencer, Jessie Stricchiola, Rand Fishkin

The Animator's Survival Kit cover

137. The Animator's Survival Kit

by Richard Williams

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Designing Solutions for Your Business Problems cover

138. Designing Solutions for Your Business Problems

by Betty Vandenbosch

The Elements of Color: A Treatise on the Color System of Johannes Itten Based on His Book the Art of Color cover

139. The Elements of Color: A Treatise on the Color System of Johannes Itten Based on His Book the Art of Color

by Johannes Itten

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Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby: An Agile Primer (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby) cover

140. Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby: An Agile Primer (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby)

by Sandi Metz

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Ivor Horton's Beginning Java: Java 7 Edition cover

141. Ivor Horton's Beginning Java: Java 7 Edition

by Ivor Horton

Programming in Scala: A Comprehensive Step-by-Step Guide, 2nd Edition cover

142. Programming in Scala: A Comprehensive Step-by-Step Guide, 2nd Edition

by Martin Odersky, Lex Spoon, Bill Venners

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The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business cover

143. The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business

by Clayton M. Christensen

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PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance cover

144. PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance

by Gregory Smith

Read 7 comments

Agile Data Science cover

145. Agile Data Science

by Russell Jurney

Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age cover

146. Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age

by Steven Levy

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The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How. cover

147. The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How.

by Daniel Coyle

Agile Estimating and Planning (Robert C. Martin Series) cover

148. Agile Estimating and Planning (Robert C. Martin Series)

by Mike Cohn

Read 3 comments

Beginning Sous Vide: Low Temperature Recipes and Techniques for Getting Started at Home cover

149. Beginning Sous Vide: Low Temperature Recipes and Techniques for Getting Started at Home

by Jason Logsdon

JavaScript Web Applications cover

150. JavaScript Web Applications

by Alex MacCaw

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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition cover

151. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition

by Robert B. Cialdini

Read 39 comments

The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing cover

152. The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing

by Beverly Engel

The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature cover

153. The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

by Matt Ridley

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Sperm Wars: Infidelity, Sexual Conflict, and Other Bedroom Battles cover

154. Sperm Wars: Infidelity, Sexual Conflict, and Other Bedroom Battles

by Robin Baker

Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work cover

155. Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work

by Paul Babiak, Robert D. Hare

The Ruby Programming Language cover

156. The Ruby Programming Language

by David Flanagan, Yukihiro Matsumoto

Practical UML Statecharts in C/C++: Event-Driven Programming for Embedded Systems cover

157. Practical UML Statecharts in C/C++: Event-Driven Programming for Embedded Systems

by Miro Samek

JavaScript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts cover

158. JavaScript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts

by Callie L. French, Dan/M Pelletier

Read 27 comments

Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff between Privacy and Security cover

159. Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff between Privacy and Security

by Daniel J. Solove

Read 3 comments

The World Economy cover

160. The World Economy

by Maddison Angus

Tog on Interface cover

161. Tog on Interface

by Bruce Tognazzini

What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods cover

162. What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods

by Richard Courant, Herbert Robbins

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Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary cover

163. Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary

by Linus Torvalds, David Diamond

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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness cover

164. Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

by William Styron

The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth cover

165. The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth

by Paul Hoffman

Read 3 comments

JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 6th Edition cover

166. JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 6th Edition

Read 8 comments

The Science of Fear: How the Culture of Fear Manipulates Your Brain cover

167. The Science of Fear: How the Culture of Fear Manipulates Your Brain

by Daniel Gardner

Basketry: Webster's Timeline History, 7000BC - 2006 cover

168. Basketry: Webster's Timeline History, 7000BC - 2006

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success cover

169. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

by Carol S. Dweck

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Statistics cover

170. Statistics

by David Freedman

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Code Complete cover

171. Code Complete

by Steve McConnell

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Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development cover

172. Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development

by Craig Larman

Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine (Holt Paperback) cover

173. Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine (Holt Paperback)

by Jasper Becker

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

174. 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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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined cover

175. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

by Steven Pinker

Read 22 comments

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus cover

176. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

by Charles C. Mann

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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die cover

177. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

by Chip Heath, Dan Heath

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How to Win Friends & Influence People cover

178. How to Win Friends & Influence People

by Dale Carnegie

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The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity cover

179. The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity

by Amartya Sen

Mr Nice: An Autobiography cover

180. Mr Nice: An Autobiography

by Howard Marks

Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything cover

181. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

by Joshua Foer

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Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence cover

182. Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence

by Lisa Cron

Read 2 comments

Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) cover

183. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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RESTful Web Services Cookbook: Solutions for Improving Scalability and Simplicity cover

184. RESTful Web Services Cookbook: Solutions for Improving Scalability and Simplicity

by Subbu Allamaraju, Subrahmanyam Allamaraju

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Way Things Work CD-ROM (Version 1.0--mac) cover

185. Way Things Work CD-ROM (Version 1.0--mac)

by Dorling Kindersley, Inc.

Royal Flush cover

186. Royal Flush

by Scott Bartlett

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment cover

187. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

by Eckhart Tolle

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C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software cover

188. C Interfaces and Implementations: Techniques for Creating Reusable Software

by David R. Hanson

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The Grammar of Graphics (Statistics and Computing) cover

189. The Grammar of Graphics (Statistics and Computing)

by Leland Wilkinson

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Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution cover

190. Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution

by Brent Berlin, Paul Kay

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Machine Dreams cover

191. Machine Dreams

by Philip Mirowski

Python for Data Analysis cover

192. Python for Data Analysis

by Wes McKinney

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Building Hypermedia APIs with HTML5 and Node: Creating Evolvable Hypermedia Applications cover

193. Building Hypermedia APIs with HTML5 and Node: Creating Evolvable Hypermedia Applications

by Mike Amundsen, Michael Amundsen

Building Web Applications with Erlang cover

194. Building Web Applications with Erlang

by Zachary Kessin

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21st Century C cover

195. 21st Century C

by Ben Klemens

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Machine Learning for Hackers cover

196. Machine Learning for Hackers

by Drew Conway

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The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan cover

197. The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan

by Robert Kanigel

C# 4.0 in a Nutshell, 4th Edition cover

198. C# 4.0 in a Nutshell, 4th Edition

Everything Is Obvious: How Common Sense Fails Us cover

199. Everything Is Obvious: How Common Sense Fails Us

by Duncan J. Watts

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All You Need to Know About On-line Information (

200. All You Need to Know About On-line Information (".net" Guide)

by Eddy Robinson