Hacker News Books for 2014

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Hacker News Books for 2014

Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News during 2014.

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Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library) cover

101. Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library)

by Marcus Aurelius

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Overcoming Gravity: A Systematic Approach to Gymnastics and Bodyweight Strength by Steven Low (2011-11-12) cover

102. Overcoming Gravity: A Systematic Approach to Gymnastics and Bodyweight Strength by Steven Low (2011-11-12)

by Steven Low

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The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism cover

103. The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism

by Trevor Aaronson

Programming Language Processors in Java: Compilers and Interpreters cover

104. Programming Language Processors in Java: Compilers and Interpreters

by David A. Watt, Deryck F. Brown, David Watt, Deryck Brown

Interactive Data Visualization for the Web cover

105. Interactive Data Visualization for the Web

by Scott Murray

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Meditations (Penguin Great Ideas) cover

106. Meditations (Penguin Great Ideas)

by Marcus Aurelius

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Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy cover

107. Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

by David D. Burns

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Pro Git cover

108. Pro Git

by Scott Chacon, Ben Straub

The New Geography Of Jobs cover

109. The New Geography Of Jobs

by Enrico Moretti

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Choose Yourself! cover

110. Choose Yourself!

by James Altucher

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AppleScript: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition cover

111. AppleScript: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition

by Matt Neuburg

The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership cover

112. The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership

by Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh

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Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces cover

113. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces

by Radley Balko

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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software cover

114. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides

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Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update cover

115. Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update

by Donella H. Meadows, Jørgen Randers, Dennis L. Meadows

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Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen cover

116. Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

by Christopher McDougall

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Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much cover

117. Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much

by Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir

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The Curious Case of the Misplaced Modifier: How to Solve the Mysteries of Weak Writing cover

118. The Curious Case of the Misplaced Modifier: How to Solve the Mysteries of Weak Writing

by Bonnie Trenga

Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre cover

119. Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre

by Keith Johnstone

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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End cover

120. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End

by Atul Gawande

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Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens cover

121. Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens

by Nicholas Shaxson

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

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

by Subbu Allamaraju, Subrahmanyam Allamaraju

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The Open-Focus Brain: Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body cover

123. The Open-Focus Brain: Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body

by Les Fehmi

RESTful Web APIs: Services for a Changing World cover

124. RESTful Web APIs: Services for a Changing World

by Leonard Richardson, Michael Amundsen, Sam Ruby

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The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are cover

125. The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

by Alan Watts

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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto) cover

126. Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Small and Short-Range Radar Systems (Modern and Practical Approaches to Electrical Engineering) cover

127. Small and Short-Range Radar Systems (Modern and Practical Approaches to Electrical Engineering)

by Jonathan Williams

An Island to Oneself cover

128. An Island to Oneself

by Tom Neale

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Flask Web Development cover

129. Flask Web Development

by Miguel Grinberg

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Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men cover

130. Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men

by Lundy Bancroft

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First Course in Probability, A cover

131. First Course in Probability, A

by Sheldon M. Ross

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Programming Collective Intelligence cover

132. Programming Collective Intelligence

by Toby Segaran

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Debt: The First 5,000 Years cover

133. Debt: The First 5,000 Years

by David Graeber

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The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires cover

134. The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

by Tim Wu

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Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought, Expanded Edition cover

135. Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought, Expanded Edition

by Jonathan Rauch

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

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

by Burton G Malkiel

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Warthog: Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War cover

137. Warthog: Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War

by William L. Smallwood

Information Rules cover

138. Information Rules

by Carl Shapiro, Hal R. Varian

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Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream – An Eye-Opening Social Experiment in American Democracy cover

139. Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream – An Eye-Opening Social Experiment in American Democracy

by Adam W. Shepard

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Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age cover

140. Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age

by Michael A. Hiltzik

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Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down cover

141. Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down

by James Edward Gordon

Design Patterns in Ruby cover

142. Design Patterns in Ruby

by Russ Olsen

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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage: A novel cover

143. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage: A novel

by 村上春樹

Data Science at the Command Line cover

144. Data Science at the Command Line

by Jeroen Janssens

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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice cover

145. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

by Shunryū Suzuki

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Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition cover

146. Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition

by Jon Erickson

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Classic Shell Scripting cover

147. Classic Shell Scripting

by Arnold Robbins, Nelson H.F. Beebe

Quantum Computing Since Democritus cover

148. Quantum Computing Since Democritus

by Scott Aaronson

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Mindfulness in Plain English: 20th Anniversary Edition cover

149. Mindfulness in Plain English: 20th Anniversary Edition

by Henepola Gunaratana

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A Law Unto Itself: The IRS and the Abuse of Power cover

150. A Law Unto Itself: The IRS and the Abuse of Power

by Burnham, David

The Space Elevator: A Revolutionary Earth-to-Space Transportation System cover

151. The Space Elevator: A Revolutionary Earth-to-Space Transportation System

by Bradley C. Edwards, Eric A. Westling

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iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It cover

152. iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It

by Steve Wozniak, Gina Smith

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Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions cover

153. Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

by Dan Ariely

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Fundamentals of Astrodynamics (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering) cover

154. Fundamentals of Astrodynamics (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering)

by Roger R. Bate, Donald D. Mueller, Jerry E. White

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Improvised Munitions Handbook cover

155. Improvised Munitions Handbook

by United States. Department of the Army

The ARRL Antenna Book For Radio Communications cover

156. The ARRL Antenna Book For Radio Communications

by American Radio Relay League (ARRL)

Elements of Distributed Computing (Wiley - IEEE) cover

157. Elements of Distributed Computing (Wiley - IEEE)

by Vijay K. Garg

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Anonymizing Health Data cover

158. Anonymizing Health Data

Decoding the Universe: How the New Science of Information Is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, from Our Brains to Black Holes cover

159. Decoding the Universe: How the New Science of Information Is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, from Our Brains to Black Holes

by Charles Seife

Practical Computer Vision with SimpleCV cover

160. Practical Computer Vision with SimpleCV

by Kurt Demaagd

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Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters cover

161. Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters

by Richard Rumelt

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CYBERPUNK: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier, Revised cover

162. CYBERPUNK: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier, Revised

by Katie Hafner, John Markoff

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Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers cover

163. Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers

by Jan Gullberg

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The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity cover

164. The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity

by Cooper, Alan

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No Way Down: Life and Death on K2 cover

165. No Way Down: Life and Death on K2

by Graham Bowley

Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season cover

166. Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season

by Nick Heil

Annapurna: The First Conquest Of An 8,000-Meter Peak cover

167. Annapurna: The First Conquest Of An 8,000-Meter Peak

by Maurice Herzog

The Will to Climb: Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna--the World's Deadliest Peak cover

168. The Will to Climb: Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna--the World's Deadliest Peak

by Ed Viesturs

Physically Based Rendering: From Theory to Implementation cover

169. Physically Based Rendering: From Theory to Implementation

by Matt Pharr, Greg Humphreys, Wenzel Jakob

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From Worst to First: Behind the Scenes of Continental's Remarkable Comeback cover

170. From Worst to First: Behind the Scenes of Continental's Remarkable Comeback

by Gordon Bethune

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action cover

171. Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

by Simon Sinek

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Code Complete cover

172. Code Complete

by Steve McConnell

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Functional JavaScript cover

173. Functional JavaScript

by Michael Fogus

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College Algebra (Available Titles CengageNOW) cover

174. College Algebra (Available Titles CengageNOW)

by James Stewart

The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage cover

175. The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

by Cliff Stoll

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The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd Ed. cover

176. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd Ed.

by Edward R. Tufte

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Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist cover

177. Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

by Brad Feld, Jason Mendelson

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The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power cover

178. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power

by Daniel Yergin

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Heard on the Street: Quantitative Questions from Wall Street Job Interviews cover

179. Heard on the Street: Quantitative Questions from Wall Street Job Interviews

by Timothy Falcon Crack

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

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

by Marcus Aurelius

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Linear Algebra with Applications, 5th Edition cover

181. Linear Algebra with Applications, 5th Edition

by Otto Bretscher

Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization cover

182. Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization

by Dave Logan, John King, Halee Fischer-Wright

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Test Driven Development: By Example (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck)) cover

183. Test Driven Development: By Example (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Beck))

by Kent Beck

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Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition cover

184. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition

by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein

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All the Mathematics You Missed: But Need to Know for Graduate School cover

185. All the Mathematics You Missed: But Need to Know for Graduate School

by Thomas A. Garrity

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Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion cover

186. Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

by Sam Harris

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A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, 2) cover

187. A Deepness in the Sky (Zones of Thought, 2)

by Vernor Vinge

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The Way of Zen cover

188. The Way of Zen

by Alan Watts

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Team Geek cover

189. Team Geek

by Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick

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Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny cover

190. Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny

by Robert Wright

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Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny cover

191. Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny

by Robert Wright

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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto) cover

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

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Beginning Haskell: A Project-Based Approach cover

193. Beginning Haskell: A Project-Based Approach

by Alejandro Serrano Mena

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HT GET WHAT WANT C cover

194. HT GET WHAT WANT C

by Raymond Hull

C# 5.0 in a Nutshell, 5th Edition cover

195. C# 5.0 in a Nutshell, 5th Edition

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The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science cover

196. The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

by Norman Doidge

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The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger cover

197. The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger

by Marc Levinson

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Linear Algebra Done Right (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) cover

198. Linear Algebra Done Right (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by Sheldon Jay Axler

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Principles of Mathematical Analysis (International Series in Pure and Applied Mathematics) cover

199. Principles of Mathematical Analysis (International Series in Pure and Applied Mathematics)

by Walter Rudin

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Space Shuttle Operator's Manual, Revised Edition cover

200. Space Shuttle Operator's Manual, Revised Edition

by Kerry Mark Joëls