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The Best History & Criticism Books of Hacker News
HN Books collects, ranks, and showcases the
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How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
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The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
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The Making of Prince of Persia: Journals 1985-1993--Illustrated Edition
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Metaphors We Live By
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Le Ton Beau De Marot: In Praise Of The Music Of Language
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The Search for the Perfect Language (The Making of Europe)
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Behold!!! the Protong
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Borges: Selected Non-Fictions
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The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel (Multilingual Edition)
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The Interface: IBM and the Transformation of Corporate Design, 1945–1976 (A Quadrant Book)
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Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity
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By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean: The Birth of Eurasia
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The Tao of Pooh
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How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
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Invisible Ink: A Practical Guide to Building Stories that Resonate
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Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: Expanded Edition
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The Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies
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Silence: Lectures and Writings, 50th Anniversary Edition
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Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear
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The Classical Trivium: The Place of Thomas Nashe in the Learning of His Time
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Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
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The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves, the Words Behind World-Building (PENGUIN US)
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Desire/Love
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The Great Pianists: From Mozart to the Present
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Master and Margarita: A Critical Companion (AATSEEL)
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The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
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In Camera: Francis Bacon: Photography, Film and the Practice of Painting
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Watch What You Hear: Penelope's Dream Of Twenty Geese
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Goethe's Faust
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Windblown World: The Journals of Jack Kerouac 1947-1954
· 1 HN comments