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Ask HN: How would you spend $25 on barnesandnoble.com?
I trust this community a lot and I just got a $25 gift card. I am not a very savvy or well read reader. I really enjoyed superfreakenomics and Founders at Work.
What reading does HN recommend these days?
I have not read Hackers and Painters.
p.s. I am a college freshman.
- helwr 17y agobuy Zen-and-the-Art-of-Motorcycle-Maintenance (paperback, $7.21), spend the rest on coffee
- dasht 17y agoIt's a very cheesy book and tedious in parts and overall is rather pretentious. The central metaphor, though, makes a brilliant recommendation for someone who "trusts" HN so much, etc. But... college freshman.... presumed to be "typical" ... hmm... Maybe there's a good dictionary in that price range? The "Concise English Oxford" is about $25, though I haven't personally seen it so can't specifically recommend it. Or, The Fannie Farmer Cookbook? Or something about how to do laundry? Or something about law for tenants in landlord-tenant relations? Perhaps some artsy fartsy book of erotic photos? Oh! Got it! In the same vein as "Zen and the Art of...", how about "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character" by Richard Feynman? p.s., re: "I really enjoyed superfreakenomics and Founders at Work." Which is a good reason to not recommend any books in that vein and to instead suggest books that encourage becoming mature and balanced.
- cgherb911 17y agoart of the start by guy kawasaki
- patio11 17y agoI really can't recommend The Long Tail enough. It is overrated and overstated and still the single most important book I've ever read about marketing on the Internet.
- navyrain 17y agoAlthough its not really in the same vein as hacker news, I really enjoyed Gang Leader for a Day: http://www.amazon.com/Gang-Leader-Day-Sociologist-Streets/dp/014311493X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266574137&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/Gang-Leader-Day-Sociologist-Streets/dp...