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Ask HN: What books have you given as a present in 2017?
- doitLP 9y agoSapiens, Ghost in the Wires
- atsaloli 9y agoMagic Realized and Other Poems on the Human Spirit, by Louis Alan Swartz https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072Q5V2MN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072Q5V2MN
- guilhas 9y ago642 Big thing to write about
- schappim 9y agoI have given the hard copy of Maker Education Revolution by Peter Dalmaris to my EdTech friends (https://selz.com/item/59a5d9f8cca91807c878d875 https://selz.com/item/59a5d9f8cca91807c878d875).
- billconan 9y agohttps://www.amazon.com/Complete-Persepolis-Marjane-Satrapi/dp/0375714839/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_img_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=T0P3BGJA8TBJG2M150X9 https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Persepolis-Marjane-Satrapi/d...
- Adam-Kadmon 9y agoTo the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
- Sevii 9y agoThe art of glamour by Virginia Postrell.
- andrei_says_ 9y agoHyperbole and a half by Allie Brosch I am waiting for the republishing of Aurora Morales’ Medicine Stories so I can buy 10 and give them away. Incredibly potent, clear, and beautiful writing on healing ourselves from oppression of all kinds. True medicine.
- matchmike1313 9y agoTraction, I always find it a good book to gift to friends that are trying to start businesses.
- schappim 9y agoBy which author? There are quite a few books of this name!
- g0tham- 9y agoMost likely referring to the one by Gabriel Weinberg.
- DeanWormer 9y agoThis is the one that's usually recommended here. It's a great book! https://www.amazon.com/Traction-Startup-Achieve-Explosive-Customer/dp/1591848369 https://www.amazon.com/Traction-Startup-Achieve-Explosive-Cu...
- 013 9y agoFlowers For Algernon - For my girlfriend. Trafficked to Hell - For my Mother.
- playing_colours 9y agoThe biography of Leonardo da Vinci, a beautiful and interesting book, https://www.amazon.com/Leonardo-Vinci-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1501139150 https://www.amazon.com/Leonardo-Vinci-Walter-Isaacson/dp/150... - one to my collegue, one to my former colleague. A stunningly beautiful edition of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? & A Scanner Darkly" by Philip K. Dick http://www.foliosociety.com/book/PKD/scanner-androids http://www.foliosociety.com/book/PKD/scanner-androids - to a friend of mine, a big PKD fun. I love giving great books as a gift :)
- stevekemp 9y agoI bought my wife pretty much every book written by Brandon Sanderson. (Mistborn, Stormlight Archives, etc). I've also donated a couple of copies of Dune, Zelazny's Amber books, and The Martian over the course of the year to various local friends.
- nicholas73 9y agoA Dash of Dragon - middle grade fantasy featuring strong female protagonists. Also just came on super sale on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Dash-Dragon-Heidi-Lang/dp/1481477935/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1513838147&sr=8-1&keywords=a+dash+of+dragon https://www.amazon.com/Dash-Dragon-Heidi-Lang/dp/1481477935/...
- jotjotzzz 9y agoThe Illustrated versions of Harry Potter is such a beautiful book. It went on sale recently to $24. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone-j-k-rowling/1121061860#/ https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/harry-potter-and-the-sorcer...
- stubadub 9y agoThe Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beautiful-Poetry-Donald-Trump/dp/1786892278 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beautiful-Poetry-Donald-Trump/dp/17... Artemis Fowl https://www.amazon.co.uk/Artemis-Fowl-Eoin-Colfer/dp/0141339098/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1513894800&sr=1-1&keywords=artemis+fowl https://www.amazon.co.uk/Artemis-Fowl-Eoin-Colfer/dp/0141339... Thug Kitchen: Eat Like You Give a Fk https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thug-Kitchen-Eat-Like-Give/dp/0751555517/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thug-Kitchen-Eat-Like-Give/dp/07515... The Idea in You: How to Find It, Build It, and Change Your Life https://www.amazon.co.uk/Idea-You-Find-Build-Change/dp/024197139X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1513895019&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Idea+in+You%3A+How+to+Find+It%2C+Build+It%2C+and+Change+Your+Life https://www.amazon.co.uk/Idea-You-Find-Build-Change/dp/02419...