The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch -- http://www.thelastlecture.com/ Everybody should read it, or at least watch the video on Youtube. It changed my life.
absolutely loved it
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#52Leadership: Theory and Practice (Peter Northouse) The Craft of Research (Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams) On Writing Well (Zig Ziglar)
I thought 'On Writing Well' was written by William Zinsser. Amazon doesn't list any books by Ziglar with that title.
Yes you are right. My memory failed me ;)
Re: Ask HN: Books that changed your life?
#53Godel, Escher, Bach at age 14 or so made me realise that I wanted to program more than anything else.
Re: Ask HN: Books that changed your life?
#54From a start up perspective, Reality Check by Guy Kawasaki is probably one of the most all around no bs start up book out there....