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Softwar - Larry Ellison's story. Fascinating read.
Games People Play - Classic by Eric Berne. Must read psychology. Short, and you will get so much out of it.
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff - Must read psychology. Short, and you will get so much out of it.
Learn You a Haskell for Great Good! - Will re-read soon to get to the next level.
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Military strategy? Some people have ambition of world domination I suppose but in all seriousness all you need is The Art of War. Oh yeah the link in the second computer science thread is bad.
Nonsense. "A Book of Five Rings" is the strategy book for the pure pragmatist. "Art of War" is for sounding cool at parties.
Why I left Goldman Sachs by Greg Smith (Good insight into the 2008 financial breakdown and a look into the day to day operations of Goldman Sachs) http://www.amazon.com/Why-Left-Goldman-Sachs-Street/dp/14555...
The Hobbit http://www.amazon.com/Hobbit-There-Again-Illustrated-Author/...
Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques(Great intro into data mining) http://www.amazon.com/Data-Mining-Concepts-Techniques-Manage...
Programming Collective Intelligence(You can play around with actual implementations of the concepts in the previous book) http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Collective-Intelligence-Bu...
Ghost in the Wires by Kevin Mitnick (Was really nice to see the details behind Mitnick's adventures) http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Wires-Adventures-Worlds-Wanted/d...
On War By Clausewitz(Really enjoyed this book.)http://www.amazon.com/War-Carl-von-Clausewitz/dp/1448676290
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just want to warn others - this is by far the worst of murakami's books. above all, it's way too long. if the three volumes were edited to one, it would be much improved. i wish i had googled for reviews (which were generally negative) before buying and reading these.
It's my first of his novels, I'll check out the others. I can see the point on length, I wonder how much of that is a function of translation and of the desire to create the sensation of having lived that year. I just finished, so it'll take me some time to gain a better perspective on it.
(also, from what i remember, the third volume of 1q84 was most like his other works - i almost stopped after the 2nd and was glad i continued).
ps on translation - i don't think that would make this one so different to the others (which are also translated). i do agree that murakamis books feel translated (like you could guess they were translated if you were given one and didn't know what it was), but that seems to be just something about either translated books or authors that work well in translation (or may just be me imagining things). i don't think i have ever read a book in both the original language and a translation, but i know that roberto bolano, who was recently very big in english translation, reads like a translated author in the original (if you see what i mean)...
"The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" and its video lectures[1]. Highly recommended!
[1]: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-comput...
I read 27 books in 2012. Here are some of the more interesting ones: Shogun - James Clavel . 'Epic' is the best word I can use to describe this historical fiction. I first read it in 2009 and have reread all 1100 pages multiple times since. The first English pilot to reach the Japans discovers a culture that, while strange, is in many ways far more advanced than his own. The fictional Lord Toranaga is based on the hi…
The Shadow of the Wind