Kluge: The Haphazard Construction Of The Human Mind
Predictably Irrational [i expect everyone knows dr. ariely by now...]
logolounge 4 [a logo designer has to keep up with these logo lounge collections. alas, the content is less innovative than one may expect.]
collective intelligence [very interesting book with some cool algorithms, and in python. sort of book numb3rs might publish...]
Refactoring to Patterns
Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter [masayuki miyata's paper cuts [kiri-e] make this book possibly the best edition out there. i wish it was in bigger format]
Venus on the Half-Shell and Others
Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability [second edition.]
Toward the Light of Liberty: The Struggles for Freedom and Rights That Made the Modern Western World
Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software
Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys But Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life
Here Comes Everybody [hmm, i know some people called this a masterpiece, but i reserve that word for very, very special books. my initial impression is that this is a good solid piece of work, but not a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination.]
Flavor of the Month: Why Smart People Fall for Fads
Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought
The Age of American Unreason [robert fulford of national post called her a "demi intellectual" and wrote a lazy, lip-smacking critique of sorts, as befitting his paper: "To satisfy Jacoby, it's not enough to exhibit intelligence. It's necessary also to use that intelligence properly, to develop views closely resembling hers." first part of the sentence is priceless, never mind its degeneration into a slur afterwards.]
Dark Integers and Other Stories
Calendrical Calculations (3rd ed)
Brasyl
Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting [one of the most informative books on photographic lighting i have ever found.]
Influences: A Lexicon of Contemporary Graphic Design Practice
Silver Palate Cookbook 25th Anniversary Edition [you just have to have it. many years ago i discarded an early edition, now have it back with better photography...]
How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing
Cosmic Motors: Spaceships, Cars & Pilots of Another Galaxy
Turning Back the Clock: Hot Wars and Media Populism
Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters [one of the best in this topic]
Who Rules in Science?: An Opinionated Guide to the Wars
Statistics as Principled Argument [MAGIC: magnitude, articulation, generality, interestingness, and credibility. required reading.]
Scientists Confront Creationism [insert picture of fish in a barrel]
[list extracted from my amazon [ca] and chapters orders, but all pointers on this blog are directed to barnes and noble [us]]
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