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A Wrinkle In Time
Upper Canard, Nova Scotia, Canada 1993
Minolta SLR, 50 mm lens, Kodak T-Max 400
Last updated: Sunday June 24, 2007
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A favourite book is a precious
thing, but unlike material wealth such as
gold or diamonds, you can share or promote books freely without taking
away the value from your copy of the book. It is the words, the
ideas which give a book its worth.
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- Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu
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Book of the Way
- Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
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Originally published in 1953, a classic novel about a totalitarian regime
where books are burnt.
- The Codebreakers The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from
Ancient Times to the Internet - David Kahn
- The book on the history of cryptography.
- The C Programming Language, 2nd ed -
Kernighan and Ritchie
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The "C Bible", written by the creators of the language.
- The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering - Fred Brooks
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An excellent introduction into software engineering, originally written
in 1975, an updated copy was published in 1995.
- Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy - Jostein
Gaarder
- A wonderfully colourful and gentle introduction to Philosophy.
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People:
Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
- Stephen R. Covey
- A Mathematician's Apology - G. H.
Hardy
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Introduction by C.P. Snow, which is a short biography of G. H. Hardy.
Hardy's "apology" is an enlightening explanation of the
world of a mathematician.
There are many more great books I've read, but these ones have likely
had the greatest impact on my life.
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