Lists on Books
A mixed platter of non-fiction books I like, that others recommended to me or the wider world.
| BOOK TITLE | BOOK AUTHOR(s) | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|
| The software developer's guide to Linux | David Cohen, Christian Sturm | - |
| An Introduction to General Systems Thinking | Gerald M. Weinberg | - |
| World Systems Analysis | Immanuel Wallerstein | - |
| Building a Story Brand | Donald Miller | - |
| Explore It | Elisabeth Hendrickson | Exploratory testing |
| Critical Thinking for Strategic Intelligence | K.H. Pherson, R.H. Pherson | - |
| Rapid Development | Steve McConnell | Although not considered a classic, it is full of extremely useful info. |
| Fluent Python | Luciano Ramalho | - |
| Team Topology | Matthew Skelton, Manuel Pais | - |
| Soft Systems Methodology in Action | Peter Checkland, Jim Scholes | - |
| Certain to Win | Chet Richards | On Col. Jon Boyd (OODA loop), and strategy for business |
| The Human Condition | Hannah Arendt | Vita activa vs. vita contemplativa |
| The Shareholder Value Myth | Lynn Stout | - |
| Code is for Humans | Zohar Jackson | - |
| Python for Everybody | Charles Severance | - |
| Working Effectively with Legacy Code | Michael C Feather | - |
| Modern Software Engineering | Dave Farley | - |
| Structured Analytic Techniques | R.H. Pherson and R.J. Heur | - |
| The Crux - How Leaders Become Strategists | R. Rumelt | - |
| Specification By Example | G. Adzic | - |
| This is Lean | N. Modig and P. Ahlstrom | - |
| BOOK TITLE | BOOK AUTHOR(s) | COMMENT |
|---|---|---|
| Pro Git download | Scott Chacon, Ben Straub | - |
| Text Analytics with Python download | D. Sarkar | - |
| Getting Real download | Basecamp.com | An excellent walkthrough on a way to approach building product and applications |
| The Hitch-hikers Guide to Python download / read | - | - |
| How to Think like a Computer Scientist download / read | - | - |
| Learn Python the Hard Way v5 download / read | - | - |
| Python for Everyone download / read | - | - |
| Beyond the Basic Stuff with Python read | Al Sweigart | - |
| Test-Driven Web Development with Python read | Harry J Percival | - |
| Automate the Boring Stuff read | Al Sweigart | - |
| A Byte of Python read | - | - |
| The Modern JavaScript Tutorial read | - | - |
| Exploring ES6 read | - | - |