Books

“The real reason to read is to meet more interesting people than we have time to meet in a lifetime.”
- Harold Bloom

Here’s a list of the books I’ve finished reading or listening to in the past few years. I don’t bother finishing a bad book — I figure that if the first two chapters are crap it’s not getting any better. Life is too short to read crap. So if I’ve finished it, it’s at least “good.”

  • No star = good,
  • star = strongly recommended,
  • star star = outstanding.

Business book = Career- or business-related in one way or another. Some of these weren’t necessarily intended by their author as career-enhancing, but I believe them to be so.

Technical book = Technical, mostly programming or networking related.

Title Author Finished Rating/Notes
Eric Sink on the Business of Software Eric Sink 5/12/2008 Business book 
Hunter’s Moon Randy Wayne White 5/4/2008  
When Fish Fly  John Yokoyama, Joseph Michelli  4/27/2008   
The Leadership Pill  Ken Blanchard, Marc Muchnick  4/27/2008   
Black Cherry Blues  James Lee Burke  4/27/2008   
Blink  Ted Dekker  4/14/2008   
Blue Highways  William Least Heat-Moon  4/12/2008   
Empire  Orson Scott Card  4/9/2008  An excellent novel, a “disturbing look at a possible future” in our United States.  
star star
Mirror Universe  Sussman, Ward, Dilmore, Mack, Cox  4/6/2008  three Star Trek novels in one book: Age of the Empress, The Sorrows of Empire, and The Worst of Both Worlds. 
Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager  Michael Lopp  4/3/2008  perhaps the best book on management of software developers I’ve ever read.
Business book
star star 
The 4:8 Principle: The Secret to a Joy-Filled Life  Tommy Newberry  3/31/2008   
the Neon Rain  James Lee Burke  3/16/2008   
The Final Question of Jesus  Joseph M. Stowell  3/11/2008  A look at John 21:1-17, the Lord’s conversation with Peter, and what it can mean to us.
star 
Now and Forever  Ray Bradbury  3/8/2008  two novellas: Somewhere a band Is Playing & Leviathan ‘99 
Crusader’s Cross  James Lee Burke  2/29/2008  star star 
Irish Alibi  Ralph McInerny  2/20/2008   
Pilgrimage Zenna Henderson  2/10/2008 The Book of The People 
Two Wheels Through Terror: Diary of a South American Motorcycle Odyssey Glen Heggstad 1/30/2008 star 
Making Money Terry Pratchett 1/21/2008 a Discworld novel 
Dune Frank Herbert 1/16/2008  
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick 12/31/2007  
The Man Who Invented Florida Randy Wayne White 12/30/2007  
Eats, Shoots, and Leaves Lynne Truss 12/24/2007 “Proper punctuation is both the sign and cause of clear thinking. If it goes, the degree of intellectual impoverishment we face is unimaginable.”
star 
Hell’s Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga Hunter S. Thompson 12/21/2007  
The Lexus and the Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 12/20/2007 star 
Dynamic Scheduling with Microsoft Office Project 2003: The Book by and for Professionals Eric Uyttewaal 11/25/2007 Business book star
Shut Up, Stop Whining, and Get a Life: A Kick-Butt Approach to a Better Life Larry Winget 11/24/2007  
The Dark Tower [The Dark Tower, book VI] Stephen King 11/17/2007 starstar 
Song of Susannah [The Dark Tower, book VI] Stephen King 11/11/2007 star 
Wolves of the Calla [The Dark Tower, book V] Stephen King 11/10/2007 starstar  
Out of Their Minds Clifford D. Simak 10/20/2007  
Wizard And Glass [The Dark Tower, book IV] Stephen King 10/14/2007 starstar  
Snow Crash Neal Stephenson 10/01/2007  
The Waste Lands [The Dark Tower, book III] Stephen King 9/23/2007 star  
The Drawing Of The Three [The Dark Tower, book II] Stephen King 9/18/2007 starstar  
The Gunslinger [The Dark Tower, book I] Stephen King 9/12/2007 starstar
The Jesus of Suburbia Mike Erre 9/10/2007
The Club Dumas Arturo Perez-Reverte 9/2/2007
The Book of Lost Things John Connolly 8/26/2007 star
Tao of the Ride Garri Garripoli 8/25/2007
The Starbucks Experience Joseph A. Michelli 8/25/2007 “5 Principles for Turning Ordinary into Extraordinary”
The Case for Christ Lee Strobel 8/18/2007
The Audacity of Hope Barack Obama 8/12/2007 “Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream”
Bambi vs. Godzilla David Mamet 8/11/2007 “On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business”
Leanings 2 Peter Egan 8/10/2007  
Harry Potter (7) and the Deathly Hallows J.K. Rowling 8/5/2007 Wow. star
Harry Potter (6) and the Half-Blood Prince J.K. Rowling 8/4/2007
Freedom: Credos from the Road Sonny Barger 8/2/2007
Harry Potter (5) and the Order of the Phoenix J.K. Rowling 7/30/2007
The Terminal Man Michael Crichton 7/22/2007
Leanings: Best of Peter Egan from Cycle World Peter Egan 7/21/2007  
Executive (Bio of a Space Tyrant, Vol 4) Piers Anthony 7/17/2007  
Free Fall in Crimson John D. MacDonald 7/15/2007  
Be Our Guest : Perfecting the art of customer service Disney Institute 7/13/2007 Business book star
The Experience Economy : Work is Theatre & Every Business a Stage Joseph Pine 7/12/2007 Business book 
Politician (Bio of a Space Tyrant, Vol 3) Piers Anthony 6/29/2007  
Mercenary (Bio of a Space Tyrant, Vol 2) Piers Anthony 6/26/2007  
Refugee (Bio of a Space Tyrant, Vol 1) Piers Anthony 6/24/2007  
Tampa Burn Randy Wayne White 6/23/2007  
To Reign in Hell: The Exile of Khan Noonien Singh (Star Trek) Greg Cox 6/6/2007  
When the Shooting Stops Ralph Rosenblu and Robert Karen 5/28/2007 …the Cutting Begins. A Film Editor’s Story
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Robert Pirsig 5/28/2007 An Inquiry into Values. star
Treasure of Khan Clive Cussler 5/27/2007  
The Kids are Alright: How the Gamer Generation is Changing the Workplace John C. Beck 5/20/2007 Business book
The Power of Nice: How to Conquer the Business World With Kindness Linda Kaplan Thaler 5/04/2007 Business book
No More Teams Michael Schrage 5/01/2007 Business book
Made to Stick Chip Heath & Dan Heath 4/24/2007 Business book
Daemon Leinad Zeraus 4/22/2007 star 
Who moved my cheese? Spencer Johnson 4/20/2007 Business book star
Love Is The Killer App Tim Sanders 4/19/2007 Business book starstar
Dark Light Randy Wayne White 4/08/2007  
The Rebels of Ireland Edward Rutherfurd 3/26/2007
The Mangrove Coast Randy Wayne White 3/25/2007  
The Heat Islands Randy Wayne White 3/23/2007  
Small Giants Bo Burlingham 3/10/2007 Business book 
Lincoln on Leadership Donald T. Phillips 3/4/2007 Business book 
VoIP for Dummies Timothy V. Kelly 2/28/2007 Technical book 
WordPress Complete Hasin Hayder 2/15/2007 Technical book 
The Long Tail Chris Anderson 2/1/2007 Business book “Why the future of business is selling less of more”
Primal Leadership Daniel Goleman 1/24/2007 Business book 
Storm Front Jim Butcher 1/21/2007 Book One of The Dresden Files
How the Irish Saved Civilization Thomas Cahill 1/16/2007 “The untold story of Ireland’s historic role from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval Europe.”
First Meetings in Ender’s Universe Orson Scott Card 1/4/2007
The Princes of Ireland Edward Rutherfurd 1/2/2007
No Opportunity Wasted Phil Keoghan 12/19/2006
Cirque Du Soleil - The Spark John U. Bacon 12/16/2006 Igniting the Creative Fire that Lives Within Us All.
How Buffett does it James Pardoe 12/12/2006 24 simple investing strategies from the world’s greatest value investor
The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel Benjamin Graham 12/10/2006 “By far the best book on investing ever written.” — Warren E. Buffett
No secret formulas, no get-rich-quick schemes or speculating just calm practical thoughtful long-term investing.
Just do It Donald Katz 12/1/2006 “the nike spirit in the corporate world”
Why We Want You To Be Rich Donald Trump & Robert Kiyosaki 11/28/2006
Murder At Golgotha Ian Wilson 11/23/2006 “Revisiting the Most Famous Crime Scene in History”
Star Wreck Leah Rewollnksi 11/11/2006
The Road Ahead Bill Gates 11/2/2006
North of Havana Randy Wayne White 10/22/2006
The Victorian Internet Tom Standage 10/13/2006
Blue Like Jazz Donald Miller 10/7/2006 “Nonreligious thoughts on Christian spirituality.”
Joystick Nation J.C. Herz 9/10/2006 “How videogames ate our quarters, won our hearts, and rewired our minds.”
Eric Terry Pratchett 9/4/2006
The Light Fantastic Terry Pratchett 9/1/2006
Sourcery Terry Pratchett 8/30/2006
Going Live [getting the news right in a real-time, online world] Philip Seib 8/26/2006
Rules for Revolutionaries Guy Kawasaki 8/23/2006 Business book
Going Postal Terry Pratchett 8/21/2006
Toon Art [the graphic art of digital cartooning] Steven Winthrow 8/13/2006
The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century Thomas L. Friedman 8/11/2006 starstar
Dungeons and Dreamers: The Rise of Computer Game Culture From Geek to Chic Brad King & John Borland 8/3/2006
Everglades Randy Wayne White 7/30/2006
Shark River Randy Wayne White 7/28/2006
Pale Gray for Guilt John D. MacDonald 7/25/2006
Ten Thousand Islands Randy Wayne White 7/23/2006
Dream’s Edge’ Terry Carr, editor 7/20/2006
Twelve Mile Limit Randy Wayne White 7/15/2006
Body Piercing Saved My Live Andrew Beaujon 7/08/2006
The Wastelands Stephen King 6/26/2006
The Drawing of the Three Stephen King 6/21/2006
The Gunslinger Stephen King 6/18/2006 starstar
The road to the dark tower : exploring Stephen King’s magnum opus Bev Vincent 6/15/2006
White Man’s Grave Richar Dooling 6/11/2006
Cure for the Common Life Max Lucado 6/10/2006 starstar
Decoding the universe Charles Seife 5/31/2006
The Likability Factor Tim Sanders 5/24/2006 star
What To Do With Your Money Now David & Tom Gardner 5/16/2006
The Hundredth Window: Protecting Your Privacy and Security in the Age of the Internet. Charles Jennings and Lori Fenna 5/2/2006
The Draco Tavern Larry Niven 5/1/2006
The Web Wizard’s Guide to PHP David A. Lash 4/29/2006
110% Pat Croce 4/28/2006
Dirty Pool Steve Brewer 4/25/2006
Rainbow Mars Larry Niven 4/24/2006
Air Dance Iguana Tom Corcoran 4/17/2006 star star
Ireland Frank Delaney 4/16/2006
The Christmas Train David Baldacci 4/6/2006
Sometimes the Magic Works Terry Brooks 3/27/2006 If you do not hear music in your words, you have put too much thought into your writing and not enough heart.
Tales From Margaritaville Jimmy Buffett 3/24/2006 star
Take Control of Apple Mail in Tiger Joe Kissell 3/23/2006
Macintosh… The Naked Truth Scott Kelby 3/17/2006
The Mind Map Book Tony Buzan 3/15/2006 True mental freedom is the ability to create order from chaos.
Mac OS X for Unix Geeks Brian Jepson & Ernest E. Rothman 3/8/2006 Tech book
Here’s a Top Ten Tips article on MacDevCenter.
The Da Vinci Hoax Carl E. Olson & Sandra Miesel 3/1/2006
The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown 2/27/2006 Repeat after me… “this is a work of FICTION.”
Cinnamon Skin John D. MacDonald 2/25/2006
Blink Malcolm Gladwell 2/23/2006 All about the Adaptive Unconcious - how we make use instantanious impressions to make conclusions… without even knowing we’re doing it. star
Octopus Alibi Tom Corcoran 2/19/2006 star
The End of Poverty Jeffrey D. Sachs 2/17/2006 Economic Possibilities for Our Time, forward by Bono. Millennium Development Goals, including ending extreme poverty - worldwide - by 2025.
Star Wars and Philosophy edited by Kevin S. Decker and Jason T. Eberl 2/7/2006
Emergence Steven Johnson 1/31/2006
The Good News from North Haven Michael L. Lindvall 1/12/2006 Excellent stories from a mid-west pastor. Funny and heartwarming.
Pacific Vortex! Clive Cussler 1/8/2006
What Is Your Life’s Work? Bill Jensen 12/31/2005
The Last Battle C.S. Lewis 12/25/2005
A Horse and His Boy C.S. Lewis 12/24/2005
The Silver Chair C.S. Lewis 12/23/2005
The Voyage of the “Dawn Treader” C.S. Lewis 12/22/2005
Prince Capian C.S. Lewis 12/21/2005
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis 12/20/2005 star star
The Magician’s Nephew C.S. Lewis 12/19/2005 The Chronicles of Narnia
The John Wooden Pyramid of Success Neville L. Johnson 12/12/2005 A lot about Mr. Wooden, not as much about the Pyramid Of Success.
Children of the Mind Orson Scott Card 12/10/2005 star
Xenocide Orson Scott Card 12/05/2005 star
Speaker For The Dead Orson Scott Card 11/22/2005 star
Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card 11/18/2005 star star
Cruising At Last Elliott Merrick 11/15/2005 star
Shadows of the Empire Steve Perry 11/8/2005
U2 & i Anton Corbijn 11/1/2005
The Tonybee Convector Ray Bradbury 10/19/2005
Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O’Dell 10/19/2005
The Abode of Life Lee Correy 10/17/2005
Farenheit 451 Rad Bradbury 10/1/2005
Prince of Mercenaries Jerry Pournelle 9/27/2005
Death is a Lonely Business Ray Bradbury 9/23/2005
Call of the Wild Jack London 9/21/2005
Skirmish Clifford D. Simak 9/21/2005
To Your Scattered Bodies Go Philip Jose Farmer 9/20/2005
The Dark Tower [The Dark Tower VII] Stephen King 9/14/2005 The Dark Tower and Beyond
Song of Susannah [The Dark Tower VI] Stephen King 9/8/2005
Wolves of the Calla [The Dark Tower V] Stephen King 9/7/2005
Wizard and Glass [The Dark Tower IV] Stephen King 9/1/2005
The Waste Lands [The Dark Tower III] Stephen King 8/30/2005
The Drawing of the Three [The Dark Tower II] Stephen King 8/20/2005
The Gunslinger [The Dark Tower I] Stephen King 8/17/2005 starstar Thanks, Bryant.
Mexifornia Victor Davis Hanson 8/14/2005
Sailing Alone Around the World Captain Joshua Slocum 8/11/2005 a Classic of Naval Literature
Everything Bad is Good For You Steven Johnson 8/7/2005 star A controversial and thought-provoking assertion that popular culture, including video games and television programming, is more intellectually challenging than typically though and may even be helping society become smarter.
Mind Wide Open Steven Johnson 8/2/2005
Never Eat Alone Keith Ferrazzi 7/31/2005 Business book star
Sailor’s Life Jan De Hartog 7/24/2005
The Joy of Digital Photography Jeff Wignall 7/23/2005
Growing Up Digital Don Tapscott 7/23/2005
Manager’s pocket guide to Generation X Bruce Tulgan 7/10/2005
Anthem Ayn Rand 7/2/2005
Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner 7/1/2005
The Flight of the Creative Class Richard Florida 6/26/2005
Nudist on the Late Shift Po Bronson 6/16/2005
Trojan Odyssey Clive Cussler 5/31/2005
Atlantas Found Clive Cussler 5/29/2005
Danger Quicksand - Have A Nice Day David St. Lawrence 5/22/2005
Wicked Gregory Maguire 5/16/2005
Orbiting the Giant Hairball Gordon Mackenzie 5/10/2005 Business book
The Master of Disguise Antonio J. Mendez 5/8/2005
Moneyball Michael Lewis 5/6/2005
Have Board, Will Travel Jamie Brisick 4/29/2005
Zathura Chris Van Allsburg 4/19/2005
the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams 4/14/2005
Flashforward Robert J. Sawyer 3/3/2005
The Photoshop CS Book for Digital Photographers Scott Kelby 3/1/2005 starstar
Sahara Clive Cussler 3/1/2005
A Salty Piece of Land Jimmy Buffett 2/25/2005 star
Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays Laurent Bouzerau 2/16/2005
Leadership and the One Minute Manager Ken Blanchard, Patricia Zigarmi and Drea Zigarmi 2/8/2005
Camouflage Joe Haldaman 2/5/2005
Get The Picture: A Personal History of Photojournalism John G. Morris 2/3/2005
The Puppet Masters Robert A. Heinlein 1/30/2005
The Pentagon’s New Map Thomas P.M. Barnett 1/16/2005
Hogfather Terry Pratchett 12/20/2004
Night Watch Terry Pratchett 12/18/2004
The Fifth Elephant Terry Pratchett 12/16/2004
Cycling . A celebration of the sport and the world’s best places to enjoy it Arlene Plevin 12/8/2004
Thief of Time Terry Pratchett 12/6/2004
The Automatic Millionare David Bach 11/22/2004 starstar Everyone should read this… and follow his recommendations.
The Wide Window Lemony Snicket 11/19/2004
The Impossible Just Takes a Little Longer Art Berg 11/17/2004
The Reptile Room Lemony Snicket 10/26/2004
The Bad Beginning Lemony Snicket 10/23/2004
Getting Things Done David Allen 10/18/2004 Business book
starstar Everyone should read this… and follow his recommendations.
Squirrel Inc. Stephen Denning 9/25/2004 Business book
National Geographic Photography Field Guide - People & Portraits Robert Caputo 9/17/2004
Desiging with Web Standards Jeffrey Zeldman 9/17/2004 Technical book starstar
The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett 9/9/2004
Digital Photography: Expert Techniques Ken Milburn 9/1/2004 star Very good. I need to come back to this one after I get to know Photoshop a bit better.
Shooting Digital Mikkel Aaland 8/27/2004 star
Darker Than Amber John D. MacDonald 8/24/2004
Purple Cow Seth Godin 8/8/2004 Business book star
Octopus Alibi Tom Corcoran 8/6/2004 star
Caught Inside Daniel Duane 8/5/2004
Cosmic Banditos A.C. Weisbecker 8/4/2004 star
In Search of Captain Zero A.C. Weisbecker 8/3/2004 Good, though the ending was a bit of a letdown. Real life can be like that.
The Songlines Bruce Chatwin 8/2/2004
The Five Disfunctions of a Team P. Lencioni 7/22/2004 Business book
Re-invent! Tom Peters 7/20/2004 Business bookstar
Hardball Selling Robert L. Shook 7/18/2004
Make Your Own Digital Photo Scrapbook Pring/Hissey 6/8/2004
Get Out Of My Life, but first… Anthony E. Wolf, Ph.D. 6/8/2004 star on parenting teenagers
The Right to Write Julia Cameron 6/6/2004
Free Fall in Crimson John D. MacDonald 6/01/2004
The Life of Pi Yann Martel 5/27/2004
Shameless Exploitation in the Pursuit of the Common Good Paul Newman , A. E. Hotchner 5/22/2004
Cuba Walker Evans 5/19/2004 When we think “Cuba,” the images many of us see in our mind’s eye are those captured by Evans in the 1930s.
The Green Ripper John D. MacDonald 5/19/2004 A Travis McGee mystery/adventure, somewhat different from the others I’ve read.
Blue Latitudes Tony Horwitz 5/17/2004 good, but long
A Deadly Shade of Gold John D. MacDonald 4/25/2004 a Travis McGee mystery/adventure.
I, Robot Isaac Asimov 4/23/2004 Technology dated but still good stories.
The Number of the Beast Robert Heinlein 4/5/2004 Not RAH’s best work, to put it mildly. Mind candy that I keep around for reading when I’m bored and don’t want to think. The final chapter, L’Envoi, is still pretty much incomprehensible.
Midnight Clear Kathy Hogan Trocheck 3/12/2004 Another murder mystery in & around Atlanta, not quite as good as Irish Eyes.
Irish Eyes Kathy Hogan Trocheck 3/6/2004 Murder mystery in & around Atlanta.
The Legacy of Herot Larry Niven, Steven Barnes, Jerry Pournell 2/24/2004
Broken Music Sting 2/22/2004
Peter Davidson’s Book of Alien Planets various short story authors 11/21/2003
The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemmingway 11/02/2003
The Institute Anthony Edgeworth (Photographer), Geoffrey Norman, Paul De Angelis 10/18/2003
Making It Happen Mackenzie Kyle 10/9/2003 Business book starstar
The 5 Patterns of Extraordianry Careers James M. Citrin, Richard A. Smith 10/1/2003 Business book star
Love Is The Killer App Tim Sanders 9/7/2003 Business book starstar
The Westing Game Ellen Raskin 9/1/2003 a fun kids mystery
Gumbo Limbo Tom Corcoran 9/1/2003 star
Surfers Start-Up: A Beginner’s Guide to Surfing Doug Werner 8/31/2003
Where’s Joe Merchant? Jimmy Buffett 8/30/2003 star
Sailing in Grandfather’s Wake Captain Ian Tew 8/10/2003
A Pirate Looks at Fifty Jimmy Buffett 8/08/2003 star
Shadow Puppets Orson Scott Card 8/04/2003
Tales From Margaritaville Jimmy Buffett 7/30/2003
Shadow of the Hegemon Orson Scott Card 7/29/2003
Ender’s Shadow Orson Scott Card 7/28/2003 star star
Buck Up, Suck Up… and Come Back When You Foul Up James Carville and Paul Begala 7/27/2003 Business book star
The Brendan Voyage Tim Severin 7/27/2003 He sailed from Ireland to North America in what?
Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card 7/20/2003 star star
The Mango Opera Tom Corcoran 7/19/2003 starstar
The People: No Different Flesh Zenna Henderson 7/13/2003
Proudly Serving My Corporate Masters Adam Barr 7/12/2003
Microsoft ASP.NET Step by Step G. Andrew Duthie 7/10/2003 Tech book
Holding Wonder Zenna Henderson 7/1/2003
The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger 6/21/2003
J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye: Bloom’s Notes Harold Bloom, editor 6/21/2003
Telecosm George Gilder 6/13/2003 Business book/Tech book
Burning Chrome William Gibson 6/8/2003
Visual C# Sharp & Jagger 6/5/2003 Tech book
wot9: Winter’s Heart Robert Jordan 6/3/2003
Halo: The Flood William C. Dietz 5/22/2003
Caught by the Sea Gary Paulsen 5/3/2003 star
Singlehanding: A Sailor’s Guide Tony Meisel 4/1/2003
Introducing Microsoft .NET David Platt 4/1/2003 Tech book
The Sea Wolf Jack London 3/28/2003
Mastering Windows 2000 Server Mark Minasi 2/28/2003 Tech book star
Halo: The Fall of Reach Eric Nylund 2/18/2003
13th Gen: Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail? Howe and Strauss 2/15/2003
Footfall Niven and Pournelle 2/14/2003
Solaris Stanislaw Lem 2/5/2003
Getting Things Done David
Allen
2/4/2003 starstar Business book
The Serling Huck Letters Sterling Huck 1/31/2003
A Canticle For Leibowitz Walter M. Miller, Jr. 1/9/2003
Xbox: Blow the lid off! Brian Underhal 1/3/2003
Walk On: the Spiritual Journey of U2 Steve Stockman 12/31/2002 star
A Mystery of Errors Simon Hawke 12/23/2002
Celestial Navigation step by step Warren Norville 11/13/2002
Master and Commander Patrick O’Brian 11/10/2002
The Complete Sailor David Seidman 10/30/2002
Weaving the Web Tim Berners-Lee 10/28/2002 Tech book star
First You Have to Row a Little Boat Richard Bode 10/20/2002 Business book starstar
Sailing… for dummies JJ & Peter Isler 10/16/2002
My Old Man and The Sea David and Daniel Hays 10/14/2002 star
Black Aces High Robert K. Wilcox 10/11/2002
The Other 90% Robert K. Cooper 10/2/2002 Business book
Mac OS X The Missing Manual David Pogue 9/9/2002 Tech book
The Fourth Turning William Strauss and Neil Howe 9/2/2002
Mac OS X Marie Langer 8/27/2002
XML Family of Specifications Kenneth Sall 8/20/2002 Tech book
Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser 8/16/2002
Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything Steven Levy 8/16/2002
Letters to my son: Reflections on Becoming a Man Kent Nerburn 8/10/2002 star
Wings of Fury Robert Wilcox 8/9/2002
Icefire Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens 8/2/2002
The Forever War Joe Haldaman 7/30/2002
March Upcountry David Weber, John Ringo 7/20/2002
Five Equations That Changed the World Michael Guillen, Ph.D. 7/13/2002
True Names Vernor Vinge 7/10/2002
Macintosh… The Naked Truth Scott Kelby 7/7/2002
Space James A. Michener 7/3/2002
Out of Phaze (Book Four of the Apprentice Adept Series) Piers Anthony 6/24/2002
A Star Called Henry Roddy Doyle 5/24/2002
Fish! S.Lundin, H.Paul, J.Christensen 5/23/2002 Business book star
The Story of Tuan MacCairill Irish fairy tale 5/22/2002
The Story of the King Irish fairy tale 5/22/2002
Ireland Standing Firm: My Wartime Mission in Washington /
Eamon De Valera: a Memoir
Robert
Brennan
4/27/2002
Attack of the Clones (script) George Lucas 4/4/2002
Magic: A Novel William Goldman 3/29/2002
Jack Straight From the Gut Jack Welch 3/25/2002 Business book
Extreme Programming in Practice James Newkirk 3/10/2002 Tech book
Irish Diary Fr. Robert E. Brennan 3/5/2002
The Gutbucket Quest Ron Leming and Piers Anthony 3/2/2002
Negotiating for Dummies Michael and Mimi Donaldson 2/27/2002 Business book
Hyperion Dan Simmons 2/26/2002
Cascading Style Sheets Eric A. Meyer 2/17/2002 star
The Final Reflection John M. Ford 1/26/2002
The Fellowship of the Ring J.R.R. Tolkien 1/23/2002
Beating the Street Peter Lynch 1/18/2002
Rich Dad, Poor Dad Robert Kiyosaki 12/30/2001 star
Three to See the King Magnus Mills 12/2/2001
The Fellowship of the Ring J.R.R. Tolkien 11/30/2001
Biplane Richard Bach 11/5/2001
Fate is the Hunter Ernest K. Gann 11/4/2001
wot8: The Path of Daggers Robert Jordan 10/25/2001
Guitar for Dummies Mark Phillips, John Chappell, Jon Chappell 9/20/2001
The Talented Mr. Ripley Patricia Highsmith 9/15/2001
Zen Guitar Philip Toshio Sudo 7/10/2001 star
The Greatest Generation Tom Brokaw 7/10/2001
Redwall Brian Jacques 7/6/2001
Burning City Jerry Pournelle & Larry Niven 7/4/2001
Neuromancer William Gibson 6/6/2001
Lost Boys Orson Scott Card 6/4/2001
I’m a Stranger Here Myself Bill Bryson 6/1/2001
Tuesdays With Morrie Mitch Albom 5/5/2001 star
Timeline Michael Crichton 4/30/2001
Failure Is Not An Option Gene Krantz 4/21/2001
Underground Suelette Dreufus 4/7/2001
The Turquoise Lament John D. MacDonald 3/15/2001
The Junk-Drawers Corner-Store Front-Porch Blues John Powers 2/28/2001 star
The Godfather Mario Puzo 2/27/2001
How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day Michael J. Gelb 2/16/2001
Guns, Germs, and Steel : The Fates of Human Societies Jared Diamond 2/8/2001
How the Irish Saved Civilization Thomas Cahill 1/30/2001
Mainline Deborah Christian 1/30/2001
The Wearing of the Green Clifford Lindsey Alderman 1/27/2001
Feng Shui at Work Kirsten Lagatree 1/22/2001
Enter the Irish-American Edward Wakin 1/21/2001
Starswarm Jerry Pournelle 1/20/2001
Stick and Rudder Wolfgang Langewiesche 1/11/2001
Ireland, a Bicycle and a Tin Whistle David A. Wilson 1/1/2001
Pilot’s Notes for Mustang III RAF Air Council 1/1/2001
Rules for Revolutionaries Guy Kawasaki 12/14/2000 Business book
wot7: A Crown of Swords Robert Jordan 12/8/2000
Ground Zero (X-Files) Kevin J. Anderson 11/18/2000
The Happy Bottom Riding Club: The Life and Times of Pancho Barnes Lauren Kessler 11/14/2000
The Story of Amelia Earhart: Winged Legend John Burke 11/8/2000
The Perfect Flight Richard L. Collins 11/6/2000
Cannibal Queen Stephen Coonts 11/3/2000 star
Birth of the Chaordic Age Dee Hock 10/28/2000 Business book
Out of my mind Richard Bach 10/28/2000
wot6: Lord of Chaos Robert Jordan 10/6/2000
Who moved my cheese? Spencer Johnson 9/26/2000 Business book star
The Tao of Leadership John Heider 9/25/2000 Business book star
XML Processing with Python Sean McGrath 9/13/2000 Tech book
Harry Potter (4) and the Goblet of Fire J.K. Rowling 8/12/2000
Harry Potter (3) and the Prisoner of Azkaban J.K. Rowling 8/6/2000
Harry Potter (2) and the Chamber of Secrets J.K. Rowling 8/5/2000
Unleashing the IdeaVirus Seth Godin 8/2/2000 Business book star
Harry Potter (1) and the Sorcerer’s Stone J.K. Rowling 7/31/2000
Map and Compass Cliff Jacobson 7/30/2000
wot5: The Fires of Heaven Robert Jordan 7/21/2000
Make It So: Leadership lessons from ST:TNG Wess Roberts, Ph.D. & Bill Ross 7/14/2000 Business book
Cryptonomicon Neal Stephenson 7/4/2000
wot4: The Shadow Rising Robert Jordan 6/12/2000
Philip and Alex’s Guide to Web Publishing Philip Greenspun 5/25/2000
MS Project 98 for Dummies Marty Doucette 5/15/2000
wot3: Dragon Reborn Robert Jordan 5/11/2000
Nightmare in Pink John D. MacDonald 5/4/2000
Flight of Passage Rinker Buck 4/24/2000 star
wot2: The Great Hunt Robert Jordan 4/19/2000
Voyager Rutan & Yeager 4/6/2000
Beyond the Wild Blue: A History of the United States
Airforce
Walter J. Boyne 3/31/2000
wot1: Eye of the World Robert Jordan 3/23/2000
Foundation and Chaos Greg Bear 3/16/2000
The Hacker Crackdown Bruce Sterling 3/1/2000
Star Wars:Vision of the Future Timothy Zahn 2/24/2000
Star Wars:Specter of the Past Timothy Zahn 2/19/2000
Snow Crash Neal Stephenson 2/18/2000 star
Dune Frank Herbert 2/8/2000
Ender’s Shadow Orson Scott Card 2/2/2000 star
The Insurection in Dublin James Stephens 2/1/2000
Nimitz Class Patrick Robinson 1/30/2000
Red Hat Linux 6 in Small Business P.Sery & E.Harper 1/23/2000 Tech book
Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus Orson Scott Card 1/11/2000
Allegiance Robert
Brennan
1/2/2000
The Silver Robin Dean Marshall 1/2/2000 star
Maximum Bob Elmore Leonard 12/30/1999
Weather Flying Robert Buck 11/15/1999
China Clipper Ronald W. Jackson 11/7/1999
Reflections of a Pilot Len Morgan 10/26/1999
Accidental Empires Robert Cringely 10/19/1999
The Nine Nations of North America Joel Garreau 10/10/1999
The Cathedral and the Bazaar Eric Raymond 9/30/1999
But Why Shoot the Magistrate? Patricia Sprinkle 9/5/1999
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership John C. Maxwell 9/4/1999
Every Man a Tiger Tom Clancy 8/30/1999
The Book of Darts Jack McClintock 7/15/1999
A Different Kind of Courage Jim Horsley 7/13/1999
All About Darts I.L. Brackin & W. Fitzgerald 7/11/1999
Rainbow Six Tom Clancy 6/20/1999
Firebirds Chuck Carlock 6/15/1999
Sled Driver - flying the world’s fastest jet Brian Shul 6/2/1999
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (Episode I) Terry Brooks 5/31/1999
Everything we had: An Oral History of the Vietnam
War
Al Santolli 5/28/1999
Rolling Thunder Ivan Rendall 5/4/1999
How to get what you want and want what you have John Gray 4/27/1999
What Cathollcs Really Believe Karl Keating 4/21/1999
A Man on the Moon Andrew Chaikin 4/1/1999
Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu L. Neil Smith 3/15/1999
Assignment:Eternity (Star Trek) Greg Cox 3/7/1999
Left Behind T.LaHaye/J.Jenkins 2/28/1999
Work in Progress M. Eisner w/Tony Schwartz 2/25/1999
Time and Again Jack Finney 2/16/1999
The War of the Worlds H.G. Wells 2/12/1999
Cuba Libre Elmore Leonard 1/27/1999
Microserfs Douglas Coupland 1/21/1999
The Deep Blue Good-By John D. MacDonald 1/20/1999
How Much For Just The Planet? John M. Ford 1/9/1999
Carribbean James A. Michner 1/8/1999 star
Six Days inHavana J.Michener & J.Kings 11/22/1998
Gold Issac Asimov 11/20/1998
Don’t Stop The Carnival Herman Wouk 11/19/1998
Plane Crazy: A Celebration of Flying Burton Bernstein 11/15/1998
Lessons of the Future Andrew Duggan & David Murcott 10/23/1998
A Pirate Looks at 50 Jimmy Buffett 10/21/1998 star
Where’s Joe Merchant? Jimmy Buffett 10/15/1998
War In The Air Stephen Coonts 10/8/1998
Phantom Over Vietnam John Trotti 9/15/1998
The War in Vietnam Don Lawson 9/8/1998
3001: The Final Odessy Arthur C. Clarke 9/7/1998
Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space Issac Asimov 8/30/1998
2061: Odyssey Three Arthur C. Clarke 8/27/1998
Roadmarks Roger Zelazney 8/23/1998
The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams 8/6/1998 star
Timequake Kurt Vonnegut 8/5/1998
X-Files: Fight the Future Chris Carter 7/11/1998
Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer 6/21/1998
Wings of Fury Robert K. Wilcox 6/18/1998
I Must Fly! Johnny Moore 5/30/1998
Carrier Combat David Wragg 5/19/1998
STAR TREK: Where no one has gone before M.M. Dillard 5/13/1998
Rolling Thunder Mark Berent 5/10/1998
Bogeys and Bandits: the making of a fighter pilot Robert L. Gandt 4/16/1998
Ruins (X-Files) Kevin J. Anderson 4/9/1998
Simplify Your Life Elaine St. James 4/8/1998 Business book
Beyond Star Trek Lawrence Krauss 4/7/1998
The Intruders Stephen Coonts 4/6/1998 sequel to Flight of…
Flight of the Intruder Stephen Coonts 4/3/1998
Super Carrier George C. Wilson 3/28/1998
The Caine Mutiny Herman Wouk 3/27/1998
2010: Odyssey Two Arthur C. Clarke 3/25/1998
2001: A Space Odyssey Arthur C. Clarke 3/20/1998
The Count of Monte Cristo Alexander Dumas 3/18/1998
Ten Stupid Things Men Do To Mess Up Their Lives Dr. Laura S. 3/13/1998
Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers Robert Kriegel 3/6/1998 Business book
ST:TNG The Continuing Mission Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens 2/11/1998
Simple Simon Ryne Douglas Pearson 2/7/1998
Contact Carl Sagan 1/31/1998
Rama Revealed Arthur C. Clarke 1/16/1998
Gardens of Rama Arthur C. Clarke 1/7/1998
Winnie-the-Pooh on Management Roger E. Allen 1/3/1998 Business book
The Great Gatsby F.Scott Fitzgerald 1/2/1998
X Files: Book of the Unexplained vol 2 Jane Goldman 12/31/1997
StarWars: The Magic of Myth Mary Henderson 12/27/1997
The Postman David Brin 12/23/1997
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens 12/22/1997
Communion Whitley Strieber 12/20/1997
Joseph Gene A. Getz 11/30/1997
Rama II Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee 11/22/1997
Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke 11/17/1997
Circus Alistair MacLean 10/26/1997
Robots and empire Issac Asimov 10/15/1997
Robots of Dawn, The Issac Asimov 10/7/1997
Murder With Mirrors Agatha Christie 9/29/1997
Til The End of Time Allen Appel 9/24/1997
Starship Troopers Robert Heinlein 9/22/1997
The Night People Jack Finney 9/13/1997
About Time Jack Finney 9/13/1997
Lord Foul’s Bane Stephen R. Donaldson 9/12/1997
Patriots David Drake 8/25/1997
Tom Sawyer Mark Twain 8/10/1997
The Naked Sun Isaac Asimov 8/8/1997
The Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum 8/3/1997
The New Doublespeak; Why no one knows what anyone’s
saying anymore
William Lutz 7/28/1997
Narabadla Ltd. Frederik Pohl 7/24/1997
Innumeracy, Mathematical illiteracy and its consequences John Allen Paulos 7/23/1997
Black Star Rising Frederik Pohl 7/20/1997
Using Visual Basic 4 McKelvy 7/19/1997 Technical book
The Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury 7/17/1997
Beowulf’s Children Larry Niven, Steven Barnes, Jerry Pournell 7/14/1997 Not quite as good as Legacy
The Illusion of Life, Disney Animation Frank Thomas & Ollie Johnson 7/11/1997
Where Wizards Stay Up Late Hafner & Lyon 6/27/1997
The Legacy of Herot Larry Niven, Steven Barnes, Jerry Pournell 6/23/1997 star
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