books now, in the past, and for the future

The books I am reading

• Milton Friedman's Captialism and Freedom
• 春膳 by 伊莎貝拉．阿言德
• [P] My Job Went to India--52 Ways to Save Your Job, by Chad Fowler
• [P] Ship It. A Practical Guide to Successful Software Projects, by Jared Richardson & William Gwaltney, Jr.
  

The books I've read

• [P] Design Patterns Explained, by Alan Shalloway & James R. Trott
• [P] Eclipse Rich Client Platform: Designing, Coding, and Packaging Java™ Applications, by Jeff McAffer, Jean-Michel Lemieux
• How to read a book, by Mortimer J. Adler
• [P] Robust Java, by Stephen Stelting -- Just skimming. Not worthy for insepctional reading.
• [P] The Pragmatic Programmer, by Andrew Hunt,David Thomas -- Very insightful. I view it as a distilled version of 'Code Complete'.
  
• [P] The Concurrent Programming in Java. 2nd, by Doug Lea -- A deep book.
• [P] Design Pattern, by GoF.
  
• [P] POSA I, II, III
• [P] The Art of Computer Programming, I, by Knuth.
• [P] Compilers, by Aho, Sethi, Ullman
• [P] The Mythical Man-Month, by F. P. Brooks, Jr. -- Full of timless hard-learned experiences.
• [F] The Quiet American, by Graham Greene -- One of few novels I never forgot, somehow.
• [F,P] Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, by Robert Pirsig.
• [F] The Chronicles of Narnia, by C. S. Lewis
• The Magician's Nephew
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• The Horse and his boy
• Prince Caspian
• [F} Novels by Michael Crichton:
• Eaters of the Dead
• Jurassic Park
• The Lost World
• Prey
• Timeline
• State of Fear
  
• Next
• The Andromeda Strain
• Congo
• Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkings
• [F] Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
• Mythology, by Hamilton Edith
• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, by Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
  
• [F] Novels by Neal Stephenson
• The Diamond Age or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
• Snow Crash
• iWoz, by Steve Wozniak
• [P] Python Programming on Win32
• 京都一年， by 林文月
• 饮膳札记，by 林文月 （中文佳作讲就“情景交融”，“外景”是“内情”的对立面。可以是景观，也可以是食物，或是抽象过程，林文月的文字可以称得上是情景交融 ）

• 喜乐京都，by 寿岳章子
• 魔戒 I, II, III, and 哈比人历险记，by J. R. R. Tokien ( translated by 朱学恒 )
• [P] .Net Framework Essentials, by Thuan Thai & Hoang Lam
• [R] 朱利安诺的厨房：意大利总汇--家乡风味，by朱利安诺格萨里 Guiliano Gasali's Kitchen 04, by Giuliano Gasali
• 总裁狮子心, by 严长寿
• 死亡与童女之舞，by 胡因梦 (烂书不值一读， 我浪费了三小时。。）
• 十年一觉电影梦--李安传， by 张靓蓓
• 中国飞弹之父—钱学森之谜， by 张纯如
• How Not to Write, The Essential Misrules of Grammar, by William Safire
• [P] Code Complete 2nd. by Steve McConnell
• On Intelligence, by Jeff Hawkins (the inventor of PalmPilot)
  
• Adventures of a Bystander, by Peter F. Drucker
• [F] Stardust, by Neil Gaiman. A whimsical fairy tale. I like it.
• 天葬，西藏的命運， by王力雄
• The Rape of Nanking, by Iris Chang (张纯如)
  
• The Logic of Life, by Tim Harford. Why my boss is overpaid? Why am I like a rat racing in a cage?
• Utopia, by Thomas More
  
• [W] Encyclopedia of Furniture Making, by Ernest Joyce
• [W] Authentic Arts & Crafts Furniture Projects, by The Editors of Popular Woodworking
• [W] Choosing & Using Hand Tools, by Andy Rae
• [F] Lost Horizon, by Jame Hilton
• [W] The complete book of Woodworking
• [W] Understanding Wood Finishing, by Bob Flexner
• [W] Basic Woodworking Tips and Techniques
• [W] Measure Twice, Cut Once, by Norm Abraham
• [W] The Woodwright's Companion: Exploring Traditional Woodcraft, by Roy Underhill
• The Complete Joy of Home Brewing 3rd Edition, by Charlie Papazian
• [W] The Soul of a Tree: A Master Woodworker's Reflections, by George Nakashima
• Civilization on Trial & The World and the West, by Arnold Toynbee
  
  

The books I plan to read

• The ABC of Reading, by Ezra Pound
• [P] The Art of Computer Programming, II, III, by Knuth.
• [P] Core J2EE Patterns 2nd Edition, by D. Alur..etc.

The books on pending

• Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams, by Tom DeMarco, Timothy Lister
• The Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin

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