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| Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter. A remarkable book about knowledge, mathematics, music, language, structure, art, philosophy. Often the way a chapter is constructed is used to illustrate the particular point being made. A work of genius. |
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| The Art of Looking Sideways by Alan Fletcher. |
| Games People Play by Eric Berne. An eye-opening book about the ritualistic behaviour people go through in their everyday relationships. |
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| A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell. Classic text on 'the history of thought'. Makes a difficult subject very interesting. |
| UNIX Power Tools by Jerry Peek. |
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| Programming Pearls by Jon Bentley. A book for people who believe in the quality of programming. Covers some of the standard algorithms with notes on how to approach programming. A bit thin for the price. |
| Chasing the Sun by Johnathon Green. Interesting book about the history of dictionaries. A bit detailed for the casual reader. |
| Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson. Rivetting book about the origin and development of English. |
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