Long time, no see. After a very long time, I'm blogging again.
I couldn't read much in these days. The Last novel I completed reading was 2 months back. It was the sixth installment Terry Goodkind, Richard & Kahlan's Series.
Every Goodkind's book had a problem and a magical solution which Richard will try to find it out. But, in this book the author uses Ayn Rand's "magic". I love the book.
So, Wizard's Sixth Rule:
"The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason."
The best quote of the book is "Your life is yours alone, rise up and live it."
Currently Reading "Miss Marple Omnibus-1" by Agatha Christie.
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Muhammad bin Tughluq
Long time, no see...
Yesterday, I completed reading "Muhammad bin Tughluq" by Cho. It is the movie script, now available in print. Cho is great of the Political Satirist in Tamil. It is a really amazing reading. I'm not a reader of the Tughaq, though.
Political Satire don't comes handy for many writers. Many tried and burnt their fingers. But Cho is very good at it. I want to read more of his writings.
I have also completed reading The Gift: First book of Pellinor, I recommend it for all Fantasy Fans.
I'm currently put up in Bangalore for 6 months project.
I've started reading "Emperor's New Mind" by Roger Penrose, hope I will not switch to Terry Goodkind's Book Five: Soul of Fire, which is really tempting me. I have already completed four books in "The Sword of Truth" series.
Yesterday, I completed reading "Muhammad bin Tughluq" by Cho. It is the movie script, now available in print. Cho is great of the Political Satirist in Tamil. It is a really amazing reading. I'm not a reader of the Tughaq, though.
Political Satire don't comes handy for many writers. Many tried and burnt their fingers. But Cho is very good at it. I want to read more of his writings.
I have also completed reading The Gift: First book of Pellinor, I recommend it for all Fantasy Fans.
I'm currently put up in Bangalore for 6 months project.
I've started reading "Emperor's New Mind" by Roger Penrose, hope I will not switch to Terry Goodkind's Book Five: Soul of Fire, which is really tempting me. I have already completed four books in "The Sword of Truth" series.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Guruji Vasudev
Recently, I'm ready books by Guruji Vasudev (not Jaggi Vasudev). It is published by Sixth Sense Publication. I bought them at "Permanent Book Fair", Kannimara Library with 10% discount.
Some of the books are:
* Tao de Ching (Cheena Kathigal - Chinese Stories)
* Sufi Kathigal
* Think Differently (Marupattu Sinthiyungal)
* Zen Kathigal
I'm currently reading "Sufi Kathigal".
Some of the books are:
* Tao de Ching (Cheena Kathigal - Chinese Stories)
* Sufi Kathigal
* Think Differently (Marupattu Sinthiyungal)
* Zen Kathigal
I'm currently reading "Sufi Kathigal".
The Reader
Yesterday, I saw the film "The Reader" (Der Vorleser in Germany). It is one of good film. I recommend it. An wonderful performance by Kate Winslet. A strong storyline. The Music is also good. Note: the film is A-rated. I'm not surprised that she has won Oscar Award for her performance.
I kept my fingers crossed for Brad Pitt for his excellent performance in "The Curious case of Benjamin Button". But, I heard Sean Penn won it for "Milk". I feel very sorry for Brad Pitt.
I like both the movies "The Curious case of Benjamin Button" and "The Reader" very much. I recommend the movies, it is very good to watch. Far from the DISGUSTING "Slumdog Millionarie".
The another Movie, I watched over in this weekend is "The Man who know too much". It is an Alfred Hitchcock Film. Every Hitchcock Movie watch makes me like him more and more. He is the Brilliant Director in last century, who in the world could make you to sit and watch a 90 mins drama which happens only inside a "Single Room".
Last but not least, I have completed "The Blood of the Fold" by Terry Goodkind. The Wizard's Third Rule:
"Passion Rules Reason."
Letting your emotions control your reason may cause trouble for yourself and those around you. (thanks to wiki)
I kept my fingers crossed for Brad Pitt for his excellent performance in "The Curious case of Benjamin Button". But, I heard Sean Penn won it for "Milk". I feel very sorry for Brad Pitt.
I like both the movies "The Curious case of Benjamin Button" and "The Reader" very much. I recommend the movies, it is very good to watch. Far from the DISGUSTING "Slumdog Millionarie".
The another Movie, I watched over in this weekend is "The Man who know too much". It is an Alfred Hitchcock Film. Every Hitchcock Movie watch makes me like him more and more. He is the Brilliant Director in last century, who in the world could make you to sit and watch a 90 mins drama which happens only inside a "Single Room".
Last but not least, I have completed "The Blood of the Fold" by Terry Goodkind. The Wizard's Third Rule:
"Passion Rules Reason."
Letting your emotions control your reason may cause trouble for yourself and those around you. (thanks to wiki)
Monday, January 05, 2009
Umberto Eco
I was first introduced to Umberto Eco when I was in IMSc, for my final year project. I started with "Foucault's Pendulum", I became his fan. I don't whether I chose my Novels or they chose me. Usually the Books chose me. It will come straight to my hand when I need it.
Last weekend I saw Movie "The Name of the Rose" made from the book of the same name by Umberto Eco. The movie is fantastic. Starring Sean Connery and Christian Slater, don't mind if you couldn't, it is an 1986 film.
I have completed reading "The Stone of Tears" by Terry Goodkind today. The last 200 pages are very addictive, I couldn't leave it. It a page turner. I promised myself that I will not read it, until I complete Robert Jordon's "Eye of the World" but I couldn't resist.
I wish you all "Happy New Year - 2009".
"We are what we are, neither more nor less" - Terry Goodkind.
"People are stupid. They will believe what they want to believe" - Wizard's First Rule.
"The greatest harm can result from the best intentions." - Wizard's Second Rule.
Last weekend I saw Movie "The Name of the Rose" made from the book of the same name by Umberto Eco. The movie is fantastic. Starring Sean Connery and Christian Slater, don't mind if you couldn't, it is an 1986 film.
I have completed reading "The Stone of Tears" by Terry Goodkind today. The last 200 pages are very addictive, I couldn't leave it. It a page turner. I promised myself that I will not read it, until I complete Robert Jordon's "Eye of the World" but I couldn't resist.
I wish you all "Happy New Year - 2009".
"We are what we are, neither more nor less" - Terry Goodkind.
"People are stupid. They will believe what they want to believe" - Wizard's First Rule.
"The greatest harm can result from the best intentions." - Wizard's Second Rule.
Friday, November 07, 2008
Apache Wedding Prayer
After a longtime, I'm back to my posting. As I have completed read "Wizard's First Rule", I started with "Eye of the World" from Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" Series. But I couldn't help reading "Stone of Tears" the second novel of "Sword of Truth". I just read one of its chapter. I promised myself that I will be completing "Eye of the World" before "Stone of Tears" because EOW is lying idle for a longtime, I bought it nearly 4 years back. I just want to finish it.
Apache Wedding Prayer:
Now you will feel no rain,
For each of you will be shelter to the other.
Now you will feel no cold,
For each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there is no more loneliness,
For each of you will be companion to the other.
Now you are two bodies,
But there is one life before you.
Go now to your dwelling place,
To enter into the days of your togetherness.
And may your days be good and long upon the earth.
Apache Wedding Prayer:
Now you will feel no rain,
For each of you will be shelter to the other.
Now you will feel no cold,
For each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there is no more loneliness,
For each of you will be companion to the other.
Now you are two bodies,
But there is one life before you.
Go now to your dwelling place,
To enter into the days of your togetherness.
And may your days be good and long upon the earth.
Friday, October 10, 2008
You are what you are ....
You are what you are, nothing more, nothing less. - Terry Goodkind.
I have completed reading "Wizard's First Rule" by Terry Goodkind. I read about 300 pages yesterday to make it complete. The story for interesting. It is a very good read for all Fantasy Book lovers.
So, what is "Wizard's First Rule" ? It is "People are Stupid". People will hear what they want to hear, whether it is truth or lie.
I'm a lover of Fantasy Books. I don't know when it started. Since my childhood days I used to watch lot of Magic Movies, and read books of that kind. I still remember reading "Vikram and Vettal" cartoons in Thinamalar Daily.
Terry Goodkind is a fan of Ayn Rand. You can see it in his writings. I have lot of Series in the pipeline.
Terry Goodkind - Sword of Truth
Terry Brooks - Sword of Shannara
Robert Jordan - Eye of the Dragon
Erick Steven - Malzan Empire series
I have completed reading "Wizard's First Rule" by Terry Goodkind. I read about 300 pages yesterday to make it complete. The story for interesting. It is a very good read for all Fantasy Book lovers.
So, what is "Wizard's First Rule" ? It is "People are Stupid". People will hear what they want to hear, whether it is truth or lie.
I'm a lover of Fantasy Books. I don't know when it started. Since my childhood days I used to watch lot of Magic Movies, and read books of that kind. I still remember reading "Vikram and Vettal" cartoons in Thinamalar Daily.
Terry Goodkind is a fan of Ayn Rand. You can see it in his writings. I have lot of Series in the pipeline.
Terry Goodkind - Sword of Truth
Terry Brooks - Sword of Shannara
Robert Jordan - Eye of the Dragon
Erick Steven - Malzan Empire series
Monday, September 01, 2008
Sword of Truth
I'm currently Reading "Wizard's First Rule" by Terry Goodkind. It is the first book in the series of "Sword of Truth". It has lot of good quotes in it.
"You are what you are, neither more nor less" - a great quote. It can be said in many ways:
* We are what we think we are.
* Cognito Ergo Sum (I think wherefore I'm, I'm what I think)
Perception is very important aspect in life. Every one has their own unique perception. A Mouse will have a Perception of a Cat, which is entirely different from the Cat's own. So, Watch your Perception, it might be a delusion.
"You are what you are, neither more nor less" - a great quote. It can be said in many ways:
* We are what we think we are.
* Cognito Ergo Sum (I think wherefore I'm, I'm what I think)
Perception is very important aspect in life. Every one has their own unique perception. A Mouse will have a Perception of a Cat, which is entirely different from the Cat's own. So, Watch your Perception, it might be a delusion.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
The Little Prince
Today, I have completed reading "The Little Prince" written by aviator Antoine de Saint Exupéry. It is one of the short children book. I love this book next to Alice in the wonderland and Looking through the Glass.
The book comes under the category of novella(a short novel). It is children book but with lot of insights for adults.
The novella is about a Little Prince, who lives in a Asteroid name B612, which has 3 volcanoes and 1 Flowering plant.
I recommend it for all. Enjoy reading.
Here is an introduction in WiKi Link
The book comes under the category of novella(a short novel). It is children book but with lot of insights for adults.
The novella is about a Little Prince, who lives in a Asteroid name B612, which has 3 volcanoes and 1 Flowering plant.
I recommend it for all. Enjoy reading.
Here is an introduction in WiKi Link
Friday, February 22, 2008
Coding Books
Books About Coding
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* Beautiful Code
* The Best Software Writing
* Programmers at Work
* Out of their Minds
* Code Complete
* Zen of Assembly Language (Michael Abrash)
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* Beautiful Code
* The Best Software Writing
* Programmers at Work
* Out of their Minds
* Code Complete
* Zen of Assembly Language (Michael Abrash)
Categorized Books To Be Read ...
BOOKS: LIFE
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Anthony Robbins: Unlimited power
Anthony Robbins: Awaken the Giant Within
Anthony Robbins: Inner Strength
Barry Schwartz: The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less (P.S.)
Bijan Anjomi: Absolutely Effortless Prosperity
Bill McKibben: Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age
Bill McKibben: The End of Nature
Carl Honore: In Praise of Slow
Carlos Castaneda: The Art of Dreaming
Carlos Castaneda: Fire from Within
Carlos Castaneda: Power of Silence
Carlos Castaneda: Separate Reality
Carlos Castaneda: The Active Side of Infinity
David Myers: The Pursuit of Happiness
David Simon: The Ten Commitments
David Simon & Deepak Chopra: Return to Wholeness
Deepak Chopra: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
Deepak Chopra: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
Deepak Chopra: Creating Affluence
Deepak Chopra: Peace Is the Way
Deepak Chopra: Perfect Health
Don Miguel Ruiz: The Four Agreements
Eckhart Tolle: The Power of Now
Gregg Michael Levoy: Callings
Helen Keller: To Love This Life
Helen Keller: Optimism
Homer: Odyssey
Irini Rockwell: Five Wisdom Energies
James Collins & Jerry Porras: Built to Last
James Redfield: The Celestine Prophecy
Jim Collins: Good to Great
Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz: The Power of Full Engagement
John Gray: What You Feel You Can Heal
Lao Tzu & Stephen Mitchell: Tao Te Ching: An Illustrated Journey
Larry Bossidy: Execution: Discipline of Getting Things Done
M. Scott Peck: The Road Less Traveled
Marshall Rosenberg: Nonviolent Communication
Michael J. Gelb: How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci
Oliver Sacks: Awakenings
Paulo Coelho: The Alchemist - DONE
Pema Chodron: Awakening Loving Kindness
Pema Chodron: Comfortable With Uncertainty
Pema Chodron: When Things Fall Apart
Robert Aziz: Jung's Psychology of Religion & Synchronicity
Robert Moss: Conscious Dreaming
Sakyong Mipham: Ruling Your World
Sidney Rosen: My Voice Will Go With You
Spencer Johnson: Who Moved My Cheese? - DONE
Stephen Covey: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Sulak Sivaraksa : Seeds of Peace
Sulak Sivaraksa : Conflict, Culture, Change
Sulak Sivaraksa : Loyalty Demands Dissent
Susan Schutz: Reach Out for Your Dreams
Thomas Peters: In Search of Excellence
Vernon Howard: Esoteric Mind Power
Vernon Howard: Your Power of Natural Knowing
Vernon Howard: Secrets for Higher Success
Vernon Howard: Pathways to Perfect Living
Vernon Howard: Inspire Yourself
Wayne Dyer: Your Sacred Self
Wayne Dyer: The Power of Intention
Wayne Dyer: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life
Wayne Dyer: Inspiration
William Martin: The Sage's Tao Te Ching
BOOKS: NOVELS
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Aldous Huxley: Brave New World
Alexander McCall Smith: The Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency
Alistair MacLeod: No Great Mischief
Andre Brink: Dry White Season
Andre Brink: The Other Side of Silence
Andre Brink: Imaginings of Sand
Andre Brink: The Rights of Desire
Andre Brink: Rumours of Rain
Andre Brink: Devil's Valley
Anita Diamant: The Red Tent
Anthony Burgess: A Clockwork Orange
Ayn Rand: Fountainhead - DONE
Ayn Rand: Atlas Shrugged - DONE
Barbara Kingsolver : The Poisonwood Bible
Breyten Breytenbach: The True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist
D. H. Lawrence: Sons and Lovers
D.H. Lawrence: Women in Love
Daniel Mason: The Piano Tuner
Dashell Hammett: Red Harvest
Doris Lessing: The Golden Notebook
Doris Lessing: Prisons We Choose to Live Inside
Doris Lessing: The Grass is Singing
Doris Lessing: In Pursuit of the English
Doris Lessing: The Four Gated City
E.M. Forster: A Passage To India
Ernest Hemingway: Moveable Feast
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby
George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty Four
George Orwell: Animal Farm
Graham Greene: England made me
Graham Greene: The Quiet American
Graham Greene: The Ministry of Fear
Harper Lee: To Kill A Mockingbird
Ian McEwan: Amsterdam
Jack Kerouac: On The Road
Jack London: The Call of the wild
James Joyce: Ulysses
John Berger: Pig Earth
John Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath
Joseph Conrad: Heart Of Darkness
L. Ron Hubbard: Fear
Leo Tolstoy: Anna Karenina
M. Coetzee : Disgrace
Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Mitchell: Gone with the Wind
Mario Puzo: The Family
Milan Kundera: Unbearable Lightness of Being
Nadine Gordimer: Crimes of conscience
Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Penelope Fitzgerald: Innocence
Richard Russo: Empire Falls
Scott Fitzgerald: Tender is the Night
Sinclair Lewis: Main Street
Thad Carhart: The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
V.S. Naipaul: India: A Wounded Civilization
V.S. Naipaul: In a Free State
V.S. Naipaul: A Bend in the River
Vivian Gornick: Approaching Eye Level
Vivian Gornick: Fierce Attachments
Walker Percy: The Moviegoer
Wallace Stegner: Crossing to Safety
Wallace Stegner: Angle of Repose
William Faulkner: As I Lay Dying
Yann Martel: Life of Pi
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Productivity, Time Management, Effectiveness
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey (personal effectiveness)
Getting Things Done by David Allen (workflow and productivity)
Maximum Achievement and Time Power by Brian Tracy (time management)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (personal effectiveness)
Organizing From the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern (getting organized)
Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham (finding your strengths)
Is Your Genius at Work? by Dick Richards (finding your genius, book review)
Success, Behavior, Victory
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Unlimited Power and Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins (achievement and NLP)
Using Your Brain for a Change by Richard Bandler (NLP)
Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman (optimism)
The Now Habit by Neil Fiore (overcoming procrastination)
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers (overcoming procrastination)
The Art of War by Sun Tzu (slaughtering your enemy efficiently)
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene (ensuring your enemy doesn’t slaughter you first)
The Psychology of Winning by Denis Waitley (victory)
Consciousness, Awareness, Spirituality
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Power vs. Force by David Hawkins (levels of consciousness)
Ask and It Is Given and The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent by Esther Hicks (manifesting intentions)
The Power of Now and A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle (consciousness and awareness)
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra (manifesting intentions)
The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield (consciousness and awareness)
Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman (inner peace)
Cosmic Trigger Vol I, Vol II, and Vol III by Robert Anton Wilson (”weird” doesn’t begin to describe it)
A Course in Miracles by the Foundation for Inner Peace (channeled teachings from Jesus)
The Disappearance of the Universe by Gary Renard (awareness and forgiveness)
Bringers of the Dawn by Barbara Marciniak (channeled teachings of the Pleiadians)
Operation Terra by Sara Lyara Estes (channeled messages)
Meaning, Purpose, Fulfillment
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There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem, The Power of Intention, and Inspiration by Wayne Dyer (spiritual problem solving, finding your purpose)
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (finding meaning in the Holocaust)
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (Holocaust story)
A Child Called It, The Lost Boy, and A Man Named Dave by Dave Pelzer (abuse and recovery)
Philosophy, Wisdom
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The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran (wisdom)
As You Think aka As a Man Thinketh by James Allen (power of thought)
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu (wisdom)
Psychic Development, Astral Projection, Dreams
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Lucid Dreaming and Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen LaBerge (lucid dreaming)
Talking to Heaven, Reaching to Heaven, and Heaven and Earth by James van Praagh (mediumship, psychic connection)
Trust Your Vibes and Ask Your Guides by Sonia Choquette (psychic development, Ask Your Guides review, Sonia Choquette interview)
Far Journeys by Robert Monroe (astral projection)
Wealth, Business
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The Type-Z Guide to Success With Ease (ebook) and The Millionaire Course by Marc Allen (Type-Z Guide review, Marc Allen interview)
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill (wealth)
Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki (wealth advice)
Built to Last and Good to Great by Jim Collins (business)
Relationships
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How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (social skills)
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg (communication)
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus by John Gray (male-female communication)
Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay by Mira Kirshenbaum (diagnosing relationship issues)
Should I Stay or Go? by Lee Raffel (healing or ending relationships)
Health, Medicine
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The China Study by T. Colin Campbell (health, book review)
Diet for a New America and The Food Revolution by John Robbins (health and ethical food choices)
Mad Cowboy by Howard Lyman (why a cattle rancher won’t eat meat)
The Egoscue Method of Health Through Motion by Pete Egoscue (pain-free structural alignment)
Anatomy of an Illness by Norman Cousins (laughter as medicine)
Vegan Family Favorites by Erin Pavlina (easy and delicious vegetarian recipes)
Mental Development, Intelligence, Science
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The Memory Book by Harry Lorayne (develop a superior memory)
Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain (visualization exercises)
Brain Building in Just 12 Weeks by Marilyn vos Savant (boosting your intelligence and mental clarity)
Chaos and Genius by James Gleick (chaos science and fractals; Richard Feynman bio)
The Tipping Point and Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (social and mental phenomena)
Fiction
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Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (philosophy of objectivism)
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (the insanity of social conditioning)
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (the insanity of war)
Incarnations of Immortality by Piers Anthony (fascinating fiction series): On a Pale Horse (Death), Bearing an Hourglass (Time), With a Tangled Skein (Fate), Wielding a Red Sword (War), Being a Green Mother (Nature), For Love of Evil (Satan), And Eternity (God)
The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer (the Trojan War and classic Greek mythology)
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (stranded boys turn into savages)
Mark Twain: Four Complete Novels by Mark Twain (a true literary genius)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach (outgrowing your old self)
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Anthony Robbins: Unlimited power
Anthony Robbins: Awaken the Giant Within
Anthony Robbins: Inner Strength
Barry Schwartz: The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less (P.S.)
Bijan Anjomi: Absolutely Effortless Prosperity
Bill McKibben: Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age
Bill McKibben: The End of Nature
Carl Honore: In Praise of Slow
Carlos Castaneda: The Art of Dreaming
Carlos Castaneda: Fire from Within
Carlos Castaneda: Power of Silence
Carlos Castaneda: Separate Reality
Carlos Castaneda: The Active Side of Infinity
David Myers: The Pursuit of Happiness
David Simon: The Ten Commitments
David Simon & Deepak Chopra: Return to Wholeness
Deepak Chopra: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
Deepak Chopra: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
Deepak Chopra: Creating Affluence
Deepak Chopra: Peace Is the Way
Deepak Chopra: Perfect Health
Don Miguel Ruiz: The Four Agreements
Eckhart Tolle: The Power of Now
Gregg Michael Levoy: Callings
Helen Keller: To Love This Life
Helen Keller: Optimism
Homer: Odyssey
Irini Rockwell: Five Wisdom Energies
James Collins & Jerry Porras: Built to Last
James Redfield: The Celestine Prophecy
Jim Collins: Good to Great
Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz: The Power of Full Engagement
John Gray: What You Feel You Can Heal
Lao Tzu & Stephen Mitchell: Tao Te Ching: An Illustrated Journey
Larry Bossidy: Execution: Discipline of Getting Things Done
M. Scott Peck: The Road Less Traveled
Marshall Rosenberg: Nonviolent Communication
Michael J. Gelb: How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci
Oliver Sacks: Awakenings
Paulo Coelho: The Alchemist - DONE
Pema Chodron: Awakening Loving Kindness
Pema Chodron: Comfortable With Uncertainty
Pema Chodron: When Things Fall Apart
Robert Aziz: Jung's Psychology of Religion & Synchronicity
Robert Moss: Conscious Dreaming
Sakyong Mipham: Ruling Your World
Sidney Rosen: My Voice Will Go With You
Spencer Johnson: Who Moved My Cheese? - DONE
Stephen Covey: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Sulak Sivaraksa : Seeds of Peace
Sulak Sivaraksa : Conflict, Culture, Change
Sulak Sivaraksa : Loyalty Demands Dissent
Susan Schutz: Reach Out for Your Dreams
Thomas Peters: In Search of Excellence
Vernon Howard: Esoteric Mind Power
Vernon Howard: Your Power of Natural Knowing
Vernon Howard: Secrets for Higher Success
Vernon Howard: Pathways to Perfect Living
Vernon Howard: Inspire Yourself
Wayne Dyer: Your Sacred Self
Wayne Dyer: The Power of Intention
Wayne Dyer: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life
Wayne Dyer: Inspiration
William Martin: The Sage's Tao Te Ching
BOOKS: NOVELS
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Aldous Huxley: Brave New World
Alexander McCall Smith: The Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency
Alistair MacLeod: No Great Mischief
Andre Brink: Dry White Season
Andre Brink: The Other Side of Silence
Andre Brink: Imaginings of Sand
Andre Brink: The Rights of Desire
Andre Brink: Rumours of Rain
Andre Brink: Devil's Valley
Anita Diamant: The Red Tent
Anthony Burgess: A Clockwork Orange
Ayn Rand: Fountainhead - DONE
Ayn Rand: Atlas Shrugged - DONE
Barbara Kingsolver : The Poisonwood Bible
Breyten Breytenbach: The True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist
D. H. Lawrence: Sons and Lovers
D.H. Lawrence: Women in Love
Daniel Mason: The Piano Tuner
Dashell Hammett: Red Harvest
Doris Lessing: The Golden Notebook
Doris Lessing: Prisons We Choose to Live Inside
Doris Lessing: The Grass is Singing
Doris Lessing: In Pursuit of the English
Doris Lessing: The Four Gated City
E.M. Forster: A Passage To India
Ernest Hemingway: Moveable Feast
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby
George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty Four
George Orwell: Animal Farm
Graham Greene: England made me
Graham Greene: The Quiet American
Graham Greene: The Ministry of Fear
Harper Lee: To Kill A Mockingbird
Ian McEwan: Amsterdam
Jack Kerouac: On The Road
Jack London: The Call of the wild
James Joyce: Ulysses
John Berger: Pig Earth
John Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath
Joseph Conrad: Heart Of Darkness
L. Ron Hubbard: Fear
Leo Tolstoy: Anna Karenina
M. Coetzee : Disgrace
Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Mitchell: Gone with the Wind
Mario Puzo: The Family
Milan Kundera: Unbearable Lightness of Being
Nadine Gordimer: Crimes of conscience
Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Penelope Fitzgerald: Innocence
Richard Russo: Empire Falls
Scott Fitzgerald: Tender is the Night
Sinclair Lewis: Main Street
Thad Carhart: The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
V.S. Naipaul: India: A Wounded Civilization
V.S. Naipaul: In a Free State
V.S. Naipaul: A Bend in the River
Vivian Gornick: Approaching Eye Level
Vivian Gornick: Fierce Attachments
Walker Percy: The Moviegoer
Wallace Stegner: Crossing to Safety
Wallace Stegner: Angle of Repose
William Faulkner: As I Lay Dying
Yann Martel: Life of Pi
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Productivity, Time Management, Effectiveness
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey (personal effectiveness)
Getting Things Done by David Allen (workflow and productivity)
Maximum Achievement and Time Power by Brian Tracy (time management)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (personal effectiveness)
Organizing From the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern (getting organized)
Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham (finding your strengths)
Is Your Genius at Work? by Dick Richards (finding your genius, book review)
Success, Behavior, Victory
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Unlimited Power and Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins (achievement and NLP)
Using Your Brain for a Change by Richard Bandler (NLP)
Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman (optimism)
The Now Habit by Neil Fiore (overcoming procrastination)
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers (overcoming procrastination)
The Art of War by Sun Tzu (slaughtering your enemy efficiently)
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene (ensuring your enemy doesn’t slaughter you first)
The Psychology of Winning by Denis Waitley (victory)
Consciousness, Awareness, Spirituality
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Power vs. Force by David Hawkins (levels of consciousness)
Ask and It Is Given and The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent by Esther Hicks (manifesting intentions)
The Power of Now and A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle (consciousness and awareness)
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra (manifesting intentions)
The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield (consciousness and awareness)
Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman (inner peace)
Cosmic Trigger Vol I, Vol II, and Vol III by Robert Anton Wilson (”weird” doesn’t begin to describe it)
A Course in Miracles by the Foundation for Inner Peace (channeled teachings from Jesus)
The Disappearance of the Universe by Gary Renard (awareness and forgiveness)
Bringers of the Dawn by Barbara Marciniak (channeled teachings of the Pleiadians)
Operation Terra by Sara Lyara Estes (channeled messages)
Meaning, Purpose, Fulfillment
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem, The Power of Intention, and Inspiration by Wayne Dyer (spiritual problem solving, finding your purpose)
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (finding meaning in the Holocaust)
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (Holocaust story)
A Child Called It, The Lost Boy, and A Man Named Dave by Dave Pelzer (abuse and recovery)
Philosophy, Wisdom
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran (wisdom)
As You Think aka As a Man Thinketh by James Allen (power of thought)
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu (wisdom)
Psychic Development, Astral Projection, Dreams
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Lucid Dreaming and Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen LaBerge (lucid dreaming)
Talking to Heaven, Reaching to Heaven, and Heaven and Earth by James van Praagh (mediumship, psychic connection)
Trust Your Vibes and Ask Your Guides by Sonia Choquette (psychic development, Ask Your Guides review, Sonia Choquette interview)
Far Journeys by Robert Monroe (astral projection)
Wealth, Business
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The Type-Z Guide to Success With Ease (ebook) and The Millionaire Course by Marc Allen (Type-Z Guide review, Marc Allen interview)
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill (wealth)
Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki (wealth advice)
Built to Last and Good to Great by Jim Collins (business)
Relationships
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (social skills)
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg (communication)
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus by John Gray (male-female communication)
Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay by Mira Kirshenbaum (diagnosing relationship issues)
Should I Stay or Go? by Lee Raffel (healing or ending relationships)
Health, Medicine
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The China Study by T. Colin Campbell (health, book review)
Diet for a New America and The Food Revolution by John Robbins (health and ethical food choices)
Mad Cowboy by Howard Lyman (why a cattle rancher won’t eat meat)
The Egoscue Method of Health Through Motion by Pete Egoscue (pain-free structural alignment)
Anatomy of an Illness by Norman Cousins (laughter as medicine)
Vegan Family Favorites by Erin Pavlina (easy and delicious vegetarian recipes)
Mental Development, Intelligence, Science
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The Memory Book by Harry Lorayne (develop a superior memory)
Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain (visualization exercises)
Brain Building in Just 12 Weeks by Marilyn vos Savant (boosting your intelligence and mental clarity)
Chaos and Genius by James Gleick (chaos science and fractals; Richard Feynman bio)
The Tipping Point and Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (social and mental phenomena)
Fiction
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (philosophy of objectivism)
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (the insanity of social conditioning)
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (the insanity of war)
Incarnations of Immortality by Piers Anthony (fascinating fiction series): On a Pale Horse (Death), Bearing an Hourglass (Time), With a Tangled Skein (Fate), Wielding a Red Sword (War), Being a Green Mother (Nature), For Love of Evil (Satan), And Eternity (God)
The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer (the Trojan War and classic Greek mythology)
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (stranded boys turn into savages)
Mark Twain: Four Complete Novels by Mark Twain (a true literary genius)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach (outgrowing your old self)
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Short, But Sweet
I've read lot of books ranging from Any Rand to P.G.Wodehouse. But there are very few books which are very Short But Sweet:
Here is my list:
* Anthem by Ayn Rand
* Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
* Eaters of the Dead (Michael Crichton)
* Who Moved My Cheese
* Fish Tales
* Alchemist (I love this)
Here is my list:
* Anthem by Ayn Rand
* Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
* Eaters of the Dead (Michael Crichton)
* Who Moved My Cheese
* Fish Tales
* Alchemist (I love this)
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Programming Books with Category
From the Bottom Up
This list is in the best reading order I could find. It’s not necessarily easiest to
hardest, but based on subject matter.
• Programming from the Ground Up by Jonathan Bartlett
• Introduction to Algorithms by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, and Ronald L. Rivest
• The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth (3 volume set - volume 1 is the most important)
• Programming Languages by Samuel N. Kamin
• Modern Operating Systems by Andrew Tanenbaum
• Linkers and Loaders by John Levine
• Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface by David Patterson and John Hennessy
From the Top Down
These books are arranged from the simplest to the hardest. However, they can be
read in any order you feel comfortable with.
• How to Design Programs by Matthias Felleisen, Robert Bruce Findler, Matthew Flatt, and Shiram Krishnamurthi, available online at http://www.htdp.org/
• Simply Scheme: An Introduction to Computer Science by Brian Harvey and Matthew Wright
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python by Allen
Downey, Jeff Elkner, and Chris Meyers, available online at http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/
• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman, available online at http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/
• Design Patterns by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides
• What not How: The Rules Approach to Application Development by Chris Date
• The Algorithm Design Manual by Steve Skiena
• Programming Language Pragmatics by Michael Scott
• Essentials of Programming Languages by Daniel P. Friedman, Mitchell Wand, and Christopher T. Haynes
From the Middle Out
Each of these is the best book on its subject. If you need to know these languages,
these will tell you all you need to know.
• Programming Perl by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, and Jon Orwant
• Common LISP: The Language by Guy R. Steele
• ANSI Common LISP by Paul Graham
• The C Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie
• The C++ Primer by Stanley Lippman
• The C++ Programming Language by Bjarne Stroustrup
• Thinking in Java by Bruce Eckel, available online at http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIJ/
• The Scheme Programming Language by Kent Dybvig
• Linux Assembly Language Programming by Bob Neveln
Specialized Topics
These books are the best books that cover their topic. They are thorough and
authoritative. To get a broad base of knowledge, you should read several outside of
the areas you normally program in.
• Practical Programming - Programming Pearls and More Programming Pearls by Jon Louis Bentley
• Databases - Understanding Relational Databases by Fabian Pascal
• Project Management - The Mythical Man-Month by Fred P. Brooks
• UNIX Programming - The Art of UNIX Programming by Eric S. Raymond, available online at http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/
• UNIX Programming - Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment by W.Richard Stevens
• Network Programming - UNIX Network Programming (2 volumes) by W.Richard Stevens
• Generic Programming - Modern C++ Design by Andrei Alexandrescu
• Compilers - The Art of Compiler Design: Theory and Practice by Thomas Pittman and James Peters
• Compilers - Advanced Compiler Design and Implementation by Steven Muchnick
• Development Process - Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, John Brant, William Opdyke, and Don Roberts
• Typesetting - Computers and Typesetting (5 volumes) by Donald Knuth
• Cryptography - Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier
• Linux - Professional Linux Programming by Neil Matthew, Richard Stones, and 14 other people
• Linux Kernel - Linux Device Drivers by Alessandro Rubini and Jonathan Corbet
• Open Source Programming - The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary by Eric S. Raymond
• Computer Architecture - Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach by David Patterson and John Hennessy
Further Resources on Assembly Language
In assembly language, your best resources are on the web.
• http://www.linuxassembly.org/ - a great resource for Linux assembly language programmers
• http://www.sandpile.org/ - a repository of reference material on x86, x86-64, and compatible processors
• http://www.x86.org/ - Dr. Dobb’s Journal Microprocessor Resources
• http://www.drpaulcarter.com/pcasm/ - Dr. Paul Carter’s PC Assembly Language
• http://webster.cs.ucr.edu/ - The Art of Assembly Home Page
• http://www.intel.com/design/pentium/manuals/ - Intel’s manuals for their processors
• http://www.janw.easynet.be/ - Jan Wagemaker’s Linux assembly language examples
• http://www.azillionmonkeys.com/qed/asm.html - Paul Hsieh’s x86 Assembly Page
This list is in the best reading order I could find. It’s not necessarily easiest to
hardest, but based on subject matter.
• Programming from the Ground Up by Jonathan Bartlett
• Introduction to Algorithms by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, and Ronald L. Rivest
• The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth (3 volume set - volume 1 is the most important)
• Programming Languages by Samuel N. Kamin
• Modern Operating Systems by Andrew Tanenbaum
• Linkers and Loaders by John Levine
• Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface by David Patterson and John Hennessy
From the Top Down
These books are arranged from the simplest to the hardest. However, they can be
read in any order you feel comfortable with.
• How to Design Programs by Matthias Felleisen, Robert Bruce Findler, Matthew Flatt, and Shiram Krishnamurthi, available online at http://www.htdp.org/
• Simply Scheme: An Introduction to Computer Science by Brian Harvey and Matthew Wright
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python by Allen
Downey, Jeff Elkner, and Chris Meyers, available online at http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/
• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman, available online at http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/
• Design Patterns by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides
• What not How: The Rules Approach to Application Development by Chris Date
• The Algorithm Design Manual by Steve Skiena
• Programming Language Pragmatics by Michael Scott
• Essentials of Programming Languages by Daniel P. Friedman, Mitchell Wand, and Christopher T. Haynes
From the Middle Out
Each of these is the best book on its subject. If you need to know these languages,
these will tell you all you need to know.
• Programming Perl by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, and Jon Orwant
• Common LISP: The Language by Guy R. Steele
• ANSI Common LISP by Paul Graham
• The C Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie
• The C++ Primer by Stanley Lippman
• The C++ Programming Language by Bjarne Stroustrup
• Thinking in Java by Bruce Eckel, available online at http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIJ/
• The Scheme Programming Language by Kent Dybvig
• Linux Assembly Language Programming by Bob Neveln
Specialized Topics
These books are the best books that cover their topic. They are thorough and
authoritative. To get a broad base of knowledge, you should read several outside of
the areas you normally program in.
• Practical Programming - Programming Pearls and More Programming Pearls by Jon Louis Bentley
• Databases - Understanding Relational Databases by Fabian Pascal
• Project Management - The Mythical Man-Month by Fred P. Brooks
• UNIX Programming - The Art of UNIX Programming by Eric S. Raymond, available online at http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/
• UNIX Programming - Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment by W.Richard Stevens
• Network Programming - UNIX Network Programming (2 volumes) by W.Richard Stevens
• Generic Programming - Modern C++ Design by Andrei Alexandrescu
• Compilers - The Art of Compiler Design: Theory and Practice by Thomas Pittman and James Peters
• Compilers - Advanced Compiler Design and Implementation by Steven Muchnick
• Development Process - Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, John Brant, William Opdyke, and Don Roberts
• Typesetting - Computers and Typesetting (5 volumes) by Donald Knuth
• Cryptography - Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier
• Linux - Professional Linux Programming by Neil Matthew, Richard Stones, and 14 other people
• Linux Kernel - Linux Device Drivers by Alessandro Rubini and Jonathan Corbet
• Open Source Programming - The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary by Eric S. Raymond
• Computer Architecture - Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach by David Patterson and John Hennessy
Further Resources on Assembly Language
In assembly language, your best resources are on the web.
• http://www.linuxassembly.org/ - a great resource for Linux assembly language programmers
• http://www.sandpile.org/ - a repository of reference material on x86, x86-64, and compatible processors
• http://www.x86.org/ - Dr. Dobb’s Journal Microprocessor Resources
• http://www.drpaulcarter.com/pcasm/ - Dr. Paul Carter’s PC Assembly Language
• http://webster.cs.ucr.edu/ - The Art of Assembly Home Page
• http://www.intel.com/design/pentium/manuals/ - Intel’s manuals for their processors
• http://www.janw.easynet.be/ - Jan Wagemaker’s Linux assembly language examples
• http://www.azillionmonkeys.com/qed/asm.html - Paul Hsieh’s x86 Assembly Page
Monday, October 08, 2007
Language Agnostic Books
I have consolidated some of the Language Agnostic Books from the Computer Zen Link.
List of Language Agnostic Books:
================================
1. Code Complete
2. Pragmatic Programmer
3. Programming Pearls
4. Refactoring
5. Design of the UNIX Operating System
6. Design Patterns
7. The Practice of Programming
8. The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
9. The Mythical Man Month
10. Object Oriented Analyis and Design
List of Language Agnostic Books:
================================
1. Code Complete
2. Pragmatic Programmer
3. Programming Pearls
4. Refactoring
5. Design of the UNIX Operating System
6. Design Patterns
7. The Practice of Programming
8. The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
9. The Mythical Man Month
10. Object Oriented Analyis and Design
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