Tim Oertel: Book Recommendations

Over the years I've acquired quite a few books. Here is a list of some of them, and perhaps some information on the book.

Since there are a number of types of books I've purchased, I've broken this down into a few categories:

Hopefully I'll give a little more info here on these books than I might while on-line on IRC.

"The Art Of Computer Programming, vol 1" - Donald E. Knuth
	If you are serious programmer, doing just about anything, you need to have this series of books on your bookshelf.
"The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings On Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary" - Eric S. Raymond
	There are a lot of big names in the Open Source/Free Software communities. One of them is Eric Raymond. An authentic Libertarian and open source developer. He has a number of papers published on-line, on his web site.
"The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business As Usual" - Christopher Locke, Rick Levine, Et Al.
	This book contains lots of anecdotes about how the internet is changing the world, particularly regarding how we as individuals interact with businesses and each other.
"User Friendly" - J. D. Frazer
	"User Friendly" is the published edition of the commic strip. I find it quite funny, and geekish.
"Understanding Computers" - Time-Life Books
	This was one of the first (series of) books I got into on computers. The pictures were great. The technical information was excellent and easy to read for my then highschool brain. I spent a good chunk of my hard earned money on it. I don't have any idea if these are still available. You could try this search to find more information.