Archive for September, 2005
Investment Biker: Around the World with Jim Rogers
Title: Investment Biker: Around the World with Jim Rogers
Author: Jim Rogers
Paperback: 440 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks (April 8, 2003)
ISBN: 0812968719
This book was recommended to me by the instructor of the ABN AMRO leadership course I took in June.
Its a very good book. It shows how an entrepaneur, Jim Rogers, looks at local economies [...]
September 20th, 2005 by alephnaught
Managing IT as a Business: a Survival Guide for CEOs
Title: Managing IT as a Business: a Survival Guide for CEOs
Author: Mark D. Lutchen
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (October 3, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN: 047147104
This book is a good overview of things a CIO should consider to make the CEO’s, and the company’s, life easier. I scanned three images from [...]
September 12th, 2005 by alephnaught
A Beautiful Mind: the Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
A Beautiful Mind: the Life of Mathematical Genius and
Nobel Laureate John Nash
Author:
Sylvia
NasarPaperback:
464
pagesPublisher:
Simon & Schuster (December 4,
2001)Language:
EnglishISBN:
0743224574
September 12th, 2005 by alephnaught
Maven: A Developer’s Notebook
Title: Maven: A Developer’s Notebook
Author: Vincent Massol, Timothy M. O’Brien
Paperback: 220 pages
Publisher: O’Reilly; 1 edition (June 20, 2005)
ISBN: 0596007507
This book is similar to others in the notebook series – it provides an example-based approach to learning from the first basic tasks undertaken to the more detailed and skilled ones required to master the tool. [...]
September 12th, 2005 by alephnaught
The Battle of Salamis
Title: The Battle of Salamis
Author: Barry Strauss
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (June 28, 2005)
ISBN: 0743244516
The battle of Salamis was a great naval victory for the Athenian-allied navy over the Persian navy, ultimately saving the
Athenians from defeat and enslavement.
This book is a very detailed account of the campaign with emphasis on the final naval engagement. [...]
September 12th, 2005 by alephnaught
Hacking Mac OS X Tiger: Serious Hacks, Mods and Customizations
Title: Hacking Mac OS X Tiger: Serious Hacks, Mods and Customizations
Author: Scott Knaster
Paperback: 378 pages
Publisher: Wiley (July 5, 2005)
ISBN: 076458345X
I’ve read it once and now need to work through it more carefully. There’s lots of good stuff inside this book, especially hands-on examples of working with the new Automator tool and Dashboard.
The book is [...]
September 11th, 2005 by alephnaught
Seeing What’s Next: Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change
Title: Seeing What’s Next: Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change
Author: Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony, Erik A. Roth
Hardcover: 312 pages
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press (May 1, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN: 159139185
This book is written by the guy that wrote The Innovator’s Dilemma and The Innovator’s Solution. The book takes a case study [...]
September 11th, 2005 by alephnaught
Firefox Hacks
Title: Firefox Hacks
Author: Nigel McFarlane
Paperback: 398 pages
Publisher: O’Reilly; 1 edition (March 11, 2005)
ISBN: 0596009283
I saw a chapter of a similar book on line and wanted to improve the performance of the Firefox web browser on my Macintosh PowerBook.
The book provides a good survey of things you can do with the Firefox browser. I spent [...]
September 11th, 2005 by alephnaught
The Man Who Broke Napoleon’s Codes
Title: The Man Who Broke Napoleon’s Codes
Author: Mark Urban
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Perennial (March 1, 2003)
ISBN: 0060934557
This is the story of George Scovell and the British operations under the Duke of Wellington during the Napoleonic campaigns of the Peninsula (Spain) and the 100 Days (Waterloo).
Scovell was a low ranking officer that wanted to rise up in [...]
September 11th, 2005 by alephnaught
Elizabeth I, CEO: Strategic Lessons from the Leader Who Built an Empire
Title: Elizabeth I, CEO: Strategic Lessons from the Leader Who Built an Empire
Author: Alan Axelrod
Paperback: 274 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall Press; 1st edition (May 1, 2002)
ISBN: 0735203571
This book reflects upon the reign of Elizabeth I of England from the perspective of her leadership traits.
I found this book by accident – we attended a show of books [...]
English
September 29th, 2005 by alephnaught