 | Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative author: Edward R. Tufte asin: 0961392126 binding: Hardcover list price: $45.00 USD amazon price: $32.40 USD |
The third book in a series on information display. Deals with information that changes over time. Anything written by Tufte is worth reading.
 | The Visual Display of Quantitative Information author: Edward R. Tufte asin: 096139210X binding: Hardcover list price: $40.00 USD amazon price: $40.00 |
The book for anyone involved in showing numerical data graphically. Anything written by Tufte is worth reading.
 | Envisioning Information author: Edward R. Tufte asin: 0961392118 binding: Hardcover list price: $48.00 USD amazon price: $34.56 USD |
One of the most beautiful and stunning books I have ever read. Expensive, but worth several times the price. It has directly influenced me in several ways. It forever changed the way I go about communication and presenting tabular data. This book was the direct influence for the FDD processes and the template (layout) they use - which have received acclaim from many people worldwide (even those that are not fans of FDD are fans of the process templates). Anything written by Tufte is worth owning.
 | Design, Form, and Chaos author: Mr. Paul Rand asin: 0300055536 binding: Hardcover list price: $60.00 USD amazon price: $60.00 |
Beautiful. Inspirational. One of the world's great designers.
 | The Form of the Book: Essays on the Morality of Good Design (Classic Typography Series) author: Jan Tschichold Hajo Hadeler asin: 0881791164 binding: Paperback list price: $19.95 USD amazon price: $19.95 |
Beautiful. I consider it very important and it (and New Typography) has had a great influence on me.
 | The New Typography (Weimar and Now : German Cultural Criticism) author: Jan Tschichold asin: 0520071468 binding: Hardcover list price: $65.00 USD amazon price: $65.00 USD |
Beautiful. I consider it very important and it (and The Form Of The Book) has had a great influence on me.
 | How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built author: Stewart Brand asin: 0140139966 binding: Paperback list price: $30.00 USD amazon price: $19.80 USD |
A stunning book on design and entropy. Yes - it really is about buildings but there is much we can learn - it's "what happens after they're built."
 | Object Technology: A Manager's Guide (2nd Edition) author: David A. Taylor asin: 0201309947 binding: Paperback list price: $44.99 USD amazon price: $38.62 USD |
The first edition was great and the second edition is even better. The book I give out to all managers or executives that needed to understand what this OO project was about. It takes great skill to condense down complex topics to a simplicity and clarity that Taylor has achieved here. Still a great read and very useful to anyone wanting a quick but valuable intro to OO.
 | Object Lessons: Lessons Learned in Object-Oriented Development Projects author: Tom Love asin: 0134724321 binding: Paperback list price: $55.00 USD amazon price: $55.00 USD |
This is a fantastic book. I used to give it out on all my OO projects to people that didn't "get it." More than just OO though it also teaches a great deal about the truths of software development.
 | Inside Taligent Technology (Inside Taligent Series) author: Sean Cotter Michael J. Potel asin: 0201409704 binding: Paperback list price: $29.95 USD amazon price: $29.95 |
Old and a project that is (sadly) no longer, but many of the ideas are still terrific. Also has great descriptions of OO concepts and approaches (commands, selections, MVP, etc.).
