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[edit] Aeronautics

  • Barnard, R H & Philpott, D R (2003). Aircraft Flight. Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-1312-0043-7. 
  • Piggott, Derek (2002). Understanding Gliding. A C Black. ISBN 0-7136-6147-X. 
  • Gunston, Bill (1999). The Development of Piston Aero Engines. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0599-5. 
  • Gunston, Bill (1997). The Development of Jet & Turbine Engines. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0586-3. 

[edit] Electronics

  • Amos S W & James M R (1999). Principals of Transistor Circuits. Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 0-7506-4427-3. 
  • Horowitz, Paul & Hill, Winfield (1989). The Art of Electronics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-5213-7095-7. 
  • Hood, John Linsley Hood (1998). The Art of Linear Electronics. Butterworth-Heineman. ISBN 0-7506-3746-3. 
  • Warnes, Lionel (1998). Analogue and Digital Electronics. Macmillan Press Ltd. ISBN 0-333-65820-5. 
  • Jones, Martin Hartley (1995). A Practical Introduction to Electronic Circuits (third edition). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-47879-0. 
  • Tyler, D W (1991). Electrical Principles. Blackwell Scientific Publications. ISBN 0-632-02536-0. 
  • Williams, Arthur B & Taylor, Fred J (1995). Electronic Filter Design Handbook. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-070441-4.  The Bible for practical electronic filter design.
  • Skolnik, Merril I (1985). Introduction to Radar Systems. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-057909-1. 
  • Skolnik, Merril I (1989). Radar Handbook. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-0705-7913-X. 
  • Williams, Tim (2001). EMC for Product Designers (third edition). Butterworth Heinemann. ISBN 0-7506-4930-5. 

[edit] Engineering History

  • Evans, Harold (2004). They Made America. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-27766-5. 
  • Combs, Harry B with Caidin, Martin & Secker, Martin (1980). Kill Devil Hill. Warburg Ltd. ISBN 436-10563-2.  Development of aeroplane by Wright brothers.
  •  ???: Path Between the Seas. Building of the Panama canal.
  •  ???: The Codebreakers. History of codes and cyphers
  •  ???: Enigma. Biography of Alan Turing

[edit] Environment

  • Bryant, Edward (1997). Climate Process and Change. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-48189-9. 
  • Masselink, Gerhard & Hughes, Michael G (2003). Introduction to Coastal Processes and Geomorhology. Hodder Arnold. ISBN 0-340-76411-2. 
  • Asimov, Isaac (1979). A Choice of Catastrophes. Hutchinson & Co. ISBN 0-09-141240-4. 
  • Baker, Dr Robin (2002). Fragile Science- the Reality Behind the Headlines. Macmillan. ISBN 0-3330-48093-6. 
  • Lomborg, Bjorn (2001). The Skeptical Environmentalist- Measuring the Real State of the World. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-01068-3. 

[edit] Fiction

  • Adams, Douglas: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1984)
  • Defoe, Daniel: Robinson Crusoe (1719) Skip all the moralising
  • Defoe, Daniel: Moll Flanders (1722)
  • Dickens, Charles: Hard Times (1854)
  • Dickens, Charles: Great Expectations (1860)
  • Hardy, Thomas: The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886)
  • Heller, Joseph: Catch 22 (1961)
  • Kafka, Franz: The Metamorphosis (1915)
  • King Stephen: The Green Mile (????)
  • Keys, Daniel: Flowers for Algernon (1966)
  • Mansfield, Katherine: Miss Brill (1922) Short story from The Garden Party and Other Stories (1922)
  • Nabokov, Vladimir: Lolita (1955)
  • Orwell, George: Animal Farm (1945)
  • Poe, Edgar Allan: The Fall of the House of Usher (1839)
  • Poe, Edgar Allan: The Gold Bug (1843)
  • Puzo, Mario: The Godfather (1969)
  • Shakespeare, William: Twelfth Night (1600)
  • Shakespeare, William: Hamlet (1602)
  • Steinbeck, John: Of Mice and Men (1937)
  • Steinbeck, John: The Grapes of Wrath (1939)
  • Stevenson, Robert Louis: Treasure Island (1883)
  • Traven, B: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1934)
  • Wells, H G: War of the Worlds (1898)
  • Wells, H G: First Men on the Moon (1901)

[edit] History

  • Orwell, George: The Road to Wigan Pier (1937)

[edit] Investment

  • Gunther, Max (1992). The Zurich Axioms. Souvenir Press Ltd. ISBN 0-2856-3095-4.  Beware
  • Brett, Michael (2003). How to Read the Financial Pages. Random House Business Books. ISBN 0-7126-6259-6.  Cuts through the jargon: mainly for UK.
  • Koch, Richard (2000). Selecting Shares that Perform. Pearson Education Ltd. ISBN 0-273-65024-6.  Beware

[edit] Reference

  • Room, Adrian (1999). Brewers's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Cassell Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0-304-35096-6. 
  • Various (2001). Oxford World Encycopedia. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-1952-1818-3. 
  • Drabble, Margaret (2000). The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-1986-6244-0. 

[edit] Religion

  • King James Bible Revised Text OT (1881), NT (1885)
  • The Bible Societies (2000). Bible Contempory English Version. Harper Collins Publishers. ISBN 0-00-220197-6.  So that's what it means

[edit] Science general

  • Emsley, John (2003). Nature's Building Blocks. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850340-7.  Facts about every element.
  • Emsley, John (1998). Molecules at an Exhibition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850379-2.  Find out what is really in Coca Cola and chocolate.
  • Ridley, Matt (????). Genome. ???. ISBN 1-85702-835-X.  Is this how we are made?
  • Asimov, Isaac (1988). Understanding Physics. Dorset Press (Marlboro Books Corp). ISBN 0-88029-251-2.  3 volumes in one: (Vol 1) Motion, Sound & Heat (Vol 2) Light, Magnetism & Electricity (Vol 3) The Electron, Proton & Neutron.

[edit] Software manuals

  • McClelland, Deke (2002). Photoshop 7 Bible. Wiley Publishing Inc. ISBN 0-7645-3694-X.  Comprehensive, bit wordy. Poor quality paper and cover (paperback).
  • Lowery, Joseph W (2002). Dreamweaver MX Bible. Wiley Publishing Inc. ISBN 0-7645-4931-6.  Comprehensive, bit wordy. Poor quality paper and cover (paperback).
  • North, Simon & Hermans, Paul (1999). Teach Yourself XML in 21 Days. Sams. ISBN 1-57521-396-6. 
  • Oliver, Dick & Morrison, Micheal (2003). Teach Yourself HTML and XHTML in 21 Days (sixth edition). Sams. ISBN 1-672-32520-9.  Excellent
  • Lipman, Stanley B & Lajoie, Josée (1998). C++ Primer (Third Edition). Addison Wesley. ISBN 0-201-82470-1.  Has become a bit wordy, second edition well written (but less info).
  • Schildt, Herbert (2000). C The Complete Reference (Fourth Edition). Osborne McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-0721-2124-6. 
  • Schildt, Herbert (2002). C++ The Complete Reference (Fourth Edition). Osborne McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-0722-2680-3.  If only all manuals were so well written, structured, and presented.
  • Sphar, Chuck (1999). Learn Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Now. Microsoft Press. ISBN 1-57231-965-8.  Top quality in all respects and a top price.
  • Kruglinski, David J ; Sepherd, George & Wingo, Scot (1998). Programming Microsoft Visual C++ (Fifth Edition). Microsoft Press. ISBN 1-57231-857-0. 

[edit] Writing

  • Peck, John & Coyle, Martin (???). The Students Guide to Writing. ???. ISBN 0-333-72742-8. 
  • Russell, Shirley (1993). Grammar, Structure & Style. ???. ISBN 0-019-83-1198-2.  Refers to 'Plain English for Lawyers' by Wydick (first published in 'The California Law Review' (1978)).
  • Strunk, William Jr & White, E B (1979). Elements of Style. Macmillan Publishing Co Inc. ISBN 0-02-418230-3.  All the rules but dry.
  • Watts, Nigel (1997). Writing a Novel. Hodder Headline Plc. ISBN 0-340-64807-4.  Small book big scope, not a word wasted: simply excellent.
  • Cheney, Theodore A Rees (1983). Getting the Words Right. Writer's Digest Books. ISBN 0-89879-114-6.  Once you have read Watts read this.
  • Tobias, Ronald B (1994). 20 Master Plots. Writer's Digest Books. ISBN 0-8987-9595-8.  Plots in a nutshell
  • Montgomery, Michael & Stratton, John (1981). The Writer's Hotline Handbook. Signet Books. ISBN 0-4516-2225-1. 
  • Doubtfire, Dianne (1999). Creative Writing. Hodder Headline Plc. ISBN 0-340-65833-9. 
  • Hodgins, Jack (2001). A Passion for Narative. McClelland & Stewart Inc. ISBN 0-7710-4198-5. 
  • Forster, E M (2000). Aspects of a Novel. Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN 0-1411-8413-2.  Deep stuff.
  • Task, R L (2004). Penguin Guide to Punctuation. Penguin Group. ISBN 0-1405-1366-3.  Is punctuation really this simple?
  • Various (2001). Collins English Dictionary. William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. ISBN 0-00719-7527.  Best general purpose dictionary.
  • Gowers, Sir Ernest (1984). Fowler's Modern English Usage. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-2811-389-7.  Old, quirky but still relevant.
  • Various (Yearly). Writers' & Artists' Yearbook. A & C Black Publishers Ltd. ISBN Yearly.  Mainly for UK.
  • Rosenborg, Victoria (2001). e Publishing for Dummies. IDG Books Worldwide Inc. ISBN 0-7645-0781-8.  Not for "dummies".

[edit] Rush bin

  • Ricardo, Sir Harry (1969). The High Speed Internal Combustion Engine. Blackie. ISBN 0-2168-9026-8. 
  • Bodmer, Frederick (1987). The Loom of Language. Merlin Press. ISBN 0-8503-6350-0. 
  • Bragg, Melvyn (2004). The Adventure of English. Sceptre. ISBN 0-03408-2993-1. 
  • Bryson, Bill: Mother Tongue
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