Reading list - by Doug Stewart Beginning August 2003, I finally decided to list what I've blazed through. Books are added as I receive them. If they are not completed by the end of the month, they are removed. Format is "#: Author(Last, First) - Title" August 2003: 01: Holmes, Nigel - Designing pictorial symbols 02: Schaeffer, Jonathan - One jump ahead: challenging human supremacy in checkers 03: Inness, Jeanne - The bell jar: notes 04: Ephraums, Eddie - Creative exposures: 23 photographers discuss art and technique 05: Gillingham, Gail - Autism: handle with care!: understanding and managing the behavior of children and adults with autism 06: Robbins, Alexandra - Secrets of the tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the hidden paths of power 07: Collins, James C - Good to great: why some companies make the leap--and others don't 08: Gillam, Richard - Unicode demystified: a practical programmer's guide to the encoding standard 09: Philadelphia Museum of Art - Ars medica, art, medicine, and the human condition 10: Saunders, Gill - Wallpaper in interior decoration September 2003: 11: Hedgecoe, John - John Hedgecoe's complete guide to photography 12: Hedgecoe, John - How to take great photographs 13: Pine, Red - The Diamond Sutra: the perfection of wisdom 14: Hamlin, J. Scott - Flash MX ActionScript: the designer's edge 15: Reiss, Steven - Thirty frames per second: the visionary art of the music video 16: Zyman, Sergio - The end of advertising as we know it 17: Kageyama, Haruki - The arts of Shinto 18: Penenberg, Adam L - Spooked: espionage in corporate America 19: Joachimides, Christos M - Metropolis: International Art Exhibition Berlin, 1991 October 2003: 20: Nehamas, Alexander - The art of living: Socratic reflections from Plato to Foucault 21: Evans, Robert - The kid stays in the picture 22: Coelho, Paulo - The alchemist 23: Lewis, C. S. - The Screwtape letters; with, Screwtape proposes a toast November 2003: 00: no books read in November 2003 December 2003: 24: Martin, Steve - The pleasure of my company: a novel 25: Russo, Gus - The Outfit: the role of Chicago's underworld in the shaping of modern America 26: Schlosser, Eric - Fast food nation: the dark side of the all-American meal 26: Rand, Ayn - The Fountainhead January 2004: 27: Lozoya, Oscar - The art of black & white portrait photography 28: McLean, Les - Creative black & white photography 29: Todd, George E - Elements of black and white photography: the making of twenty images 30: McCloud, Scott - Understanding comics 31: Kidd, Chip - The cheese monkeys: a novel in two semesters February 2004: 32: Lutz, Mark - Programming Python 33: Beazley, David M - Python essential reference 34: Tufte, Edward R - Envisioning information 35: Tufte, Edward R - Visual explanations: images and quantities, evidence and narrative 36: Schiller, Eric - Standard chess openings: the complete and definitive standard to all the major chess openings March 2004: 37: Palahniuk, Chuck- Invisible Monsters 38: Cornwell, Patricia - Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper -- Case Closed 39: Rand, Ayn - Atlas shrugged April 2004: 40: Sassoon, Rosemary - Better handwriting 41: Andersch, Martin - Symbols, signs, letters: about handwriting, experimenting with alphabets, and the interpretation of texts: experiences, materials, results 42: Lawrie Thomson, George - The new better handwriting May 2004: 43: Kidd, Chip / Ross, Alex - Mythology: the DC Comics art of Alex Ross 44: Maher, Bill - When you ride alone you ride with bin Laden 45: Parsons, Amanda - High exposure: Hollywood lives: found photos from the archives of the Los Angeles times 46: Silver, Alain - The noir style 47: Munroe, Jim - Flyboy action figure comes with gasmask 48: Rodriguez, Abraham - Spidertown: a novel June 2004: 49: Ettlinger, Marion - Author photo: portraits 1983-2002 July 2004: 00: no books read in July 2004 August 2004: 00: no books read in August 2004 September 2004: 50: Calashain, Tara - Google Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools October 2004: 51: Vienne, Veronique - Chip Kidd 52: Ray, John - Sams Teach Yourself Linux in 10 Minutes 53: Davidson, Bruce - Subway 54: Typony Inc. - Big book of graphic designs and devices November 2004: 54: Eleven Minutes - Coelho, Paulo December 2004: 55: Camus, Albert - The Rebel 56: State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, and the State Russian Museum, Leningrad - Russian and Soviet paintings 1900-1930... 57: Bauret, Gabriel - Color photography January 2005: 00: no books read in January 2005 February 2005: 58: Kurzweil, Ray - The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence 59: Graphics Artists Guild - Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines March 2005: 60: Redbeard, Ragnar - Might is Right: The Survival of the Fittest 61: Bourdain, Anthony - Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly 62: Muller-Brockmann, Josef - Grid Systems in Graphic Design April 2005: 63: Vienne, Veronique - Chip Kidd 64: Mitnick, Kevin - The Art of Intrusion May 2005: 65: Evans, Robert - The Kid Stays in the Picture 66: Gladwell, Malcom - Blink 67: Palahniuk, Chuck - Choke June 2005: 68: Hawking, Stephen - The Universe in a Nutshell July 2005: 69: Yanker, Gary - Prop art: over 1000 contemporary political posters 70: Elster, Charles Harrington - Verbal Advantage Vocabulary Program Complete Edition 71: Weston, Anthony - A rulebook for arguments August 2005: 72: Levitt, Steven D. and Dubner, Stephen J. - Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything September 2005: 73: Heath, David and Potter, Andrew - The Rebel Sell: How the Counterculture Became Consumer Culture 74: Easton Ellis, Bret - Lunar Park 75: Kaza, Ramesh and Asadullah, Salman - Cisco IP Telephony: Planning, Design, Implementation, Operation, and Optimization 76: Brown, Kevin - IP Telephony Unveiled 77: Uston, Ken - Million Dollar Blackjack 78: Gardner, Bill and Fishel, Catharine - LogoLounge 2: 2,000 International Identities by Leading Designers October 2005: 79: Sharp, Daryl - Living Jung: the good and the better 80: Jung, Carl - Approachine the Unconscious 81: Jung, Carl - Memories, Dreams, Reflections 82: Strauss, Neil - The Game 83: Imes, Birney - Juke Joint November 2005: 84: Langer, Freddy - Icons of photography: the 19th century 85: Friedman, Thomas L. - The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century 86: Shales, Tom - Live from New York: an uncensored story of Saturday night live December 2005: 87: Tufte, Edward - Visual Explanations 88: Tufte, Edward - Envisioning Information 89: Mohr, Jay - Gasping for airtime: two years in the trenches of Saturday night live 90: Leonard, George Burr - Mastery: the keys to long-term success and fulfillment 91: Covey, Stephen R. - The seven habits of highly effective people: restoring the character ethic January 2006: 92: Camus, Albert - The Rebel 93: Wallechinsky, David - The Book of Lists, the Canadian Edition: the Original Compendium of Curious Information 94: Kidd, Chip - Chip Kidd: Book One: Work: 1986-2006 February 2006: 95: Diamond, Jared - Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fall of Human Societies 96: Moore, Alan - V For Vendetta 97: Diamond, Jared - Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed 98: Waid, Mark and Ross, Alex - Kingdom Come March 2006: 99: Dawkins, Richard - The Blind Watchmaker 100: Feuchtwanger, Edgar - Disraeli 101: Calvino, Italo - Invisible Cities April 2006: 102: Brown, Dan - The Da Vinci Code 103: Ueshiba, Morihei - The Art of Peace May 2006: 00: no books read in May 2006 June 2006: 104: Herrigel, Eugen - Zen in the Art of Archery July 2006: 105: Marx, Karl - Das Kapital 106: Carson, David - Trek 107: Kurzweil, Ray and Grossman, Terry - Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever August 2006: 108: Chobsky, Stephen - The Perks of Being a Wallflower 109: Richler, Daniel - Kicking Tomorrow 110: Gross, Christian - Ajax Patterns and Best Practices 111: King, Stephen - On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft September 2006: 00: no books read in September 2006 October 2006: 112: Tufte, Edward - Beautiful Evidence 113: Dawkins, Richard - The God Delusion 114: Ferguson, Craig - Between the Bridge and the River November 2006: 115: Cott, Johnathan - Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews December 2006: 116: Spector, Nancy - Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle January 2007: 117: Adams, Ansel - The camera 118: Adams, Ansel - The negative 119: Adams, Ansel - The print 120: Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm - Thus spoke Zarathustra February 2007: 121: Caine, Michael - Acting in Film 122: Pynchon, Thomas - Against the Day March 2007: 123: Graphis Inc. - Graphic Photo Annual 2003 124: Graphis Inc. - Graphic Photo Annual 2005 125: Frank, Robert - The Americans 126: Friedlander, Lee - Lee Friedlander portraits 127: Benson, Harry - Harry Benson's America April 2007: 128: Maddox - Alphabet of Manliness 129: Rand, Ayn - The Ayn Rand lexicon: objectivism from A to Z 130: Rand, Ayn - Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology 131: Morrison, Grant - The Invisibles May 2007: 132: Harris, Sam - The End Of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason 133: Harris, Sam - Letter to a Christian Nation 134: Perkins, John - confessions of an Economic Hitman 125: Kochan, Stephen G. - Programming in Objective-C. June 2007: 126: Hayek, F.A. - Volume 1: The Fatal Conceit. The Errors of Socialism 127: Hayek, F.A. - Volume 3: Law, Legislation, and Liberty. 128: Coelho, Paulo - The Zahir July 2007: 129: Welsh, Irvine - Porno 130: Welsh, Irvine - Glue 131: Welsh, Irvine - Filth 132: Wodehouse, P.G. - The Code of the Woosters August 2007: 133: Moll, Cameron - Mobile Web Design 134: Lewis, Michael - Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game September 2007: 135: Kawakami, Kenji - The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions 136: Burby, Jason and Atchison, Shane - Actionable Web Analytics 137: Sterne, Jim - Web Metrics: Proven Methods for Measuring Web Site Success 138: Various Authors - Compatibility is Not Transparency: VMM Detection Myths and Realities October 2007: 139: Sterne, Lawrence - The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman November 2007: 140: McClav, James T. and Benson, P. George - Statistics for Business and Economic 141: Diaz, Junot - How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie 142: Lapham, Lewis - Lapham's Quarterly #1 December 2007: 143: Martin, Steve - Born Standing Up 144: Diaz, Junot - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 145: McCarthy, Cormac - The Road January 2008: 146: Camus. Albert - The Stranger 147: Grossman, Austin - Soon I Will Be Invincible 148: Peikoff, Leonard - Objectivism February 2008: 149: The Onion - Our Dumb World 150: Chomsky, Noam - What We Say Goes 151: Bryson, Bill - A Short History of Nearly Everything March 2008: 152: Rand, Ayn - The Virtue of Selfishness 153: Dickens, Charles - David Copperfield 154: Kidd, Chip - The Learners April 2008: 155: Lapham, Lewis - Lapham's Quarterly #2 May 2008: 156: Ninjalicious - Access All Areas: a user's guide to the art of urban exploration 157: Adams, James L - Conceptual Blockbusting June 2008: 00: no books read in June 2008 July 2008: 158: Lapham, Lewis - Lapham's Quarterly #3 August 2008: 159: Weiner, Tim - Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA 160: Moore, Alan and Gibbons, Dave - Watchmen September 2008: 161: Loeb, Jeph and Sale, Tim - The Long Halloween 162: Moore, Alan and Bolland, Brian - The Killing Joke 163: Morrison, Grant and McKean, Dave - Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition) 164: Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco - The Man in the Crowd: The Uneasy Streets of Garry Winogrand October 2008: 165: Leibovitz, Annie - American Music 166: Hamilton, Richard - Richard Hamilton 167: Cumming, Donigan - The Stage 168: Lapham, Lewis - Lapham's Quarterly #4 November 2008: 169: Clifton, Brian - Advanced Web Metrics with Google Analytics December 2008: 170: Nietzsche, Friedrich - Beyond Good and Evil January 2009: