Mar 21 2000. Other Books

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	the mythical man-month By Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. ISBN 0-201-00650-2. SoftCover, 195 pp. Go get, go read and don't whine about Death March Projects to me again. Beware it's out of print.
	Passport to world band radio By ?. ISBN 0-914941-48-8. SoftCover, ~500 pp. Yes shortwave radio is alive and well. A diversion from computers perhaps? Published/revised yearly. However many stations (larger) broadcast on the Internet today. So one can get the BBC or CBC in little towns in America via your internet hookup.
	The Timeless Way of Building By Christopher Alexander. ISBN 0-19-502402-8. HardCover, ~500 pp. Yes I have a signed copy. If I recall he spoke at a converence I attended in Silicon valley OOPSLA 96. If you need to build a house or want to understand where patterns came from then read these two books, and also others he has published recently. More detail about Dr. Alexander can be found on Dr. Salingaros's page
	A Pattern Language By Christopher Alexander, et al. ISBN 0-19-501919-9. HardCover, 1170 pp. See above.
	Left Behind By Time LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins. ISBN 0--8423-2912-9. SoftCover, 470 pp This is the start of a long serious of books on Revelation and the second comming. It's viewed as setting the boundaries for christian fiction today. I tripped over the series after reading an article about them in the Wall Street Journal.
	eXtreme Programming eXplained By Kent Beck ISBN 0-201-61641-6. SoftCover, 190 pp Ok, I liked it. Even better Kent signed a copy for me. However the best part was the reasoning behind the 40 hour work week, and screwdrivers.