Book, n. Portable written or printed treatise filling a number of sheets fastened together (forming roll, or usu. with sheets sewn or pasted hingewise & enclosed in cover); (flg).
Books are one of the richest sources of education and entertainment. It is really remarkable what one can learn from a book, and how easy it is to get hooked on one.Personally, I prefer reading "true story" books, like biographies, history books e.t.c. I also like science fiction stories, but I leave it to the movies to excite my senses. I read on average 15 books a year.Below, you will find some of the best books I have read, varying from novels to technical ones.
T. Bass, "The Predictors", Penguin Press, 1999.
This is the inside story of a startup company which builds and tests computer forecasting models, and the whole run to find investors. The suspense really builds up when they go live with real money.
It's funny and engaging, as well as a brisk education in chaos, complexity and world financial markets.
M. Drummond, "The Renegades Of The Empire", Vision, 1999.
Three insiders tell the stories about the intrigue at the most powerful software company in the world. Fascinating new insights are presented to the reader with an unusual flair.
8. Grand Pere et Fils, "Havana Cigars", 1995.
An inside in cigar making, storing and smoking.
S. Hawking, "A Brief History Of Time", Bantan Books, 1998.
Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries? Stephen Hawking explains the complexities of cosmological physics with an engaging combination of clarity and wit. To follow the exposal of such great problems is an exciting experience.
B. O'Malley, "The Cyprus Conspiracy", Tauris Publishers, 1999.
For the first time, the explosive strategic reasons why the island was divided, saving its top-secret defense and spying facilities from communist takeover or British defense spending cuts are revealed. This is by far the best book I have read on the Cyprus issue. This book also makes a great contribution to our understanding of great power politics.
A. Summers, "The Kennedy Conspiracy", Warner Books, 1992.
Who really killed JFK? This definite book on the JFK assassination reveals a honeycomb of CIA deceit. It also includes revelations resulting from releases of documents long withheld by US intelligence agencies.
E. Hemingway, "The Old Man and The Sea", Arrow, 1952.
This is the best story this famous author has written. No page of this beautiful masterpiece could have been done better or differently. Every word tells and there is not a word too many.
J. Copeland, "Artificial Intelligence", Blackwell Publishers, 1999.
This is a great philosophical introduction to artificial intelligence. This book explores the possibility of machines having freewill and consciousness and concludes with a discussion of in what sense the human brain may be a computer.
R. Quirk, "Fidel Castro", Norton & Company, 1993.
This is a master-biography. The author paints a portrait of this charismatic leader who more then four decades - and over nine American presidencies - managed to sustain a communist regime in the western hemisphere.This is more than a story of an ambitious man steering his nation on a dangerous and doomed course. It is also a parable of a small country caught up in the throats of international rivalries and world revolution.