HuwLloyd

Systems, Analysis & Design:

• TheArtOfSystemsThinking?, JosephOConnor & IanMcDermott?
• AnIntroductionToGeneralSystemsThinking, GeraldWeinberg
• GeneralPrinciplesOfSystemsDesign, GeraldWeinberg
• SoftSystemsMethodologyInAction?, PeterCheckland? & JimScholes?
• TheFifthDiscipline, PeterSenge
• TheWisdomOfTheBody?, WalterCannon?
• GodelEscherBachAnEternalGoldenBraid, DouglasRHofstadter?
• TheWarMagician?, DavidFisher?
• TheImage?, KennethBoulding?
• SeeingSystems, BarryOshry?
• TheLogicOfFailure, DietrichDorner?
• TheTreeOfKnowledge, HumbertoRMaturana? & FranciscoJVarela?
• AutopoiesisAndCognition, HumbertRMaturana? & FranciscoJVarela?
• HowToSolveIt, GeorgePolya?
• ThoughtAsASystem, DavidBohm?
• TheSocietyOfMind?, MarvinMinsky?
• IAmAStrangeLoop?, DouglasRHofstadter?
• StepsToAnEcologyOfMind, GregoryBateson
• MindAndNatureANecessaryUnity?, GregoryBateson
• DialecticsOfNature?, FrederickEngels?
• TheTimesAtlasOfWorldHistory?, GeoffreyBarraclough? & GeoffreyParker?
• OnTheOriginOfSpecies, CharlesDarwin?
• TheWealthOfNations, AdamSmith?
• AnIntroductionToCybernetics?, WRossAshby?
• DesignForABrain, WRossAshby?
• TheLivingBrain, WGreyWalter?
• Cybernetics?, NorbertWiener?
• TheComputerAndTheBrain?, JohnVonNeumann?
• GeneralSystemTheory, LudwigVonBertalanffy?
• MirrorWorlds, DavidGelernter?
• TheArchitectureMachine?, NicholasNegroponte?
• ProblemFrames, MichaelJackson?
• AnalysisPatterns?, MartinFowler
• DataAndReality?, WilliamKent?
• DomainDrivenDesign, EricEvans
• StructuredAnalysisAndSystemSpecification?, TomDemarco?
• MultiParadigmDesignForCPlusPlus?, JamesCoplien
• TheArtOfTheMetaobjectProtocol?, GregorKiczales?, JimDesRivieres?, DanielBobrow?
• HowWeThink?, JohnDewey?
• ToolsForThought, CHWaddington
• HandbookOfWalkthroughsInspectionsAndTechnicalReviews?, DanielFreedman? & GeraldWeinberg
• Rhythmanalysis, HenriLefebvre?
• ProofAndRefutations?, ImreLakatos?
• ThinkingToSomePurpose, LSusanStebbing?
• CalculusMadeEasy?, SilvanusThompson? & MartinGardner?
• FundamentalStatisticsForTheBehaviouralSciences?, DavidHowell?
• TheNatureAndArtOfWorkmanship?, DavidPye?
• TheNatureAndAestheticsOfDesign?, DavidPye?
• TheDesignOfEverydayThings, DonaldNorman
• ThingsThatMakeUsSmart, DonaldNorman
• NotesOnTheSynthesisOfForm?, ChristopherAlexander?
• TheTimelessWayOfBuilding, ChristopherAlexander?
• APatternLanguage, ChristopherAlexander? et al
• TheOreganExperiment?, ChristopherAlexander? et al
• AForeshadowingOf21stCenturyArt?, ChristopherAlexander?
• TheNatureOfOrder, ChristopherAlexander?
• HowBuildingsLearn, StuartBrand?
• InPraiseOfShadows?, JunichiroTanizaki?
• LeonardoDaVinciExperienceExperimentAndDesign?, MartinKemp?
• CyberspaceFirstSteps?, MichaelBenedikt?
• TheCreativeMind?, MargaretBoden?
• ArtificialLife?, StevenLevy?
• InventionByDesign, HenryPetroski?
• Longitude, DavaSobel
• Challenger?, MalcolmMcConnell?
• TheCuckoo'sEgg?, CliffordStoll?
• TheVisualDisplayOfQuantitativeInformation, EdwardTufte
• UniversalPrinciplesOfDesign, WilliamLidwell?
• BuildingExpertSystems?, EliasAwad?
• BuildingLargeKnowledgeBasedSystems?, DouglasLenat?, RVGuha
• UnderstandingComputersAndCognition:ANewFoundationForDesign?, TerryWinograd? & FernandoFlores?
• BusinessRulesForInformationSystems?, TonyMorgan?
• BeingDigital?, NicholasNegroponte?
• TheSciencesOfTheArtificial?, HerbertASimon?
• DesigningFreedom?, StaffordBeer?
• BrainOfTheFirm?, StaffordBeer?
• DecisionAndControl?, StaffordBeer?

Programming:

• TheArtOfComputerProgramming, DonaldKnuth?
• TheCProgrammingLanguage, BrianWKernighan? & DennisMRitchie?
• ThePracticeOfProgramming?, BrianKernighan & RobPike?
• TheUNIXProgrammingEnvironment?, BrianKernighan & RobPike?
• SmallTalk80TheLanguageAndItsImplementation?, AdeleGoldberg? & DavidRobson?
• ParadigmsOfArtificialIntelligenceProgramming, PeterNorvig?
• ThePragmaticProgrammer, AndrewHunt? & DavidThomas
• ProgrammingPearls, JonBentley?
• TheArtOfUnixProgramming, EricRaymond
• DesignPatterns, ErichGamma?, RichardHelm?, RalphJohnson & JohnVlissides?
• ProgrammingLanguagePragmatics?, MichaelScott?
• GenerativeProgramming?, KrzysztofCzarnecki? & UlrichEisenecker?
• SoftwareProductLines?, PaulClements? & LindaNorthrop?
• CompilersPrinciplesTechniquesAndTools?, AlfredVAho?, RaviSethi? & JeffreyDUllman?
• PrinciplesOfConcurrentAndDistributedProgramming?, MBen-Ari
• AnIntroductionToFormalSpecificationAndZ?, BenPotter?, JaneSinclair? & DavidTill?
• StructureAndInterpretationOfComputerPrograms, HalAbelson? & GeraldSussman?
• UNIXNetworkProgrammingVolumeOne?, WRichardStevens?, BillFenner? & AndrewMRudoff?
• AdvancedProgrammingInTheUNIXEnvironment?, WRichardStevens?, StephenARago?
• ProgrammingWithPOSIXThreads?, DavidRButenhof?
• POSAVol2:PatternsForConcurrentAndNetworkedObjects?, DouglasSchmidt? et al.
• ProgrammingMicrosoftVisualCPlusPlus?, DavidKruglinski?, GeorgeShepherd? & ScotWingo?
• TestDrivenDevelopment, KentBeck
• Refactoring, MartinFowler
• BuildingScalableDatabaseApplications, PeterHeinckiens?
• DataAccessPatterns?, CliftonNock?
• TheArtOfSQL, StephaneFaroult?
• MasteringRegularExpressions, JeffreyFriedl
• BuildingSecureSoftware?, JohnViegaGaryMcGraw?
• PatternsOfEnterpriseApplicationArchitecture, MartinFowler
• ThinkingInJava?, BruceEckel?
• UnderstandingTheLinuxKernel?, DanielBovet?, MarcoCesati?

Good C++ texts:

• TheCPlusPlusProgrammingLanguage?, BjarneStroustrup?
• TheDesignAndEvolutionOfCPlusPlus?, BjarneStroustrup?
• RuminationsOnCPlusPlus?, AndrewKoenig? & BarbaraMoo?
• AdvancedCPlusPlusProgrammingStylesAndIdioms?, JamesCoplien
• ScientificAndEngineeringCPlusPlus?, JohnJBarton? & LeeRNackman?
• CPlusPlusProgrammingStyle?, TomCargill?
• CPlusPlusStrategiesAndTactics?, RobertMurray?
• EffectiveCPlusPlus?, ScottMeyers?
• MoreEffectiveCPlusPlus?, ScottMeyers?
• LargeScaleCPlusPlusSoftwareDesign?, JohnLakos?
• EfficientCPlusPlus?, DovBulka? & DavidMayhew?
• CPlusPlusGotchas?, StephenDewhurst?
• MultiParadigmDesignForCPlusPlus?, JamesCoplien
• GenericProgrammingAndTheSTL?, MatthewAustern?
• DesigningComponentsWithTheCPlusPlusSTL?, UlrichBreymann?
• GenerativeProgramming?, KrzysztofCzarnecki? & UlrichEisenecker?
• CPlusPlusObjectDatabases?, DavidJordan?
• ModernCPlusPlusDesign?, AlexanderAlexandrescu?
• ExceptionalCPlusPlus?, HerbSutter?
• CPlusPlusNetworkProgramming?, DouglasSchmidt? & StephenHuston?
• TheCPlusPlusStandardLibrary?, NicolaiMJosuttis?
• BeyondTheCPlusPlusStandardLibrary?, BjornKarlsson?

Social Software:

• TheCathedralAndTheBazaar, EricRaymond
• ThePsychologyOfComputerProgramming, GeraldWeinberg
• UnderstandingTheProfessinalProgrammer?, GeraldWeinberg
• Peopleware, TomDemarco? & TimothyLister
• DeathMarch?, EdwardYourdon?
• TheSoulOfANewMachine?, TracyKidder?
• HackersAndPainters?, PaulGraham?
• TheBestSoftwareWriting?, JoelSpolsky?

Here are a few reviews I have written, you can also access other ACCU reviews from here: http://www.accu.org/bookreviews/public/reviews/0rv/Huw_Lloyd.htm

English:

• TheElementsOfStyle, WilliamStrunk?
• BUGSInWriting?, LynDupre?
• HowToReadABook, MortimerJAdler? & CharlesVanDoren
• EatsShootsAndLeaves?, LynneTruss?
• ExploringLanguageAndLiterature?, StevenCroft? & RobertMyers?
• AllensDictionaryOfEnglishPhrases?, RobertAllen?
• StyleLessonsInClarityAndGrace?, JosephMWilliams?
• HowToDoThingsWithWords?, JLAustin
• EnglishSyntaxAndArgumentation?, BasAarts?

Psychology:

• Psychology, JohnDewey?
• PsychologyAVeryShortIntroduction?, GillianButlerAndFredaMcManus?
• ThePrinciplesOfPsychology?, WilliamJames?
• TheVarietiesOfReligiousExperience?, WilliamJames?
• ThePsychologyOfIntelligence, JeanPiaget?
• TheThoughtAndLanguageOfTheChild?, JeanPiaget?
• GeneticEpistemology, JeanPiaget?
• ToUnderstandIsToInvent?:TheFutureOfEducation?, JeanPiaget?
• PlayingAndReality, DWWinnicott
• HumanNature?, DWWinnicott
• TransitionalObjectsAndPotentialSpaces?:LiteraryUsesOfDWWinnicott?, PeterLRudnytsky?
• BetweenRealityAndFantasy?, SimonGrolnick? & LeonardBarking?
• MentalSpace?, RobertYoung?
• TheGutenbergGalaxy, MarshallMcLuhan?
• UnderstandingMedia?, MarshallMcLuhan?
• MindInSociety?, LevVygotsky?
• ThoughtAndLanguage, LevVygotsky?
• TheInterpretationOfDreams?, SigmundFreud?
• JungAVeryShortIntroduction?, AnthonyStevens?
• AnalyticalPsychology?, CarlJung?
• TheArchetypesAndTheCollectiveUnconscious?, CarlJung?
• PsychologicalTypes, CarlJung?
• TheSpiritInManArtAndLiterature, CarlJung?
• Archetypes, AnthonyStevens?
• PleaseUnderstandMeII?, DavidKeirsey?
• FlowThePsychologyOfOptimalExperience, MihalyCsikszentmihalyi
• WhatDoYouSayAfterYouSayHello, EricBerne?
• GamesPeoplePlay?, EricBerne?
• MotivationAndPersonality, AbrahamMaslow
• PrinciplesOfBiopsychology?, SimonGreen?
• TheBigBookOfConcepts, GregoryMurphy?
• PersonalityTheoryAndResearch?, LawrenceAPervin?
• TheComputationalBrain?, PatriciaSmithChurchland? & TerrenceJSejnowski?
• ThinkingAndReasoning?, AlanGarnham? & JaneOakhill?
• ThePygmalionProject?:TheIdealist?, StephenMontogmery?
• HowTheMindWorks, StevenPinker?
• TheLanguageInstinct, StevenPinker?
• PlansAndTheStructureOfBehavior, GeorgeMiller?, EugeneGalanter? & KarlPribram?
• EducatingIntuition?, RobinMHogarth?
• ContraryImaginations?, LiamHudson?
• GiftsDiffering, IsabelBriggsMyers?
• FramesOfMind?, HowardGardner?

NLP:

• DevelopYourNLPSkills?, AndrewBradbury?
• AnIntroductionToNLP?, JosephOConnor & IanMcDermott?
• FrogsIntoPrinces?, RichandBandler? & JohnGrinder?
• Reframing?, RichardBandler? & JohnGrinder?
• Tranceformations, RichardBandler? & JohnGrinder?
• TheStructureOfMagic?, RichardBandler? & JohnGrinder?
• TheStructureOfMagicII?, JohnGrinder? & RichardBandler?
• PatternsOfTheHypnoticTechniquesOfMiltonHErickson?, JohnGrinder? & RichardBandler?
• PatternsOfTheHypnoticTechniquesOfMiltonHEricksonII?, JohnGrinder?, JudithDelozier? & RichardBandler?
• AnInsidersGuideToSubModalities?, RichardBandler? & WillMacDonald?
• ChangingBeliefSystemsWithNLP?, RobertDilts?

Counselling:

• Peoplemaking?, VirginiaSatir
• SystematicTrainingInTheSkillsOfVirginiaSatir?, SharonLoeschen?
• TheSkilledHelper?, GerardEgan?
• OnPersonalPower?, CarlRogers?
• NarrativeTherapy, JillFreedman?
• Person-CentredCounselingInAction?, DaveMearns? & BrianThorne?

Personal development:

• HowToWinFriendsAndInfluencePeople?, DaleCarnegie
• TheConquestOfHappiness?, BertrandRussell?
• SevenHabitsOfHighlyEffectivePeople?, StephenCovey?
• Influence?, RobertCialdini?
• TheSixPillarsOfSelfEsteem?, NathanielBranden?
• TheFiveLoveLanguages?, GaryChapman?
• HowToSpeakHowToListen?, MortimerJAdler?
• WhatColourIsYourParachute?, RichardNelsonBolles?
• AmplifyingYourEffectiveness, GeraldWeinberg et al
• TeachingWithYourMouthShut, DonaldFinkel?
• TheAimsOfEducationAndOtherEssays?, AlfredNorthWhitehead?
• TheReflectivePractitioner, DonaldSchon?
• Mastery, GeorgeLeonard

Communication:

• TheSkilledFacilitator?, RogerSchwarz?
• PeopleSkills?, RobertBolton?
• CrucialConversations, KerryPatterson?
• TheArtOfFocusedConversation?, RStanfield
• OnDialogue, DavidBohm?

Consulting:

• TheSecretsOfConsulting, GeraldWeinberg
• MoreSecretsOfConsulting, GeraldWeinberg
• TheConsultantsCalling?, GeoffreyBellman?

Business:

• TheWealthOfNations, AdamSmith?
• GrowingABusiness?, PaulHawken?
• TheTenDayMBA?, StevenSilbiger?
• TheBeermatEntrepreneur MikeSouthon? & ChrisWest?
• TheFourHourWorkWeek,
• TheTruthAboutMarkets, JohnKay?
• TechnologyAcquisitionBuyingTheFutureOfYourBusiness?, AllenEskelin?
• MakingTheSoftwareBusinessCase?, DonaldJReifer?

Management & Leadership:

• PrinciplesOfSoftwareEngineeringManagement?, TomGilb?
• QualitySoftwareManagement, GeraldWeinberg
• TheFifthDiscipline, PeterSenge
• BecomingATechnicalLeader, GeraldWeinberg
• ManagingKnowHow, KarlErikSveiby? & TomLloyd?
• MeasuringAndManagingPerformanceInOrganizations, RobertAustin?
• OrganisationalPatternsOfAgileSoftwareDevelopment?, JamesCoplien & NeilHarrison
• TheArtOfJudgementAStudyOfPolicyMaking?, GeoffreyVickers?

Strategy:

• TheBookOfFiveRings, ThomasCleary?
• TheArtOfWarfare, SunTzu
• ClausewitzAVeryShortIntroduction?, MichaelHoward?
• OnWar, CarlVonClausewitz?

Philosophy:

• PhilosophyAVeryShortIntroduction?, EdwardCraig?
• AHistoryOfWesternPhilosophy, BertrandRussell?
• TheArtOfTravel?, AlainDeBotton?
• TheWayOfZen?, AlanWatts?
• ZenAndTheArtOfMotorcycleMaintenance, RobertPirsig?
• Lila?, RobertPirsig?
• EyeToEye?, KenWilber?
• WhatIsArt?, LeoTolstoy?
• HowWeThink?, JohnDewey?
• IChing or BookOfChanges, RichardWilhelm?
• TheStructureOfScientificRevolutions, ThomasKuhn?
• ScienceAndTheModernWorld?, AlfredNorthWhitehead?
• TheAimsOfEducationAndOtherEssays?, AlfredNorthWhitehead?
• ThusSpokeZarathustra, FriedrichNietzsche
• TheRepublic, Plato (translated Davies & Vaughan)
• TheDialoguesOfPlatoVol1?, BenjaminJowett?
• TheConceptOfMind, GilbertRyle?
• HowToDoThingsWithWords?, JLAustin
• TheGhostInTheMachine, ArthurKoestler?
• PragmatismAndOtherWritings, WilliamJames?
• KantAVeryShortIntroduction?, RogerScruton?
• AnIntroductionToMetaphysics, HenriBergson?
• ThePhilosophyOfSymbolicForms?, ErnstCassirer?
• PhilosophyInANewKey?, SusanneLanger?
• PersonalKnowledge, MichaelPolanyi

Sociology:

• SociologicalParadigmsAndOrganisationalAnalysis?, GibsonBurrell? & GarethMorgan?
• MarxInHisOwnWords?, ErnstFischer?
• DeschoolingSociety?, IvanIllich?
• LimitsToMedicine?, IvanIllich?
• Civilization, CliveBell?
• CivilizationAndItsDiscontents?, SigmundFreud?

Literature:

• AnnaKarenina, LeoTolstoy?
• WarAndPeace, LeoTolstoy?
• TheIdiot?, FyodorDostoevsky?
• CrimeAndPunishment, FyodorDostoevsky?
• PrideAndPrejudice?, JaneAusten
• TheFountainhead, AynRand
• GreatExpectations?, CharlesDickens
• AnEvilCradling?, BrianKeenan?
• TheWomanInWhite?, WilkieCollins?
• CatsCradle, KurtVonnegutJr
• EndersGame, OrsonScottCard
• TheAlchemist, PauloCoelho?
• TheAnnotatedAlice, LewisCarroll?
• 1984, GeorgeOrwell
• Fahrenheit451, RayBradbury
• BraveNewWorld, AldousHuxley
• ASpellForChameleon?, PiersAnthony?
• ThePlayerOfGames, IainBanks
• TheGlassBeadGame, HermannHesse
• MasterOfTheFiveMagics?, LyndonHardy?
• TheLordOfTheRings, JRRTolkien
• FoucaultsPendulum, UmbertoEco
• TheNameOfTheRose, UmbertoEco
• TheTrial?, FranzKafka?
• Nausea?, Jean-PaulSartre?
• Words?, Jean-PaulSartre?
• TheRaggedTrouseredPhilanthropists, RobertTressell?
• BreakfastAtTiffanys?, TrumanCapote
• APortraitOfTheArtistAsAYoungMan?, JamesJoyce?
• Faust?, JohannWolfgangVonGoethe?
• TheWaves?, VirginiaWoolf?
• JonathanLivingstonSeagull, RichardBach

Essays:

• TheLondonScene?, VirginiaWoolf?
• ARoomOfOneSOwn, VirginiaWoolf?
• TheFourLoves?, CSLewis
• Essays?, GeorgeOrwell
• TheRoadToWiganPier?, GeorgeOrwell
• DownAndOutInLondonAndParis?, GeorgeOrwell
• TravelsInHyperreality?, UmbertoEco
• EssaysInLove?, AlainDeBotton?

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How nice to see you here Huw... Welcome ! -- lb

Hi Laurent, I look forward to meeting you in person sometime - Huw.

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