Books read in 2017Q4

Read this quarter:

Note: re+read means I’m re-reading this book. The (+) stands for one-or-more times, as in the regexes.

Lazarillo de Tormes, el; anónimo; non-technical
Tom Clancy’s power plays - Politika; Preisler; own-it, non-technical
Moon is a harsh mistress, the; Heinlein; own-it, non-technical
Old man’s war; Scalzi; non-technical, own-it
Nightfall; Asimov, Silverberg; own-it, non-technical
Interface; Stephenson, George; non-technical, own-it
Man who sold the moon, the; Heinlein; own-it, non-technical
Agents of innocence; Ignatius; own-it, non-technical
Fist of god, the; Forsyth; own-it, non-technical: Synopsis: in a mixture of truth and novel, the author explains the invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi dictator Sadam Hussein. During that war, the development and destruction of some atomic bomb (‘the fist of god’), the spy games played by the Americans and Brits to infiltrate the government at the highest levels. Explains in laymen’s terms how the Israeli Mossad (‘the institute’) works, how the katsa (case officers) work, the sayan(im) (dormant agents) work. How deception is used to extract information from third parties and how that information is sometimes passed, hidden, retransmitted and share among governments, agencies, armies and to the general public. It is interesting to read this mixture of truth and reality, never knowing which is which but letting the imagination roam freely.
Avaro, el; Molière; own-it, non-technical
Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing, the; Larimore, Lindauer, LeBoeuf; own-it, non-technical, finance. Synopsis: this book explains, with plenty of supporting studies and investigation, why index investing is cheaper and more beneficial in the long term for the unsophisticated investor. The authors explain why being a passive investor (i.e., lazy portfolio) is more effective than active investing (i.e., actively managed portfolio), beating 80% of the money managers. How, for the average investor, the act of investing resembles the game of horseshoes (similar to petanque) more than darts. How it is good enough to approximate the market rather than trying to beat the market.
Lazyperson’s guide to investment; Farrell; own-it, non-technical, finance. Synopsis: this book explains in laymen’s terms what lazy portfolios are and how, in average, beat the returns by actively-managed portfolios. Details a few lazy portfolios, along with their respective past performances.
Millionaire next door, the; Stanley, Danko; own-it, non-technical, finance. Synopsis: a 1996 study of Accumulators of wealth (under, average, prodigious), detailing how American millionaires behave. The main conclusion is that PAWs are frugal, have a budget and know exactly how much it is spent in each category and live well below their means. There is plenty of categories where the authors explain how they behave. There is an important distinction between PAWs and affluent people. The latter acquire “signs of wealth” (e.g., expensive items) before being rich, the former do it after. The formula for expected accumulation of wealth is age * total yearly income / 10. example: age 45, income 25.000 -> expected wealth = 45 * 25000/10 = 112500
Little Book of Common Sense Investing; Bogle; own-it, non-technical, finance
Monje que vendió su Ferrari, el; Sharma; own-it, non-technical. Synopsis: explains the transformation of a successful lawyer, that goes to India to learn from the Sivana monks. Seven techniques, each with a corresponding symbol to represent it, to improve the everyday life
Siddhartha; Hesse; non-technical, own-it: Synopsis: explains the life of a contemporary of Buddha, altough the story is not really related to Gautama himself, but to the main character, Siddharta. From a well-off family, abandons his possessions to join a group of ascetics and becomes a samana (or sramana - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Arama%E1%B9%87a). After that, both the Siddharta and Govinda (his friend) leave the ascetics, Govinda to join Gautama and Siddharta to go on his path. The latter goes and finds a ferryman (Vasudeva) along the way, with whom creates a friendship. Goes to the city, where he pursues riches (with a merchant, Kamaswami) and pleasure (with a courtesan, Kamala). Still thirsty with an unquenchable thirst, he abandons his current life. On the way back, he finds the ferryman, who teaches him to listen to the river. They live together for a long time until Siddhartha’s son –a son he had with Kamala– makes an appearance. The son tests Siddhartha’s personality.
If you can: how millenials can get rich slowly; Bernstein; own-it, non-technical, finance

backlog (partially sorted):

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The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production
Haskell Programming
Software Architecture in Practice
The five disfunctions of a team: a leadership fable; Lencioni
Phoenix project, the ; Kim, Behr, Spafford
lucha por la desigualdad, la; Pontón; non-technical
psicología del dinero, la; Hammond; non-technical
Invirtiendo a largo plazo; García Paramés; non-technical
Well-Grounded Java Developer, the; own-it
Quién domina el mundo; Chomsky; non-technical
Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!; own-it
camino al 18J, el; Payne; non-technical
Cartas desde la revolución bolchevique; Sadoul; non-technical
Java Performance: The Definitive Guide
Why programmers work at night
Shogun: The Life of Tokugawa Ieyasu; Sadler; non-technical
Scrum and XP from the trenches, 2nd edition;
Els jueus i Catalunya; Villatoro; non-technical
El problema de los tres cuerpos; Liu; non-technical
Amazon Web Services in Action; own-it
Clojure Programming - Practical Lisp for the Java World
Mature optimization
XUnit Test Patterns
Let Over Lambda
The Haskell Road to Logic, Math and Programming
Types and Programming Languages
Fundamentals of Object-oriented Design in UML
Clojure for the brave and true
How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method
Conceptual Mathematics: A First Introduction to Categories
Understanding Computation: From Simple Machines to Impossible Programs
Programming in Haskell
Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation
Doing Math with Python
Perfect Software: And Other Illusions about Testing
Computability and Complexity - From a Programming Perspective
Thinking Forth: a language and philosophy for solving problems
Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming
Bridging the Communication Gap; Adzic
Specification by Example; Adzic
Cucumber book, the; Adzic
Software Architecture for Developers; Brown
Object Design: Roles, Responsibilities, and Collaborations
RESTful Web APIs
RESTful Web Services Cookbook
Building Maintainable Software
Serverless - Patterns of Modern Application Design Using Microservices (Amazon Web Services Edition)
A Pattern Language; Alexander
Types and Programming Languages, TAPL; Pierce; own-it
Speed Reading Book: Read More, Learn More, Achieve More, the; Buzan
Cómo crear mapas mentales (Crecimiento personal); Buzan
First things first; Covey
What’s best next; Perman
problems of philosophy, the; Russell
Requiem for the American dream; Chomsky
sun also rises, the; Hemingway
travels, the; Polo; non-technical
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow; Harari; non-technical
Books by Aristotle; non-technical
Books by Plato
Books by Descartes
The idea of culture; Eagleton
Hereditary Intelligence; Galton; non-technical
Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit; Poppendieck
Peopleware*; De Marco
Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure; Garcia Martinez
Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash; Poppendieck
Joel on Software; Spolsky
Death March; Yourdon
Psychology of Computer Programming, The; Weinberg
Introduction to General Systems Thinking; Weinberg
Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching : A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way; Tzu, Le Guin; non-technical
Gay Science, the; Nietzsche; non-technical
Being Geek; Lopp
Finance for Freelancers; Retallick
Object-oriented software engineering: a use case driven approach; Jacobson
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture; Fowler; own-it
Thinking fast and slow; Kahneman
Emotional intelligence; Goleman
Ética a Nicómaco; Aristotle; own-it, non-technical
Romeo y Julieta; Shakespeare; non-technical
Computer Systems: A Programmer’s Perspective; Bryant, O’Hallaron
My Journey to Lhasa: The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City; David-Néel; non-technical
Cathedral and the bazaar, the ; Raymond
Coding dojo handbook, the; Bache; own-it
Making software; Oram and Wilson; own-it
Code complete; McConnell
Soft skills; Sonmez; own-it
DSLs in action; Ghosh; own-it
purely functional data structures; Okasaki; own-it
Working effectively with unit tests; Fields (+); own-it
First Nazi, the; Ludendorff
Greatest story ever told … so far; Krauss; non-technical
Master algorithm, the; Domingos; non-technical
Invention of Science, the; Wootton; non-technical
Tesla: Inventor of the electrical age; Bernard Carlson; non-technical
Psychology in minutes; Weeks; non-technical
Alan Turing: The Enigma; Hodges; non-technical
How to think more about sex; de Botton; non-technical
Piccolo manuale di persuasione; Taylor; non-technical
arte de la guerra, el; Sun Tzu; non-technical
Piccolo manuale di leadership Confuciana; Adair; non-technical
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living; Carnegie; non-technical
Uomo - Guida allo stile; Roetzel; non-technical
Unwritten Laws of Engineering: Revised and Updated Edition; King
Test-Driven JavaScript Development (Developer’s Library); Johansen
Test Driven Development: By Example; Beck
Arquitectura Java JPA Domain Driven Design; Alvárez, Peláez
End of loyalty, the; Wartzman; non-technical
Basic Economics; Sowell; non-technical
Introduction to Economic Analysis; McAfee; non-technical
Patterns of Software; Gabriel
Coders at work; Seibel
Clean architecture; Martin
How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life; Pigliucci; non-technical

unfinished (unsorted):

Release It! - Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software; own-it
Refactoring (+); Fowler; own-it
The Leprechauns of Software Engineering; Bossavit (+); own-it
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software; Vernon (+); own-it
Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware; own-it
Functional Programming Patterns in Scala and Clojure; own-it
Readings in Database Systems, 5th Edition; own-it
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP); Abelson, Sussmann, Sussmann; own-it
La Sociedad De Coste Marginal Cero (Estado y Sociedad); Rifkin; non-technical
Odisea; Homero; non-technical

wip (3):

Working Effectively with Legacy Code (+); Feathers; own-it
Effective Java; Bloch; own-it
Nonviolent communication; Rosenberg; own-it, non-technical

done:

Senior software developer, the; Copeland; own-it
Scandal in Bohemia, a; Doyle; own-it
Getting things done, …; Allen (+); own-it
Nature of Software Development, the; Jeffries; own-it
Team Geek; Fitzpatrick, Collins-Sussman; own-it
Aprendo Yoga; Van Lysebeth; non-technical, own-it
Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers, the; Martin; own-it
ML for the working programmer, 2nd edition [5th chapter only]; Paulson; own-it

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