Michael Tiemann's Reading List

I travel alot, and with increased "security" at airports, aircraft seating that precludes the use of a laptop, etc., I've gone back to the original high-tech form of content: books. (A healthy relationship between Red Hat and Amazon.Com doesn't hurt.)

"Required Reading"

• Democracy in America (Alexis do Tocqueville)
• The Future of Ideas (Lawrence Lessig)
• Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (Lawrence Lessig)
• Open Sources (published by O'Reilly and Assocs)
• The Cathedral and the Bazaar (Eric S. Raymond)
• Massive Change (Bruce Mau)
• The Wisdom of Crowds (James Surowiecki)
• Competitive Strategy (Michael Porter)
• The Mythical Man Month

• Mojo Mom: Nurturing Your Self While Raising A Family (Amy Tiemann)
• The Soul of a Chef (Michael Ruhlman)
• The Making of a Chef (Michael Ruhlman)
• Wooden Boats (Michael Ruhlman)
• The Tufte Series (Visual Display, Envisioning Information, Visual Explanations)
• Founding Brothers (Joseph J. Ellis)
• The Last American Man (Elizabeth Gilbert)
• Guns, Germs, and Steel (Jared Diamond)
• The Science Behind the Genius (Angeline Stoll Lillard)
• The Omnivore's Dilemma (Michael Pollan)
• The Tipping Point (Malcolm Gladwell)
• John Adams (David McCullough)
• The Death of Common Sense (Philip K. Howard)
• The Professor and the Madman

• The Only Woman in the Room (Beate Sirota Gordon)
• That's Not What We Meant to Do (Steven M. Gillon)
• The Burden of Bad Ideas (Heather Mac Donald)
• The Origin of Species (Charles Darwin)
• The Descent of Man (Charles Darwin)
• The Generous Man (Tor NĂrretranders)