I went out recently to a bargin bookstore and came back with a truck load of books for next to nothing.
The Tale of the Tiger by Tom Clancy - I've always loved his older stuff (although his newer stuff has been kinda disappointing (Let's hope this falls into the former)).
The Spy Who Stayed Out in the Cold: The Secret Life of FDI Double Agent Robert Hanssen by Adrian Havill - I'm a sucker for true crime plus espionage.
Constructing Intelligent Agents with Java by Joesph P. Bigus and Jennifer Bigus - It looks a little old in terms of Java version used but that shouldn't have any baring on the concepts and it is always something that has intrigued me a little. This should be a very excessible introduction to the topic.
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown - I admit, I am a sheep. I didn't know anything about the book but have noticed it displayed prominently in several bookstores. I took the bite.
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown - Didn't know about this one but the guy at the bookstore reco'ed I read this one before the Da Vinci Code. Hey, its an discount bookstore, its dirt cheap, I'll bite again. Note: I've started reading this one and it is a fairly fun and fast read. I like the style of mixing historical events with some fiction. That coupled with the nice memories it invokes of my visits to Rome and Vatican City makes for a good time.
Building Web Applications with UML by Jim Conallen - This is from the same series that gave us UML Distilled. I can't imagine it will be as good as that but it intrigued me enough to part with $8.
Blow by Bruce Porter - I loved the movie so as these things go, the book is probably ten times better.
Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer by Paul Freiberger & Michael Swaine - This looked promising and right after I bought a colleague at work recommended it out of the blue. Also Amazon's readers give it high marks as well.
The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI by Ronald Kessler - Should be interesting.
Hooking Up by Tom Wolfe - Its a collection of short stories (with only one story being about love and sex as advertised by the title). I really enjoyed his A Man in Full, The Right Stuff and The Bonfire of the Vanities so I jumped at another title by Tom Wolfe even though I hadn't heard of it before (plus it was only $4!!!).
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