I've always liked Steven Levy's book about Apple, Insanely Great. (He released an updated version not too long ago.) I also thought he did a great job with th

I've always liked Steven Levy's book about Apple, Insanely Great. (He released an updated version not too long ago.) I also thought he did a great job with the profiles of historic computing pioneers in Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution. (One of the few books that users the word "hackers" properly...)