* "the dream machine" is an fascinating, joyful account of jr licklider's work in interactive computing * "hard landing" makes the airline industry seem tumult

* "the dream machine" is an fascinating, joyful account of jr licklider's work in interactive computing * "hard landing" makes the airline industry seem tumultuous and exciting * "a man for all markets" is the autobiography of ed thorpe, father of card counting and quant hedge funds * "unix: a history and a memoir" is a mischievous first hand account from brian kernighan (of unix / c / awk fame)