Signal and the noise by Nate Silver(Very nice read. Chapters on climate change and GDP forecasting were a bit slow, but everything else was a page turner) http:

Signal and the noise by Nate Silver(Very nice read. Chapters on climate change and GDP forecasting were a bit slow, but everything else was a page turner) http://www.amazon.com/dp/159420411X http://www.amazon.com/dp/159420411X Why I left Goldman Sachs by Greg Smith (Good insight into the 2008 financial breakdown and a look into the day to day operations of Goldman Sachs) http://www.amazon.com/Why-Left-Goldman-Sachs-Street/dp/1455527475 http://www.amazon.com/Why-Left-Goldman-Sachs-Street/dp/14555... The Hobbit http://www.amazon.com/Hobbit-There-Again-Illustrated-Author/dp/B0038AYINO/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1356521874&sr=1-4&keywords=the+hobbit http://www.amazon.com/Hobbit-There-Again-Illustrated-Author/... Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques(Great intro into data mining) http://www.amazon.com/Data-Mining-Concepts-Techniques-Management/dp/0123814790/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1356521918&sr=8-2&keywords=data+mining http://www.amazon.com/Data-Mining-Concepts-Techniques-Manage... Programming Collective Intelligence(You can play around with actual implementations of the concepts in the previous book) http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Collective-Intelligence-Building-Applications/dp/0596529325/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1356521951&sr=1-1&keywords=collective+intelligence http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Collective-Intelligence-Bu... Ghost in the Wires by Kevin Mitnick (Was really nice to see the details behind Mitnick's adventures) http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Wires-Adventures-Worlds-Wanted/dp/0316037702/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1356522381&sr=1-1&keywords=ghost+in+the+wire http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Wires-Adventures-Worlds-Wanted/d... On War By Clausewitz(Really enjoyed this book.)http://www.amazon.com/War-Carl-von-Clausewitz/dp/1448676290 http://www.amazon.com/War-Carl-von-Clausewitz/dp/1448676290