This was posted 18 months ago (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=92007 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=92007 ). No problem with a repost - this is an abs

This was posted 18 months ago (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=92007 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=92007 ). No problem with a repost - this is an absolutely wonderful list of books - just mentioning it because there are a couple of interesting comments on the earlier posting.