kevinrutherford rated Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: 4 stars
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter, Book 4)
The summer holidays are dragging on and Harry Potter can't wait for the start of the school year. It is …
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I loving walking in the great UK outdoors -- usually in the Scottish highlands or (more usually) in and around the Peak District, which is close to where I live. I read a lot of police procedurals and books about software development.
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kevinrutherford rated The goal: 5 stars
The goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox
The Goal is about new global principles of manufacturing. It's about people trying to understand what makes their world tick …
kevinrutherford rated The Odyssey (Penguin Classics): 3 stars
The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Όμηρος
The Odyssey (/ˈɒdəsi/; Greek: Ὀδύσσεια, Odýsseia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, …
kevinrutherford rated All Tomorrow's Parties: 2 stars
William Gibson: All Tomorrow's Parties (2000, Penguin Books, Limited)
All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson
All Tomorrow's Parties is the final novel in the Bridge trilogy.
From his cardboard box in the Tokyo subway, connected …
kevinrutherford rated Implementing lean software development: 4 stars
Implementing lean software development by Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck (The Addison-Wesley signature series)
kevinrutherford rated The Subtle Knife: 5 stars
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials, #2)
Lost in a new world, Lyra finds Will—a boy on the run, a murderer—a worthy and welcome ally. For this …
kevinrutherford rated A Pattern Language: 4 stars
A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander (Center for Environmental Structure)
Alexander and his co-authors present us with over two hundred (roughly 250) "patterns" that they believe must be present in …
kevinrutherford rated Brave New World: 3 stars
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today than ever before. Cloning, feel-good …
kevinrutherford rated Critical Chain : 3 stars
kevinrutherford rated The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: 2 stars
kevinrutherford rated Moby-Dick: 4 stars
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
"Command the murderous chalices! Drink ye harpooners! Drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow -- Death …
kevinrutherford rated Necessary but Not Sufficient: 3 stars
kevinrutherford rated The Ruby way: 5 stars
Hal Edwin Fulton: The Ruby way (2007, Addison-Wesley)
The Ruby way by Hal Edwin Fulton (Addison-Wesley professional Ruby series)
The Ruby Way assumes that the reader is already familiar with the subject matter. Using many code samples it focuses …
kevinrutherford rated Software tools in Pascal: 5 stars
kevinrutherford rated Animal Farm: 5 stars
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Animal Farm is a brilliant political satire and a powerful and affecting story of revolutions and idealism, power and corruption. …