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Software Engineering for Nerds
Software Engineering, 7th EditionSoftware Engineering, 7th Edition by Ian Sommerville
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An excellent coverage of software engineering, from it's humble beginnings to the importance of SCM
The Mythical Man Month and Other Essays on Software EngineeringThe Mythical Man Month and Other Essays on Software Engineering by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
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Any budding team lead/project manager needs to read this, if nothing else the name drop might impress your future boss
The Art of Computer Programming: v. 1-3: Bd. 1: Fundamental Algorithms / Bd. 2: Seminumerical Algorithms / Bd. 3: Sorting and Searching: Vol 1-3 (Series in Computer Science & Information Processing)The Art of Computer Programming: v. 1-3: Bd. 1: Fundamental Algorithms / Bd. 2: Seminumerical Algorithms / Bd. 3: Sorting and Searching: Vol 1-3 (Series in Computer Science & Information Processing) by Donald E. Knuth
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Like the art of war, this is a must have for the book shelf
Turing and the Universal Machine: The Making of the Modern Computer (Revolutions in science)Turing and the Universal Machine: The Making of the Modern Computer (Revolutions in science) by Jon Agar
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Any comp sci/soft eng student who does not know who Alan Turing is, needs beat with a rather large fish
UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series)UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series) by Martin Fowler
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A very easy going introduction and guide to producing UML diagrams
Borland C++: The Complete Reference (Complete Reference Series)Borland C++: The Complete Reference (Complete Reference Series) by Herbert Schildt
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This is a must have for any C++ developer
Requirements EngineeringRequirements Engineering by Elizabeth Hull
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This makes for excellent toliet paper or a paper weight (I'm not kidding) The book is horribly over priced and I belive the content trys to cover to much, without really covering anything