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I, Claudius : From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54 (Vintage International)I, Claudius : From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54 (Vintage International) by Robert Graves
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Sex, power, divorce, and deification in ancient Rome. Pretty cool. I asked my wife to marry me on the Palatine hill because we both loved this book.
Green Grass, Running WaterGreen Grass, Running Water by Thomas King
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For when I'm homesick
Midnight's ChildrenMidnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
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Rushdie is a master
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A NovelThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel by Haruki Murakami
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Surreal. Japanese Kafka.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
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Goes without saying.
Thank You for Smoking: A NovelThank You for Smoking: A Novel by Christopher Buckley
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Fun.
NeuromancerNeuromancer by William Gibson
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Classic cyberpunk
Doctor Who: The Complete First SeriesDoctor Who: The Complete First Series
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OK, I'm a nerd.
MindkillerMindkiller by Spider Robinson
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Spider is my hero. Like Heinlein, but without all the useless machismo.
The Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next NovelThe Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel by Jasper Fforde
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Douglas Adams for the literary-minded
The Art of ElectronicsThe Art of Electronics by Paul Horowitz
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Great electronics primer.
Radiation Detection and MeasurementRadiation Detection and Measurement by Glenn F. Knoll
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One of my favourite references for things experimental.
The Feynman Lectures on Physics: Commemorative Issue, Three Volume SetThe Feynman Lectures on Physics: Commemorative Issue, Three Volume Set by Richard P. Feynman
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Feynman is great at the exposition - a good reference for when I'm teaching.
Numerical Recipes in FORTRAN 77: The Art of Scientific Computing (v. 1)Numerical Recipes in FORTRAN 77: The Art of Scientific Computing (v. 1) by William H. Press
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Oddly, the FORTRAN examples are much easier to understand than the C++ version.
Peer Instruction: A User's ManualPeer Instruction: A User's Manual by Eric Mazur
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A great little book to get your head into teaching in a new way.