Introduction to DWDM Technology
Stamatios V. Kartalopoulos
A primer on dense wave division multiplexing -- a must read if when we were in 1998 but not so important now!
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
by Chip Heath, Dan Heath
About 10% of the books I read have practical value to my everyday life in addition to helping me see patterns of change or grasping certain technologies or histories better. This was one. Want to make an idea actually stick better? This is probably the book. Filled with great stories and examples.
Newton's Telecom Dictionary
Harry Newton
The standard bearer dictionary for the industry
Residential Broadband
Kim Maxwell
Great DSL primer and still relevant today
Telecosm
George Gilder
Written to near the peak
The Death of Distance
Frances Cairncross
Superb piece that forecasted how life would change with the changes in telecom… superb
The Switching Book
Xylan - multi author
Basic primer on routing and switching