Book Topic: Software

3-Tier Client/Server At Work
Jeri Edwards with Deborah DeVoe
N-tiered architectures explained simply

Code
Lawrence Lessig
How culture is built into software -- superb thinking on a complex topic

Expressive Systems
Richard Pawson
Radical business software

I Sing the Body Electronic
Fred Moody
Wonderful wonderful read of a software development project at Microsoft… great reading for leaders in ANY industry -- hard to get a copy of but will likely be worth the struggle

Just For Fun
Linus Torvalds and David Diamond
How the Linux operating system was developed

Peopleware
Tom DeMarco & Timothy Lister
Absolutely great piece on software development that compliments The Mythical Man Month

The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison
Mike Wilson
More than you probably want to know about Larry Ellison but superb superb piece nonetheless on the database market

The Mythical Man-Month
Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
Fantastic piece on developing software at IBM for the famous 360 computer in the 1960s -- lessons learned

Inside the Secret Sfotware Power
Gerd Meissner
I lost this book on SAP and wasn't upset.. Simple thumbnail sketch