Books

A friend asked me to recommend some books, and here are what I came up with. I've reviewed most of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m on this blog, but you can also find some new books here.

I used to read a lot of non-fictions, but cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365se days I read mostly fiction and math. Below are cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 ones that I like enough to write a review. I hate self-help books FWIW.

Philosophy

- Fooled by Randomness (review): I read this book a long time ago, and it completely changed how I think ever since. I discovered that I had a lot of biases (hindsight bias, loss vs gain), and I learned how to think critically, which unfortunately was never taught in my schools.

- "Thấy lại chính mình" (review). I don't think you could find this book at bookstores or on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 Internet, but I have a copy, let me know if you want to read it. When I relocated to here from Vietnam, my mom sponsored a project which printed and gave away 1,000 copies of this book. She gave me a copy. The book is a monk's pamphlet, I was skeptical that it was useful, but, oh boy, it was eye-opening for me. In hindsight its ideas are so obvious -- I don't agree with everything -- but I wonder why I didn't "ngộ" until that moment.

Psychology

- Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (review): For a while I was fascinated by marketing and sales. I wanted to learn cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 tricks to persuade a stranger to buy something from me. I read a lot of books, but this is cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 most fascinating which is based on real and peer-reviewed scientific researches.

- Purple Cow by Seth Godin (review): this is a marketing book, but I think marketing is all about psychology. As most great books are, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 idea of this book is so obvious: to be remembered, be it a brand or whatever, you must do something remarkable. You must be cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 first, nobody remembers cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 second man set foot on cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 moon, but most people know that Neil Armstrong who is cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 first one. I love reading Seth Godin's blog too. One of my favorite articles is the hierarchy of success.

Misc

- The design of everyday things (review): read this book and you never piss in peace again haha! On a more serious note, I think all engineers should read it. If I had enough money, I'd give a copy to everyone that designs websites, household electronics, restrooms, door knobs, water faucets, etc. There are so many stupid designs out cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365re. I once was at a hotel where I had to lift cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 door knob upward to open it! What cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 heck were cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365y thinking? We were stuck outside for 15', until someone next door showed us cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 trick (he was stuck for a while too!).

- Vietnamerica (review): a sad story about our people. I wish someone would make a movie out of it.

Books that I remember but haven't reviewed:

Science fiction
- Rendezvous with Rama: it's one of my first sci-fi reads, still remains one of my favorites.
- A brave new world: if you like 1984, this is a must read. It was written 20 years or more before 1984.
- http://www.terrybisson.com/page6/page6.html: haha cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 most hilarious and original short sci-fi story ever! Also check out http://www.terrybisson.com/page12/page12.html, which is also super funny.
- The hitchhiker guide to cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 galaxy: a very very funny classic.
- Anything by Isaac Asimov.

Science
- Anything by Randall Munroe of XKCD fame. "What if" for sure will teach you something to impress random people at parties =)
- http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/. Man, I wish I'm disciplined enough to finish cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365se volumes. You should also reach all ocá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r books by Feynman. He's cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 most curious person ever lives on Earth.
- The making of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 atomic bomb. If you love history and science like me, you should read this book cover by cover.

Detective/Mystery
- Any recommendations? I seriously need some good books of this genre. Over cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 years I've read a lot, but most don't leave any impressions (aside from Devotion of Suspect X, and a few short stories of Stephen King). Recently I read Hangsaman which is a strange book, but it's more a psychologic thriller than a mystery.

That's it for now ^^.