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Our Dumb Century Subtitled "The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source," this is a hilarious compilation of satire from the folks at the Onion.

Bad Trips, Keath Praser, J. Laslocky (Editor)
My brother gave this to me as a gift before I headed off on my world trip. It's an anthology of traveling mishaps by some great travel writers.

The Sheltering Sky, Paul Bowles
Set in Morocco, this is one of my all time favorites, I love Bowles stuff. The Bertolucci movie is quite good too!

The Spider's House, Paul Bowles
If you liked Sheltering Sky, try this one by Bowles. It's set in Fez and told from the perspective of a local boy. I loved it!

Riding the Iron Rooster, Paul Theroux
A classic about train travel in China by one of the best travel writers.

Photography, Bruce Warren
This a great, comprehensive text on black and white and color photography, darkroom techniques, lighting, etc. I got my start in photography with this text.

I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the master...
The Camera, Ansel Adams
The Negative, Ansel Adams
The Print, Ansel Adams

Programming and Web Design

Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference (O'Reilly), Danny Goodman
Programming Perl (O'Reilly), Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, John Orwant
Mastering Regular Expressions (O'Reilly), Jeffrey E. F. Friedl, Andy Oram (Editor)
Learning Java (O'Reilly), Patrick Niemeyer, Jonathan B. Knudsen
The C Programming Language (ANSI C Edition), Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie
The C++ Programming Language (Special Edition), Bjarne Stroustrup

UNIX Programming

The UNIX Programming Environment, Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike
Posix Programmer's Guide: Writing Portable UNIX Programs, Donald Lewine
Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, W. Richard Stevens
UNIX Network Programming, Vol. 1, W. Richard Stevens
UNIX Network Programming, Vol. 2, W. Richard Stevens
TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1 (The Protocols), W. Richard Stevens
TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 2 (The Implementation), W. Richard Stevens
TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 3 (TCP for Transactions, HTTP, NNTP, and UDP), W. Richard Stevens

Computer Science

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (MIT Press), Harold Abelson, et. al.
Introduction to Algorithms (MIT Press), Thomas H Cormen (editor), et. al.
Design Patterns, Erich Gamma, et. al.
Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, David A. Patterson, John L Hennessy
Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools, Alfred V. Aho, et. al.
Operating System Concepts, Abraham Silbershatz, et. al.
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, Stuart J. Russell, Peter Norvig

Asia! Travel Photographs From Where?
Benham Gallery, Seattle
International Center of Photography, New York

The Monastic Scribes Stained Glass Gallery is my mom's site, and has lots of examples of her stained glass work.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation
This is a great organization that fights the good fight for your rights online. I highly recommend checking them out and then writing them a check!

Witness
Witness is an organization that gathers video documentary evidence of human rights abuses. My friend Eric (see friends section) used to work on their web site.

The Academy, LLC
The Academy is a full-service writing and communications firm that does everything from editing to translation.

Eric Leland
Eric is a good friend who does freelance web design and progamming.

Scott Czepiel
Scott is a sociologist, number cruncher-and-muncher, programmer and all-around cool guy.

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