OT: best book in years

[Chris Reedy]

Patrick Useldinger wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I am going to stay in hospital for a week or so (nothing serious), and 
> am trying to find a book or two to read there. As I have not come across 
> anything spectacular recently (except Python in a Nutshell), I would 
> like to know what *you* consider to be the best book you have read in 
> the last few years, about Python or IT in general.
> 
> -Patrick

This one's been out a few years, but I really enjoyed it when I got it 
as a Christman gift:

Why Buildings Falls Down by Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori

It's an easy read and a good education in the kinds of "bugs" that 
infect building construction -- something that's always held up to 
software types as an example of a mature engineering discipline.

   Chris



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