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Ask HN: Book recommendations

2 pointsby mishftwalmost 5 years ago
Hey HN community, I've slacked off on reading in the past month or so because I have run out of material. Are there any books you wanted to share? Can be any genre/subject but please leave a title/author and why you recommend it!

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asplakealmost 5 years ago
If I may recommend my own: Right to Left: The digital leader’s guide to Lean and Agile, Mike Burrows (2019, audiobook 2020).<p>I completely get why we have Agile doubters and haters here and I present something outcome-oriented, neither backlog-driven nor imposed solution (both “left to right” by the book’s central metaphor). Also – and under the lightest of disguises – a leadership book.<p>Edit: That and my previous book both have extensive reading lists [1, 2]. There are more references in the patterns pages at [3].<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.agendashift.com&#x2F;books&#x2F;right-to-left&#x2F;recommended-reading" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.agendashift.com&#x2F;books&#x2F;right-to-left&#x2F;recommended-...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.agendashift.com&#x2F;books&#x2F;agendashift&#x2F;recommended-reading" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.agendashift.com&#x2F;books&#x2F;agendashift&#x2F;recommended-re...</a><p>[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.agendashift.com&#x2F;framework&#x2F;patterns" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.agendashift.com&#x2F;framework&#x2F;patterns</a>
barbealmost 5 years ago
A Spy Among Friends by Ben McIntyre--eye-opening account of Britain&#x27;s most famous double-agent Kim Philby--and why we should be very concerned about Russian meddling in U.S. politics The Food Explorer by Daniel Stone--about David Fairchild, the man who changed what we eat in the U.S. over 100 years ago Regeneration by Pat Barker, a novel based on real facts about WWI The Poisoner’s Handbook by Deborah Blum--the origin of modern forensic medicine