- * Gamma, Helm, Johnson, Vlissides: Design Patterns. Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software. Addison-Wesley 1994, ISBN-13 978-0201633610
- * Bryan Lee O'Malley: Scott Pilgrim (for example, [this](http://www.amazon.de/Scott-Pilgrim-Boxed-Set-Poster/dp/1934964573/?tag=aflattrcom506-21) 6 Volume Set)
- * Jeffrey Friedl: Mastering Regular Expressions. O'Reilly 1997, ISBN 1-56592-257-3
- * Jon Loeliger: Versionskontrolle mit Git, O'Reilly Verlag, Köln 2010. ISBN-13: 978-3897219458 (or in English: ISBN-13: 978-0596520120)
- * Alexander Pawlak: Die Wissenschaft bei Douglas Adams, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2010. ISBN-13: 978-3527504565
- * Christopher Hadnagy: Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking. ISBN-13: 978-0470639535
- * Jürgen Quade, Eva-Katharina Knust: Linux-Treiber entwickeln. ISBN-13: 978-3-89864-696-3
- * Neal Stephenson: Cryptonomicon
- * Simon Singh: Fermat's Last Theorem. ISBN-13: 978-1841157917
- * Anything written by Donald E. Knuth (in English please). For the long term, “The Art of Computer Programming” would be nice to have.
- * Stephen R. Covey: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. ISBN-13: 978-0743269513 (or in German: Die 7 Wege zur Effektivität, ISBN-13: 978-3897495739)
- * <strike>Dietmar Wätjen: Kryptographie. Grundlagen, Algorithmen, Protokolle. ISBN-13: 978-3827414311</strike> got it.
- * <strike>Günther M. Ziegler: Darf ich Zahlen? Piper Verlag, München 2010. ISBN-13: 978-3492053464</strike> got it.
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-Hardware
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-* An external backup drive (hard disk, USB/eSATA(p), 1 TB or more)
-* Cool electronic gadgets (ideally, kits for soldering), for example:
-** a [r0ket](http://www.pollin.de/shop/dt/ODE4OTgxOTk-/Bausaetze_Module/Bausaetze/Microcontroller_Experimentierplatine_r0ket.html)
-** Mood Lamps, Blinkenthings, etc.
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-Other Things I Could Make Use Of
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- * A [Go](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game) set
- * financial support for conferences, like [29. Chaos Communication Congress](http://events.ccc.de/congress/2012/)
+(ordered by preference, no e-books with restrictive DRM please.)
+
+ * Desmond King: Shoji and Kumiko Design
+ * Book 1: The Basics, ISBN-13: 978-0987258304
+ * Book 2: Beyond the Basics, ISBN-13: 978-0987258311
+ * Book 3: Hexagonal Patterns, ISBN-13: 978-0987258328
+ * Book 4: Diamond Patterns, ISBN-13: 978-0987258335
+ * Scott Grove: Advanced Veneering and Alternative Techniques, Schiffer Publishing 2011, ISBN-13: 978-0764338465
+ * Jim Tolpin and George Walker: By Hand & Eye, Lost Art Press. https://lostartpress.com/collections/books/products/by-hand-eye-1
+ * bei Dictum erhältlich: https://www.dictum.com/de/moebelbau-allg.-holzbearbeitung-hc/by-hand-eye-713990
+ * Christopher Schwarz: Ingenious Mechanicks, Early Workbenches & Workholding. Lost Art Press, https://lostartpress.com/products/ingenious-mechanicks
+ * Peter Follansbee, Jennie Alexander: Make a Joint Stool from a Tree: An Introduction to 17th-century Joinery,
+ ISBN-13: 978-0985077709
+ * Stephen Coles: The Anatomy of Type, Harper Design, US, ISBN-13: 978-0062203120
+ * George Nakashima: The Soul of a Tree: A Master Woodworkers Reflections. ISBN-13: 978-1568363950
+ * John Napier: Hands. Princeton University Press, 1993. ISBN-13: 978-0691025476
+
+<!-- currently not so relevant:
+ * Raymond Chen: The Old New Thing: Practical Development Throughout the Evolution of Windows. ISBN-13: 978-0321440303
+ * more “Discworld” novels by Terry Prattchet (R.I.P.), in English or German
+ * already got “Mort”, “Guards! Guards!”, “The Color of Magic”, “The Light Fantastic”, “Hogfather”
+ * based on that, refer to the [Discworld Reading Order Guides](http://www.lspace.org/books/reading-order-guides/) for your optimal choice
+-->