Holiday Book Recommendation

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Published on 2010-05-24T07:27:32Z Indexed on 2010/05/24 7:31 UTC
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I'm after a book to read whilst on holiday.

Some criteria:

The book has to be relatively short. < 500 pages.
I'd prefer a book that changes your thinking, rather than reams of syntax to look at.

So the last two years here have been my books:

Last year, The Craftsman by Richard Sennet (Changed how I viewed career development, quality)
Year before, Zen and The art of motorcycle maintenance (Makes you think about quality, maintenance)

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