My summer books collection (to read)

In recent weeks I found and bought some books that I plan to read on my summer holidays. Almost all the books are about IT, that's why I think it can be interesting for you to browse through my list.

I will start with fruITion: Creating the Ultimate Corporate Strategy for Information Technology by Chris Potts. Actually I read his second book recrEAtion: Realizing the Extraordinary Contribution of Your Enterprise Architects, a short novel about Simon an Enterprise Architect, that learns from his CEO what really EA is? I was amazed how addictive that book was. It described really simple what does (or should do) an  Enterprise Architect. That subject is not new for me but I enjoyed that position, thought. That's why I decided to buy his first book. fruITion is about creating strategy for organization and is written in similar light way as is recrEAtion.


Specification by Example: How Successful Teams Deliver the Right Software is my next position. Gojko Adzic tells us about "creating software based on realistic examples, bridging the communication gap between business stakeholders and the dev teams building the software. In this book, author Gojko Adzic distills interviews with successful teams worldwide, sharing how they specify, develop, and deliver software, without defects, in short iterative delivery cycles."

  My next position on a list is Introduction to Business Architecture. Well, I haven't started reading it yet but I browsed TOC and read many good comments on amazon about it. I think it's really good start to learn what really Business Architecture is and how to exploid

When I was buying it I also spotted next book Technical Impact: Making Your Information Technology Effective and Keeping It That Wayand I bought it too. It has great user review rating (5.0 per 21 reviews) and it's kinda cheap (almost $7) so I took it too. I'm almost sure I won't regret it ;-)

Recently I also bought Współczesna bankowość korporacyjna which describes processes and changes in corporate banking sector.

My last book in a list is something really not connected with IT. Really. It's Kościuszko. Książę chłopów, polish version of Alex Storozynski's book The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution. The book is biography of Tadeusz Kościuszko, but it's written in such way that it's really fun to read, even if your not history freak (I am not). It also tells about other historical figures such as Polish King Stanislaw August Poniatowski or George Washington. I encourage all of you to read this book and learn more about that US and Polish hero.

That's my list, that's my plan for summer. I hope I will find time to read just a half of them. I also hope that I inspired you to read one of them ;-)

PS. I almost forgot, I also plan to read Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Dan Pink.