Head First Java, 2nd Edition	Just about the best book about learning ANYTHING I've ever read. (With the possible exception of Learning Perl.)
	The People Capability Maturity Model(R): Guidelines for Improving the Workforce	Lesson: you can get there, but you've got to build capacity and you can't skip steps.
	Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution	What do billions of cell phones add up to? Required reading.
	Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules	The sections on "the spiral project plan" and "the road to rapid development town" were epiphanies.