The Amazing Book is Not on Fire
by Dan Howell | 
The Adventurous Eaters Club
by Misha Collins |
Code Complete
by Steve McConnell |
Destiny of Souls
by Michael Newton | 
The Simple Path to Wealth
by J. L. Collins | 
Firefly
by Joss Whedon |
Making Faces
by Kevyn Aucoin | 
The Way I Heard It
by Mike Rowe |
Refactoring
by Martin Fowler | 
Effective Java
by Joshua Bloch |
Dreyer's English
by Benjamin Dreyer | 
The End of Your Life Book Club
by Will Schwalbe | 
Shrinkage
by Bryan Bishop | 
The Happy Medium
by Kim Russo | 
Mastering Regular Expressions
by Jeffrey E. F. Friedl |
Why Indigenous Literatures Matter
by Daniel Heath Justice | 
The Absent Superpower
by Peter Zeihan | 
Lone Rider
by Elspeth Beard | 
Permaculture
by Bill Mollison | 
JavaScript: The Good Parts
by Douglas Crockford |
Our critically acclaimed bestseller Visual Complexity was the first in-depth examination of the burgeoning field of information visualization. Particularly noteworthy are the numerous historical examples of past efforts to make sense of complex systems of information. In this new companion volume, The Book of Trees, data viz expert Manuel Lima examines the more than eight hundred year history of the tree diagram, from its roots in the illuminated manuscripts of medieval monasteries to its current resurgence as an elegant means of visualization. Lima presents two hundred intricately detailed tree diagram illustrations on a remarkable variety of subjects-from some of the earliest known examples from ancient Mesopotamia to the manuscripts of medieval monasteries to contributions by leading contemporary designers. A timeline of capsule biographies on key figures in the development of the tree diagram rounds out this one-of-a-kind visual compendium.