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The family library has some 4500 books - only about 50 of these are about astronomy... Also, it hosts the computers where I do data reduction and analysis. The Linux PC (Ubuntu  7.10) has the strange and wonderful IRAF package installed. On the Windows PC, I mostly run MaxIM DL, CCDSoft and Visual Spec. 

The library

Some of the more important titles in the library are listed below:

Alfvén, Hannes and Gustaf Arrhenius Evolution of the solar system, 1976
Bradt, Hale Astronomy methods: a physical approach to astronomical observations, 2004
Böhm-Vitense, Erika Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics, Vol. 1: Basic stellar observations and data, 1989
Böhm-Vitense, Erika Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics Vol. 2: Stellar atmospheres, 1989
Budding, E and O Demircan Introduction to Astronomical Photometry, 2007
Celnikier, Ludwik M Basics of Cosmic Structures, 1989
    Intriguing book with a heuristic and refreshingly "down to earth" perspective on astrophysical calculations
Frankel, Theodore Gravitational curvature, An Introduction to Einstein's Theory, 1979
Goldsmith, Donald and Tobias Owen The Search for Life in the Universe, 2002
Gray, David F The Observation and Analysis of Stellar Photospheres, 2005
    Presently my main reading
Harrington, Philip S StarWare, 2002
Jönsson, Uno Stjärnhimlen - Din vägvisare i natten, 1995
Kaler, James B Stars and their spectra, 1989
    A pure joy to read
Kaler, James B Stars, 1992
Karttunen et al Fundamental Astronomy, 2007
Kippenhahn, Rudolf and Alfred Weigert Stellar Structure and Evolution, 1990
Kitchin, C R Astrophysical Techniques, Fourth Edition, 2003
    My bible, the maybe most important book in the library
Lagerkvist, C-I och K Olofsson Astronomi - en bok om universum, 2003
Léna P, F Lebrun and F Mignard Observational Astrophysics, 1998
    The right book on the right subject but just too difficult! (And I'm a physicist...)
Loden, Liljequist och Mathiesen Astronomi och geofysik, 1971
Meyers, Robert A. (ed) Encyclopedia of astronomy and astrophysics, 1988
Misner, Thorne and Wheeler Gravitation, 1973
    This is the book that got me hooked on general relativity but also discouraged me to take it as a research direction...
North, Gerald Advanced Amateur Astronomy, 1997
Percy, John R Understanding Variable Stars, 2007
Prialnik, Dina A n introduction to the theory of stellar structure and evolution, 2000
Rees, M, R. Ruffini, and J. A. Wheeler Black Holes, Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, 1975
Ridpath, lan (ed) Nortons Star Atlas and Reference Handbook, 2004
Shipman, Harry L Black holes, Quasars and the Universe, 1976
Shu, Frank H. The Physical Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy, 1982
Stahler, Steven W and Francesco Palla The Formation of Stars, 2004
    Advanced book but still surprisingly easy to read
Tayler, R J The stars: Their structure and evolution, 1970
Tonkin, Stephen F. AstroFAQs: Questions Amateur Astronomers Frequently Ask, 2000
Warner, Brian Cataclysmic variable stars, 1995
    The main CV monograph, written with great wit and humour
Weedman, Daniel W Quasar astronomy, 1986
Weinberg, Steven Gravitation and cosmology, 1972