Course Textbooks (Introduction & Fundamentals):

Can Animals and Machines Be Persons? by Justin Leiber
A brilliant introduction to cognitive science issues through a fictional, futuristic dialogue on nature of thought.

The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman
An amusing and very accessible introduction to the effect of design on usability.

Inevitable Illusions: How Mistakes of Reason Rule Our Minds by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini
An engaging and enjoyable treatment of human cognition using examples of universal mistakes in reasoning.

The Essence of Human-Computer Interaction by R. Faulkner
Provides a concise, practical introduction to the field of human-computer interaction.

Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines by Apple Computer, Inc.
You need not purchase this book since the full text is also available, online: HERE

Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources by Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger
Excellent handbook that includes style guides for citing and documenting Internet sources in MLA style, APA style, Chicago style, and CBE style. Also contains useful information on choosing and evaluating Internet sources and other related topics. (not required; strongly recommended)

Special Interest:

Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions by Gary Klein.
Fascinating report on decisionmaking in the real world by real people and develops an explanatory, underlying theory of "naturalistic decision-making."

HAL's Legacy: 2001's Computer as Dream and Reality edited by David G. Stork
The chapters of this book are contributed by some of the leading researchers in artificial intelligence and cognitive science. They address, in understandable language, the reality of HAL's capabilities with today's technology.

Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge by Edward O. Wilson
Presentation of a broad study that demonstrates the value of and need for integrating knowledge across all disciplines and branches of knowledge. Addresses the essence of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary considerations.

Human-Computer Interface and Design:

The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design by Brenda Laurel
A collection of useful and seminal papers concerning human-computer interface design.

Usability Engineering by Jakob Nielsen.
Useful compendium of methods for usability engineering.

User and Task Analysis for Interface Design by JoAnn T. Hackos and Janice C. Redish

An Introduction to Usability by Patrick W. Jordan

Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug
One of the most lucid and useful treatments of usability engineering for the web.

Graphical User Interface Design and Evaluation by David Redmond-Pyle and Alan Moore

Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, The Computer That Changed Everything
by Steven Levy

Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer-Interaction by Ben Shneiderman

Instructional Message Design
edited by Malcolm L. Fleming and W. Howard Levie
A classic (1978), now updated (1993) with principles from the cognitive sciences based on rigorous research. (May have trouble finding the newer edition: ISBN 0877782539)

Computers as Theatre by Brenda Laurel

About Face: The Essentials of User Interface Design by Alan Cooper

Designing Visual Interfaces: Communication Oriented Techniques by Kevin Mullet and Darrell Sano

Human-Computer Interaction
by Jenny Preece, Yvonne Rogers, Helen Sharp and David Benyon

Tog on Interface by Bruce Tognazzini

The Non-Designer's Design Book: Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice by Robin Williams

The Non-Designer's Web Book: An easy guide to creating, designing, and posting your own web site by Robin Williams and John Tollet

Web Design Template Sourcebook by Lisa Schmeiser
Good collection of design principles with extensive examples given as templates on enclosed CD.

Universal Web Design by Crystal Waters
This text deals with principles of universal access,that is, designing to be useful to the greatest possible number of users.Includes considerations for people with disabilities or environmental restrictions, rich with examples and alternatives that demonstrate means to extend the effectiveness and reach of a web site.

Web Pages That Suck: Learn Good Design by Looking at Bad Design
by Vincent Flanders and Michael Willis.
Amusing and very sound advice. Lots of good examples of bad design.

Case-Based Reasoning and Learning:

Inside Case-Based Reasoning by Christopher K. Riesbeck and Roger C. Schank

Inside Case Based Explanation by Roger C. Schank and Alex Kass

Case-Based Learning edited by Janet L. Kolodner

Inside Multi-Media Case Based Instruction edited by Roger C. Schank
Contains the theses of four of Schank's graduate students (who followed him from Yale to Northwestern). These report on advanced and significant current work at the crossroads of computer science, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science.

Issues and Applications of Case-Based Reasoning in Design edited by Mary Lou Maher and Pearl Pu

Applying Case-Based Reasoning: Techniques for Enterprise Systems by Ian D. Watson

General:

Speaking Minds: Interviews With Twenty Eminent Cognitive Scientists edited by Peter Baumgartner and Sabine Payr

An Invitation to Cognitive Science by Justin Lieber

Beyond Humanity: Cyberevolution and Future Minds by Gregory S. Paul and Earl D. Cox
An an alarmist, popular press look at cognition and artificial intelligence issues.

Experimenting With the Mind: Readings in Cognitive Psychology by Lloyd K. Komatsu

Unified Theories of Cognition by Allen Newell

The Evolution of Consciousness: The Origins of the Way We Think by Robert Ornstein

Cognitive Science: An Introduction (2nd Edition) by Neil A. Stillings, Steven E. Weisler, Christopher Chase

What Is Cognitive Science? by Barbara Von Eckardt

first person: Marvin Minsky by Marvin Minsky
CD-ROM containing: talks by Marvin Minsky in QuickTime video; the entire text of The Society of Mind with new animated illustrations; a selection of classic articles; an interactive tour of Minsky's living room.

Why Flip a Coin? by H. W. Lewis
An entertaining and valuable presentation of how to apply probability skills to everyday decisions. Makes a good companion to Inevitable Illusions

by Don Norman:

Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes in the Age of the Machine by Donald A. Norman

Turn Signals Are the Facial Expressions of Automobiles by Donald A. Norman

first person: Donald A. Norman by Donald A. Norman
"Defending Human Attributes" CD-ROM containing: Three talks by Don Norman in QuickTime video; the entire texts of the books The Psychology (Design) of Everyday Things, Things that Make Us Smart, and Turn Signals Are the Facial Expressions of Automobiles; An online workbook to check your design IQ.

by Roger Schank:

Inside Computer Understanding: Five Programs Plus Miniatures by Roger C. Schank and Christopher K. Riesbeck

Inside Multi-Media Case Based Instruction edited by Roger C. Schank

Engines for Education by Roger C. Schank and Chip Cleary

Tell Me a Story: Narrative and Intelligence (Rethinking Theory) by Roger C. Schank

Dynamic Memory by Roger C. Schank

Virtual Learning : A Revolutionary Approach to Building a Highly Skilled Workforce by Roger C. Schank

Scripts, Plans, Goals, and Understanding : An Inquiry into Human Knowledge Structures by Roger Schank and Robert Abelson

by Edward R. Tufte:

Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward R. Tufte

Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative by Edward R. Tufte

The Cognitive Style of Power Point by Edward R. Tufte (A great, quick read!)