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Addison-Wesley Professional, 1997 LaTeX graphics bible + Power Latex but not for the Faint of Heart + Like the JC Penny catalogue: a wish book + Almost Perfect             Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)250 reviews Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, ... Addison-Wesley Professional, 1994 If you are a programmer, this is a must read + Design Patterns + A bit old school, but an excellent starting point... + The One book you absolutely must read if you develop with object oriented languages.             Advanced Programming in the UNIX(R) Environment (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)76 reviews W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago Addison-Wesley Professional, 2005 awesome book for systems programming + Classic on UNIX based programming + Must-have for troubleshooters + Wonderful book about UNIX programming + Where is AIX, HP/UX, among other majors?             Linux Kernel Development (2nd Edition) (Novell Press)38 reviews Robert Love Novell Press, 2005 Excellent Book + An operating systems book focused on Linux + Excellent book and easy to read + Perfect Book + Very impressed.             Thinking in C++, Volume 2: Practical Programming (Thinking in C++)15 reviews Bruce Eckel, Chuck Allison Prentice Hall, 2003 A must + Excellent + This is a must-have for all C++ programmers! + useful to know the standard library             The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial and Reference93 reviews Nicolai M. Josuttis Addison-Wesley Professional, 1999 I think it is the author who makes the difference + C++ Standard Library Reference + Getting dated, but still my first stop reference + If you use the STL, you need this book + Prompt delivery and great price