OReilly Media Publishes Great Computer Books
O'Reilly & Associates began publishing computer-related books in 1978 (before the PC revolution) with a small series of highly regarded UNIX® manuals.
Their books were frequently better than the "official" documentation, if any such documentation existed at all, and several of their animal cover books like "The Camel Book" and "The Rhino Book" became classics.
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Sometimes Bigger *is* Better.
O'Reilly still publishes some of the best computer books on the market, although you will occasionally read a review that opines that some title is "not worthy of the O'Reilly name." What has changed is that O'Reilly is far from small.
They publish books on a wide range of computer-related (and increasingly non-computer-related) topics while maintaining very high editorial standards. The three series highlighted here are a small sampling of their complete catalog.
Three Great O'Reilly Series
- The "Head-First" Series
- This series doesn't confuse "beginner" with "moron." These books assume no prior experience, but approach their topics with intelligence and an appreciation of the big picture seldom seen in introductory books.
- The "Hacks" Series
- The "Hacks" Series doesn't teach the underlying technology from the ground up. Instead it presents useful real-world examples of ways the resource can be used. These are short and sweet, but they contain enough valuable ideas to keep intermediate users busy for months (or possibly years)
- The "CD Bookshelf" Series
- One of the greatest underdiscovered values in the publishing world, the CD Bookshelf Series contain a number of full O'Reilly Books in CD form. Great for developers and experienced programmers, but useful to Intermediate users as well.
O'Reilly "Head-First" Series @ Amazon.com
(Beginning)
Computing theory will only take you so far before you get your hands dirty and start dealing with the actual code. O'Reilly's Head-First Series encourages you to "dive right in," and begin learning by doing from the start.
These books assume no prior knowledge, but they are written by experts who can point you toward a comprehensive overview of fairly advanced concepts so painlessly you hardly realize how much you actually are learning
Amazon.com has not created a category for these books, which makes it difficult to list them all here. You will find more in our bookstore
Head First Design Patterns
Amazon Price: $29.67 (as of 12/09/2009) 
List Price: $44.95
Head First iPhone Development: A Learner's Guide to Creating Objective-C Applications for the iPhone
Amazon Price: $29.69 (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $44.99
Head First Java, 2nd Edition
Amazon Price: $29.67 (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $44.95
O'Reilly "Hacks" Series @ Amazon.com
(Intermediate)
A "Hack" was a simple, elegant solution to a computing problem long before the popular press began (mis)applying the term "hacker" to various unethical practices such as network intrusion. O'Reilly wants to restore the term to it's former glory, and these sure-fire recipes go a long way toward that end.
This is another series Amazon.com doesn't recognize. Without going into the gory details, I have to say this makes it hard to include the full listing here. You will find many more "Hacks" books at our bookstore.
iPod & iTunes Hacks
Amazon Price: $18.21 (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $24.95
Flickr Hacks: Tips & Tools for Sharing Photos Online
Amazon Price: $18.99 (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $24.99
Gaming Hacks
Amazon Price: $18.96 (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $24.95
Firefox Hacks: Tips & Tools for Next-Generation Web Browsing
Amazon Price: $18.21 (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $24.95
O'Reilly CD Bookshelf Series @ Amazon.com
(Advanced)
You can't beat O'Reilly's CD Bookshelf series for value. You get one paperback from O'Reilly's top-notch collection plus several (usually five or six) complete books in searchable HTML format on the included CD.
Amazon.com doesn't include the CD Bookshelf Series in their browse categories, so you'll find more at our bookstore than we're able to list here.
Oracle PL/SQL CD Bookshelf
Amazon Price: $65.66 (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $89.95
Perl CD Bookshelf
Amazon Price: (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $99.95
The Networking CD Bookshelf (Volume 2.0)
Amazon Price: (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $119.95
The Linux Web Server CD Bookshelf Version 2.0
Amazon Price: (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $119.95
(More) CD Bookshelf Titles
I was poking around and found that there was something wrong with the CD Bookshelf Feed. It works, but it was S..L..O..W and didn't show up in the module above.
Just for you "belt and suspenders" programmers, here are some (possibly redundant ) titles:
The Web Programming CD Bookshelf Version 1.0
Amazon Price: (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $129.95
The XML CD Bookshelf
Amazon Price: (as of 12/09/2009)
List Price: $59.95
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