Humble Book Bundle: Learn You More Code by No Starch Press

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This is a fantastic offer, but until there is an affordable and fast big screen (10'') book reader available, I'll stay with dead tree versions which of course have different costs. I really want to love ebooks, but I find them good only for short peeks, say when looking for a function definition or a part data sheet; I can't really "read" them.

Is there anything in this bundle that people here recommend reading?

I found the series "Write Great Code" to be helpful because they give accessible introduction to computer architecture, software engineering and compilers. It's not at the level of traditional university textbooks, but enough to understand the main ideas and bridge into more advanced texts.

Some of the other books I didn't find helpful. For example, Learn Java the Easy Way seems to be too slow for anyone with any programming experience but not enough coverage of fundamentals for beginners.

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