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Ignition also comes up regularly in Derek Lowe's "Things I won't work with" blog, which is highly entertaining in its own right.

I first saw a reference to Ignition in the "Things I won't work with" entry on chlorine trifluoride - the stuff you can use to set fire to sand...

Also, if you're looking for a short, but surprisingly informative video on the matter, Scott Manley's "WTF is rocket fuel anyway" video is fantastic:

Second this recommendation. The author was a propellant chemist/raketenmensch and wrote about the subject with passion and humor. A pleasure to read.

This is a great read and I highly recommend it. I was greatly entertained despite no particular background in chemistry.

There is a PDF available here, since it's a wee bit hard to get from Amazon: http://www.sciencemadness.org/library/books/ignition.pdf