Books

lets have a thread in which you post books that have impacted you in a big way.
important books that you think every good /prog/rider should read.
/prog/ DOES read books, right?
just post the name, subject, and a little description if you like.
i'll start with a couple obvious ones:

SICP
-general computer science
-scheme

K&R
-C

I've read how to make a woman orgasm two times now and I feel it made me a bigger man and have contributed to my development as a human being overall because sex is just all too important in now-a-day society. Knowing how to pleasure your parter is a rare, under-spoken but celebrated skill deeming great rewards for both you and your partner.