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1. Teach yourself visual c++5 in 21 days
   (Sams: Nathan and Ori Gurewich)

   If you dont have time to learn graphics and windows programming, this is pretty ok. You want to get the latest edition, though.

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2. Java: The Complete Reference
   (Patrick Naughton and Herbert Schildt)

   First Schildt book I have read. I read through only the examples, which are extensivley given throughout the book.

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3. C++: The complete reference
   (Herbert Schildt)

   I would highly recommend this book to any person wanting to learn C++ (or object oriented programming). As usual I went through only the examples and was able to catch up.

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4. UNIX network programming
   (Stevens)

   My network primer book. Excellent book to learn networking.

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5. The Unix programming environment
   (Kernigan and Pike)

   Classic Unix book. Does not need a review.

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6. Teach yourself Assembly
   (Mark Goodwin)

   I read this book out of curiosity of using the MASM assembler.

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7. SAMS teach yourself HTML in 24 hours
   (Oliver)

   How do you think this webpage was written :-)

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8. The C++ Programming Language
   (Bjarne Strastroup)

   This is the only book I have read twice. I tried my approach of reading only examples first, but it won't work for this one. This book is a killer, I read it carefully again after reading the Schildt book. This books assumes you know C++ already, and will tell you how to unleash the real power, with STL, templates, casting etc. But once you get it, this is the real deal. Highly recommended.

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9. Windows 98 programming from ground up
   (Herbert Schildt)

   You are bound to do windows programming some time or other. Rather than cutting and pasting code snippets from web, I decided to learn it from ground up. I went through only examples and Schildt is the best book for that.

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10. Teach yourself XML in 24 hours
    (Sams: Morrison)

    You are bound to use XML some time or other; this was a pretty good introduction to XML.

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11. Jpeg: T.81
    (Image Compression Standard)

    I read this to implement Jpeg on ARM7/C5409 DSP.

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12. Jpeg 2000
    (Image Compression Standard)

    Read this to implement the complete Jpeg 2000 codec. This was the fastest at that time :-)

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13. Mpeg 2: 13818-2
    (Video Compression Standard)

    I have worked with other video standards, so I thought I will read up on Mpeg 2, the most popular video compression standard.

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14. Jpeg LS
    (Image Compression Standard)

    Read this out of curiosity.

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15. Com+ from ground up
    (Michaelis and Schildt)

    Wanted to be conversant in the new binary standard from Microsoft. Pretty cool concepts. Recommended. C++ knowledge is extensively required.

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16. Programming windows with MFC
    (Jeff Prosise )

    Wanted to learn MFC from ground up. I went through the examples mainly. I like the way the entire MFC has been developed by Microsoft. C++ knowledge a must to understand MFC fully.

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17. Cryptography and Network Security
    (Stallings)

    One of the best books on Security and Cryptography. Contains all the necessary mathematics for a first reading on Security. Highly recommended.

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