Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist is a perfect (exhaustive and absorbing) human anatomy reference book for both beginners and intermediate artists. It's planned and written by Stephen Rogers Peck with a completeness and orderliness, first published as a paperback by Oxford University Press in 1982, and gets mentioned a lot on many online art forums around the world now.

The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP for short) is a comprehensive monograph written by Donald Knuth. It was first published in 1968, and acclaimed as one of the best 12 academic monographs in Twentieth Century (Albert Einstein's theory of relativity is one of another 11) by American Scientist Magazine in 1999. The vast majority of computer programming knowledge of contemporary software developers came from this series of books.

The author of MySQL Cookbook Paul DuBois is one of the first group of contributors of MySQL online reference manuals, who has written many classic books about MySQL. It is important to note that this book isn't to teach you how to develop a complete and complex application; on the contrary, it is to help you overcome various problems had stumped you in MySQL database development. Therefore, it is suitable for all related personnels engaged in the development of database technology to read. And it has became one of must-read books for MySQL developers.

SQL has concise syntax, flexible usage method and powerful function. It has become the most popular database language (almost any important DBMS supports SQL) and an indispensable, basic skill for any programmers.

As a representative of open source software, MySQL had already become the world's most popular DBMS (database managing system) long time ago. After Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes (AKA: SQL Crash Course), MySQL Crash Course became another classic bestseller. This book is actually written by Ben Forta at the requests from many readers, and specifically for MySQL users.