--------------------------------------------------------------------Software Development Classics:

--------------------------------------------------------------------(core)
The Pragmatic Programmer : from Journeyman to Master
By Hunt, Andrew / Thomas, David
$30
ISBN: 020161622x
(core)
Code Complete : A Practical Handbook of Software Construction
$31.50
By McConnell, Steve M.
ISBN-10: 0735619670
--------------------------------------------------------------------Basic Unix References:
--------------------------------------------------------------------Managing Projects With Make
By Talbot, Steve / Oram, Andrew
$18
Published by O'reilly & Associates
ISBN: 0937175900
UNIX in a Nutshell
By Robbins, Arnold
$21
Softcover; 550 Pages
Published by O'Reilly & Associates Inc.
Date Published: 09/1999
ISBN: 1565924274
Mastering Regular Expressions
Jeffrey Friedl
ISBN-10: 0596528124
$30
"A Guide To LaTeX" Third Ed. Kopka and Daly, 1999. ISBN
0201398257
$45
--------------------------------------------------------------------Object-oriented references:
--------------------------------------------------------------------(core)
Head First Design Patterns
Eric Freeman, Bert Bates, Elisabeth Freeman
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 0596007124
Format: Paperback, 600pp
Pub. Date: October 2004
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
$32
--------------------------------------------------------------------C++ references:
---------------------------------------------------------------------

(core)
The C++ Programming Language, 4th Edition
Bjarne Stroustrup
ISBN-10: 0321563840
ISBN-13: 978-0321563842
$54
Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ (2nd Edition)
Bjarne Stroustrup
Publication Date: May 25, 2014 | ISBN-10: 0321992784
$56
The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial and Reference (2nd Edition)
Publication Date: April 9, 2012
ISBN-10: 0321623215 | ISBN-13: 978-0321623218 | Edition: 2
$53
C++ Templates: The Complete Guide
David Vandevoorde, Nicolai M. Josuttis
ISBN: 0201734842
Format: Hardcover, 528pp
Pub. Date: November 2002
Publisher: Pearson Education
$56
(recommended)
C++ Gotchas: Avoiding Common Problems in Coding and Design
Stephen Dewhurst
ISBN: 0321125185
Format: Paperback, 325pp
Pub. Date: December 2002
Publisher: Addison Wesley
$45
(recommended)
C++ Common Knowledge: Essential Intermediate Programming
Stephen C. Dewhurst
Product Details:
ISBN: 0321321928
Format: Paperback, 272pp
Pub. Date: March 2005
Publisher: Pearson Education
$30
Nicolai M. Josuttis
Object-Oriented Programming in C++
Wiley, 2002
ISBN: 0470843993
$60
(essential)
The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial and Reference
Nicolai M. Josuttis
$60
Textbook Hardcover, August 1999
ISBN: 0201379260
Format: Hardcover, 912pp
Pub. Date: August 1999

(essential)
Effective C++: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Design
Scott D. Meyers
$40
ISBN: 0201924889
Pub. Date: September 1997
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
(essential)
Effective STL: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of the Standard
Template Library
By Scott Meyers
$40
288 Pages
Published by Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.
Date Published: 06/2001
ISBN: 0201749629
(essential)
More Effective C++: 35 New Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs
By Scott Meyers
$45
318 Pages Published by Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.
Date Published: 12/1995
ISBN: 020163371X
C++ Coding Standards
Herb Sutter and Andrei Alexandrescu
October 2004
ISBN: 0321113586
$35
Large-Scale C++ Software Design : Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series
By Lakos, John
$55
Softcover; 852 Pages
Published by Addison Wesley
Date Published: 06/1996
ISBN: 0201633620
(advanced templating)
Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied
By Andrei Alexandrescu
$49
Published by Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.
Date Published: 02/2001
ISBN: 0201704315
Accelerated C++: Practical Programming by Example
By Andrew Koenig,Barbara E. Moo
$40
Published by Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.
Date Published: 08/2000
ISBN: 020170353X
Efficient C++: Performance Programming Techniques
By Dov Bulka,David Mayhew
$40
Published by Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.
Date Published: 10/1999

ISBN: 0201379503
Exceptional C++ Style
Herb Sutter
ISBN: 0201760428
$34
Exceptional C++ Style
Herb Sutter
ISBN: 0201760428
$34
Professional C++
Nicholas Solter and Scott Kleper
ISBN: 0764574841
$27
Applied C++
Philip Romanik, Amy Muntz
ISBN: 0321108949
$39
Beyond the C++ Standard Library: An Introduction to Boost (Paperback)
Bjorn Karlsson
ISBN-10: 0321133544
ISBN-13: 978-0321133540
Addison-Wesley Professional (September 10, 2005)
$48
--------------------------------------------------------------------------Parallel computing references:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(core)
Parallel Programming with MPI
Peter S. Pacheco
$48
ISBN: 1558603395
Format: Paperback, 419pp
Pub. Date: October 1996
An Introduction to Parallel Computing: Design and Analysis of Algorithm,
Second Edition (Hardcover)
by Ananth Grama, George Karypis, Vipin Kumar, Anshul Gupta
ISBN: 0201648652
(used ~$52)
Fundamentals of Parallel Processing (Hardcover)
by Harry F. Jordan, Gita Alaghband, Harry E. Jordan
ISBN: 0139011587
~ $30 used
(multithreading directives)
Using OpenMP
by Barbara Chapman
ISBN-10: 0262533022 ISBN-13: 978-0262533027
$36
(resources for GPU programming?)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------Python references:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------(essential)
Python Essential Reference (4th edition)
David Beazley
ISBN-10: 0672329786
ISBN-13: 978-0672329784
Publication Date: July 19, 2009 | Edition: 4
$28
--------------------------------------------------------------------------Software Engineering references:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
Martin Fowler, Don Roberts, Brant, Kent Beck, John Brant
$50
ISBN: 0201485672
Format: Hardcover, 431pp
Pub. Date: June 1999
(excellent)
Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices
Robert Martin
ISBN-10: 0135974445
$55
--------------------------------------------------------------------------Others to consider:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------Linkers and Loaders
John Levine
ISBN-10: 1558604960
$35
Debugging
by David, J Agans
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: Amacom (September 30, 2006)
ISBN-10: 0814474578
$18
The Non-Designers Presentation Book
ISBN-10: 0321656210
ISBN-13: 978-0321656216
$22