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	Applied Artificial Intelligence : A Sourcebook	Nearly all AI books are scholarly and theoretical. Most concentrate on basic research questions and issues. This book avoids those issues and controversies and instead deals with where we are now in terms of practical applications and real applied potential. The book represents the first collection of applications selected on the basis of how successful they have been.
	Introduction to Algorithms	If you had to buy just one text on algorithms, Introduction to Algorithms is a magnificent choice. This is the best book for starters AND veterans. As one man said: "Reading the book strengthens the mind; carrying the book strengthens the body. Paying for the book, well, that's what credit cards were made for."
	Algorithms in Java, Third Edition	This volume comprises a new edition of the first half of Sedgewick's (computer science, Princeton, U.) complete work. Sixteen chapters present Java class implementations of about 100 important practical algorithms, and address topics such as ADTs, modular, and object oriented programming; arrays, linked lists, trees, and other data structures; algorithms for sorting, selection, priority queue ADT implementations, and search algorithms; and implementations for binomial queues, multiway radix sorting, randomized BSTs, splay trees, skip lists, multiway ties, and other advanced methods.
	Artificial Intelligence : A New Synthesis	Although I do not recommend this book as a first one (because the material is too much dense for a begginer), it undoubtedly is a "must" in any set of books if you intend seriously working inside this area.
	Mastering Visual C# .NET	Mastering Visual C# .NET is the best resource for getting everything you can out of the new C# language and the .NET Framework. You'll master C# language essentials, quickly taking advantage of the many improvements it offers over C++ and see tons of examples that show you all the ways that .NET can make your programming more efficient and your applications more powerful. You'll learn how to create stand-alone applications, as well...