malandrew

The C Programming Language by K&R (if you are interested in C)

The Little Schemer

I would add The Little Schemer to the list. It may not seem like the most practical book, but it will make you a better programmer.

How to Design Programs (get version 2. Racket, the IDE for this book, is practically plug-and-play

my recommendation is to start with Eloquent Javascript then Dive into HTML5 and then DOM Scripting

Eloquent Javascript (very good introduction, all examples can be done directly in the browser

-- Land of Lisp

my recommendation is to start with Eloquent Javascript then Dive into HTML5 and then DOM Scripting

Dive into HTML5 (if you are interested in web development.

my recommendation is to start with Eloquent Javascript then Dive into HTML5 and then DOM Scripting

Hal Varian's "Information Rules"

Think Python by Allen Downey (i haven't read this one, but it comes very highly recommended. the excerpts I've read show that Allen communicates the concepts very clearly)

DOM Scripting (Pair this book with Eloquent Javascript. It's the best introduction to the DOM that I've seen

Yochai Benkler's "The Wealth of Networks"