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Programming bloggers have strip-mined it for material over the years, so you've probably already read much of it by osmosis.

I prefer _The Practice of Programming_ by Kernighan and Pike, personally.

This, and it's also a great book to give to junior hires or interns.

Most of the stuff mentioned in the book should be covered in schools, but usually isn't.

And that some common knowledge only appears to be.