This book is not only an excellent introduction to the subject matter for someone who learns best by example, but the later chapters that create the custom checkout are some of the most advanced implementations of ASP.NET I've found in any other book. I always keep this on hand when I'm creating any kind of site. If you develop in ASP.NET, you'll take something away from this.

This one is purely an intellectual selection on my part. I enjoyed reading this book and struggling to absorb its mathematical information without ever having taken classes beyond algebra. Good read for the Web 2.0 era if you're programming on the Internet. I found the metrics regarding product recommendations particularly useful.

Despite the title, this book covers a lot more ground than just Transact-SQL. As far as T-SQL goes, this is a very concise volume with many very good examples. If you're trying to determine the most efficient way of mining data with MS Sql 2005, this is an indispensible book to keep on hand.

Most of the C# books I've consumed go over the syntax of the language and how to leverage the components of the .NET framework. This book takes it a step further and explains the 'how' and 'why' of best practices regarding .NET's runtime environment: the CLR. Very excellent book, highly recommended.

I develop mostly with the Data and Business Tiers, where most server-side processing is done, so I had doubts about how much the "front-end" could really be tweaked to improve performance. Turns out I was completely wrong. Regardless of your development platform, this lean book (a whopping 150 pages) is full of useful information. You won't be disappointed.