Good examples of circuit design techniques using discrete devices - BJT's, Op-Amps, FET's, and diodes. Nothing on the physics of electronic devices.

A classic in designing high speed digital circuits.

An advanced book on digital design. Shows the design of complex circuits such as digital control circuits, network interface circuits, pipelined arithmetic units, & RISC micros. It emphasizes the use of synthesizable VHDL code & provides numerous worked-out design examples including a USB interface, a pipelined multiply-accumulate unit, & a pipelined microprocessor for the ARM THUMB architecture.

You need to know something about error control and fault tolerant design.

A helpful book for designing analog circuits from building blocks of transistors, diodes, and op-amps. Merges signal processing, electronics, and construction techniques. A practical guide for the engineer, not the hobbyist.

Forrest Mims makes simple devices the centerpiece of interesting circuits.

Lots of people hate this book because many of the circuits need modification. Instead, think of it as a treasure trove of ideas.

If you know something about image processing & circuitry you'll get a lot out of this book focusing on video electronics with projects.

After you know embedded hardware, learn how it is controlled via software.

Latest edition of series on 68k microprocessor interfacing. A very good series by a very good author.

How electronics affects engine performance, fuel economy, & emissions. Describes the role of electronics in speed control, ride control, & anti-lock braking. Inside information on speech synthesis

There are circuits for anything from Touch Lamps and Light Dimmers through to the more robotic circuits like the particularly good chapter on H-Bridges. There really isn't anything about AI in here.

Superb reference with large numbers of practical circuits. Disk contains Excel spreadsheet for easy calculation of formulas.

1 of a kind book starts with basic electronics and works up to building a video game console from scratch. A fun way to get into electronics.

One of those weird hobbyist electronic books that TAB put out in the early 80's. Very typical of the Heathkit era with some projects that still look interesting if not useful today.