 | Absolute BSD: The Ultimate Guide to FreeBSD by Michael Lucas
Buy used from: $3.43 Top-notch guide for FreeBSD sysadmins.
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 | The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System by Marshall Kirk McKusick
Buy new: $45.15 / Used from: $37.99 Put your geek hat on.
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 | The Complete FreeBSD: Documentation from the Source by Greg Lehey
Buy new: $34.64 / Used from: $2.79 Indispensible FreeBSD reference.
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 | How Linux Works: What Every Superuser Should Know by Brian Ward
Buy new: $25.05 / Used from: $13.28 Or if you prefer Linux as your server operating system, a must.
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 | Linux in a Nutshell by Ellen Siever
Buy used from: $0.71 Excellent Linux overview.
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 | HTTP Developer's Handbook by Chris Shiflett
Buy new: $26.39 / Used from: $20.99 Where all things Web begin. An complete understanding of HTTP is key, this title goes into great detail.
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 | HTTP Pocket Reference: Hypertext Transfer Protocol by Clinton Wong
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $3.25 One of the best O'Reilly pocket rockets, mine is a foot from my hand at all times.
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 | Webmaster in a Nutshell, Third Edition by Stephen Spainhour
Buy new: $23.07 / Used from: $7.00 A great overview of all the technologies represented by this list.
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 | Apache Administrator's Handbook by Rich Bowen
Buy new: $30.07 / Used from: $3.99 Apache is very powerful, and understanding it and configuring it properly takes some work. Which is why a detailed reference like this one is vital.
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 | Apache Cookbook by Ken Coar
Buy new: $29.95 / Used from: $0.02 Solutions to everyday Web server tasks, or how to get the most out of Apache.
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 | Setting Up LAMP: Getting Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP Working Together by Eric Rosebrock
Buy new: $23.09 / Used from: $7.97 Apache, MySQL and PHP (or Perl/Python) are the holy trinity of open-source Web development. I prefer FreeBSD, but Linux is just as viable of an operating system. Learn how to get all of them humming.
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 | MySQL (3rd Edition) by Paul DuBois
Buy new: $37.11 / Used from: $3.15 Outstanding reference on MySQL. Paul's work is unmatched.
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 | High Performance MySQL by Jeremy D. Zawodny
Buy new: $29.16 / Used from: $1.99 Squeeze the most out of what is already the fastest RDBMS out there.
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 | MySQL Cookbook by Paul DuBois
Buy used from: $1.99 MySQL tasks, and their solutions.
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 | PHP and MySQL Web Development, Second Edition by Luke Welling
Buy used from: $3.07 Get the most out of PHP by extracting your dynamic data from MySQL. Learn how to build a complete CMS.
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 | The PHP Anthology: Object Oriented PHP Solution, Volume 1 by Harry Fuecks
Buy used from: $2.44 As are most of my recommendations, this title is task-oriented and teaches best practices for developers.
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 | Programming PHP by Rasmus Lerdorf
Buy used from: $4.52 Rasmus is the creator of PHP. Need I say more?
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 | PHP Cookbook by David Sklar
Buy used from: $2.48 Another excellent volume of examples and solutions.
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 | Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook (Pioneering Series) by Dan Cederholm
Buy new: $29.91 / Used from: $0.61 The days of sloppy markup are over. Learn how to build your sites with structure, semantics and separation of content and presentation.
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 | HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, Fifth Edition by Chuck Musciano
Buy used from: $0.18 Chuck wrote the book on HTML. Five times! This one includes XHTML, which is what I use.
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 | More Eric Meyer on CSS (Voices That Matter) by Eric Meyer
Buy new: $35.04 / Used from: $3.65 Eric is the undisputed master of CSS.
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 | CSS Cookbook by Christopher Schmitt
Buy used from: $1.24 CSS problems and solutions.
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 | Developing Feeds with Rss and Atom by Ben Hammersley
Buy new: $34.03 / Used from: $4.94 Understanding and taking advantage of RSS, feeds and blogging is key in the modern Web.
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 | Beginning RSS and Atom Programming by Danny Ayers
Buy new: $26.39 / Used from: $1.80 And these two titles will get you up to speed quickly.
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