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Knuth "The Art of Computer Programming"
Abelson & Sussman "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs"
Hamming "Numerical Methods for Scientists and Engineers" (This is a classic.)
Brooks "The Mythical Man-Month"
Glass "The Universal Elixir And Other Computing Projects Which Failed"
Barron "Assemblers and Loaders"
Aho & Ullman "Principles of Compiler Design" (also known as the Green Dragon Book) (I tend to prefer this one to the newer Red Dragon Book by Aho, Sethi & Ullman.)
Boehm "Software Engineering Economics"

a complete collection of Dijkstra's EWD notes series (search around http://www.cs.utexas.edu)

I'm not really impressed with any of the operating systems textbooks I've seen.

Recommended:

Thornton "Design of a Computer: the Control Data 6600" (very hard to find, maybe impossible)
Kidder "The Soul of a New Machine"
Levy "Hackers"

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