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Essential books about web design and web development
ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive GuideActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide by Colin Moock
Buy new: £23.86 / Used from: £0.92
The essential company for any Actionscript developer
Paper Prototyping: The Fast and Easy Way to Design and Refine User Interfaces (Interactive Technologies)Paper Prototyping: The Fast and Easy Way to Design and Refine User Interfaces (Interactive Technologies) by Carolyn Snyder
Buy new: £20.35 / Used from: £16.34
Shortest way between design and programming. One of the best references to shorten the gap between creativity and technology.
Homepage Usability: 50 Websites DeconstructedHomepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed by Jakob Nielsen
Buy new: £15.49 / Used from: £16.13
Give the credits to Mr Nielsn: without him, i'm sure all the sites would still have grey backgrounds and blinking text
Weaving the Web: The Past, Present and Future of the World Wide Web by its InventorWeaving the Web: The Past, Present and Future of the World Wide Web by its Inventor by Tim Berners-Lee
Buy used from: £4.25
Where it all started ...
Essential ActionScript 2.0Essential ActionScript 2.0 by Colin Moock
Buy used from: £3.16
Colin Moock new book on Action Script 2 is also a "must have" for the Flash Community
Hot Text: Web Writing That WorksHot Text: Web Writing That Works by Lisa Price
Buy new: £22.21 / Used from: £15.00
I'm no copywriter but you'd better read this one if you intend to do some serious writing
The Art of Interactive Design: A Euphonious and Illuminating Guide to Building Successful SoftwareThe Art of Interactive Design: A Euphonious and Illuminating Guide to Building Successful Software by Chris Crawford
Buy new: £21.59 / Used from: £4.04
Nice reference on the issues of interactive design, covering from theory to practice
Maeda@MediaMaeda@Media by John Maeda
Buy used from: £19.70
An inspirational launchap from the director of MIT media Lab
The Inmates are Running the Asylum: Why High-tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the SanityThe Inmates are Running the Asylum: Why High-tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity by Alan Cooper
Buy new: £6.24 / Used from: £5.75
From the inventor of Visual Basic, comes an intrepid adventure in the fields of Software development, Information Architecture and Usability. A must have !
MTIV Process Inspiration and Practice for the New Media DesignerMTIV Process Inspiration and Practice for the New Media Designer by Hillman Curtis
Buy new: £25.01 / Used from: £15.70
From new media guru, Hillman Curtis, comes one of the first masterpieces that bridges the gap between theory and practice in the field of new media.
Don't Make Me Think!: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (Circle.Com Library)Don't Make Me Think!: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (Circle.Com Library) by Steve Krug
Buy used from: £5.75
The essential and simplest guide to Web Usability