Best Computer Books For The Smart

You'll remember last week, I asked for recommendations of the Best Websites for developers. This was a -great- thread and in the story, I mentioned that I was planning on doing the same regarding books this week. So here it is. What do you, the slashdot reader consider seminal works? What would you consider great introductions to technical topics? If you are interested, check it out... As part of this I'm looking for books on C, C++, Perl, Python, PHP , System Administration, anything...you name. As before I have opinions on great books, but I want to see what you think. Also, what do people think is a great introductory book for people new to linux.

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Here are some for you..

[Axe]

King Wen & Duke Chou: The I Ching
Zoroaster: The Avesta
Lucretius: On the Nature of Reality
Marcus Aurelius: Meditations
Immanuel Kant: Critique of Pure Reason
Albert Einstein: Relativity

Then, more specific for developers:
The Lord of the Rings. (doh)
Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy.
How to date a woman.
..and
Definitive guide to mental and sexual masturbation.
..by me. ;-)

Re:Here are some for you..

[davebob]

I would personally recommend anything by Franz Kafka. That would prepare you for dealing with management.

Re:A brief list

[(H)elix1]

Schneier, "Applied Cryptography" -- this is a must have if you ever do any type of crypto work, from munging files to hard encryption. Good for those who really want to know what the PKI thing is all about, and then some.