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Can anybody recommend some books put out by Packt? I've looked at quite a few of their books over the years, and they have been, without exception, dreadful (not quite a tutorial, but also not a reference, lacking in detail, and usually behind the curve technology-wise). They appear to have several hundred books so there must be some hidden gems.


538 of em have 4-star+ on amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_p_72_0?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_3...


Good call, thanks. I think I might look at the one on PostgreSQL optimization.


I'd highly recommend Object-Oriented JavaScript by Stoyan Stefanov. Really any JS book by Stoyan is pretty high quality.

http://www.amazon.com/Object-Oriented-JavaScript-high-qualit...


I have got the "NHibernate 3.0 Cookbook" and it is really nice. Well it has many solutions and best practices. The print is not top notch - but the content is great.


"Expert Python Programming" by Tarek Ziade (http://www.packtpub.com/expert-python-programming/book)


WebGL Beginner's Guide seems good, although the subject is fairly niche.


I found the FreeSWITCH book very helpful.




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