Some recommended books:
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General Mac Computing and Design:
The Mac is Not A Typewriter - A style manual for anyone creating documents on a computer.
The Little Mac Book - Great all around information especially for new Mac users.
The Non-Designer’s Design Book - Solid fundamentals for basic graphic design.
Digital Photography - Processing:
Adobe Photoshop CC Book for Digital Photographers - Excellent information targeted at photographers
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 Book for Digital Photographers - As above except for Lightroom
Photoshop CC: The Missing Manual - An excellent book for new Photoshop users
Photography - Composition and Technique:
The Digital Photography Book: Part 1, Scott Kelby - Advice on using your camera equipment
Mastering Landscape Photography, Alain Briot - Beautiful images and advice on technical and aesthetic topics
The Tao of Photography: Seeing Beyond Seeing - Philosophical treatise on the nature of “seeing”
The Art of Photography, Bruce Barnbaum - Photography as a medium for personal expression
Photographs and Photographers:
Recollections: Three Decades of Photography, John Sexton - Stunning black & white photographs
Yosemite and the High Sierra, Ansel Adams - Nice reproductions of classic images at a reasonable price
Window Seat: The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking, Julieanne Kost - Creativity that inspires
The Nature of Photographs, Stephen Shore - Commentary on understanding photographs