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• Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book (c1997), by Michael Abrash (PDF files at gamedev.net)
• Programming Tricks and Skills (London: Usborne Pub., c1984), by Lisa Watts and Les Howarth, illust. by Naomi Reed (PDF at Usborne and Google)
• The Second Book of Machine Language (1984), by Richard Mansfield (illustrated HTML at atariarchives.org)
• Machine Language for Beginners: Machine Language Programming for BASIC Language Programmers (1983), by Richard Mansfield (illustrated HTML at atariarchives.org)
• Usborne Introduction to Machine Code for Beginners (London: Usborne Pub., c1983), by Lisa Watts and Mike Wharton, illust. by Naomi Reed and Graham Round (PDF at Usborne and Google)
• Big Computer Games (1984), ed. by David H. Ahl (HTML and page images at atariarchives.org)
• More BASIC Computer Games (1979), ed. by David H. Ahl (HTML and page images at atariarchives.org)
• BASIC Computer Games (1978), ed. by David H. Ahl (HTML and page images at atariarchives.org)

• Computer Fun (London: Usborne Publishing, c1984), by Gaby Waters, contrib. by Paul Shreeve, illust. by Graham Round (PDF at Usborne and Google)
• Computer Battlegames (London: Usborne Pub., c1982), by D. Isaaman and Jenny Tyler, contrib. by Bob Merry, illust. by Rex Archer, Jim Bamber, Tony Baskeyfield, Martin Newton, and Graham Round (PDF at Usborne and Google)
• Computer Spacegames (London: Usborne Pub., c1982), by D. Isaaman and Jenny Tyler, contrib. by Bob Merry, illust. by Martin Newton, Tony Baskeyfield, Graham Round, Jim Bamber, Mark Duffin, and John Bolton (PDF at Usborne and Google)
• Computer Spy Games (London: Usborne Pub., c1984), by Jenny Tyler and Chris Oxlade, contrib. by Adrian Hall, illust. by Sue Walliker, Rob McCaig, and Martin Newton (PDF at Usborne and Google)
• Fantasy Games (London: Usborne Pub., c1984), by Les Howarth and Cheryl Evans, ed. by Jenny Tyler and Chris Oxlade, illust. by Chris Riddell, Patrick Lynch, Rob McCaig, Simon Roulstone, and Martin Newton (PDF at Usborne and Google)
• Island of Secrets (London: Usborne Pub., 1984), by Jenny Tyler and Les Howarth, illust. by Patrick Lynch (PDF at Usborne and Google)
• The Mystery of Silver Mountain (London: Usborne Publishing, 1984), by Chris Oxlade and Judy Tatchell, contrib. by Graham Round, illust. by Chris Riddell and Mark Duffin (PDF at Usborne and Google)
• Simple Basic (London: Usborne Publishing, 1984), by Gaby Waters, contrib. by Paul Shreeve, illust. by Graham Round (PDF at Usborne and Google)
• Weird Computer Games (London: Usborne Pub., c1984), by Jenny Tyler and Chris Oxlade, contrib. by Les Howarth and Adrian Hall, illust. by Rob McCaig, Sue Walliker, Martin Newton, and Graham Smith (PDF at Usborne and Google)
• Adventure Programs (London: Usborne Publishing, c1983), by Jenny Tyler and Les Howarth, contrib. by Roger Priddy and Chris Oxlade, illust. by Penny Simon, Rob McCaig, and Mark Longworth (PDF at Usborne and Google)
• Creepy Computer Games (London: Usborne Pub., c1983), ed. by Jenny Tyler and Chris Oxlade, illust. by Rob McCaig (PDF at Usborne and Google)

• Game Developer (digital magazine content and code archive, 1994-2013) (full serial archives)
• Homebrew Computer Club Newsletter (selected issues, 1975-1977), by Homebrew Computer Club (partial serial archives)

• AppleScript Language Guide (revised for OS X 10.5), by Apple Computer, Inc. (HTML at Apple)
• AppleScript Scripting Additions Guide: English Dialect, by Apple Computer, Inc. (PDF at Apple)

• Mapping the Atari (revised edition, 1985), by Ian Chadwick (HTML at atariarchives.org)
• Assembly Language Programming for the Atari Computers (1984), by Mark Chasin (HTML at atariarchives.org)
• Atari Graphics and Arcade Game Design (c1984), by Jeffrey Stanton and Dan Pinal (illustrated HTML at atariarchives.org)
• Master Memory Map for the Atari (1984), by Craig Patchett and Robin Sherer (illustrated HTML at atariarchives.org)
• Compute!'s Second Book of Atari (1982) (illustrated HTML at atariarchives.org)
• Inside Atari DOS (1982), by Bill Wilkinson (HTML at atariarchives.org)
• SpeedScript: The Word Processor for Atari Computers (1985), by Charles Brannon (HTML at atariarchives.org)
• Atari Player-Missile Graphics in BASIC (1984), by Philip C. Seyer (illustrated HTML at atariarchives.org)

• Atari BASIC (1979), by Bob Albrecht, LeRoy Finkel, and Jerald Brown (page images at atariarchives.org)
• Compute!'s Second Book of Atari Graphics (1984) (illustrated HTML at atariarchives.org)
• Compute!'s First Book of Atari Graphics (1982) (illustrated HTML at atariarchives.org)

• Atari BASIC, XL Edition (1985), by Bob Albrecht, LeRoy Finkel, and Jerald Brown (page images at atariarchives.org)
• Atari BASIC (1979), by Bob Albrecht, LeRoy Finkel, and Jerald Brown (page images at atariarchives.org)
• Compute!'s Second Book of Atari Graphics (1984) (illustrated HTML at atariarchives.org)
• Compute!'s First Book of Atari Graphics (1982) (illustrated HTML at atariarchives.org)

• Atari BASIC, XL Edition (1985), by Bob Albrecht, LeRoy Finkel, and Jerald Brown (page images at atariarchives.org)

• PC Assembly Language (2006), by Paul A. Carter (PDF files with commentary at github.io)
• Smalltalk/V 286: Tutorial and Programming Handbook (Los Angeles: Digitalk, c1988) (PDF at free.fr)

• RedEdit Reference: For ResEdit 2.1 (c1995), by Apple Computer, Inc. (PDF at Apple)
• Inside Macintosh: Text (c1993), by Apple Computer, Inc. (PDF at Apple)
• Inside Macintosh: Imaging With QuickDraw (c1994), by Apple Computer, Inc. (PDF at Apple)
• Inside Macintosh: More Macintosh Toolbox (c1993), by Apple Computer, Inc. (PDF at Apple)
• Inside Macintosh: Macintosh Toolbox Essentials (c1992), by Apple Computer, Inc. (PDF at Apple)
• MacPerl: Power and Ease, by Vicki Brown and Chris Nandor, ed. by Rich Morin (HTML at macperl.com)

• NeXTStep Programming: Step One, Object-Oriented Applications (1993), by Simson Garfinkel and Michael K. Mahoney (PDF at simson.net)

• An Introduction to C and GUI Programming (second edition; Cambridge, UK: Raspberry Pi Press, ca. 2022), by Simon Long (PDF with commentary at raspberrypi.org)
• Learn to Code with C (from the MagPi Essentials series; Cambridge, UK: Raspberry Pi Ltd., ca. 2016), by Simon Long (PDF with commentary at raspberrypi.org)

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