Getting Real (37 Signals) Programming Ruby (Pragmatic Programmers) Agile Web Development with Rails (Pragmatic Programmers) Javascript: The Definitive Guide

Getting Real (37 Signals) Programming Ruby (Pragmatic Programmers) Agile Web Development with Rails (Pragmatic Programmers) Javascript: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly) a good text on database design & normalization, performance issues, and SQL something to teach *nix basics, which I don't have but could have used