In Electron Microscopy, for beginners: Bozzola and Russell, Electron Microscopy, 2nd Edition, published in 1998. Although 20 years old in a field undergoing a

In Electron Microscopy, for beginners: Bozzola and Russell, Electron Microscopy, 2nd Edition, published in 1998. Although 20 years old in a field undergoing a revolution, the authors' method of connecting the theoretical to the (once physical, now touch screen) knobs on the instrument make it probably the best technical manual I've ever read. It's for biological EM, but the introductory chapters on the instruments are for everyone. Transmission Electron Microscopy, materials, including high resolution, for more advanced users: Williams and Carter, their 4 volume set, Transmission Electron Microscopy. Photography? Christopher James, The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes.