While not universal, I do recommend Charles Petzold's _Code_: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44882.Code https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44882.Code wh

While not universal, I do recommend Charles Petzold's _Code_: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44882.Code https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44882.Code which covers things down to a quite low-level and was recently updated: https://www.amazon.com/Code-Language-Computer-Hardware-Software/dp/0137909101 https://www.amazon.com/Code-Language-Computer-Hardware-Softw...