Also worth checking out: http://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Devices-Frustration-Mountains-Engineer/dp/0316368083/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410154276&sr=8-1-fk

Also worth checking out: http://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Devices-Frustration-Mountains-Engineer/dp/0316368083/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410154276&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywords=how+to+build+working+electronic+circuts+engineering+degree http://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Devices-Frustration-Mountai... It provides any number of valuable heuristics for practical circuit design that often excessively theory-oriented EE programs won't teach you. This book saved my butt in grad school and has been useful on-and-off ever since.