I second the choice of K&R for learning C -- where better to learn C than from the authors themselves. For assembly I've had a good experience with K. Irvine's

I second the choice of K&R for learning C -- where better to learn C than from the authors themselves. For assembly I've had a good experience with K. Irvine's Assembly Language for Intel-Based Computers, available on Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0132304686?ie=UTF8&tag=begrsucdewe-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0132304686 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0132304686?ie=UTF8&tag=...