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Getting Started with Arduino (Make: Projects)
$12.99
I bought this book along with a starter kit great book for the beginner like me well pleased

Managing Projects with GNU Make (Nutshell Handbooks)
$30.00
Overall the book presents all the information you need to start using make - which is a lot of information. However, the writing style used when he's presenting sections that are supposed to be "follow along", leave a lot of holes and become tedious to figure out.

There's also a lot of "but we'll touch on that later" - which puts you in the position of having to read through a part, knowing that he'll explain something better later in the book, which will for the moment, leave you wondering what it is he's talking about. Unfortunately he does this a lot, even right in the middle of a follow along example. Arg.

I give it three stars because there aren't any other make books on make. This book does cover a lot of information and will definitely help you get started with make. Just don't expect to breeze through it without re-reading pieces of it 5 or 6 times. And definitely make sure you look at the errata for corrections.

Make: Volume 19: Technology on Your Time
$14.99
This issue of MAKE magazine will reveal hands-on methods for building simple robots. Inside this intriguing issue, you'll find complete instructions for creating robots that are not only lifelike, but are also able to detect and respond to things around them. Create your own DIY Drones and Robotic Flies with projects that will keep you riveted!

MAKE continues to be a leader in the tech DIY movement due to its uncanny instinct to engage the curiosity, vitality, and passion of the growing community of Makers -- DIY enthusiasts, hobbyist engineers/designers, and others who like to tweak, disassemble, recreate, and invent cool new uses for technology in amazing projects they undertake in their backyards, basements, and garages.

Make: The First Year (4 vol. set)
$59.95
Lots of amazing ideias for hacking and making extraordinary things from everyday house objects. It shows how to make soda rockets, a potato canon using spray cans, robots. The interviews with creative people are also very cool. Each magazine has around 200 pages of content!