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Testing Computer Software is written with the GUI tester in mind (Windows and Macintosh). It's a good overview of testing in this industry and has a nice Appendix with several test ideas. It's a really good start and covers the issues nicely.

How Computers Work
How Computers Work is easy to read with lots of pictures and diagrams. Helps to fill the gaps in knowledge of how computers, software and the internet work.

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Surviving the Top Ten Challenges of Software Testing: A People-Oriented Approach
Surviving The Top Ten Challenges of Software Testing is a quick and easy-to-read reminder that other people are facing the same issues. Presents many insights into common testing issues and useful ideas on how to constructively handle them.

Exploring Requirements: Quality Before Design
Exploring Requirements -- Quality Before Design is written with the requirements author in mind, but still contains useful information about ambiguity in requirements that is useful for testers.

Interpersonal Skills:


Dealing with People You Can't Stand: How to Bring out the Best in People at Their Worst
Dealing With People You Can't Stand defines 10 tough personality types (which one are you?). To deal with them it discusses how to readjust your attitude, define your goals relative to the difficult person and recommends an action plan. Quick, easy and fun to read.

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Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with CD-ROM
Are you a new tester? Need some help with what all the parts are and how to use them (like the control panel, registry or system tools). Using Windows 2000 does an excellent job of teaching the new tester and jogging the memory of the rest of us. Testing a different version of Windows? Use the Barnes and Noble search box above and search on "Using Windows ….". There's a book for every version.

Practical SQL : The Sequel by Judith S. Bowman.
If you already know about how databases work and you may even know alittle SQL. This book delves deeper into how to use SQL in order to do something you'd like. There are lots of code examples and all have been tested on several databases so you can follow along and have the samples translate to what you are working on.