Programming Book Wish List

Hey guys... Christmas is coming up, and I'm trying to get serious about programming. Does anyone recommend any? The areas I want to study:
- compiler design
- language design
- beautiful code
- networking (the basics)
- systems programming (and os design)

any other book recommendations are welcome too
compiler design
The purple dragon book.

language design
You can check out Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation by Shriram Krishnamurthi, which is available online.
The purple dragon book.
sorry i forgot to mention not that book. i already have it and dont like it. thanks for the suggestions though! ill make sure to check out the latter
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(and os design)

The Dinosaur book.[*]



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[*] Operating System Concepts by Abraham Silberschatz et al
I have the Dinosaur Book!
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