books on recording

I've noticed a lot of the advice towards people thinking about recording as a career has been to buy some books and learn away. However, I've only seen a few recommendations of which books to get. I've searched past threads and haven't found a good source on this topic either.

I'm in the same boat... about to graduate with a BS in music management, and I'm going to make every effort to be a recording engineer. What I'd like is to find out what books you guys think are "must haves", what they cover, and why you like them so much.

P.S. - I'm personally looking for a book right now that covers (not necessarily entirely about) electronic theory/practical application as it relates to recording.

To start it off, right now I have:

Modern Recording Techniques by David Miles Huber and Robert E. Runstein - This was a good basic recording info book that got me started, but doesn't cover anything in depth. It'd be a good read for a hobbyist.

Practical Recording Techniques by Bruce & Jenny Bartlett - This one's very similar to the previous one, but a lot more in depth, and covers some microphone techniques. It also comes with a CD that is used for examples of things like microphone placement & polar pattern, signal processing, data compression, etc.

The Art of Recording by William Moylan - This one's a bit of a gem IMO. It's kind of a scientific analysis of recording as an artform. There's a very strong focus on both how to think of recording creatively and how to develop a highly analytical ear.

I also have the Mixing Engineer's Handbook, but found it to be fairly useless. So you guys next... what books do you love?

The kid who is assisting me has a book called The Assistant Engineer's handbook... I've skimmed through it and found it to be one of the better books I've seen on the subject of engineering

Wayne Wadhams: "Sound Advice: A Musician's Guide to the Recording Studio" is excellent, albeit out of print. If you can find it, grab it. It's wonderful, and encourages creativity, enhancing the emotion of the song, and different approaches that even contradict his own methods (one of the surest signs of someone who is confident in their ability is to acknowledge other approaches, not just your own).

That one is obviously specific to mixing. The other by the same author Bobby Osinski called (I think) Recording Engineer's Handbook is very good. But again, it's very specific to tracking. His books tend not to cover the gamut and are really quite specific. However, when I need ideas on how to begin micing up an accordian, or placing a second mic on the kick... that's the book.

Lee Kight, my issue with the book was not the topic it covered, but the amount of information I actually learned from it. When I finished reading the book, I didn't feel like I had learned very much. It seemed like the information presented in the book could almost be considered common knowledge for an engineer, and most of it can be found for free by browsing these forums.

But that's only because we're so freakin' good!