Photography in Focus

"Designed for beginners and as a practical reference for the more experienced, Photography in Focus is the leading 'nuts-and-bolts' guide to basic photography." Contents: 1. Photograms 2. The pinhole camera 3. Camera Controls 4. exposure and exposure meters 5. film development 6. printmaking 7. visual aspects of photography 8. film and filters 9. light 10. lenses 11. the camera 12. special processes and tchniques 13. a history of photography B & W illustrations on every page

From pinhole cameras to modern autofocus, this is the best learning textbook available that I've seen. Easy to read and written in simple layman's terms, it can improve the pictures you take and simplify the science of light.