There was a thread a day or two about about a book called The Scientist's and Engineer's guide to digital Signal Processing which I think is the best-written technical book I've ever encountered. The other one that springs to mind is C: How to Program by Deitel and Deitel. They've done multiple programming cooks but that's the only one I've owned.
I agree with you. So, I want to know examples out there that have a great explanation about something.