Below are some books that I find useful in increasing one's knowledge in the area of visual communication. Unfortunately some of these books may be out of print, hence the best way to get hold of them is through sites like Amazon or Barnes and Noble where used copies may still be available.

A Design Manual (Fourth edition). Author: Shirl Brainard. Publisher: Pearson. ISBN: 0-13-193155-5

Advertising Design and Typography. Author: Alex W. White. Publisher: Allworth Press. ISBN 13: 978-1-58116-465-8

Basic Visual Concepts and Principles for Artists, Architects, and Designers. Authors: Charles Wallschlaeger and Cynthia Busic-Synder. Publisher: McGraw Hill. ISBN: 0-697-00651-4

Design Dialogues. Authors: Steven Heller and Elinor Pettit. Publisher: Allworth Press. ISBN: 1-58115-007-5

Design for Communication: Conceptual Graphic Design Basics. Author: Elizabeth Resnick. Publisher: John Wiley and Sons. ISBN: 0-471-41829-3

Design Literacy (continued): Understanding Graphic Design. Author: Steven Heller. Publisher: Allworth Press. ISBN: 1-581-15035-0

Design Research: Methods and Perspectives. Editor: Brenda Laurel. Publisher: The MIT Press. ISBN: 0-262-12263-4

Educational Research in Practice: Making Sense of Methodology. Editors: Joanna Swann and John Pratt. Publisher: Continuum. ISBN: 0-8264-5342-2

Experience Design 1.1: A manifesto for the design of experience. Author: Nathan Shedroff. Publisher: Experience Design Books. ISBN:978-0-9822339-0-0

Exploring the Elements of Design (3rd edition). Authors: Poppy Evans and Mark A. Thomas. Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning. ISBN-13: 978-1-1116-4550-2

Handwritten: Expressive Lettering in the Digital Age. Author: Steven Heller and Mirko Ilic. Publisher: Thames and Hudson. ISBN: 0-500-51171-3

How Designers Think: The design process demystified. Author: Bryan Lawson. Publisher: Architectural Press (an imprint of Elsevier). ISBN 13:978-0-75-6-6077-8

Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design (2nd edition). Authors: Gunther Kress and Theo van Leeuwen. Publisher: Routledge. ISBN 13: 9-79-0-415-31914-0

The Design of Dissent. Authors: Milton Glaser and Mirko Ilic. Publisher: Rockport Publishers. ISBN 10: 1592533078

Thinking in Type: The Practical Philosophy of Typography. Author: Alex W. White. Publisher: Allworth Press. ISBN: 1-58115-384-8

This Means This, This Means That: A user's guide to semiotics. Author: Sean Hall. Publisher: Laurence King Publisher. ISBN 13: 978-1-85669-521-3

Typographic. Author: Rick Poynor. Publisher: Laurence King Publisher. ISBN: 1-85669-243-4

Visual Research: An Introduction to Research Methodologies in Graphic Design. Authors: Ian Noble and Russell Bestley. Publisher: AVA Publishing. ISBN: 2-88479-049-7

Wally Olins. On Brand. Author: Wally Olins. Publisher: Thames & Hudson. ISBN: 0-500-28515-2

Universal Principles of Design. Authors: William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, and Jill Butler. Publisher: Rockport. ISBN: 1-59253-007-9

Visible Signs David Crow. Author: David Crow. Publisher: AVA Publishing. ISBN: 2-88479-035-7

Visual Communication from Theory to Practice. Authors: Jonathan Baldwin and Lucienne Roberts. Publisher: AVA Academia. ISBN:2-940373-09-4