The art of Producing was recommended to me by a music school buddy.  He said it will be the best 20 bucks I could spend in my music career.  I ordered it, waiting for it to come in.  Just passing this along...I'll have more to say after I read it for myself
 
http://www.amazon.com/Zen-Art-Producing-Mixerman/dp/1458402886/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344814681&sr=8-1&keywords=zen+and+art+of+producing

Mixerman is on a roll these days, huh? I wonder if he's abandoned the studio to become a full-time author now. He does have an entertaining style. The "Daily Adventures of Mixerman" taught me everything I know about producing. 

Have you read his mixing one as well? 

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Have you read his mixing one as well? 

You mean "The Zen of Mixing" (or something like that?).  It's a great read.  It's not something from which you're going to learn compression techniques, for example.  For that, go to the standards by Izhaki or Senior.  But it's truely entertaining and covers a lot of things not in the standards, like how to get along with a band member's controlling girlfriend.  At this point, I'd read anything by this guy and expect to be entertained and even educated to a certain extent.
 
One caution, though.  He takes a dim view of digital sound production, which is at the heart of what most of us here do.

I haven't read anything besides the stuff he has posted online and at the Womb, they hate me though. :/ Meh, I'll still end up reading his books from all the good word about them.