Steven Skiena was one of the most enlightening professors I've had the pleasure to be lectured at during my education at SUNY Stony Brook.

It is worth mentioning that further within this link he has posted video lectures from 1997 and 2007, along with audio and presentation slides:

(Analysis of Algorithms Course):

http://www.cs.sunysb.edu/~algorith/video-lectures/

(Programming Challenges Course):

http://www.algorithm.cs.sunysb.edu/programmingchallenges/

Absolutely. Think they have a kindle edition out too.. its going to be cheaper.

The book hits the sweet spot for most practical folks and also has great theoretical connectors / flow.

After someone spends around six months of working / implementing things out of joy, you will be able to discern what to keep or reject from other sources.

The Kindle version is of the 1998 edition and is available in the US only; which is more than a bit rubbish.

So? I've on occasion changed my Kindle account address to the U.K. (Amazon's office in Slough, more specifically), ordered a U.K.-only book (back when AMZN and the publishers were having their public spat) and changed my address back. I suspect the same might work in reverse.

It's a kludge, but it works.

err.. I am based in Australia, got the 2008 / 2nd edition on kindle just fine.

another url -> http://www.algorist.com

And has unfavorable reviews on amazon. I'll wait for the second edition on Kindle.