Algorithmics The Spirit of Computing

From the reviews of the third edition:

“This book should be on any short list for a central course in computer science. It is designed to provide a uniform background on which all students might draw. It has a good-humored, easy style, which would make any reader unwilling to close the book after opening it anywhere. All computer scientists should have this book. … the bibliography is organized in a convenient chapter-by-chapter form, which makes the book useful for advanced work, and the exercises will help instructors identify capable students.” (Harvey Cohn, ACM Computing Reviews, August, 2012)

“This is a reprint of the 3rd edition on the occasion of the 25th year of the existence of the book; it is also intended to honor Alan Turing’s 100th birthday. … it is highly readable, even if one is largely acquainted with the field. It is very well written, containing many illustrative examples, suited also for the non-specialist.” (Gunther Schmidt, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1243, 2012)