Please recomend some craft/sewing books

I live outside the US but I have this oportunity to order anything I want from amazon.com. There are like a million books that look intresting but I really want to get the good ones, please recomend any craft/sewing books you think are the best!.

The Sewing book by Alison Smith is awesome:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sewing-Book-Alison-Smith/dp/1405335556/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310803672&sr=8-1

She goes through tools, techniques (with some excellent images) and there are some projects at the end.

the best sewing book i own in my readers digest sewing book!