Woodworking books

[Matthew N. Masail]

I'm looking for books, at the 40$ limit (for now) that will help me:

1. understand wood movement and how to build accordingly
2. how to put cabinets together, which joints and where, different options
3. how to make the joints, using mostly hand tools
4. a plan or two for practice would be nice

Thank you so much in advance, if I could I'd enroll in a woodworking school.

[Joe Arcimboldo]

1. Bruce Hoadley, Understanding Wood (http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Wood-REV-Bruce-Hoadley/dp/1561583588/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1325352986&sr=8-1) is the go-to guide. It will take me years to really process it all. Make sure you get the revised edition. The pictures are in color and are far more helpful.
2. Illustrated Cabinetmaking (http://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Cabinetmaking-Design-Construct-Furniture/dp/1565233697/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325353154&sr=1-2) is pretty helpful.
3. For this one, I'm gonna go old-school. Charles Hayward's Woodwork Joints (http://www.amazon.com/Woodwork-Joints-Dovetails-Mechanical-Manufactured/dp/0806988061/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325353323&sr=1-3) is my favorite for hand work. Tage Frid's three volume set also has a lot of ways for doing things with machines and hand tools. Don't overpay for the Hayward book; its out of print and one of those things that as soon as Schwartz mentions it, everybody's gotta have one (for better or worse). Look around and you can find it pretty cheap. Maybe on Amazon UK.
4. there are tons of plans online. Have you looked at the Google Sketch-Up 3D warehouse?

Hope this helps. Also, there is a list of 130 "craft classic" books (http://www.popularwoodworking.com/articleindex/the-craft-classics-in-just-5) at Popular Woodworking. Poke around the blog and you see some stuff that people suggested.

[Matthew N. Masail]

It does help, thanks joe! I have a feeling I'll have a good 5-10 books by the time I'm done.
I'd rather not use computer programs right now.