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- ptlis: Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture - a fantastic book
- stephcook22: this was the book I read at uni to learn patterns, was really easy to read with some applications of them http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0131489062/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (might be a bit java ish though, cant remember)