If you are looking for a book on REST I will highly recommend RESTful Web Services Cookbook by Subbu Allamaraju. As the title sais, it's a cookbook for REST and a great starting point for anyone starting with rest or looking for more insight into the best practices on how to implement RESTful web services.
The main focus is on the architecture and concepts, not the specific implementation details for any different language. Truly a book outlining the foundations for a lasting technology.
If you are looking for a book telling you how to implement REST in Java or C# or Ruby or any other language, this is not the book you are looking for.
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