Venture Deals by Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson

An absolutely indispensable translation manual of sorts to decrypt the otherwise famously illusive venture capital world. It is especially valuable for the young and fresh to entrepreneurship, as coming to the table with as much information as possible, and therefore avoiding the fumbles that the rest of us are forced to learn from, do wonders in allowing you to compound your VC-related successes.

Enough tactical advice to justify its cost 100x over.