what about books?

i work with max for 3 years so i'm not complitley a novice. i need something a bit advanced to improve my rendering.
can any one recomend a good book that holds these subjects : lighting, effects (reactor, combustion, dynamics), textures.
any other subjects are fine as well, as long as the book is good.
thanx

There is that Max book on lighting that you might find useful:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0240516893/qid=1103998957/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/102-4568992-3716103?v=glance&s=books

As for textures, it depends on what kind of work you want to do. But for general rendering and lighting work Jeremy Birn's book is of course a classic, even though it will not be Max specific.

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