>Here's one that most people are at least familiar with:
>
>Amazon.com Design Patterns Gamma et. al.

Thanks. This reference was enough of a handle for me to surf around and find

http://www.enteract.com/~bradapp/docs/patterns-intro.html

Which is an excellent starting point for an overview/bibliography. Now if I can just figure out which one Bob A thinks is 'the Bible' ;-)