bogolove: I will be sure to let you know what I think of the course.
I've also PM'd you just incase this post gets lost in the long thread.
Here is a long list of several books that I thought were excellent and which I think I learned a lot from:
The Culture Clash by Jean Donaldson
Dogs Are From Neptune by Jean Donaldson
Mine! by Jean Donaldson
Don't Shoot the Dog by Karen Pryor
The Other End of the Leash by Patricia McConnell
Beginning Family Dog Training by Patricia McConnell
How Dogs Learn by Burch & Baily
Exelerated Learning by Pamela Reid
How To Teach a New Dog Old Tricks by Ian Dunbar
Dr. Dunbar's Good Little Dog Book by Ian Dunbar
Before and After Getting Your Puppy by Ian Dunbar
The Power of Positive Dog Training by Pat Miller
Behavior Problems in Dogs by William Campbell
Aggression in Dogs by Brenda Aloff
Canine Body Language: A photographic guide by Brenda Aloff
Dog Language by Roger Abrantes
Outwitting Dogs by Terry Ryan
Coaching People to Train Their Dogs by Terry Ryan
One on One: A dog trainers guide to private training by Nicole Wilde
It's Not the Dogs, It's the People! by Nicole Wilde
So You Want to Be a Dog Trainer by Nicole Wilde
The Domestic Dog by James Serpell
Dogs:A startling new understing by Raymond & Lorna Coopinger
Click for Joy! by Melissa Alexander
How To Speak Dog by Stanely Coren
Calming Signals by Turid Rugaas
Canine Behavior by Bonnie Beaver
Clinical Behavioral Medicine for Small Animals by Karen Overall
Patricia McConnell's series of booklets:
How to be the Leader of the Pack
The Cautious Canine
Fiesty Fido
I'll Be Home Soon
Way to Go! How to Houstrain a Dog of any Age
Feeling Outnumbered? How to Manage & Enjoy a Multi-dog Household
Behavior Modification: Principles & Procedures by Raymond Miltenberger (not dog specific but an excellent resource on operant & classical conditioning)
It's also been highly recommended for me to attend as many seminars as I can. So far, there haven't been any in my area and its not affordable for me to travel at this time so I've purchased a few seminars on DVD in the meantime.
I know you didn't ask about videos but I wanted to mention one
really great video that I think you could learn a lot about body language from:
Language of Dogs by Sarah Kalnajs
Good luck!