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+Recommended Reading
+========================================
+
+It's a very good idea if you have some knowledge of cryptography
+*before* trying to use the library. This is an area where it is very
+easy to make mistakes, and where things are often subtle and/or
+counterintuitive. Obviously the library tries to provide things at a
+high level precisely to minimize the number of ways things can go
+wrong, but naive use will almost certainly not result in a secure
+system.
+
+Especially recommended are:
+
+- *Cryptography Engineering*
+  Niels Ferguson, Bruce Schneier, and Tadayoshi Kohno
+
+- *Security Engineering -- A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems*
+  Ross Anderson
+
+- *Handbook of Applied Cryptography*
+  Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. Van Oorschot, and Scott A. Vanstone
+  (`available online <http://www.cacr.math.uwaterloo.ca/hac/>`_)