Unicode is one component around which it is difficult to write a "definitive" book. This one comes close. It is very good. Unicode is generally not understood well and more often than not, those who desire to learn about it have the unicode.org site as the reference. The site is good, but it is a bit of a kludge for daily reference.
This is a work that would come in handy for daily reference. For application developers worried about i18n and l10n, for web applications, for language computing students, Unicode Explained lays bare the details of Unicode in a most elegant way.
By providing a large expanse of real life examples, it provides immediate identification of Unicode issues and their impact. It touches upon the bits of encoding, characters with unusual depth.
For those who are familiar with Unicode, this would be a good reference for quick perusal. For others, the chapters around Characters, Encoding, Internet Protocols would be of tremendous value.
This is worth a place on a developer's bookshelf
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