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I've read both Ghost In The Wires & The Art of Deception, both of which are written by Kevin Mitnick, who was (once then) the world's most wanted computer hacker.

The eBooks cover a lot of real events as experienced by Mitnick. The social engineering methods used are quite simplistic, yet extremely effective. Exploitation via technical gateways are also mentioned. They're well written and elaborated, which I'm sure you'll enjoy.