I am looking for a book that explains in detail all the usefull-most used algorithms and data structures.

I would prefer if it had exercises in it along with the solutions.

My mathimatical backround is not bad but I am not an expert either.

So I would like the book explanations to not be so mathematically complex.

Be more like a begginner book with explanations as simple as possible. With some pictures in it too. :P

If instead of a book there is a good site I dont really mind using that instead of the book.

In terms of programming I just finished learning C. I will be testing these algorithms in C

Thanks.

One of the most used books is "Introduction to Algorithms", by Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest and Stein http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Algorithms

It was used in my ADS course too (as "recommended" English book, since the course was not in English), it comes with exercise.

Note also that most of algorithms and data structure books (especially introductory and intermediate level books) don't use a specific "real" language (like C/C++, Java, Python, etc.) but their own pseudo-code. This means the job of translating all into C (or any other programming language) is yours.

Algorithms, 4th Edition by Sedgewick and Wayne is a good choice. It's less dry than many other texts and more suitable for self-study. Additionally, it's used as the basis of a course taught by the authors at Princeton, available as two classes (Part I and Part II) online for free at Coursera.

Data Structures For Game Programmers by Ron Penton. PM me if you need the CD

The book looks very good. I also like the idea of this online class.

The only problem is that the code is written in Java. I would have prefered if it was on pseudocode.

It's not that I have any problem learning Java. But I was aiming to start learning C++ now that I got C.

So in order to use this book I need to learn Java.

My bible is:

Algorithms in C++: Fundamentals, Data Structures, Sorting, Searching Pts. 1-4

and

Algorithms in C++: Graph Algorithms Pt.5

All in C++ and lots of explaining as well.