Oooohhhhhkkkaaaayyyyyy. You ready?
Basic Film Directing Theory:
On Directing Film - David Mamet
http://www.amazon.com/Directing-Film...803124-6444043
Making Movies - Sidney Lumet
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067...=UTF8&n=283155
Rebel Without a Crew - Robert Rodriguez
http://www.amazon.com/Rebel-without-...e=UTF8&s=books
All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger - Lloyd Kaufman and James Gunn
http://www.amazon.com/about-Filmmaki...e=UTF8&s=books
A Declaration of Independent Filmmaking - Mark Polish, Michael Polish, Jonathan Sheldon
http://www.amazon.com/Declaration-In...e=UTF8&s=books
Intermediate Technique:
Feature Filmmaking at Used-Car Prices - Rick Schmidt
http://www.amazon.com/Feature-Filmma...e=UTF8&s=books
Setting Up Your Shots - Jeremy Vineyard
http://www.mwp.com/books/camera/set-shots.php4
Advanced Technique:
Directing Actors - Judith Weston
http://www.mwp.com/books/directing/d...ng-actors.php4
Film Directing: Shot-by-Shot - Steven D. Katz (Note that I consider this text to be ADVANCED, which is why you're having so much trouble reading it. It's very technical)
http://www.mwp.com/books/directing/d...g-shot-by.php4
Film Directing: Cinematic Motion - Steven D. Katz
http://www.mwp.com/books/directing/d...ng-cinema.php4
This is by no means comprehensive, as I am just going off the top of my head, but these texts were by far the cream of the crop for information on directing.
As far as special effects, I don't know. Sorry.
Cheers!
Jim