You knew Programming in Lua was available online, right?
http://www.lua.org/pil/
As for 'Game Development with LUA', 'Game Scripting Mastery' would have probably been a better buy, since it covers more than just Lua and how to write your own interpreter.
http://www.lua.org/pil/
As for 'Game Development with LUA', 'Game Scripting Mastery' would have probably been a better buy, since it covers more than just Lua and how to write your own interpreter.