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A comprehensive and pedagogical set of lectures, providing an ideal first step for graduate students and researchers entering the field. Includes a very useful introduction to cosmology. (A)

Postscript versions of all four chapters are available for download here: http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~peter/SaasFee.html

A mainly observational review of the astrophysical and cosmological applications of strong gravitational lensing, including a nice historical introduction and a brief review of microlensing. (A)

A detailed review of strongly lensed quasars, with dual emphasis on gravitational time delays as a tool for cosmology, and on cosmological microlensing. (A)

Introduced a new method to analyze and interpret quasar microlensing light curves. In the process it gave a good description of the physical picture. (A)

Used microlensing to learn about the granularity of the mass distribution in galaxies and therefore infer an absolute measurement of the dark matter and stellar content. This is a beautiful example of single-epoch microlensing applications. (A)

A recent review specialized in microlensing as a tool to study planets. (A)

The fascinating discovery of an Earth-like planet using gravitational microlensing. (A)

The foundational paper of galactic microlensing. The basic features of galactic microlensing and its potential as a probe of massive compact objects as dark matter are discussed. This influential paper spurred a number of gravitational lensing experiments. (A)

A comprehensive review of microlensing, covering the history of the field, its theoretical foundations, a critical review of observational results at the time of its writing and a discussion of future prospects. (A)

An exposition of the phenomenon and uses of quasar microlensing. (I)

The classic monograph on gravitational lensing. A must read for advanced readers. (A)

This book was written to describe the science which is anticipated being performed using the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, a future optical imaging facility. This provides an excellent starting point for exploring the current plans for making gravitational lensing measurements from future large area surveys, and what those measurements will enable. (A)

A comprehensive (and updatable) review with sections on the history, theory, and applications of gravitational lensing. (A)