Lua Reference Manual 
Reference Manual of the Lua programming language
http://www.lua.org/manual/Lua FAQ 
Frequently Asked Questions about Lua
http://www.lua.org/faq.html
Lua: An Extensible Extension Language 
Overview from journal, by Roberto Ierusalimschy, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, Waldemar Celes Filho; Software: Practice and Experience, John Wiley and Sons, 1996.
http://www.lua.org/spe.html
Lua-users.org 
Wiki, collaborative site for programmers; Lua-l archive, searchable body of official Lua mail list; IRC channel chat room; mini charter.
http://lua-users.org/
Lua Programming Language 
Home site; lightweight, made to extend programs, often used for general-purpose, standalone use; simple procedural syntax, powerful data description constructs use associative arrays, extensible semantics; dynamically typed, bytecode interpreted, garbage collected; great for configuration, scripting, rapid prototyping. [Open Source]
http://www.lua.org/
Programming in Lua 
By Roberto Ierusalimschy; Lua.org, 2003, ISBN 8590379817. Official book, by Lua's main architect, covers all aspects, from basics to API with C; gives solid base for programmers to use Lua.
http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/book/
Lua Programming Language 
Growing article, with links to many related topics. Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lua_(programming_language)
Introducing Lua 
The open source language is a useful, increasingly popular choice for embedded scripting; by Keith Fieldhouse. O'Reilly Media ONLamp.com.
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2006/02/16/introducing-lua.html
Rozek: Notes about Lua 
Brief description, distributions, modules, examples, applications, links; by Andreas Rozek.
http://www.andreas-rozek.de/Lua/index_en_old.html
Game Development with Lua 
By Paul Schuytema, Mark Manyen; Charles River Media, 2005, ISBN 1584504048. Full reference to commercial game development with Lua: powerful scripting, easy control of complex GUIs and artificial intelligence.
http://www.charlesriver.com/books/bookdetail.aspx?productid=109811
Regular Expressions: Lua Shines 
Brief review of language, and book 'Programming in Lua'; by Cameron Laird, Kathryn Soraiz. Unix Review.
http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=8989/ur0405k/
Regular Expressions: Lua Lights up Telecom Testing 
Story on how most workers (developers, field engineers, support staff, salesmen) at Tollgrade Communications use scripting to add value; by Cameron Laird, Kathryn Soraiz. Unix Review.
http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=2427/uni1021991894316/0205h.htm
Luai 
Alternative interface for browsing the Lua reference manual. Include overview, search facility, and extensible URLs aimed at quick access to specific parts of the documentation.
http://pgl.yoyo.org/luai/
Lua: An Extensible Embedded Language 
Explains, summarizes main features, with motives, code samples; by Lua authors. Dr. Dobb's Journal.
http://www.ddj.com/architect/184410014/
First Steps in Programming in Lua 
Short presentation on the language, examples with source code and output; syntax diagram available as PDF. English, Deutsch.
http://lua.lickert.net/index_en.html