Good books/threads/website on price action/chart patterns?

Currently I am trading a system I am sure is profitable and have absolute confidence in. The problem? Setups are rare. So I would like to spend my time in a more useful way then playing flash games and watching My Little Pony all day.

About everything I know about chart patterns are dojis, shooting stars, hammers and engulfing bars and that's bout it. I'm mostly interested in material that also explains the underlying meaning of the chart patterns. Example: Why does a doji indicate a trend reversal? I know what it is, I know what to think of it when I see it on the chart but the real interesting part is knowing what the damn thing represents.

Japanse candlestick charting techniques:a contemporary guide to the ancient investment techniques of the far east by Steve Nison

Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques, 2nd edition
By: Nison, Steve
Candlestick Charting Basics (audio)
By: Nison, Steve
Martin Pring's Introduction to Candlestick Charting
By: Pring, Martin
Candlestick Charting Explained
By: Morris, Gregory L.
Trading Applications of Japanese Candlestick Charting
By: L., Wagner, Gary S., Matheny, Bradley
Spec:Beyond Candlesticks/Trading Applications of Japanese Candlestick Charting
By: Wagner, Gary S.; Nison, Steve
Nison Bundle: Strategies for Profiting with Japanese Candlesticks / Japanese Candlestick Charting, 2nd Ed
By: Nison, Steve
Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques & Beyond Candlesticks
By: Nison, Steve

As to the whys, you are better off reading non-candlestick related reading material...primarily dealing with Market Psychology/Human psychology.

One of the best books I've encountered on the matter is
The Three Skills of Top Trading: Behavioral Systems Building, Pattern Recognition, and Mental State Management

The book is primarily based off Wyckoff trading methodology but explains the mechanics on why things happen in the market.
Things like accumulation/distribution and market retests, who the market participants are, etc. This will explain to you why you always want to be on the right side of the trade, instead of trading counter-trend. There is a diagram in the Wyckoff chapter on where the "retests" happen the most often that can help you avoid false breakouts...or be more mindful of them at least.

As for the other books on the list posted by abi2712, Steve Nison is definitely the master of candlesticks so anything by him is extremely informative... but the candlestick patterns you already know are the only ones that can be counted on to be solid performers.

To get a little bit of background on the market, you can read some historical literature--

2 books:
1) Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
2) Jesse Livermore, Reminiscences of a StockOperator

Both are very popular books in trading and can give you the insight you are looking for. The stock operator book is applicable to all markets.

Hope this helps.

This is a good book to read by Kathy Lien: Millionaire Traders: How Everyday People Are Beating Wall Street at Its Own Game