References for books of Combinatorics

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I am a high school student who will go to a university this year.I want a Combinatorics book that'll actually clear my basic principles of Permutations and Combination (and would also give me insights of proof).The book also must have a good problem set related to these principles. Basically, I want a book which will "COMPLETELY" clear all my basic principles of combinatorics. I thought of Stanley's Enumerative Combinatorics book

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I know this text says "for Computer Science", but the explanations are detailed, thorough, and insightful. See https://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.042/spring17/mcs.pdf

EDIT: For a more detailed treatment of permutations and combinations, see "Introductory Combinatorics" by Brauldi (you can find PDFs via Google).

For derangements, see Chapter 5 of "Enumerative Combinatorics" by Charalambos Charalambides (again, you can find PDFs on Google). I really like his treatment of the topic, as it is much more accessible than Stanley's.