December 3, 2006
The following books will be on sale for $5 or less at the December 3, 2006 meeting at the Reviews Table (in Irvine Hall):
Windows XP for Starters: The Missing Manual – This new book by David Pogue from O’Reilly provides everything you need to know to set up Windows XP, whatever your knowledge level. The step-by-step tutorials save you time and frustration, and prevent you from making common mistakes. MSRP=$20. Sale $2.
QuickBooks 2005 – The Missing Manual – This thorough guide by Bonnie Biafore, examines the many features of the popular QuickBooks accounting software. Through dozens of insightful tips and tricks and a friendly writing style, it enables financial managers to quickly understand how to use the program’s tools to implement and maintain critical accounting processes. Ideal for QuickBooks users of all levels. Published by O’Reilly. MSRP=$30. Sale $4.
Data Binding with Windows Forms 2.0 – A book by Brian Noyes on programming smart client data applications with .Net. Published by Addison-Wesley, MSRP=$50. Sale $3.
Murach’s ASP.NET 2.0 Upgrader’s Guide VB Edition – Mike Murach has published this VB edition of of their ASP.NET book for experienced developers. MSRP=$39.50. Sale $5.
Murach’s ASP.NET 2.0 Upgrader’s Guide C# Edition – Mike Murach has published this C# edition of of their ASP.NET book for experienced developers. MSRP=$39.50. Sale $5.
iPod & iTunes Garage – Author Kirk McElhearn shows you how to get more music and way more magic from your iPod & iTunes. From Prentice Hall PTR. MSRP=$25. Sale $2.
Implementing CIFS, the Common Internet File System – An authoritative guide to the inner workings of Microsoft’s Internet/intranet file sharing system from Prentice Hall authored by Christopher Hertel. MSRP=$45. Sale $3.
Classic Shell Scripting – The key to unlocking the real potential of Unix. A How To book by Arnold Robbins & Nelson Beebe from O’Reilly. MSRP=$35. Sale $2.
Linux Debugging and Performance Tuning Tips & Techniques – This is the definitive Guide to Linux software debugging & performance optimization at both the kernel and application levels. Author Steve Best systematically introduces open source tools & best-practice techniques for delivering bug-free, well-tuned code. Published by Pren Hall PTR, the MSRP=$50. Sale $4.
J2EE Security for Servlets, EJBs, and Web Services – This book by Pankaj Kumar from Prentice Hall is the definitive guide to securing server-side Java and covers every significant J2SE and J2EE security mechanism. MSRP=$50. Sale $4.
Linux Phrasebook: Essential Codes & Commands – This new pocketbook from Sams Publishing is authored by Scott Granneman and contains the codes you need to quickly & effectively work in a Linux OS and development environment. MSRP=$15. Sale $2.
The Official Samba-3 How To and Reference Guide, 2nd Ed. – This book is part of Bruce Perens’ “Open Source” series. Authored by John Terpstra & Jelmer Vernooij, this is the practical, authoritative, step-by-step guide to cutting IT costs with Samba-3. From Prentice Hall. MSRP=$55. Sale $3.
The Design & Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System – This hard-cover book by Kirk McKusick & George Neville-Neil from Addison-Wesley is the most comprehensive and authoritative technical information on the internal structure of this open source operating system. MSRP=$60. Sale $3.
Core Web Application Development with PHP and MySQL – This book from Prentice Hall PTR by Marc Wandschneider has everything developers need to know to build robust web database applications from upfront design and planning through testing & deployment. Three start-to-finish application case studies with code are provided on CD-Rom. MSRP=$50. Sale $3.
PHP 5 Power Programming – In this book from Prentice Hall, PHP 5’s co-creator and two leading PHP developers show you how to make the most of its industrial-strength enhancements. MSRP=$40. Sale $3.
Apache Derby – Off to the Races – This book tells you how to master Apache Derby, the only open source, pure Java, fully transactional, small-footprint RDBMS. Authored by Paul Zikopoulos, Dan Scott, & George Baklarz, the hardcover book is published by IBM Press/Pearson plc and has an MSRP=$40. Sale $3.
Web Design Garage – This book has everything you need to help design your web site. From author Marc Campbell and publisher Pren Hall PTR. MSRP=$30. Sale $3.
The Official Sambra-3 How to & Reference Guide, 1st Ed. – This book is part of the Bruce Perens’ Open Source series. Authored by Terpstra & Vernooij, it is a practical, authoritative, step-by-step guide to cutting IT costs with Sambra-3. From Prentice Hall PTR. MSRP=$50. Sale $3.
Next Generation Application Integration – From simple information to Web services, this book by David Linthicum from Addison-Wesley is an indispensable resource for those responsible for managing or implementing application-integration middleware. MSRP=$40. Sale $3.
Open Source Network Administration – Author James Kretchmar from MIT presents an extraordinary collection of open source tools for streamlining and improving virtually every facet of network administration. Publisher is Prentice Hall. MSRP=$45. Sale $3.
Succeeding with Open Source – This book, authored by Bernard Golden and published by Addison-Wesley, is the first how-to book on the subject based on a product’s characteristics such as quality, support, & longevity. MSRP=$40. Sale $3.
PHP-Nuke Garage – This book shows you how to master the most powerful open source Web content system ever created, then use it to build whatever your heart desires, hands-on, step-by-step. Authored by Don Jones, from publisher Pren Hall PTR. MSRP=$25. Sale $2.
Open Source Licensing – Software Freedom & Intellectual Property Law – This is a complete guide to the law of open source for developers, managers, & lawyers; authored by attorney Lawrence Rosen, the book is published by Prentice Hall. MSRP=$40. Sale $3.
Biometrics for Network Security – Authored by expert Paul Reid, this book covers options ranging from fingerprint identification to voice verification to hand, face, & eye scanning from a practitioner’s viewpoint. From Prentice Hall. MSRP=$45. Sale $3.
Know Your Enemy - Learning About Security Threats, 2nd Ed. – Max Kilger & Rob Lee provide an unrivaled “intelligence report” on those who use the Internet for destructive purposes plus an in-depth guide to honeynets—high-interaction honeypots designed to capture extensive information on exactly how your enemies operate so you can protect your systems from them. Book + CD from Addison-Wesley. MSRP=$50. Sale $3.
Essential Check Point FireWall-1 NG – An installation, configuration, and troubleshooting Guide authored by Dameon Welch-Abernathy (aka “PhoneBoy”) from Addison-Wesley/Pearson Education. MSRP=$55. Sale $3.
Real 802.11 Security, Wi-Fi Protected Access & 802.11i – An Addison-Wesley book by Jon Edney & William Arbaugh provides what you need to know on wireless LAN security. MSRP=$45. Sale $3.
.Net Security & Cryptography – A book from Addison-Wesley by Peter Thorsteinson & G. Ganesh provides practical & comprehensive coverage on implementing cryptography and security in the Microsoft .Net platform. MSRP=$50. Sale $3.
The Effective Incident Response Team – An Addison-Wesley book by Julie Lucas & Brian Moeller. A complete guide for network administrators & managers on dealing with computer attacks by intruders, worms, & viruses. MSRP=$40. Sale $2.
Outsource: Competing in the Global Productivity Race – This hardcover book by Edward Yourdon presents a balanced view of why outsourcing is occurring, how it is likely to impact people’s lives, and how best to prepare career-wise for the new realities it introduces. From Prentice Hall. MSRP=$28. Sale 2.
Internetworking with TCP/IP, Vol. I, 3rd Edition – This 1995 book by Douglas Comer from Prentice Hall covers the principles, protocols, & architecture and is a classic introductory text of TCP/IP.
Internetworking with TCP/IP – Douglas Comer’s 1988 book from Pren Hall covers the principles, protocols, & architecture of this technology and the Internet in general terms. Sale $3.
Internetworking with TCP/IP, Vol. II, 2nd Edition – This 1994 book by Douglas Comer & David Stevens from Prentice Hall covers the design, implementation, & internals of the structure of TCP/IP software in an operating system. Sale $3.
Learning PERL – A 1993 O’Reilly book on this language for UNIX. MSRP=$25. Sale $1.
An Introduction to Database Systems, Vol. I, 5th Edition – This 1991 book by C.J. Date from Addison-Wesley takes you from basic concepts through design and directions and contains numerous working examples. MSRP=$54. Sale $1.
An Introduction to Database Systems, Vol. II – This 1983 book by C.J. Date from Addison-Wesley effectively ties together eight loosely related topics in database technology. Sale $1.
A Guide to the SQL Standard, 3rd Edition – Another C.J. Date book from Addison-Wesley on the common language of database management. MSRP=$35. Sale $1.
More Programming Pearls, Confessions of a Coder – A witty and lively collection of essays from Addison-Wesley demonstrating the many varied aspects of programming, showing how programming can be both fun & elegant science. Sale $1.
Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment – A 1996 book by W. Richard Stevens from Addison-Wesley, this 740-page tutorial is on the system call interface and the most important functions found in the ANSI C library. MSRP=$55. Sale $2.
The XML Handbook – Written in 1998 and published by Prentice Hall PTR, this 600-page book is an excellent starting point where you can learn and experiment with XML. MSRP=$45. Sale $1.
DocBook Publishing – This 2001 book shows you how to use DocBook’s markup language to produce professional documents that can be easily distributed in a variety of media. MSRP=$40. Sale $2.
Active Template Library: A developer’s Guide – This 1998 book by Tom Armstrong from M & T Books, clearly spells out how C++ templates work within the COM architecture and how template-based reuse works. MSRP=$40. Sale $1.
Professional Active Server Pages 2.0 – This book is for anyone responsible for planning, building, or maintaining a web site. Sale $1.
C, A Reference Manual, 2nd Edition – This book from Pren Hall has a complete description of the full C language and over 180 standard run-time library functions. Sale 2.
Expert C Programming Deep C Secrets – This 1994 book by Peter van der Linden is from Pren Hall & reveals the coding techniques used by the best C programmers. MSRP=$35. Sale $1.
C# Essentials – This 2001 O’Reilly book contains everything the intermediate-to-advanced programmer needs to know to begin using C# and the .NET Framework SDK. MSRP=$20.
A Programmer’s Introduction to C# - This 2000 book from Eric Gunnerson, a member of Microsoft’s C# design team, teaches you to program with C# and to author .NET components. MSRP=$35. Sale $1.
Introduction to Assembly Language Programming – This 1998 undergraduate text by Sivarama Dandamudi covers the 8086 family of processors up to and including the Pentium. Sale $1.
Introduction to C++ - A Microsoft short guide to programming in C++. Sale $1.
Microsoft Visual Basic C++ User’s Guide, Vol. I, Version 4 – The first of six volumes from Microsoft Press, this 1995, 700-page book provides a complete guide to use with integrated development environment and command-line tools. MSRP=$30. Sale $1.
Inside Visual C++, 4th Edition – This 1997 book by David Kruglinski from Microsoft Press is the standard reference for programming with Microsoft Visual C++ Version 5.0. MSRP=$50. Sale $1.
Programming with Qt – An O’Reilly book about writing GUI applications that run on Linux & several Windows platforms. MSRP=$33. Sale $1.
The Elements of Programming Style – Sale $1.
Visual C++ Tutorial - Sale $1.