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Access Database Design and Programmingby Steven RomanISBN 1565922972 (1-56592-297-2)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Access Database Design and Programming'Book summary:Access Database Design and Programming covers a lot of ground quickly but lucidly. Steven Roman begins with a description of general principles of database design, then describes the "relational algebra" that defines the meaning of such operations as unions and joins, introduces SQL syntax, and finally dives into the details of using VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) to write Access code. The result is a single book that can teach you all the basics of building database applications in Access. Portions of the book are heavy with logical equations whose effects can be hard to visualize, but Roman's judicious use of sample data makes it much easier to follow the operations being described. [via]
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Actionscript: The Definitive Guideby Colin MoockISBN 1565928520 (1-56592-852-0)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Actionscript: The Definitive Guide'Book summary:Macromedia Flash is the obvious choice for delivering multimedia over the Web. At the heart of Flash's power is ActionScript, the product's powerful object-oriented scripting language. ActionScript is based on JavaScript, making it easy for Web developers new to Flash to get up to speed. ActionScript: The Definitive Guide is a tutorial and reference to ActionScript that meets the needs of both new Flash developers learning the language and experienced coders who need a daily reference.
Author Colin Moock starts off with a primer to Flash terminology and a quick example application--an interactive quiz. Following that, the book quickly gets down to ActionScript nuts and bolts. The first part covers the basics of the language, such as operators, variable scope, and conditional logic, in a traditional presentation. A few lines of example code illustrate each concept.
Critical topics like arrays, movie clips, and object-oriented programming are covered well at the detail level, though a more extensive example application would really have come in handy to illustrate the big picture. The back of the book contains an excellent reference to the ActionScript language, complete with inline example code. ActionScript is an important tool to master, and ActionScript: The Definitive Guide is a fine means to that end. --Stephen W. Plain [via]
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Asp in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Referenceby A. Keyton WeissingerISBN 1565928431 (1-56592-843-1)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Behind the Blip: Essays on the Culture of Softwareby Matthew FullerISBN 1570271399 (1-57027-139-9)
Softcover, Autonomedia
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Behind the Blip: Essays on the Culture of Software'Book summary:A far-reaching and strikingly original collection of essays on the culture of software by British new-media critic Matthew Fuller, Behind the Blip looks at the many ways in which the ostensibly neutral user interfaces, search engines, intelligent agents, and word processors that are now part of our everyday life are actively reshaping the way we look at and interact with the world. [via]
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A Blip in the Continuumby Robin Williams, John TollettISBN 1566091888 (1-56609-188-8)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Blip in the Continuum'Book summary:In this full-color book, author Robin Williams and illustrator John Tollett celebrate the new wave of type design known as "grunge" typography. The book consists of famous and not-so-famous quotes about type and design set in a range of grunge fonts, using rule-breaking layouts. The illustrations, created in Fractal Design Painter, complement the text. Includes a companion disk containing 22 freeware and shareware grunge fonts (Type 1), several of which were newly created for this book."Grunge" fonts - crazy typefaces - can be seen everywhere these days, from magazines to advertising materials. It's the hot topic in design circles, creating debate among those who use this new, lively, uninhibited typography and those who eschew it, believing that readability should be the main goal of type. A Blip in the continuum is the first book to spotlight and celebrate this revolutionary aesthetic. It is written by award-winning author Robin Williams, who regularly breaks rules not just in her design, but in the computer books she writes. Few authors have a following equal to hers both within the professional typographic community and among the wider computer-using public.Throughout the book, quotes about type and design are set in a range of grunge fonts, using rule-flaunting layouts. Each layout contains a full-color illustration created with the Painter software program. The off-the-wall illustrations form a bridge to the typography, enhancing the reader's understanding of this new graphic movement. More than 100 of the best new grunge fonts are featured in the book, which is for graphic designers, illustrators, and computer users of every level who want to understand grunge typography at the same time they feast on this eye-popping tour of design's cutting edge. [via]
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The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospectsby Lewis MumfordISBN 156731211X (1-56731-211-X)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects'Book summary:Lewis Mumford's massive historical study brings together a wide array of evidence--from the earliest group habitats to medieval towns to the modern centers of commerce (as well as dozens of black-and-white illustrations)--to show how the urban form has changed throughout human civilization. His tone is ultimately somewhat pessimistic: Mumford was deeply concerned with what he viewed as the dehumanizing aspects of the metropolitan trend, which he deemed "a world of professional illusionists and their credulous victims." (In another typically unrestrained criticism, he dubbed the Pentagon a Bronze Age monument to humanity's basest impulses, as well as an "effete and worthless baroque conceit.") Mumford hoped for a rediscovery of urban principles that emphasized humanity's organic relationship to its environment. The City in History remains a powerfully influential work, one that has shaped the agendas of urban planners, sociologists, and social critics since its publication in the 1960s. [via]
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Complete Patents of Nikola Teslaby N. TslaISBN 1566192668 (1-56619-266-8)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble
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The Computer Curmudgeonby Guy KawasakiISBN 1568300131 (1-56830-013-1)
Hardcover, Macmillan Computer Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Computer Curmudgeon'Book summary:Modeled after The Portable Curmudgeon, this collection of Macintosh definitions and rules of thumb, humorous one-liners by Ambrose Bierce, and reprints of the author's MacUser columns will satisfy even the most difficult Mac user. Original. [via]
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Computers and the Teaching of Writing in American Higher Education, 1979-1994 : A Historyby Gail E. Hawisher, Charles Moran, Paul J. LeBlanc, Cynthia L. SelfeISBN 1567502512 (1-56750-251-2)
Hardcover, Harcourt Education
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Computers and the Teaching of Writing in American Higher Education, 1979-1994: A Historyby Paul Le Blanc, Gail E. Hawisher, Cynthia L. Selfe, Charles Moran, Sibylle Gruber, Margaret Faler SweanyISBN 1567502520 (1-56750-252-0)
Softcover, Ablex Pub
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Computers Simplifiedby Ruth MaranISBN 1568846762 (1-56884-676-2)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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The Copernican Revolutionby Thomas S. KuhnISBN 1567312179 (1-56731-217-9)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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Creating Killer Web Sites: The Art of Third-Generation Site Designby David SiegelISBN 1568304331 (1-56830-433-1)
Softcover, Macmillan Computer Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Creating Killer Web Sites: The Art of Third-Generation Site Design'Book summary:David Siegel's classic guide to good taste in Web design has been completely overhauled in this second edition. Every chapter has been reworked, repurposed, and rewritten with over 100 new pages and 150 new illustrations, new information on 4.0 browser design, and a comprehensive guide to Style Sheet implementations for both Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer. Those who enjoyed Creating Killer Web Sites the first time around will doubtlessly benefit from this new edition, which is meant as a continuation of the first book rather than a simple update. At the same time, anyone who has never read the first edition will be able to pick up this new edition without having missed a beat. Siegel's accompanying Web site (www.killersites.com) contains supplemental information as well as chapters from the first edition that didn't make the 2.0 cut.
More of a style guide than an HTML guide, Creating Killer Web Sites is concerned with the building of Third-Generation sites, Web sites that are conceived by design and not by technological ability. Siegel and his helpers at Studio Verso overview a wide variety of topics, including a history of browsers, how to use specific HTML tags, how to select software tools, and advice on pure aesthetic design. Like the first edition, the second edition of the book contains an attractive design, a graphic on every page, and screen shots of successful Web pages that will set any designer's wheels in motion.
There is a great deal of information to absorb here and whether you agree with all, some, or none of the advice, you'll still be left with plenty to think about. If you're brand new to Web site creation, this is an excellent introduction to the ideas involved with site design. However, because Creating Killer Web Sites is not a tutorial or HTML reference, you will need to supplement it with one. [via]
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Creating Web Pages for Dummiesby Bud E. Smith, Arthur Bebak, Arthur BebackISBN 1568846452 (1-56884-645-2)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Curating Immateriality: The Work of the Curator in the Age of Network Systemsby Joasia KrysaISBN 1570271739 (1-57027-173-9)
Softcover, Autonomedia
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Curating Immateriality: The Work of the Curator in the Age of Network Systems'Book summary:Reflects on the changes the Internet has stimulated for art curation and examines the work of the curator in relation to a wider socio-political context. Articulated through two key issues, immateriality and network systems, this book considers how the practice of curating has been transformed by distributed networks beyond the rhetoric of free software and open systems. Because the site of curatorial production has been expanded to include the space of the Internet, the focus of curatorial attention has been extended from the object to processes to dynamic network systems, multiple agents and software. This upgraded "operating system? of art presents new possibilities of online curating that is collective and distributed "even a self-organizing system that curates itself. The curator is part of this entire system but not central to it. The third book in the DATA Browser series of critical texts that explore issues at the intersection of culture and technology. [via]
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Dan Poynter's Self-publishing Manual: How to Write, Print, And Sell Your Own Bookby Dan PoynterISBN 1568601344 (1-56860-134-4)
Softcover, Para Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dan Poynter's Self-publishing Manual: How to Write, Print, And Sell Your Own Book'Book summary:The bible on self-publishing. Highly recommended by virtually everyone in the industry -- even other authors of books on the subject (many of whom probably followed the advice in Poynter's previous 11 editions). [via]
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Designing With Javascript: Creating Dynamic Web Pagesby Nick Heinle, Bill PenaISBN 156592360X (1-56592-360-X)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Designing With Javascript: Creating Dynamic Web Pages'Book summary:Designing with JavaScript opens up a whole new world to Web-design artists, especially those making the leap from a print design background. Many people liken Web design to print design, but there is nothing interactive about a printed page. Web pages, however, can be completely dynamic, different from moment to moment and responsive to the reader. The best way to take advantage of this is through JavaScript.
Eleven chapters and four appendices cover the basic to the complex, from extracting and validating information using forms, to creating rotating images, to using DHTML for animation. The first half covers basic yet important issues such as an introduction to the syntax of the language, browser detection, setting up forms and controlling frames and windows. Filled with examples, screenshots and links to more examples and info, these chapters build a solid foundation for the second half of the book.
Dynamic images, rollovers, using cookies and creating interactive features using DHTML are some of the features covered later in the book, with numerous practical examples. These chapters are invaluable for the learning designer, as nearly each feature is practically required on a contemporary Web site. The appendices include a handy JavaScript guide to the language, including syntax, handlers, an object guide and style properties.
Not everything can be handled (yet) through the available WYSIWYG editors, making this book an invaluable reference and one to keep at your fingertips. --Mike Caputo [via]
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Digital Resistance: Explorations in Tactical Mediaby Critical Art EnsembleISBN 1570271194 (1-57027-119-4)
Softcover, Autonomedia
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Dynamic Html the Definitive Referenceby Danny GoodmanISBN 1565924940 (1-56592-494-0)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dynamic Html the Definitive Reference'Book summary:Danny Goodman felt that he couldn't trust any of the documentation on Dynamic HTML (DHTML) that he read (too many contradictions), so he wrote this book as a reference for working with his own clients. After testing tags and techniques on multiple releases of the main browsers, Goodman came up with very practical information--some of which you may not find in any other resource.
Goodman assumes a solid foundation, if not expertise, in basic HTML and an understanding of what DHTML is all about. From those assumptions, he presents a meaty, information-dense volume. The first of the book's four sections discusses industry standards and how to apply the basic principles of DHTML. He emphasizes the differences in Web browsers and discusses how to build pages so that they work well in both Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. The second section is an extensive, quick reference of all the tags, objects, and properties of HTML, cascading style sheets, Document Object Model, and core JavaScript. A particularly handy cross-reference guide to this information follows, helping you locate it in alternate ways. The final section contains appendices, with useful tables of values and commands. --Elizabeth Lewis [via]
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Ecotec : Architecture of the In-Betweenby Amerigo MarrasISBN 1568981597 (1-56898-159-7)
Softcover, Princeton Architectural Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ecotec : Architecture of the In-Between'Book summary:ECO-TEC: Architecture of the In-Between proposes a fusion between ecology and technology that goes beyond accepted theories of sustainability and suggests a new role for architecture. It serves to reassess our collective ecological and technological illiteracy by placing a priority on learning from as well as for nature. This collection of essays stems from a series of international multidisciplinary forums and workshops sponsored by StoreFront for Art and Architecture. It brings together biologists, physicists, geoloogists, artists, architects, and social critics in order to generate site-specific projects and writings. Topics under consideration range from the role of nanotechnology in architecture to the renovation of an abandoned asbestos factory. Essays in the collection include "The Object of Ecosophy" by Felix Guattari, "The Nonlinear Development of Cities" by Manuel DeLanda, "Smog Monster: Environmental Notes from the Pac-Rim" by Neil Denari, "Recycling Recycling" by Mark Wigley, and "Topography of an Island City" by Jean Gardner. [via]
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Electronic Civil Disobedience & Other Unpopular Ideasby Critical Art Ensemble StaffISBN 1570270562 (1-57027-056-2)
Softcover, Autonomedia
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The Electronic Disturbanceby Critical Art EnsembleISBN 1570270066 (1-57027-006-6)
Softcover, Autonomedia
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Embroidered Flowersby Helen M. StevensISBN 157076171X (1-57076-171-X)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square Publishing
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Engineering Culture: Control and Commitment in a High-Tech Corporationby Gideon KundaISBN 1566390753 (1-56639-075-3)
Softcover, Temple Univ Pr
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Engineering Culture: On 'the Author As (Digital) Producer'by Geoff Cox, Joasia KrysaISBN 1570271704 (1-57027-170-4)
Softcover, Autonomedia
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Excel 2000 in a Nutshell: A Power User's Quick Referenceby Jinjer L. SimonISBN 1565927141 (1-56592-714-1)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Exploring Javaby Pat Niemeyer, Josh PeckISBN 1565922719 (1-56592-271-9)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Exploring Java'Book summary:The first book in O'Reilly's new Java documentation series, Exploring Java introduces the basics of Java, the new object-oriented programming language for networked applications. This book shows you how to get up to speed writing Java applets and other applications In this book, you will learn about:
- History and principles of Java
- How to write simple applets
- How to integrate applets into the World Wide Web
- Java Class Libraries
- Using threads
- Using arrays
- Network programming
- Content and protocol handling
- Using the Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT)
- Writing a security manager
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Flesh Machine: Cyborgs, Designer Babies, & New Eugenic Consciousnessby Critical Arts Ensemble StaffISBN 1570270678 (1-57027-067-8)
Softcover, Autonomedia
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyISBN 1566191416 (1-56619-141-6)
Softcover, Dorset Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein'Book summary:Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image & but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. [via]
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Frontiers of Illusion: Science, Technology, and the Politics of Progressby Daniel SarewitzISBN 1566394163 (1-56639-416-3)
Softcover, Temple Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frontiers of Illusion: Science, Technology, and the Politics of Progress'Book summary:For the past fifty years, science and technology supported with billions of dollars from the U.S. government have advanced at a rate that would once have seemed miraculous, while society's problems have grown more intractable, complex, and diverse. Yet scientists and politicians alike continue to prescribe more science and more technology to cure such afflictions as global climate change, natural resource depletion, overpopulation, inadequate health care, weapons proliferation, and economic inequality.Daniel Sarewitz scrutinizes the fundamental myths that have guided the formulation of science policy for half a century myths that serve the professional and political interests of the scientific community, but often fail to advance the interests of society as a whole. His analysis ultimately demonstrates that stronger linkages between progress in science and progress in society will require research agendas that emerge not from the intellectual momentum of science, but from the needs and goals of society. Daniel Sarewitz worked for four years on science policy issues for the U.S. Congress, first as a Congressional Science Fellow, and then as science consultant to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives. He now directs the Institute for Environmental Education at the Geological Society of America. [via]
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Genesis: The Story of Apollo 8by Robert ZimmermanISBN 1568581181 (1-56858-118-1)
Hardcover, Basic Books
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Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Typeby Kimberly ElamISBN 1568984650 (1-56898-465-0)
Softcover, Princeton Architectural Pr
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How to Boss Your Fonts Around : Primer Font Techby Robin WilliamsISBN 1566091020 (1-56609-102-0)
Softcover, Peachpit Press
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Html: The Definitive Guideby Bill Kennedy, Chuck MuscianoISBN 1565924924 (1-56592-492-4)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Html: The Definitive Guide'Book summary:In the most recent edition of this acclaimed HTML guide, Musciano and Kennedy look closely at every aspect of HTML and show how to use it wisely to create top-quality Web pages. The book is up-to-date, covering HTML 4, Netscape Navigator 4, Microsoft Internet Explorer 4, and the various extensions of each.
HTML: The Definitive Guide is aimed at beginners as well as those who have more practice in Web-page creation. The authors assume at least a basic knowledge of computers, including how to use a word processor or text editor and how to deal with files. They teach you that learning HTML is like learning any other language and that reading a book of rules can only take you so far. Readers begin writing what may be their first Web page just two pages into the book's second chapter. From there on, they provide a wide range of HTML coding to allow readers to learn from good examples. The book includes a handy "cheat sheet" of HTML codes for quick reference. --Elizabeth Lewis [via]
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Html Web Magicby Raymond Pirouz, Ardith Html Web Magic IbanezISBN 1568304757 (1-56830-475-7)
Softcover, Macmillan Computer Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Html Web Magic'Book summary:So you have a grounding in basic HTML and now you're ready to learn how to make Web pages sing. Here's a guide that will get your creative juices flowing as you sharpen your skills. Pirouz is loaded with lively ideas and he shows you exactly how to bring them to life. Pirouz is no fan of flash for the sake of flash: his ideas are focused on how to make your Web pages more attractive and useful to your readers. He even shows you how to turn a potential annoyance for your visitors into the sort of entertainment that evokes a smile.
The book begins with a rapid review of basic HTML design tips and codes and then gets right to the magic of first impression. Here, Pirouz shows how to use the META tag to not only get yourself noticed by Web spiders but also to eliminate browser offsets--direct users with older browsers to alternate pages--and otherwise tweak the experience for your visitors. He then moves on to highlight some of the lesser-known abilities lurking in every corner of HTML. He shows how to achieve unexpected effects with images, tables, frames, windows, type, and forms. It would be hard to page through this book and not fall upon at least one new technique you're itching to try. --Elizabeth Lewis [via]
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Illustrated Computer Dictionary for Dummiesby Dan Gookin, Wally Wang, Chris Van BurenISBN 1568840047 (1-56884-004-7)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Illustrated Computer Dictionary for Dummies'Book summary:The second edition of this very successful title offers the combination of humor, cartoon illustration and plain English insights that have made it the fastest selling computer book series. This new edition offers more than 200 new illustrations and features 300 all new terms. [via]
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Java Examples in a Nutshell: A Tutorial Companion to Java in a Nutshellby David FlanaganISBN 1565923715 (1-56592-371-5)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Java Language Referenceby Mark Grand, Paula FergusonISBN 156592326X (1-56592-326-X)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Java Servlet Programmingby William Crawford, Jason HunterISBN 156592391X (1-56592-391-X)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Judgement at the Smithsonianby Philip NobileISBN 1569248419 (1-56924-841-9)
Softcover, Marlowe & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Judgement at the Smithsonian'Book summary:Now published in its entirety, here is the Smithsonian's original Enola Gay document, with an introduction that covers the controversy and explains the issues at stake in remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki 50 years later. Two closing chapters probe the enduring moral debate over the bombings and the strongly debated matter of an official apology to Japan. [via]
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Kids on the Internet: A Beginner's Guideby Kim MitchellISBN 1568226268 (1-56822-626-8)
Softcover, School Specialty Pub
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Learning Perl on Win32 Systemsby Tom Christiansen, Randal L. Schwartz, Erik W. OlsonISBN 1565923243 (1-56592-324-3)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Learning Perl on Win32 Systems'Book summary:[via]In this smooth, carefully paced course, leading Perl trainers and a Windows NT practitioner teach you to program in the language that promises to emerge as the scripting language of choice on NT. With a foreword by Larry Wall, the creator of Perl, this book is the "official" guide for both formal (classroom) and informal learning. Based on the "llama book," Learning Perl on Win32 Systems features tips for PC users and new NT-specific examples.
Perl for Win32 is a language for easily manipulating text, files, user and group profiles, performance and event logs, and registry entries, and a distribution is available on the Windows NT Resource Kit. Peer-to-peer technical support is now available on the perl.win32.users mailing list.
The contents include:
- An introduction to "the Perl way" for Windows users
- A quick tutorial stroll through Perl in one lesson
- Systematic, topic-by-topic coverage of Perl's broad capabilities
- Innumerable, brief code examples
- Programming exercises for each topic, with fully worked-out answers
- Access to NT system functions through Perl
- Database access with Perl
- CGI programming with Perl
Erik Olson is director of advanced technologies for Axiom Technologies, LC, where he specializes in providing Win32 development solutions. Randal L. Schwartz and Tom Christiansen have also written Programming Perl, co-authored with Larry Wall and published by O'Reilly & Associates.
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Learning Pythonby Mark Lutz, David AscherISBN 1565924649 (1-56592-464-9)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Learning Python'Book summary:The authors of Learning Python show you enough essentials of the Python scripting language to enable you to begin solving problems right away, then reveal more powerful aspects of the language one at a time. This approach is sure to appeal to programmers and system administrators who have urgent problems and a preference for learning by semi-guided experimentation.
First off, Learning Python shows the relationships among Python scripts and their interpreter (in a mostly platform-neutral way). Then, the authors address the mechanics of the language itself, providing illustrations of how Python conceives of numbers, strings, and other objects as well as the operators you use to work with them. Dictionaries, lists, tuples, and other data structures specific to Python receive plenty of attention including complete examples.
Authors Mark Lutz and David Ascher build on that fundamental information in their discussions of functions and modules, which evolve into coverage of namespaces, classes, and the object-oriented aspects of Python programming. There's also information on creating graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for Python applications with Tkinter.
In addition to its careful expository prose, Learning Python includes exercises that both test your Python skills and help reveal more elusive truths about the language. [via]
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Learning the Bash Shellby Bill Rosenblatt, Cameron NewhamISBN 1565923472 (1-56592-347-2)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Learning the Unix Operating Systemby John Strang, Grace Todino, Jerry D. PeekISBN 1565923901 (1-56592-390-1)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Learning the vi Editorby Arnold Robbins, Linda LambISBN 1565924266 (1-56592-426-6)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Learning the vi Editor'Book summary:[via]For many users, working in the Unix environment means using vi, a full-screen text editor available on most Unix systems. Even those who know vi often make use of only a small number of its features.
Learning the vi Editor is a complete guide to text editing with vi. Topics new to the sixth edition include multiscreen editing and coverage of four viclones: vim, elvis, nvi, and vile and their enhancements to vi, such as multi-window editing, GUI interfaces, extended regular expressions, and enhancements for programmers. A new appendix describes vi's place in the Unix and Internet cultures.
Quickly learn the basics of editing, cursor movement, and global search and replacement. Then take advantage of the more subtle power of vi. Extend your editing skills by learning to use ex, a powerful line editor, from within vi. For easy reference, the sixth edition also includes a command summary at the end of each appropriate chapter.
Topics covered include:
- Basic editing
- Moving around in a hurry
- Beyond the basics
- Greater power with ex
- Global search and replacement
- Customizing vi and ex
- Command shortcuts
- Introduction to the vi clones' extensions
- The nvi, elvis, vim, and vile editors
- Quick reference to vi and ex commands
- vi and the Internet
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Letters of Credit: A View of Type Designby Walter TracyISBN 1567922406 (1-56792-240-6)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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Linux Device Driversby Alessandro Rubini, Jonathan CorbetISBN 1565922921 (1-56592-292-1)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Linux Device Drivers'Book summary:Updated to cover version 2.4.x of the Linux kernel, the second edition of Linux Device Drivers remains the best general-purpose, paper-bound guide for programmers wishing to make hardware devices work under the world's most popular open-source operating system. The authors take care to show how to write drivers that are portable--that is, that compile and run under all popular Linux platforms. That, along with the fact that they're careful to explain and illustrate concepts, makes this book very well-suited to any programmer familiar with C but not with the hardware-software interface. It's worth noting that the emphasis in the title is on "device drivers" as much as "Linux". This book will make sense to you if you've never written a driver for any platform before. It helps if you have some Linux or UNIX background, but even that is secondary as a prerequisite to C skill.
For a programming text--and one concerned with low-level instructions and data structures, at that--this book is remarkably rich in prose. You'll typically want to read this book straight through, more or less skipping the code samples, before sketching out your plan for the driver you need to write. Then, go back and pay closer attention to the sections on specific details you need to implement, such as custom task queues. For coding-time details about specific system calls and programming techniques, count on the index to point you to the right passages. --David Wall
Topics covered: Techniques for writing hardware device drivers that run under Linux kernels 2.0.x through 2.2.x. Sections show how to manage memory, time, interrupts, ports and other details of the hardware-software interface. [via]
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The Little Mac Bookby Robin WilliamsISBN 1566090520 (1-56609-052-0)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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Looking Good in Presentationsby Margaret Y. RabbISBN 1566048540 (1-56604-854-0)
Softcover, Coriolis Group, LLC, The
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Looking Good in Print: A Guide to Basic Design for Desktop Publishingby Roger C. ParkerISBN 1566040477 (1-56604-047-7)
Softcover, Ventana Pr
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Lpi Linux Certification in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Referenceby Jeffrey DeanISBN 1565927486 (1-56592-748-6)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Machines Who Think: A Personal Inquiry into the History and Prospects of Artificial Intelligenceby Pamela McCorduckISBN 1568812051 (1-56881-205-1)
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Macworld Macintosh SECRETSby David Pogue, Joseph SchorrISBN 156884025X (1-56884-025-X)
Hardcover, IDG Books
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McSe the Core Exams in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Referenceby Michael G. MoncurISBN 1565923766 (1-56592-376-6)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'McSe the Core Exams in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference'Book summary:With Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers (MCSEs) flooding the marketplace, employers can now afford to pick and choose among job candidates. As a prospective MCSE, this means you must use top-quality learning aids in your training. MCSE: The Core Exams in a Nutshell approaches the five core MCSE exams (four of which you must take and pass) as just a part of your total education in the ways of Microsoft Windows NT. The book contends that book learning must combine with experimentation and experience to yield a grade-A network technician. It's a reasonable philosophy that should serve its adherents well in the long term.
Because it's meant to fit into a larger regime of practice and experiment, this book is skinnier than pretty much any of its competitors. Don't let its compact size fool you, though. This is a thoroughly researched, carefully organized guide to everything Microsoft expects you to know for the four main MCSE exams. It's very dense--with lots of tables, lists of options, and procedures--but has enough commentary to help you get concepts like data-striping and database-sizing straight in your mind. Each chapter concludes with a sample test (with answers) and a "Highlighter's Index" that lists key facts in super-concise form. --David Wall
Topics covered: Everything in the published Microsoft exam objectives for Networking Essentials (70-058), Windows NT 4 Server (70-067), Windows NT 4 Server in the Enterprise (70-068), Windows NT 4 Workstation (70-073), and Windows 98 (70-098) exams. (You must pass the first three of those, plus either the Windows 98 exam or the Windows NT Workstation exam, en route to your MCSE.) [via]
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Mp3: The Definitive Guideby Scot HackerISBN 1565926617 (1-56592-661-7)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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The Networking Cd Bookshelf: 6 Bestselling Books on Cd-Romby Cricket Liu, Paul AlbitzISBN 1565925238 (1-56592-523-8)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Networking Cd Bookshelf: 6 Bestselling Books on Cd-Rom'Book summary:Practically every network administrator has a shelf full of O'Reilly animal books to help decode the mysteries of software, services, and connectivity techniques--but that multicolored bookshelf isn't too portable. Now, harried administrators who have technical problems away from the office need only load The Networking CD Bookshelf in their laptops and be on their way. This single disk holds the full text of six popular O'Reilly titles--TCP/IP Network Administration, DNS and BIND, Sendmail, Sendmail Desktop Reference, Practical Unix and Internet Security, and Building Internet Firewalls--making it an excellent value.
When you load the disk, an HTML welcome page pops up in your browser, allowing you to view the table of contents of any of the books. From there, you can drill down to the specific chapter and section that contains the information you're looking for. The disk also includes a combined index of all six books, so it's easy to find the information that interests you. The text itself contains links to related sections, as well as all illustrations. Though it's possible to perform a full-text search on all six books, this Java-based feature seems rather slow.
The publisher packs this CD-ROM with a traditional printed copy of DNS and BIND, Third Edition, as a bonus, but The Networking CD Bookshelf CD-ROM represents an excellent value by itself. --David Wall [via]
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Niagara: A History of the Fallsby Pierre BertonISBN 1568361548 (1-56836-154-8)
Hardcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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Office 97 Annoyancesby Woody Leonhard, Lee Hudspeth, Timothy-James LeeISBN 1565923103 (1-56592-310-3)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Office 97 Annoyances'Book summary:Continuing the grand tradition of O'Reilly's Windows Annoyances series, Office 97 works from the premise that using Office 97 and its component applications can be a downright awful experience without an understanding of various customization and optimization features. You'll find plenty of top-level tricks for customizing and making good use of each application's toolbars and settings and the Office Shortcut Bar. A large section of the book is devoted to Visual Basic for Applications, the programming language that allows you to customize the applications themselves. Some Office 97 quirks that are considered beyond help are also discussed, such as a variety of "sticky settings"--settings in Office applications that automatically change in all of the component apps, even if you don't want them to. In addition to global Office issues, the guide addresses each of the component applications--Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Office 97 Annoyances also explores the latest Web-enabled features of the suite, how to use the component apps to develop for the Web, and where to go online to find more information and tools to ease your frustrations. Office 97 Annoyances is not for novices and assumes a certain level of expertise. Users with the right experience level and the desire to take more control of their computing lives will benefit immeasurably from this informative and entertaining addition to a clever series. [via]
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Opensources: Voices from the Open Source Revolutionby Chris Dibona, Open Source (Organization), Mark Stone, Sam OckmanISBN 1565925823 (1-56592-582-3)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Opensources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution'Book summary:Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution is a fascinating look at the raging debate that is its namesake. Filled with writings from the central players--from Linux creator Linus Torvalds to Perl creator Larry Wall--the book convinces the reader of the overwhelming merits of freeing up the many iterations of software's source code.
The open-source movement has become a cause célèbre in light of the widespread adoption of Linux, Perl, and Apache as well as its corporate support from Netscape, IBM, and Oracle--and strongly felt opposition from Microsoft. Open Sources doesn't address why these Microsoft foes are throwing their weight behind the movement. Instead, it focuses on the history and philosophy of open-source software (previously referred to as freeware) as an argument for shaping the future of programming. Open Sources is much larger than just a fight with any one company. Instead, it is a revolutionary call to release software development from the vested interests that label new directions in software development as threatening.
This is not to say that opening the source code is an entirely egalitarian and communistic endeavor. These are programmers and startup owners; they want to be able to continue to program for a living. To that end, Open Sources contains strong business profiles from entrepreneurs such as Apache's--and now, O'Reilly & Associates'--Brian Behlendorf, who discusses how to give away software in order to lure customers in for specialized versions. In many ways, this is a hands-on guide, displaying an insider's view of the development process and providing specifics on testing details and altering licensing agreements. However, interspersed with tech talk is a reader-friendly guide for those interested in the future of software development. --Jennifer Buckendorff [via]
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Outlook Annoyancesby Woody Leonhard, Lee Hudspeth, Timothy-James LeeISBN 1565923847 (1-56592-384-7)
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Palmpilot: The Ultimate Guideby David PogueISBN 1565924207 (1-56592-420-7)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Perl for System Administrationby David N. Blank-EdelmanISBN 1565926099 (1-56592-609-9)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Perl for System Administration'Book summary:The title of David N. Blank-Edelman's new book, Perl for System Administration, is strangely redundant and thankfully misleading. The soul and source of Perl's core competence is Unix system administration, and another O'Reilly tome on Perl tricks for managing backups would not have been welcome. But the subtitle Managing Multiplatform Environments with Perl communicates the essential task: how to administer heterogeneous Unix, Windows NT/2000, and Mac OS systems from the same Perl-based conceptual platform.
Blank-Edelman introduces this diversity of notation to motivate a far-reaching discussion of system internals, and shows how Perl is a natural choice for cross-platform administration. The Unix and Windows "slash" path separators--"/" and "\", respectively--are like crossed swords, where the Mac OS uses the less- generally-known colon (":"). In lesser hands, this treatment still would have been about LAN backups, but Blank-Edelman's familiarity with network imperatives drives the synthesis.
As the topics move beyond file systems, user accounts, and process control, the tripartite division in the discussion breaks down. Treatments of TCP/IP and e-mail feature discussions of NIS, WINS, DNS, and nslookup. The chapters on directory services and SQL database management--while apparently digressive--are inserted tactically to enable elegant approaches to the more mundane administrative tasks of sending and receiving e-mail and managing log files to maximize their utility. Blank-Edelman's keen pragmatism shines in the chapter on security in which noticing intrusion earlier instead of later draws on many of the skills that are developed throughout the book. Notably, each chapter ends with a recapitulation of Perl modules that were referenced in the preceding text.
The eclectic tutorial appendices--an old revision-control system (RCS), the extensible markup language (XML), the database language (SQL), and two undermotivated and esoteric protocols (LDAP and SNMP)--are so brief as to function more as a Perl-free zone for shop talk than as valuable précis for their respective subjects.
Delightfully, this is one of Perl's and O'Reilly's best-written books. Blank-Edelman's wit buoys the argument without descending into the all-too-common parlance of sappy testimonials, hollow confessions, or the burdensome ornamentation of inside jokes and puns. --Peter Leopold [via]
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Practical C Programmingby Steve OuallineISBN 1565923065 (1-56592-306-5)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Practical C Programming'Book summary:[via]There are lots of introductory C books, but this is the first one that has the no-nonsense, practical approach that has made Nutshell Handbooks® famous.
C programming is more than just getting the syntax right. Style and debugging also play a tremendous part in creating programs that run well and are easy to maintain. This book teaches you not only the mechanics of programming, but also describes how to create programs that are easy to read, debug, and update.
Practical rules are stressed. For example, there are fifteen precedence rules in C (&& comes before || comes before ?:). The practical programmer reduces these to two:
- Multiplication and division come before addition and subtraction.
Contrary to popular belief, most programmers do not spend most of their time creating code. Most of their time is spent modifying someone else's code. This books shows you how to avoid the all-too-common obfuscated uses of C (and also to recognize these uses when you encounter them in existing programs) and thereby to leave code that the programmer responsible for maintenance does not have to struggle with. Electronic Archaeology, the art of going through someone else's code, is described.
This third edition introduces popular Integrated Development Environments on Windows systems, as well as UNIX programming utilities, and features a large statistics-generating program to pull together the concepts and features in the language.
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Programming Phpby Rasmus Lerdorf, Kevin Tatroe, Bob Kaehms, Ric McGredyISBN 1565926102 (1-56592-610-2)
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Pure Warby Sylvere Lotringer, Paul VirilioISBN 1570270783 (1-57027-078-3)
Softcover, Semiotext
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The Quarkxpress Book/for Macintoshby Stephen F. Roth, Eric Taub, David BlatnerISBN 1566091292 (1-56609-129-2)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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Read Me! Filtered by Nettime: Ascii Culture and the Revenge of Knowledgeby Josephine BosmeISBN 1570270899 (1-57027-089-9)
Softcover, Autonomedia
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Rockets, Missiles & Space Travelby Willy LeyISBN 1568493029 (1-56849-302-9)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Running Linuxby Lar Kaufman, Matthias Kalle Dalheimer, Matt WelshISBN 156592469X (1-56592-469-X)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Running Linux'Book summary:Earlier editions of O'Reilly's Running Linux served as central guides on installing, configuring, and using the OS. The third edition of this guide covers the kernel through version 2.2.1 and will prove especially useful to those with high technical aptitudes and a well-tested willingness to experiment with their computing environments.
The explanation of how to rebuild the kernel--a particularly daunting task for many--deserves special praise, as do the sections on configuring network links and servers. Users will find that the informative, prose-heavy style packs maximum information into this book's pages. For example, the purpose of a Linux element is described and then the reader is shown various ways of using it, complete with explicit statements of what you type and what you get in response. Back this book up with a good command reference (Linux in a Nutshell is solid), and you'll be well on your way to Linux mastery. --David Wall
Topics covered: KDE and Gnome windowing systems; Samba, file, and system management; shells; windowing systems and networking; installation on Alpha, PowerPC, Motorola 680x0, and Sparc boxes. [via]
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Screen: Essays on Graphic Design, New Media, and Visual Cultureby Jessica HelfandISBN 1568983107 (1-56898-310-7)
Softcover, Princeton Architectural Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Screen: Essays on Graphic Design, New Media, and Visual Culture'Book summary:Designer and critic Jessica Helfand has emerged as a leading voice of a new generation of designers. Her essays--at once pithy, polemical, and precise--appear in places as diverse as Eye, Print, ID, The New Republic, and the LA Times.The essays collected here decode the technologies, trends, themes, and personalities that define design today, especially "the new media," and provide a road map of things to come. Her first two chapbooks--Paul Rand: American Modernist and Six (+2) Essays on Design and New Media--became instant classics. This new compilation brings together essays from the earlier publications along with more than twenty others on a variety of topics including avatars, "the cult of the scratchy," television, sex on the screen, and more.Designers, students, educators, visual literati, and everyone looking for an entertaining and insightful guide to the world of design today will not find a better or more approachable book on the subject. [via]
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Self-Publishing Manual - Large Printby Dan PoynterISBN 1568601158 (1-56860-115-8)
Softcover, Para Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Self-Publishing Manual - Large Print'Book summary:The bible on self-publishing. Highly recommended by virtually everyone in the industry -- even other authors of books on the subject (many of whom probably followed the advice in Poynter's previous 11 editions). [via]
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Self-Publishing Manual: How to Write, Print and Sell Your Own Bookby Dan PoynterISBN 1568600038 (1-56860-003-8)
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Singer and the Sewing Machine: A Capitalist Romanceby Ruth BrandonISBN 1568361467 (1-56836-146-7)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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Starship Troopersby Robert A. HeinleinISBN 1568492871 (1-56849-287-1)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Tcl/Tk Pocket Referenceby Paul RainesISBN 1565924983 (1-56592-498-3)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Tools of the Imagination: Drawing Tools And Technologies from the Eighteenth Century to the Presentby Susan Piedmont-PalladinoISBN 1568985991 (1-56898-599-1)
Hardcover, Princeton Architectural Pr
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Transmaterial: A Catalog of Materials That Redefine Our Physical Environmentby Blaine Erickson BrownellISBN 1568985630 (1-56898-563-0)
Softcover, Princeton Architectural Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Transmaterial: A Catalog of Materials That Redefine Our Physical Environment'Book summary:These days, whether you're designing a building or a toaster, a savvy knowledge of materials is increasingly critical. And keeping up with the constant flow of new materials, let alone their applications, properties, and sources, is an increasingly difficult and time-consuming task. Blaine Erickson Brownell, author of Transmaterial, known to thousands of web users for his "product of the week" email service alerting designers to new materials that are reshaping our world, has created this handy and affordable reference to the most interesting and most useful new materials now available.
Transmaterial is indexed in multiple ways for the sake of maximum convenience, and utilizes the new CSI Master-Format 2004 product categorization system. With more than 200 materials, organized by category, described, pictured, and annotated with technical and sourcing information, this catalog is an essential tool for any architect or designer interested in keeping up with the rapid developments in the field of materials, looking for a source of inspiration for their designs, or just eager to get their hands on real materials in an effort to understand the incredibly innovative palette now available to us. [via]
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Unix for Dummiesby John R. LevineISBN 1568849052 (1-56884-905-2)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Unix for Dummies: Quick Referenceby John R. Levine, Margaret Levine YoungISBN 1568840942 (1-56884-094-2)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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The Unix-Hater's Handbook/Book and Barf Bagby Simson Garfinkel, Daniel Weise, Steven StrassmannISBN 1568842031 (1-56884-203-1)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Unix-Hater's Handbook/Book and Barf Bag'Book summary:This book is for all people who are forced to use UNIX. It is a humorous book--pure entertainment--that maintains that UNIX is a computer virus with a user interface. It features letters from the thousands posted on the Internet's "UNIX-Haters" mailing list. It is not a computer handbook, tutorial, or reference. It is a self-help book that will let readers know they are not alone. [via]
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VI Editor: Pocket Referenceby Arnold RobbinsISBN 1565924975 (1-56592-497-5)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'VI Editor: Pocket Reference'Book summary:[via]For many users, working in the UNIX environment means using vi, a full-screen text editor available on most UNIX systems. Even those who know vi often make use of only a small number of its features.
The vi Editor Pocket Reference is a companion volume to O'Reilly's updated sixth edition of Learning the vi Editor, a complete guide to text editing with vi. New topics in Learning the vi Editor include multi-screen editing and coverage of four vi clones: vim, elvis, nvi, and vile.
This small book is a handy reference guide to the information in the larger volume, presenting movement and editing commands, the command-line options, and other elements of the vi editor in an easy-to-use tabular format.
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White Teeth: Reader's Companionby Zadie SmithISBN 1568959508 (1-56895-950-8)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'White Teeth: Reader's Companion'Book summary:Epic in scale and intimate in approach, White Teeth is a formidably ambitious debut. First novelist Zadie Smith takes on race, sex, class, history, and the minefield of gender politics, and such is her wit and inventiveness that these weighty subjects seem effortlessly light. She also has an impressive geographical range, guiding the reader from Jamaica to Turkey to Bangladesh and back again.
Still, the book's home base is a scrubby North London borough, where we encounter Smith's unlikely heroes: prevaricating Archie Jones and intemperate Samad Iqbal, who served together in the so-called Buggered Battalion during World War II. In the ensuing decades, both have gone forth and multiplied: Archie marries beautiful, bucktoothed Clara--who's on the run from her Jehovah's Witness mother--and fathers a daughter. Samad marries stroppy Alsana, who gives birth to twin sons. Here is multiculturalism in its most elemental form: "Children with first and last names on a direct collision course. Names that secrete within them mass exodus, cramped boats and planes, cold arrivals, medical checks."
Big questions demand boldly drawn characters. Zadie Smith's aren't heroic, just real: warm, funny, misguided, and entirely familiar. Reading their conversations is like eavesdropping. Even a simple exchange between Alsana and Clara about their pregnancies has a comical ring of truth: "A woman has to have the private things--a husband needn't be involved in body business, in a lady's... parts." And the men, of course, have their own involvement in bodily functions:
The deal was this: on January 1, 1980, like a New Year dieter who gives up cheese on the condition that he can have chocolate, Samad gave up masturbation so that he might drink. It was a deal, a business proposition, that he had made with God: Samad being the party of the first part, God being the sleeping partner. And since that day Samad had enjoyed relative spiritual peace and many a frothy Guinness with Archibald Jones; he had even developed the habit of taking his last gulp looking up at the sky like a Christian, thinking: I'm basically a good man.
Not all of White Teeth is so amusingly carnal. The mixed blessings of assimilation, for example, are an ongoing torture for Samad as he watches his sons grow up. "They have both lost their way," he grumbles. "Strayed so far from what I had intended for them. No doubt they will both marry white women called Sheila and put me in an early grave." These classic immigrant fears--of dilution and disappearance--are no laughing matter. But in the end, they're exactly what gives White Teeth its lasting power and undeniable bite. --Eithne Farry [via]More editions of White Teeth: Reader's Companion:
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