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The Code Book: The Evolution of Secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots to Quantum Cryptography 254 reviews
Simon Singh
Doubleday, 1999
Cryptography 101
As always Simon Singn takes the reader on a fantastic trip through History. Filled with entertaining stories, puzzles and heroic events, the author skillfully covers the history of secret writing. If you liked his coverage of Fermat's Enigma then you will definitely enjoy this book.
The prose is capturing, deep enough to fascinate technical readers and light enough to just entertain the casual ...
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Effective Java Programming Language Guide120 reviews
Pearson Education (USA), 2007
Great Guide
I am only about half way through this book and already have learned numerous things about the design of Java as a language and about proper usage of said language. This book is going to be a staple in my programming library and a book recommended to anyone I know working with Java. I am also looking forward to the second edition which is slated to be released in May sometime.
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Happy Endings: The Tales of a Meaty-Breasted Zilch161 reviews
Jim Norton
Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2008
Hilarious reading....
From the cover....to the content throughout....had me laughing so hard I could hardly catch my breath.
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Dancing Barefoot120 reviews
Wil Wheaton
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2004
Dancing Barefoot or Why Wil Wheaton ROCKS
This book is great. Any fan of Wil's should check it out. Anyone who hates Wil should check it out to find out why Wil Wheaton ROCKS.
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Effective C++: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Design (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley ...132 reviews
Scott Meyers
Addison-Wesley Professional, 1997
Must have for any C++ Programmer
This is a great book which covers a lot of useful topics for every C++ professional. I have been programming in C++ for a while so some of the topics Scott Mayers discussed were already familiar but I still picked up a lot from this book. From a beginner to intermediate programmer, this is a must have. Advanced programmers probably have this book already (or its previous editions). Otherwise, ...
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The Photoshop Elements 5 Book for Digital Photographers105 reviews
New Riders, 2008
Buy this book
This is my fifth photo shop elements user guide.
I wish I bought the Scott Kelby book first- it is by far the best and the only one I use.
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The Mouse Driver Chronicles: An Entrepreneurial Adventure101 reviews
Kyle Harrison, John Lusk
Free Press, 2002
Greg Fisher
The Mousedriver Chronicles is the story of 2 Wharton MBA's who take a business plan developed on their entrepreneurship course at Wharton and decide to make a go of it. In 1999 they turn away high paying jobs at investment banks and over funded dot.com startups to go it alone.
Their idea: to make and sell a computer mouse that looks like the head of a golf driver.
They fund the venture ...
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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie125 reviews
Laura Joffe Numeroff
Laura Geringer, 1995
If You Give a Child This Book...You Will Have Hours of Fun Together
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is a modern classic, beloved by children everywhere. It is also a book that teaches about sequential action and consequence. For example, if you give a mouse a cookie, he is going to ask for a glass of milk. If you give him a glass of milk, he will probably ask for straw. As the book continues, the drink leads to a napkin, which leads to a mirror (to check for a ...
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Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction95 reviews
Steve McConnell
Microsoft Press, 2004
Every Programmer Should Own This Book
When I bought this book, I couldn't believe all the 5 star ratings in the reviews. But, now that I've finished it, I have to agree with them. Simply put, this is probably the best computer-related book I've read. In the book's 850 pages, I found a grand total of five minor problems: one was grammatical, two were typographical and two were minor disagreements with how some things were ...
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You Are Special170 reviews
Max Lucado
Crossway Books, 2000
Touching story, not just for children.
Max Lucado has an touched a nerve with his delightful stories. This book reaches the heart of all of us.
We all want to know our worth. This beautifully written and illustrated story reminds us that we are all of infinite worth, in the eyes of our creator.
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Pocket Ref91 reviews
Thomas J. Glover
Glencoe/Mcgraw-Hill, 1999
Bets book ever!
The "Pocket Ref." is a must have for anyone that lives and breaths. The information in this book is invaluable. I highly recommend this book to anyone & everyone that has a desire to be prepared for any situation. This book has it all, from first aid, automotive, geology, carpentry& construction and even world zip codas. Anything you will ever want to know. This book would make a great gift for ...
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TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)78 reviews
W. Richard Stevens
Addison-Wesley Professional, 1994
This Is The Bible On The TCP/IP Protocol Stack
This is THE BIBLE. This is the gold standard for the exposition of the TCP/IP protocol stack. Every other TCP/IP protocol book must be measured by the yardstick of this book. This is simply the most comprehensive book ever written on the TCP/IP protocol stack. It's crystal clear and utterly lucid. Stevens tome leads the reader logically, methodically and effortlessly through all of the layers of ...
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Expert One on One Oracle77 reviews
Thomas Kyte
Peer Information Inc., 2001
Best $12 I ever spent!!!
I bought this book on cheap clearance after the original publisher went out of business -- the best $12 I ever invested. Remembering even 10% of this book makes you better than 90% of Oracle developers, modelers and architects. Mr. Kyte's real world experience and reliance on solid examples instead of folklore makes this light-years ahead of any other Oracle book; it's the only Oracle book I ...
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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (Second Edition)79 reviews
Tom DeMarco, Timothy Lister
Dorset House Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1999
Important Read For Contrarian Reasons
Much of this book is spent explaining what should be obvious to the best managers, but which corporate culture and priorities tend to work against. In general, the book looks more at typical mistakes than at recipes for success. At the same time, the advice is solid and they often provide data to back up their assertions.
If I was a manager at a typical and mediocre corporation, I would not ...
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The Animator's Survival Kit93 reviews
Richard Williams
Faber & Faber, 2002
easy to follow, with great examples
this was the textbook for my principles of animation I class, and it was an immense help. if I was ever confused about how to liven up an animation, or make a movement more believable, I could look in the book for an explanation of a walk, run, jump, or any of a number of movements and get an example of the keyframes at the very least.
while it doesn't sit down and explain the 12 principles of ...
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C++ Standard Library, The: A Tutorial and Reference93 reviews
Pearson Education (USA), 1999
C++ Standard Library Reference
The author has wrote a book that presents C++ standard library to the average programmer with plenty of samples that show how to implement each concept step by step.
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Information Technology Control and Audit, Second Edition91 reviews
Frederick Gallegos, Daniel P. Manson, ...
Auerbach Publication, 2004
Useful reference material
This book has some material relevant to the CISA examination based on the 2003 content areas, although it is not organized or focused as a CISA examination guide. If you are looking for CISA review material for the test, I would strongly suggest to stick with ISACA's combination of review manual and questions CD. I also searched everywhere for study aids for this grueling test and ended up using ...
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Star Trek Encyclopedia93 reviews
Michael Okuka, Denise Okuda
Simon & Schuster Interactive, 1997
Outstanding, but an update is overdue!
I bought this book in 2003, and it covered most of the bases then, but only the movies through 1998 ("Insurrection" IIRC; "Nemesis" is not covered.), and the 5th season of Voyager. It just covered the last season of DS9. And of course it has none of the "Enterprise" series.
There have also been events such as the Paramount auction of all the series and movie paraphernalia since then, and ...
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Photoshop Masking & Compositing (VOICES)76 reviews
Katrin Eismann
New Riders Press, 2004
A must have for designers!
This book is a must have for designers! Eismann makes masking an easy task and offers some really great tips on how to mask difficult objects such as veils, water bottles, glass, and translucent fabrics. And of course HAIR!
I have other photoshop books, but this one explains it the best.
~Stacey~
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Active Directory Cookbook for Windows Server 2003 and Windows 200076 reviews
Robbie Allen
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2003
In regular use on my office bookshelf
Very handy cookbook reference for my office bookshelf. I've used it a number of times, and it's more than paid for itself in expediting regularly-scheduled inquiries of our AD structure here at GEICO HQ.
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