When I get a little money, I buy books;
and if any is left, I buy food and clothes
(Desiderius Erasmus)
I'm working on a searchable bibTeX list of all the books (technical and other)
I own. As I have about a small car's worth of books, this is taking me
longer than expected. Have a look at
Lieven Van Vooren's library for a preview.
In the mean time ...
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Book recommendations
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misc.books.technical Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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SF reading list
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Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
On-line books and bookstores
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On-line Books (CMU)
: an index of thousands of on-line books, repositories and other documents
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wiretap.spies repository of on-line books
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more on-line books (alternative-x)
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Hotwired: discussions, articles, ...
(on-line projection of Wired magazine)
Some of my favourite Hotwired articles:
- Here is an exhaustive
overview/review of UNIX books
I found on the net.
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Bookstore: Amazon.com Books
: alledgedly Earth's Biggest Bookstore. Any kind of books.
Their search engine contains ALL known books (including out
of print ones).
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Bookstore: Cbooks Express Computer
: extremely well-stocked, fast delivery and extensive search engine
Computer books only.
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Bookstore: Globe Corner
: Books and Maps for the Traveller
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Bookstore: Future Fantasy Bookstore:
Science Fiction, Fantasy and Mysteries
Bookstores in the Real World (require actual walking)
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Bookstores Frequently Asked Questions Lists bookstores all over
the world. Also has a section on Books by Mail.
- Borders Bookstore (chain of
extremely exhaustive North American bookstores)
- Dillons, Gower Street,
London
- University of
California in San Diego (UCSD) Bookstore
Publishers
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Elsevier Science
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Prentice Hall
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O'Reilly & Associates Publishers:
THE publisher of readable, in-depth books on system administration,
networking, software tools, ... Featuring animal book covers.
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Addison-Wesley Corporate and Professional Publishing Group
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Van Nostrand Reinhold
- Thomson Publishing
(their pages are maintained by
Bunyip, workplace of
Jonathan
Levine)
- Random House
(among other things, the publishers of Dave Barry's books)
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Technomic Publishing Co., Inc.
- Butterworth-Heinemann (US)
- The Learned InfoNet
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Europublic books which will help you Understand Europe
